What should my routine be to escape /skeleton/ mode?

well what the fuck do you do as a skinny beginner?
I did SS for 2 months and didn't see any progress/fabled beginner gains. I think I went from 155-160lbs at 5'11 and only put like 20-30lbs on my lifts.

PPL to look good.
SS to be fat.

Eat 300-500 above maint
Hit your protein goals

Growing as a skelly is harder than being skinnyfat/fat and going down, so when you see those guys looking great after 6 months, know that isn't realistic for you.

The routine doesn't really matter. You could do any number of them.

What is most important is eating more food than you're used to. I'm not gonna lie and say it'll be easy, you'll have to eat more food than you are used to. It may be difficult but you will adapt.

Good luck

So SS is not a meme? I'll admit that I definitely did not usually hit my calorie goals even after drinking a litre of milk a day, shoveling that much food in your face is so hard without resorting to junk.

It looks like homie is suggesting something along the lines of reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/37ylk5/a_linear_progression_based_ppl_program_for/

I was a skelly at first, believe me it takes a while until you can eat big enough, gotta get used to it, I went a few months feeling bloated because i'd stuff myself. White bread/cereal is helpful

Do you even spot reduce?

Did it end up making you fat or toned?
I'm worried that my gains on SS, if they do come, are not going to be aesthetically pleasing.

I think PPL is just better. A lot of kids come on here wanting to look good and not be super strong. Suggesting that they do SS, or any strength routine that is not in line with their goals, is silly. PPL will get them there faster. I think the linear progression PPL from Reddit, with a few intelligent modifications, is great for that.

I didn't do SS. So can't help you there.

>intelligent modifications
such as?

Pull day modifications
Change the autistic 5x15-20 face pulls to 3x8-12 face pulls. 15-20 is endurance range and won't do much. 5 sets of that is retarded.
I moved hammer curls to the second to last workout at 3x8-12. The reason why is because hammer curls engage more of your forearm muscles, making you slack on the next bicep workout. It's better to do the barbell curls first for maximum efficiency. I kept the barbell curls at 4x8-12.
For personal preference, I added farmer's walks at the end of my pull days for 3 sets and just walking around aimlessly until I can't hold them anymore.
My gym doesn't have a seated cable row, so I do DB rows for 3x8-12 instead. Weighted pull-ups for 3x8.
I do hyperextensions for 2x10 at the end.

Push day modifications
Removed the lateral raise superset and just do 3x8-12. 6 sets, I think, is too much.
I alternate between weighted dips and incline DB bench. I do weighted dips on the day I do bench as the main exercise. I do incline bench on the days I do OHP as the main exercise.
Push day is pretty good other than that, I think.

Legs
I took out leg press and do front squats, instead, for 3x8-12. Leg curls aren't needed if you're doing RDLs, I think.
I changed the calf raises from 5x8-12 to 4x15.
I added two ab exercises at the end.
My personal favorite ab exercises are: (1) hanging leg raises with a dumbbell (simply lift your knees up to your chest with a dumbbell) and (2) landmine 180s.

I also changed the main compound exercises to 3x5, except for the deadlift and kept it at 1x5.

>thinking that routine matters

Just eat dude

do SS or SL + accessories and eat

don't even think about doing a split that only has you doing a compound only once per week, you're not even close to being able to think about looking good yet, you just want to be able to get to the point where you can lift the weight that will make you look good down the road

Thanks Veeky Forumsizen, I really appreciate it.
I'll screenshot this and go hard for the rest of the summer.

Simply eat more.

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This guy gets it.
Not when you're that fucking skinny to start with.

Curb it off, don't keep doing it forever. You will gain some fat, but it'll jump start your muscle gains. You won't have a hard time losing fat later. Don't be afraid, just get it done.

skelly general?

i long for the days i get called dyel on a picture instead of skelly

someone post skelly cbt in this thread too

Yes don't listen to that stupid fuck. You can only gain muscle so fast so having that many extra calories is just going to put fat on you. If your end goal is to weigh more then go for it but if you wanna be aesthetic you're gonna have lose the massive amount of fat you gain eventually.

Eating is the hardest routine of all

any feedback on this ?

how do i put on weight? i do a lot of cardio playing dance games

>how do I put on weight

You're uneducated and helpless

500 cals above maintenance

lots of sleep

water

ss or icf 5x5

i try to eat as much as i can but i think i exercise too much to put on weight

>i do a lot of cardio playing dance games

what the fuck

Just eat more food man, idk how you guys can't gain weight.
I cut weight for a grappling tournament and put weight back on easy as fuck.