Quote: (03-06-2019 09:06 PM)ThrustMaster Wrote:
Quote: (03-06-2019 02:28 PM)Savonarola Wrote:
It took you 10 years to add 40 pounds of muscle?
It took me 2 years to add 20 pounds of muscle.
I'm 52 brah. My son 15 started lifting 3 months ago, I'm his trainer, he's put on 13lbs and has cuts now - but his T levels are like 1500, mine are like 650-700 outstanding for an old fuck but still nowhere near the mini-cycle younger guys are on in puberty into their 20's.
Mind you, when I began lifting I was 200lbs @36% bf - standard dad bod, I had Stage IV hypertension, was metabolically deranged among other things. Different people build their bodies differently. @savonarola - how old were you when you put on that weight and are you or were you natty?
I'm 43 now, but I was 39-41 y.o. when I went from 195ish to 220, all of it muscle, lifting 3-4 days a week, and eating hella protein. Body fat dropped from 15-16% to approximately 12-13%. At that point I pulled back because, well, mission accomplished. I do mostly athletic stuff now, including HIIT body weight exercises, rowing machine, sprinting, soccer, swimming, etc. But each week I still hit 1 session upper and 1 session lower.
Funny thing is, during those two years, I never focused on peacock muscles like bicep and pecs. I was laser focused on lats, traps, glutes, etc -- you know, real strength. So now I've decided to get peacocky and do pretty much only bi, tri, and pec workouts before summer rolls around.
Re: natty, yes, absolutely. I don't use any drugs of any kind, not even ibuprofen. My only supplement is zinc.