Hey, im skinny fat... currently 83 kg, started last year at 83.9 kg, droped to 75.5 kg and since july slowly going up in kgs sgain
I was able to do 1 Wide Grip Pull Up and 0.5 Close Grip this time last year. Now I can do 5x6-8 weighted Neutral Grip Pull Ups with about 5 kgs on me.
So I must have also gained muscle.
But if I look in the mirror I still didnt change lol.
Im 175 cm, 83.3 kg now and male. Id say thin arms, belly,...
Here is a pic for reference if me.
What would you guys do if you were me? Skinny arms, fat belly/ chest, skinny legs.
Working on few key lifts...
- Overhead Barbell 5RM is 45 kg
- Bench Dumbbells is 5RM 27.5 kg
- Barbell Squart 5RM 80 kg ...
So not very strong either lol. I think I barbell Benchpress 65 kg for 5 Reps Max :(
Trying to hit 2800 kcal a day and about 2g protein per kg/ bodyweight. Doing upper lower splitwith cardio zone 2 on wednesday and saturday
You're pushing some respectable numbers on your main lifts. Are they progressing well? If so, I wouldn't worry so much about everything else. Anything from a slight deficit to a slight surplus will still move you towards getting overall leaner and more muscular. I would say to choose whichever option is easier for adherence.
Thanks!
Yeah I dunno, 27.5 kg is weird (Dumbbell Bench Press) I heard it's "beginner" level, and for a male its low.
I workout since half a year, I am so bad lol.
I started at 20 kgs, but I somehow can't do 30 kg Dumbbells. It's like I can't even pick them out of the rack... 27.5 kg 5x5 no problem, I can even do another 7-8 reps on my last set of 5x5 and the program says go up in weight if you can do 5x5. It's not happening lol...
For reference: going up 2.5kg per dumbbell, i.e., going up 5kg in total is a pretty big step for the upper body. In your case this means going up 9.1% which is a pretty big jump. This might just bring you too close to "really heavy" and your muscles might just need a bit more stimulus and time. To me, it doesn't sound odd.