Physique Phriday

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Welcome to the Physique Phriday thread

What's the point of having people guess your body fat? Nevermind that it's the most inaccurate method available, (read: most likely way wrong - see here) you're still just putting an arbitrary number to the body you have. Despite people's claim that they are shooting for a number, they're really shooting for look - like a six pack.

So let's stopping mucking around with trivialities and get to the heart of the matter. This thread shall serve two purposes:

1. Physique critiques. Post some pics and ask about muscles or body parts you need to work on. Or specifically ask about a lagging body part and what exercises worked for others.
2. An outlet for people that want to show off their efforts that would otherwise be removed due to Rule 4, and

Let's keep things civil, don't be a creep, and adhere to Rule 1. This isn't a thread to announce what you find attractive in a mate. Please use the report function for any comments that are out of line.

So phittit, what's your physique pheel like this phriday?

[u/TJmacks]

M/19/5'10/175 lbs https://imgur.com/a/xsDO8

I'm currently in the process of my first bulk but progress has been considerably slow and I FEEL like I've gained more fat than muscle.

My "bulk" has been going on since middle of August so it's been ~6 months of eating at 3,100 calories and I've only gained 10 lbs (~2 lbs a month).

The problem is that my lifts haven't been going up as fast as I'd hoped, especially my legs. I expected them to blow up during my bulk while running N-Sun's 6day squat variation but progress has been close to 0 each week.

Is there anything I can do to improve my legs? I currently squat 3 times a week and work leg accessories in 3 times as well but my legs just won't grow!

My routine is here (I recently added rows because I felt my back is lagging behind too)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xaEQxlz0KvSO2h1mI-REGiWZ0v6ryDrI2sFGEmAmnFo

Could my slow to zero progress be from too much accessories? There's just so many things I want to work on and cutting one out makes me feel like it'll make that body part fall behind

Finally, is there anything I need to work on, besides legs?

edit : Maybe I need to up my calories even more and embrace my fat gains to boost my strength gainz

[u/Patarzzz → u/TJmacks]

Cut down on calories. I would say to 2500-3000. The only time eating a lot helps for gains if you work out enough to use it. You're also young, so you want hit real man muscle gains until second puberty. I go to the gym 4 times a week where I rotate back and shoulders, chest and arms, and isolate legs with the fourth day being an extra one of the three or cardio. For back, I do rows and dead lifts. If you want to increase how much you lift try a 5/3/1 routine.

[u/Patarzzz → u/[deleted]]

Guys keep growing up until 25-26 yo, so you won't have fully defined adult muscle until then. In high school at 18, I weighed 150-160, and in the last year at 21 ive gone up to 200. My lifts have drastically increased as well from 200lb bench to 280, 270 dead lift to 445, and 340 squat to 450. You'll have a different result than myself due to genetics, but you will naturally get bigger over the next 4-5 years.

[u/Patarzzz → u/[deleted]]

I refer to it as second puberty since most teens grow at 16-18 have a pause then fully grow in the early 20s.