I'm 26, I was born with a very small skeletal frame (my wrists are less 6 inches around). Most of my life I weighed 110 lbs at 5'7. I've been hitting the gym HARD for 3 years, 5 days a week. Calorie surplus, enough protein, everything. Now, most of my newbie gains are gone. I've gained like 70 lbs and I still don't look like I lift. My biceps are still under 14 inches. Most people that I've met at the gym get to my size in 6 months. It's humilliating.
My background is in Biology and I remember reading a study in college where they got like 100 new lifters and put them on a 3 month training program while monitoring their nutrition. Some lifters gained 5 lbs, some gained 30. My point being that genetics vary wildly and unfortunately I was just dealt a bad hand. I just happen to be on the far low end of responders.
I don't want to be small forever. Life is unfair but that doesn't mean we have to like it. Should I start taking steroids ? Should I get silicone implants ? Inject synthol ? I'd like to know what you people think.
Vermillion-Rx Admin 1d ago Stickied
Alright dude you already asked this under a different username, you're just being an askhole at this point and you've been flaired accordingly
You are also required to try to answer your own question in AskTRP somewhere in the post
SpecAl123 Can't think for myself 1d ago
This is my first post in here...
Vermillion-Rx Admin 1d ago Stickied
It is not.
Edit: you absolutely did, admin doesn't owe you an explanation. But beyond that here are your posts:
First-light 22h ago
Try to find what you are good at physically. We all have weaknesses that it is good to work but in the end even if we do not go with our strengths, we miss out. Even if you did get massive muscles on a naturally small frame, your organs would just be overloaded all the time. Putting crap into your body like implants won't make it better and further overloading your organs with the effects of AAS to just attain marginally better results will further stress it. AAS are about improved margins they can't change fundamentals and they come at a cost -financial, health and constant stress tinkering variables that would just naturally be OK if you were not messing with yourself.
Find a sport that suits you and strength train for it. Then you will have a great body that looks and feels right. Lifting to get big is not for you. Your body is telling you that. Be your best self not someone else's idea of best. Get to like yourself.
mattyanon Admin 16h ago
Sure, but you've still put on 70 lb of muscle - that's more than 99% of other men in the world.
I think you're focusing on the negatives. It's always tempting to blame bad genetics, but everyone has pros and cons and life isn't fair - all we can do is crash on with what we've got.
SpecAl123 Can't think for myself 11h ago
I have not gained 70 lbs of muscle. I've gained 70 lbs of bodyweight. People can only gain about 35 lbs lbs of muscle in their lifetime
Musicgoon78 2 12h ago
It's sounds like you've got a lot of work to do. Not with your body. But with your thoughts process.
First off, your suggestions are fucking gaytarded. Let just say that you get silicone implants or synthol. You're going to look like a fucking moron. It's not going to get you laid or respected. In fact you'll probably be the laughing stock of whatever community you live in.
People will know you're severely mentally ill and insecure and definitely steer clear of you.
Now, your attitude sucks. It's awful! Ditch that victim mentality. You're doing great by lifting. Continue that. You need to work in some social skills. Start going out by yourself and doing fun things that you like. While you're there, talk to people. You need friends. Ones that will tell you that synthetically altering your body is a dumb idea.
Women and men don't think alike. Keep this in mind. Men are more visually based with attraction. Women like personality and dominance. You've got to work on your social skills and fix your attitude bro.
No-Stress-Cat 9h ago
Who let the fembot in? She seems to be getting shorter and younger with each post. Lawl.
SeasonedRP 1 7h ago
After the newbie gains, when you hit the intermediate phase, training hard doesn't matter nearly as much as training smart. You need to figure out how to adjust your routine to make further gains. Without knowing anything about you or your routine, your emphasis on "HARD" suggests you're probably taking your main sets on the compound lifts to failure or near-failure, grinding out the last few reps, and probably doing too much overall volume. That works for newbies but as you get more advanced, it impedes your recovery, and thus you don't grow or get stronger. I see this all the time in commercial gyms. Silicone implants and synthol are stupid, and steroids would be a waste and likely not as effective as you think because it's doubtful that your training and recovery are dialed in such that you're near your potential.
joyboy 2h ago
Dude you probably still look good. I have similar stats as you but i get complimented on my physique frequently. If you have a small frame you probably have a snatched waist too so your shoulder-waist ratio is good and aesthetic. Stop being so hard on yourself