Pie in the Sky
Don Juan
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- Sep 17, 2009
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You are overtraining big time, especially for someone starting out. I wouldn't workout more than 3 times a week if you want to see the most gains. Working out isn't like practicing a musical instrument or whatever where the more you do it the better you get at it. Your body needs to rest. Your muscles are made outside of the gym, not in it. Your body's job is to keep you alive and healthy by continuously adapting you to your environment. All you are doing in the gym is overstimulating your muscles which triggers a biological response from your body to make you stronger to better deal with the change in your environment.
Also, there is no way in hell you are going to gain 22 pounds of muscle in 7 weeks without outside assistance. 22 pounds of fat/water/glycogen, yes. Muscle, no. Use a cookie-cutter routine. The trail was blazed a long time ago before you came around. You don't know what you are doing. You are trying to build mass yet you are neglecting your back which constitutes 2/3 of all the muscle in your upper body.
Also, there is no way in hell you are going to gain 22 pounds of muscle in 7 weeks without outside assistance. 22 pounds of fat/water/glycogen, yes. Muscle, no. Use a cookie-cutter routine. The trail was blazed a long time ago before you came around. You don't know what you are doing. You are trying to build mass yet you are neglecting your back which constitutes 2/3 of all the muscle in your upper body.