When did your newbie gains stop???

[George Gooney]

I remember when i first started working out i was heavy off the newbie gains I had my uncle and pops tutoring me and helping with my diet so i was seeing 4 pounds of muscle a month but that all stopped around my 8-9th month of lifting and i was barely getting 2.5 pounds of muscle a month 4 years later and im lucky to see 2 pounds a month... Damn i miss my newbies

 

[Spliff]

Probably towards the end of senior year in HS.

Weight lifting throughout puberty is like being on a nonstop cycle for years.

I look back @ some of the shyt I accomplished at 18 like

 

[DrunkenNovice]

I've never lifted consistently for more than a year so I've never made newbie gains.

 

[George Gooney]

I've never lifted consistently for more than a year so I've never made newbie gains.

you cant stop breh

 

[krackdagawd]

They say about after 1 1/2-2 years but you know how these types of things are might be more or less depending on genetics.

 

[George Gooney]

They say about after 1 1/2-2 years but you know how these types of things are might be more or less depending on genetics.

this could be true. i remember after about 6-7 months in and 30 pounds of muscle heavier was slacking in the gym on some ego shyt like "damn im a god " i prolly coulda got even more out of my first year...

 

[Jesus]

After 4 or 5 months...I gained like 20lbs. I stopped getting bigger on my upper body but my strength still increases.

 

[George Gooney]

After 4 or 5 months...I gained like 20lbs. I stopped getting bigger on my upper body but my strength still increases.

how's your diet???

 

[Jesus]

how's your diet???

Back then I was eating everything and a protein shake before bed. I might have been mal-nurished....before I was gaining I'd eating twice a day and play basketball for hours.

 

[BlvdBrawler]

this could be true. i remember after about 6-7 months in and 30 pounds of muscle heavier was slacking in the gym on some ego shyt like "damn im a god " i prolly coulda got even more out of my first year...

lol, I never had those kinds of gains but I remember when I first started lifting at the start of college I went from being a 150 lb weakling to a brolic and cut 175 lbs in what seemed like no time at all. I'm talking about diesel legs, abs, the whole deal breh. That shyt came outta nowhere. Like a kid, I assumed I would *always* be able to get in shape like that. Then, age caught up and now I'm when going to the gym.

 

[Brock Landers]

Back then I was eating everything and a protein shake before bed. I might have been mal-nurished....before I was gaining I'd eating twice a day and play basketball for hours.

Yeah all of that extra cardio is a killer if you're trying to eat to your TDEE which is set for 3-4 days at the gym a week.

 

[MMS]

gooney what weight did you start at when you decided you wanted to lift/get in better shape?

also, have you always done kyokushin or is that recent?

 

[50CentStan]

I feel like I didnt really have too much n00b gains, It came more when I had put in work for a while.

 

[George Gooney]

gooney what weight did you start at when you decided you wanted to lift/get in better shape?

also, have you always done kyokushin or is that recent?

I started lifting my freshman year of high school when i weighed like 150ish. I've dabbled in martial arts my whole life tho. Started kyoukushin around that same time tho I needed the extra strength to compete in full knockdown tournaments.

 

[semtex]

George Gooney is dat nikka