Band is going on tour next week and I need some suggestions for cheap, easily preparable foods that don't need to be refrigerated and that won't make me lose all my gains. I'm thinking sardines sandwiches but I'll probably get sick of that in like 2 days.
I started lifting approximately 13 months ago, stopped after a month, then continued. At that time, I was a lean 50 kg at 162 cm(110 lbs at 5'4). I was the weakest male anywhere I have been to, and was tired of it. My goal was and still is strength. I started doing this routine a PT in the gym gave me, which was mainly composed of machine isolations, thus I do not know my beginner stats. But obviously I was very weak.
I did a 6-week-a-day split when I started lifting again. I know it was stupid, but I was a beginner. I also didn't have access to a squat rack nor enough weight to properly deadlift, and I think I didn't work my delts until like the third month of my lifting.
7 months ago I moved on to Texas Method. I did make some gains, initially, but started stalling a lot after a while. This early-to-mid summer I gained some weight and made decent gains as well, though I got fatter. But I started stalling again towards its end. I still haven't recovered fully, especially since I decided to go on a mini-cut.
Pic related is me. Here are my current stats:
60 kg, 164 cm.
65 kg OHP. 85 kg bench. 105 kg low-bar parallel squat(has been a while since I tested it and it might have gotten lower). 147,5 kg sumo deadlift. 12 chin-ups. 82,5 kg pendlay row.
None of my stats have increased since 2 months. The OHP—my best and favorite lift—went down, and I actually had to work my way back up. 2 months of nothing. I switched to 5/3/1 thinking it might be better for me, but it was actually counter-productive.
I don't get it. I eat at a more or less 500 kcal surplus, hit my macros, and sleep enough. Why am I not getting stronger? Is something wrong with Texas Method? Maybe it is just not for me? I am also getting fatter than I used to before whenever I gain weight, by the way.
I am tired of being DYEL. Someone please call my name and save me from the dark.
> Turned in my DYEL card months ago > Usually lift later at night > Very few people there > Recently I've been wearing slippers to the gym. > Slip them off for DL and Squat > Employees at my gym read there book and don't notice/care > Makes me feel more grounded > More powerful > This is how we were meant to lift > Used to get funny looks but now the regard don't care > I can't go back
Am I the scum of the Earth? Does anyone else partake is barefoot lifts?
