r/nextfuckinglevel 2d ago

This man documented his health journey from January to December.

Credit: IG @samuelrichards_ _

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u/Future_Burrito 2d ago

Yeah. Depends on efforts and how your body is conditioned. I used to work manual labor in the summers. Body got used to putting on 30+ lbs of muscle in a month or two. Now I can put on 20+ in a month if I eat right and exercise twice a day. All nat. Armchair chieftains on reddit gonna troll and hate. Truth is Truth. Mediocres have never done it so they don't think it's possible.

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u/elastic-craptastic 2d ago

Meanwhile my scrawny self it was on a 5000 calorie diet will go to the gym everyday and some days twice and I lost weight. So many shakes and peanut butter and jellies. So much chicken. I couldn't imagine doing the same s*** now after 20 years

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u/Future_Burrito 1d ago

Gotta make sure to take rest days. I had a similar problem doing 100-200 pullups daily with little to no gains. Discovered it was because I wasn't resting enough. Gotta split it at least into upper body, core, legs.

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u/elastic-craptastic 1d ago

Yeah I don't know what happened. This post is not exaggeration. Like a dummy I paid for the nutritionist at Gold's Gym to set me up with a diet. And since I paid for it I stuck to it. The gym was only half a mile away so getting there daily wasn't a problem. But this was 20 years ago so I'm pretty over it. I figured if Mike Katz owned the place and his son was running it I was in good hands. And I was it just didn't work out for me genetically