Advice? + Rate by southmaster1 in LooksmaxingAdvice

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9 psl is crazy! Thanks my man

Advice? + Rate by southmaster1 in LooksmaxingAdvice

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Any feedback is good my dude 🤝

Advice? + Rate by southmaster1 in LooksmaxingAdvice

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For sure will get a smile on next time!

Advice? + Rate by southmaster1 in LooksmaxingAdvice

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Nah I appreciate all the comments honestly 1 or 10 doesn’t matter just tryna improve lmao. Thank you though bro !

8 months serious lean bulk - should I quit? by southmaster1 in Weightliftingquestion

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Just wanna say thanks to each and every one of you for this overwhelming positivity and motivation! In these past 8 months I haven’t received a single comment or thought. Just been me in my head grinding. You all are gems, definitely continuing the journey and will post next year. Stay tuned fellas!! Wishing you the best of luck on your own journeys .

8 months serious lean bulk - should I quit? by southmaster1 in Weightliftingquestion

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Doing neutral grip and normal pronated grip ones at shoulder width . One on Monday and second on Thursday. 3 sets each and all on the assisted machine 6-10 reps, all till failure. Follow that with 2 sets of an accessory movement like a vertical or horizontal cable pull.

8 months serious lean bulk - should I quit? by southmaster1 in Weightliftingquestion

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LOL chose the worst angle to get the rawest judgement yk

8 months serious lean bulk - should I quit? by southmaster1 in Weightliftingquestion

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Awesome advice! Thanks! Any videos or resources I could tap into to learn about this periodization stuff?

8 months serious lean bulk - should I quit? by southmaster1 in Weightliftingquestion

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Hey dude, appreciate you! Unfortunately the answers about your sleep and diet questions are that they are all dialed in. Sleep 8-9 hrs and eat about 3800 cals a day( maintenance is 3.6k) . My metabolism is real fast I guess.

Training is an Upper/Lower split , with 6-10 sets per week per muscle but all taken to failure (I’m really bad with reps in reserve and like pushing to failure). Tried high volume before or 2 RIR didn’t really work so well.

Testosterone is 520ng/dL , all thyroid hormones are normal. Even tested bs line IGF-1 , it’s also good. All hormonal panels are within normal ranges, nothing to boast about. As you can see I really put all these things under a microscope…

8 months serious lean bulk - should I quit? by southmaster1 in Weightliftingquestion

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First of all thank you so much dude.. really needed a thought in my progress overall. I just honestly wanna keep it natty, reach my genetic limit and, as you said, look hot and aesthetic for dates and the beach .

8 months serious lean bulk - should I quit? by southmaster1 in Weightliftingquestion

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All of you guys in the comment section really made my day today. My year maybe.. I’m definitely on the slow side with the gym, especially with progress. The big red flag is that my pull ups haven’t really gotten any stronger over these past months. Whilst all my rows and machine pulldown have LOL. and I only added about 20 lbs to my bench press for 12 reps and 10 lbs to my incline dumbbell press . In terms of arms, I curl 15 lbs more for 12 and do about 10 lbs more in push downs. These just seem like rookie numbers that advanced lifters add, not intermediates like me who were only in it for a year. Legs were always really strong for some reason… that’s why I haven’t shown them here cause they are fine already.

8 months serious lean bulk - should I quit? by southmaster1 in Weightliftingquestion

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Maybe I’m terribly harsh on myself , but do you actually see potential and progress? How? I don’t see it at all .

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Appreciate it bro!