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drejr1983
drejr1983 g Andre M Smith Jr
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I've been working out seriously since 4.1.2017, when I started I was about 365lbs, now I'm 298.3. My body fat dropped from low 60s to just under 49.. I've gone from working out 3x a week, to 4x week, now kind of at 5x a week..... 

Usually my weeks are something like Sunday light day, Mon off, Tues medium, Wed medium, Thurs Off, Friday heavy, Saturday combo 

I do cardio usually 4x a week Thursday to Sunday, Tuesday tends to be weight only. 

Weights wise I know I have definite strength increases. I feel thinner, clearly thinner. Every 6 weeks I either up my weights by 5lbs or add 1 more set. I do the typical 3 sets at 8 to 10 reps, never more than 15 reps....

But I'm worried if I'm still in newbie gains or losses or if I've already gone past that....

 

Thank you,

 

Andre

Scott_Herman
Scott_Herman a Scott Herman
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7.1K Post(s) Gender: Male Goal: Bodybuilding Date Joined: August 8, 2008
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Posted By: drejr1983

I've been working out seriously since 4.1.2017, when I started I was about 365lbs, now I'm 298.3. My body fat dropped from low 60s to just under 49.. I've gone from working out 3x a week, to 4x week, now kind of at 5x a week..... 

Usually my weeks are something like Sunday light day, Mon off, Tues medium, Wed medium, Thurs Off, Friday heavy, Saturday combo 

I do cardio usually 4x a week Thursday to Sunday, Tuesday tends to be weight only. 

Weights wise I know I have definite strength increases. I feel thinner, clearly thinner. Every 6 weeks I either up my weights by 5lbs or add 1 more set. I do the typical 3 sets at 8 to 10 reps, never more than 15 reps....

But I'm worried if I'm still in newbie gains or losses or if I've already gone past that....

 

Thank you,

 

Andre

@drejr1983 Congrats on the weight loss so far Andre!

 

Given you've been working out for over a year now, the majority of your newbie gains have probably gone, although I'm guessing you have spent all your time so fat in a deficit, so if you eventually get your body fat % low enough that you can go back into a surplus, then you might notice you still have some newbie gains to be made from the start of a surplus (in terms of strength and size).

 

The fact that you've only been doing strict 3x8-10 with your sets and reps might play in your favor a little bit.. if you change to doing more sets of the compound movements, rather than doing more movements, that might also help you break through plateaus and rediscover some gains!

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