see im manlet 5'7, i dont have a 200lbs bodyweight, highest i bulk to is like 185lbs, i stay really lean around 5'7 170
I haven't made any gains in the last year doing fuck-around training, but I've maintained all the gains I made in the previous 4+ years training properly. That's all I am saying.
Because gains is literally just working your muscles so they grow.
It isnt complicated at all.
Bodybuilding isn't a figured out science. Maybe what you're doing works for you. Simply maintaining isn't that hard though.
There is a big motherfucking difference between gaining and maintaining. You can't even compare the two.
That said, it's pretty well known that you'll get better results doing a shitty program with effort and believing in it, than half-assing a perfect program.
Lastly, there's a chance you're doing most things right "by accident".
Programs are meme anyway, just go to gym and kill the muscle youre training.
You are not lean at 5'7 170. Unless you're fridge mode. I cut to 152 lbs in wrestling and im 5'8
rofl
i was 5'7 150 with abs before i even started lifting
Not knocking you dude, just saying you must be pretty fuckin big lol.
I have really broad shoulders and a blocky physique naturally even before i began lifting. I have a near 34 inch waist with literal veins on abs, at only 5'7. Very stocky/blocky physique.
>mfw former fatass 270lbs
>peak lifts were at 220 6'1 25%
>naturally built for ottermode
>fuck let's cut and start doing MMA&BJJ
>down to 170lbs lifts mostly the same
>train 2x/wk
Deadlift and Squat went down because I stopped training legs due to ACL tear. Still can still rep out 3pl8 dead and 2.5pl8 squat. I guess lifting really isn't rocket science