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Oats, peanut butter, and raw milk if you can find it. These are all relatively simple whole calorie dense foods that I'm sure are still relatively cheap. If you combine them, one cup of oats, a cup of milk, and a serving of peanut butter will be like 600+ calories easy with a good amount of protein, complex carbohydrates,…

Hang clean and jerk. I'm not an oly lifter or a crossfitter but those movements are incredibly fun to do once you get the *hang* of them. They are incredibly taxing, but the feeling of power and harmony in your body working together to throw the bar around is really unmatched by any other exercise. It's a darned shame that…

As you point out yourself, you know you will put on fat with the bulk because that is an *inevitability*. The only way to avoid excessive fat gain is to bulk very, very slowly at a very small calorie surplus; other than that, there is really no way to trick your body into gaining muscle rather than fat, that is out of your…

Yeah the split I follow is push/pull/legs so on pull I do weighted pull ups, weighted chins, then t-bar rows, and barbell rows. I usually switch up which row I do heavier and first, heavy t bar first one workout and heavy barbell first the next, followed by the other one lighter. Never did barbell rows until recently as I…

Impressively strong. Most guys I know can't even do 10 body weight pull ups. I've found once the weight gets heavier the chain can be kind of uncomfortable on the hips. Good to see you do them though. I'll second the "nice numbers", I've wanted to make a point to switch weighted pull ups around with weighted chin ups as I…

Cool to see you worked up to ten, a lot of people tell me their goal is 10 pull ups so congratulations on reaching that. The pull up is one of the best exercises man can do. If your pull ups are pretty solid, you could try grabbing a 15lb dumbbell between your feet and see how many you can do; that's how I started and have…

That's interesting that Gymnasts feel the false grip is important. When I first started getting heavier with the pull ups I had a bad habit of having one hand normally gripped and one hand false gripped; I noticed one of my lats was wider than the other so I started reading about it and I feel like that was the issue…

Yeah I think he meant chains around the neck like this http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Gd56HzY2OVE/maxresdefault.jpg It does look a little show-boaty. Still good though with around 20lbs, I'm sure you can get the 25lb plate in no time when you get back at it.

Great, man! This is my goal. I also will throw in a set or two at body weight after. That first body weight pull up after doing them weighted always feels like you're gonna fly through the roof.

Strong, man. Glad to see a number of people doing them here as I never see anyone do them at my gym.

Glad we could inspire you, man, it's a great exercise. As I've mentioned a few times here, start with something you're comfortable with and progress like any other exercise. I'd also recommend false gripping if you've never tried that, that small change seems to activate the back a lot more - even with rows as well.

Interesting info and mirin' that strength, man. 3 pull ups at 295lbs is incredible strength! The 250lb+ guys I know at the gym can barely do one.

Yeah if you keep working at it you should get there in no time. I found 5x5 to work very well for this exercise and then do other back exercises for more volume. I love the weighted dip as well, don't do it as much as pull ups but I'm changing up my chest workout and I'm gonna try to do them a little more frequently.

Yeah the dumbbell method worked for a while, but once I got to like 40lbs it seemed a little inefficient. I see the chain thing though, those shirtless guys hanging chains around their necks to look all serious doing them; I actually meant a "chain" because I made my belt with a chain, pipe insulation, and a few carabiners…

It's a solid goal to have. Pull ups by themselves are one of the greatest upper body exercises you can do, when you add weight to them your back development will seriously take off. Good to see, keep on working at them, man. It's a rare exercise with huge pay off. I'm working on hitting 5x5 +70lbs right now, so far I can…

Ouch :/ how much additional weight did you work up to when this happened? I hurt my shoulder doing them a while back and had to stick with body weight for a few weeks. I was trying to jump the gun with the weight I was using but it's been a lesson learned.

Starting off light and slowly progressing is the way to go. Going from bodyweight to 15lbs seems like a heck of a challenge at first. I made my own dip belt personally, I got some foam pipe insulation, cut it so it could wrap around my waist to where a belt buckle would go, then got enough chain to wrap around the waist…

Progressing to doing them weighted is a good goal to have. I was doing them body-weight in sets of 10 and then started grabbing a 15lb dumbbell between my feet and progressing with it like any other lift, usually keeping the weight heavy and doing them 5x5. Good that you do them though, so many people only do lat pull…

To minimize fat gain while bulking, the only way is to eat a smaller surplus like 2-300 calories over maintenance; basically, the quicker you gain weight, the more fat you will gain with it, but do bare in mind that fat gain is pretty much inevitable. Have you considered cutting down lower than you are now and then…

I wouldn't think so as P90x is used for cutting fat more than anything. It would be kind of shooting yourself in the foot to even start bulking until you start hitting the weights because the whole idea is to eat in a surplus so that the surplus of calories builds muscle while increasing body mass. If you don't provide…

This is false. I'd like to see some real numbers as to how many people really died on a low-carb/ketogenic diet, or even a link from an actual study (not an observational study like The China Study) that shows that cholesterol is unhealthy. Cholesterol is being found more and more to be not half as bad for you as they once…

Veganism won't necessarily do you much good if you aren't doing it for compassionate reasons. The vegan diet is actually quite dangerous if done sloppily and carelessly (just not eating meat/animal products), as it can lead to a number of nutritional deficiencies. One thing that is hard to hold onto as well is lean muscle…

This, as vague as it sounds. If you want to quickly add calories start eating calorie dense foods like whole fat dairy products, peanut butter (or any other nut butter if you're allergic), whole grain carbs, and fattier cuts of meat. I used to be 5'8" at 125lbs and I always just thought I was eating more than I really was,…

1 cup of oatmeal 1 cup of whole milk 2 table spoons of natural peanut butter 1 banana Microwave oats and milk, cut up banana, add in banana and peanut butter, and mix. 756 CALORIES 104C, 33F, 37p Healthy, quick, filling, and easy as Sunday morning.

I read your other post and after reading this one, I'd say take into consideration what these guys are saying about a structured program. It seems like you put this weight on really fast and quick weight gain leads to a lot of fat gain; your body weight to strength ratio is very telling, man. I did the same thing that you…

Strong this.

Mirin' the strength, man. Can't wait til I get there. I finally deadlifted 315 last week and I was very excited about pulling 3 plates for the first time so loading them on my back will be even cooler.

Yeah, it was just something I noticed in that photo. I would suggest not to do 11 sets with squats though, it would be better to use a more challenging weight that you feel comfortable with for less sets, maybe like 3-5 sets of 10 or 4 sets of 8, then do your leg pressing and it could get you better results. You'll…

My squat max is like 275 at 145lbs body weight. Nothing to shake a stick at, but I was proud when I hit it for depth the first time.

I have a question about your strength workout: is this the order that you do the exercises? And, if so, is there a reason why you leg press before you squat? A squat is a better exercise on all levels than a leg press; it demands much more energy from your body (ie burns more calories during* and after the exercise),…