how come i can’t gain really any muscle no matter how many times i lift or do pushups?

It takes several months to a year of dedication to see visible results. If you’re not noticing improvements at that point, then you’re not doing enough.

 

I would definitely speak to manager of the gymn to see what could be done. Some videos that I view are a bit outlandish. Most of us have responsibilities in life. Wr cannot spend hours in gymn. A nutritionist can direct you as far as diet goes...your local government office may have great deals to assist you as far as proper diet. I am no super muscle man at this time but I do the best I can. I sleep good these days.... !

 

Maybe change your diet. Also, what are your work out routine?

 

Oh god where to start with this...

1. Don't believe everything you see online.

2. Building muscle takes time as someone already said.

3. Figure out your goals and find a credible program for getting to them. For instance if you're interested in growing your strength as fast as possible, something like starting strength or stronglifts 5×5 is worth checking out.

4. Follow the program you've chosen. Preferrably without making modifications on your own. This also includes the rules about meeting the right amounts of protein and calories a day and getting enough rest etc.

 

Facts
Also how you train matters a lot too, and if I get picky enough your liver and kidney's health play a rol into it too, and porn doesn't do any good to the latter.

You don't have to, 45min to 1h of good scheduled training is more than enough, unless you are training to improve and optimize strength of your current muscle mass, wich is a complete different kind of training that requires more rest and you may need to stretch it to 2h...

Listen to shady, he knows what he is talking about as far as I can tell from this thread. Goal setting, program and scheduling, diet, rest, time...that's all.

Rest is veery underappreciated, I say, rest like a baby, grow like a baby.

 

If you want to gain muscle you gonna need to gain few pounds

 

Do the lifting first and the treadmill afterwards if you are going to do both.
Meal prep is key for success if you don't have time, do you have a freezer don't you?
You should focus in getting a small caloric deficit for that goal, don't over do it because it will have the opposite effect.
I mean this is a complex thing, it can be summarized in simple terms by each case should be treated individually.
The easiest way would be to implement some controlled intermittent fasting without compromising your total caloric intake to promote stored fat usage, anyway, what is your % body fat?

 

That's not true and a common myth

 

I can relate to alot of you wrote , at first i had problem lifting a big bottle of water ( dont know the name in english)
I started gym and had the same problem my muscles get sored quite quickly and i loost strenght quite easyly and i eventually give up gym, but then went to MMA and Jiujitsu there i really had fun an got that necessary base of muscles i really need to have a better life !
Then i returned to gym and in less 2 years of gym i entered with 65kg now im 84 kg , majority muscle mass , i dont get tired , train everyday usually more than 2 hours (muscles feel great , they have good resistance because their used to i trained before corona almost all days bjj and gym 5 times a week so their used to get beat up they go to the ground but stand up fast ready to fight again ) and yeah im a gym bro lol

How i did that? With patience , good nutritition !!! FUNDAMENTAL HAVING A GOOD NUTRITION OTHERWISE YOU WONT ACHIEVE NOTHING and by training 2 types of muscles by day , bicep/chest , tricep/back, Shoulders/leg , with abs after the sets of 3 times 10 reps each , so 3 exercises (now i do 5 because corona i cant do jiujitsu so i spend my morning on gym lol ahah) of each muscle type with 3/4 series of 10 reps , i rest between them +- 1/2 min . Other important thing is that you really have to enjoy the journey and dont be lazy , i at first didnt like gym, now i absolutely love it and it is what preserves my mind to not be crazy because of this corona bullshit . Suplements are also important if you train hard , the ones i take fixed are whey isolated protein and a multivitamin !
Doing pushups just by that wont leave you anywhere , combat sports and gym will leave you some way , at least thats what happened to me , im getting bigger and bigger

About nutrition here is how it goes with me : Morning , 3 pieces of bread with cheese , 2 liquid yogurts and multivitamin , sometimes also fruit.
Then train , after train whey protein and 2 bananas
Lunch : Meat/bread with potato/rice/spaghetti etc... sometimes soup, and always a piece of fruit and salad
Afternoon : what was left from lunch and milk with cereals(healty cereals)
Dinner : same as lunch
Before bad :2 milks (no fat milks) and a bit of protein

But i was skinny and you arent so this probably doesnt apply very much to you , the point is eat more protein and less but also carbs , no junkfood i recoomend you to go to a nutritionist it helped me alot

Btw be pacient , i started to do sport at 18 ,im 22 at first its really hard and sucks , but it is deffinitely worth it !

 

I’m not a fitness expert, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

I used to be extremely inactive. Most of the stuff I do required sitting in front of the computer. So one day I decided to do pushup. To my horror and amazement, I couldn't do even one pushup! That was a wakeup call for me. The point is, the more you do, the better you become. And when starting out, progress tend to be small. This was years ago, and the busyness of life tend to mess up my determination to workout. But I just got back to it again recently (somewhere in early October) because of this whole pandemic.

Now, each morning I do 6x25 pushup (total of 150), along with other workouts. Here's a list of my Upper body:

Pushup: 6x25
Bent-over Barbell Rows: 5x10 @60lbs
Barbell Curl: 3x8 @50lbs
Barbell Reverse Curl: 3x8 @50lbs
Overhead Dumbbell Press (L+R): 3x10 @20lbs
Pullup: 5x5
Dip: 3x20

You need to set a goal. If you're going to do pullup (for example) decide how many you will do. Don't just jump on it and just count randomly. When I first started out, I only did 2 or 3 exercises for upper body. As I got a bit stronger and comfortable, I looked for more upper workouts and added them to my list.

In the old days, us men didn't sit in front of the computer. We were out in the field, chasing and hunting animals. And the stuff we did made use of our whole body. So everyday we got our workout. Nowaday, we sit in front of the computer and a lot of us have office works. To accommodate that we have to hit the gym. And it should be a part of life, not something you want to get in and build muscle as quickly as you can and get out. You want it to be for the rest of your life. That mean no point in rushing and trying to get big fast UNLESS your goal is to compete and your career depends on it. But for us average joe, no need to rush. If you're consistent, overtime you will see result. One of your arms is bigger. Was it the result of working out? No. But throughout life (many years in the making), you used that arm more and it got more workout from doing small and light things in life. Likewise, if you just lift and be consistent and not worry too much, overtime you will see permanent result, just like how one of your arms is big and permanent.

The first few weeks, my biceps kept inflating and deflating (each morning upon waking up). And was wondering if I wasted my time or did something wrong. Now, each morning upon waking up it's not deflating anymore (if it does, it's very little compared to before) and my upper body is forming a V shape now. Another thing about result is that others will be the first to notice the changes in you and point it out to you. When you look into the mirror, you don't notice small changes! But your friends and family members will notice it.

Also know your body. Practice good form. Don't overdo and risk injuring yourself. One time I injured my wrist and took 3 to 4 months to fully recover. From this experience, I switched to EZ barbell. Diet is also important... cut off the junk food. And also becareful with companies that want to sell you supplements and the information that is out there. Just like how there are people out there that tell you PMO is good and healthy, which we know is bogus. We need protein to build muscle, but companies that sell proteins will of course tell you that you need a lot more per pounds (so use your judgement / discernment!). Maybe it's true if you're a bodybuilder, but there are also studies that say a lot of protein can indireclty lower your T [IF] your fat and carb is low. There are also people who build muscles on low protein and high fat/carb.

Everyone is different, and we each have different goal/objective. Some do it better on empty stomach, some will need a bit of food in order to do anything. So don't be swayed by what you see on online. Just because so and so does it on empty stomach doesn't mean that you should... aka don't be a copycat. You can experiment and find out, but ultimately go with what works for you and listen to your body. Don't switch to a vegan diet because that guy over there is on it and having good result. For every vegan builder out there, there's one meat builder who also has good result.

Go slow and feel the pain. Pain is uncomfortable and we tend to avoid it. But in building muscle, no pain no gain. Right now (Overhead Dumbbell Press (L+R): 3x10 @20lbs) only give me a bit of struggle on the last set, but once I reached the point where the last set is easy, then it's time to increase the weight (or rep). Just like how there was one time I couldn't do one pushup! Now I can do 150 (6x25), and will soon increase it to 6x30.

If you have a trainer, he might show you all the shortcuts, but if you're like me, trials and errors is the way to go. Afterall, this is a lifestyle and you'll be in it for a long ride. It's almost a month now since I started working out again and the result isn't that massive, but I'm seeing result nonetheless. I am still learning and picking things up as I go. As for food, I avoid junks. Some people measure and calculate everything they eat. I don't. My goal isn't to compete and have a perfect body. Just to stay fit and healthy, and to be able to outrun the zoombies when the apocalypse comes (LOL!).

 

That's facts right there.

I can see you know what you are doing, the only thing that makes me scratch my head is why you put biceps along chest and triceps along back and not the other way around triceps/chest, biceps/back, but is a bit of a preference thing and doesn't makes a such a big of a difference but a small one so nothing wrong with it.

Not necessarily with good dieting.

Nothing wrong, that's just muscular congestion due to training, after a workout you see your "future you" until eventually you get there, you will never be as big as the you after a workout, if that makes sense.

Extremely important, is better a rep with slightly less weight but at your limit and proper form, than a shit rep that can injury you just because you are anxious on lifting heavier weights.

Considering his weight loss goal I would say this is a must.

That's quite an interesting mixed routine that I'm sure is giving you results in many areas overtime.

Good to see people knowing what they are doing, there are a lot of crazy cowboy people recommending crazy stuff out there.

 

Well it was what was recommend to me and i accepted that ahah , the guy who design to me this plan of training works for some football clubs and is a legit guy so thats what i do and ...it works really well ahaj
But im curious , is it more commond to be tríceps/chest and biceps/back?

Depends also on your goals and your volume of training but yeah for people who just want some more strenght thats true


Also i forgo to say a thing , DONT DO EGOLIFTING its the worst thing you can do in a gym, your not improving yourself, your not getting bigger your just fooling yourself and risk get injury and making stupid figures at gym....at start i did some egolifting and my results werent as good and as fast as when i started lifting well

Also know your body limits , dont exagerate and if you have any injury , be careful , for example i dont do squats because i got 2 times injury on my knee and 1 time on my other knee(mma and Jiujitsu related injuries)

 

Yeah 100% legit advice, easy to tell, well is not really more common, as I said, is a matter of preferences, I prefer triceps/chest and biceps/back because the synergic muscle of chest is triceps, and the synergic muscle of back is biceps, so from my point of view, if you put stress and tire up biceps on the chest day, I won't be as good of an aid in the back day, and viceversa, and you shorten the rest/growth period for those muscles, if you do then like one at the beginning and one at the end of the week, leaving 2-3 days in between then I can make complete sense doing biceps/chest and triceps/back, but not on consecutive days, again, is a preference thing, the difference on performance is not that great.