Quote:
Originally Posted by musclesntx
I can't knock him, Tommy because at least he made progress. Visibly, I could see three things: he got a tan, he needs a nap (lol bigmike), and personally, I would prefer more mass and thickness.
With that being said, he appears to be a bit older than most of you/us, so 10lbs per year while losing approx 6lbs of fat isn't terrible. Sure, people put 20-40lbs on in their first 18 months of training and if a newb came to me, I'd expect the upper part of that range, but I will say that I don't think he wasted his time at all. As I mentioned, I don't see a lot of "thickness" but that could very well be because of the angle of the picture.
Half these clowns on this board haven't made continual progress at all (while they hand out information from Google and recycle other sh!t from other boards), and few of them are much further than were they were a year or two years ago, so be proud of your progression for sure.
If it were me, I would say now is the time for you to increase your calories, reduce meal frequency (I'm assuming you eat 6-7x per day), and focus on heavy benching, deadlifting and squatting to really explode. Put 20lbs of LBM on in 2008.
|
Well I certainly wasnt trying to knock him, not at all as I respect any man of the iron, especially one that continually lifts day in and day out
Those are my basic thoughts Boyd, you just said it alot better than I did.
I dont knock his progression at all as I can see it, but for myself I would "prefer" more thickness just like you stated.
What I didnt account for and I will admit was his age, I am sure you are in your late 40's to early 50's right Mikey? With that taken into account, I realize the change is more impressive than at half that age.
Sorry to clutter up your thread Mikey