gentlemen:
I have been involved in bodybuilding, athletics, and personal training for over half my life. Up until recently, I haven't seriously considered "aggressive supplementation", if you want to call it that, but I am not getting any younger (31) and ivealways been a somewhat of a hard gainer. I have been back in the gym for the past 3 months and have managed to gain 20 lbs of natural lean muscle through hard work but the little nagging injuries are becoming more prevalent with age. However, as always, no amount of dieting, training knowledge, and time in the gym can get me to break through that plateau and continue to gain lean weight...Yes, I have been through this many times and yes I can manage through hard work to gain an additional five lbs if everything in my life is perfect, but the next week I look at the scale and for ****s sake, I'm back down five pounds...It's like my body rejects it (of course it doesn't help to have IBS flare up from time to time)...but shit the amount of knowledge I pout into my periodized training programs and diets should yield more results, plain and simple. In fact, it doesn't matter what I do in the gym, if I work hard my weight will go up to that same certain point and then my body cuts me off and says no more for you. Sorry, but I just want my lean weight to increase a mere 10-15 lbs (from 165-180) and I don't think this is unreasonable haha
All this has me thinking I should consider medical intervention ahaha, but I have a lot of anxiety over making sure it's done right and safe, it is my first foray into this world after-all. As you might imagine I have a lot of questions and want to take the safest route possible while getting modest results. Its not like I am currently a bodybuilder in competition, so going balls out with a crazy stack might be overkill, but I need to get lean mass, weight, and hardness moving in the right direction again. If this is something some of the more experienced and learned folks on here would be willing to provide some scientifically backed insight on, that would be great. If that's the case, I will post actual questions later. Cheers!
I have been involved in bodybuilding, athletics, and personal training for over half my life. Up until recently, I haven't seriously considered "aggressive supplementation", if you want to call it that, but I am not getting any younger (31) and ivealways been a somewhat of a hard gainer. I have been back in the gym for the past 3 months and have managed to gain 20 lbs of natural lean muscle through hard work but the little nagging injuries are becoming more prevalent with age. However, as always, no amount of dieting, training knowledge, and time in the gym can get me to break through that plateau and continue to gain lean weight...Yes, I have been through this many times and yes I can manage through hard work to gain an additional five lbs if everything in my life is perfect, but the next week I look at the scale and for ****s sake, I'm back down five pounds...It's like my body rejects it (of course it doesn't help to have IBS flare up from time to time)...but shit the amount of knowledge I pout into my periodized training programs and diets should yield more results, plain and simple. In fact, it doesn't matter what I do in the gym, if I work hard my weight will go up to that same certain point and then my body cuts me off and says no more for you. Sorry, but I just want my lean weight to increase a mere 10-15 lbs (from 165-180) and I don't think this is unreasonable haha
All this has me thinking I should consider medical intervention ahaha, but I have a lot of anxiety over making sure it's done right and safe, it is my first foray into this world after-all. As you might imagine I have a lot of questions and want to take the safest route possible while getting modest results. Its not like I am currently a bodybuilder in competition, so going balls out with a crazy stack might be overkill, but I need to get lean mass, weight, and hardness moving in the right direction again. If this is something some of the more experienced and learned folks on here would be willing to provide some scientifically backed insight on, that would be great. If that's the case, I will post actual questions later. Cheers!