Plateau on free form weights

SlimReggieBack
SlimReggieBack Posts: 121 Member
edited July 2016 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello, currently I am having trouble with moving up in free form weights. I always tend to lift more when I use a machine rather than using free weights. As of now I'm bulking and I've been stuck only able to do 27.5 3 sets and 10 reps of seated dumbbell curls for 6 months. Every time I try to move up to 30 pound dumbbells I'm stuck only at reps for 4 and 3 sets. The only time I notice I went up using free weights was when I was bench pressing before I could only lift the bar by itself now I can just lift 135. And I have been stuck all around I check my protein intake I make sure I get enough sleep and my bulk surplus is about +300 also oddly I lost weight during my bulk I went from 210 to 189 I feel as if I ate like a pig during those times I was extremely full I do have a high fiber intake (Wheaties) (Brown Rice)I'm looking towards eliminating that and I do notice muscle gains only when I flex. And I started drinking 1000 cal+ mass gainers for the past 3 months no change. And this is very aggravating to me because I'm not going to cut until I can dumbbell curl 100+ because that's how I know I gained muscle. Also I recently just switched from a split routine to a full body routine to figure out whats going on and I lift what will be the heaviest to me and as long as I have good form.

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  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Not even Kai Green curls with 100 pound dumbbells. It's an ego number and absolutely unnecessary for growth. Stop stressing the number and focus on the performance of the lift. Also, if you're losing weight you aren't bulking and you aren't in a surplus.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8wZNGL4iA4
  • SlimReggieBack
    SlimReggieBack Posts: 121 Member
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10409286/the-bulk-so-far#latest
    and I recently read someone else post and they said "At the beginning I was eating around 3600 a day but around the 175-177 I stated stalling alittle so I bumped it to 4000 calories a day to keep gaining, I've since slowed down a bit so I'm gaining maybe a pound if im lucky a week" TO me this is very challenging financially and time consuming to consume this amount of calories do I really have to eat up to 3000+ cal or 4000+ cal a day to gain muscle? currently I read a lot about clean bulk and most said bulk 300+ i used my macros I did but now do I have to do this to reach my goals?
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    When I first started dieting I discovered my PB&J sandwiches were 700 calories. It's not a super great source of protein, but it's a cheap way to add calories without a huge volume of food.
  • SlimReggieBack
    SlimReggieBack Posts: 121 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    When I first started dieting I discovered my PB&J sandwiches were 700 calories. It's not a super great source of protein, but it's a cheap way to add calories without a huge volume of food.

    Thanks for the video man it really made me feel better of a guy that huge lifting and doing the same routine I'm doing It just struck a nerve to me when i seen a woman did 55.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    SlimReggieBack wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    When I first started dieting I discovered my PB&J sandwiches were 700 calories. It's not a super great source of protein, but it's a cheap way to add calories without a huge volume of food.

    Thanks for the video man it really made me feel better of a guy that huge lifting and doing the same routine I'm doing It just struck a nerve to me when i seen a woman did 55.

    I'm a female and can swing some 55's. I get a better workout from lifting an appropriate weight with good form.
  • xvolution
    xvolution Posts: 721 Member
    Have you tried working out with resistance bands? They give a more constant tension on the muscles than free-weights can [there's far less tension when releasing the weights, as gravity helps a bit]. A quality set has a max resistance of 75 pounds.

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