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Hey, im skinny fat... currently 83 kg, started last year at 83.9 kg, droped to 75.5 kg and since july slowly going up in kgs sgain

I was able to do 1 Wide Grip Pull Up and 0.5 Close Grip this time last year. Now I can do 5x6-8 weighted Neutral Grip Pull Ups with about 5 kgs on me.

So I must have also gained muscle.

But if I look in the mirror I still didnt change lol.

Im 175 cm, 83.3 kg now and male. Id say thin arms, belly,...

Here is a pic for reference if me.

What would you guys do if you were me? Skinny arms, fat belly/ chest, skinny legs.

Working on few key lifts...

  • Overhead Barbell 5RM is 45 kg
  • Bench Dumbbells is 5RM 27.5 kg
  • Barbell Squart 5RM 80 kg ...

So not very strong either lol. I think I barbell Benchpress 65 kg for 5 Reps Max :(

Trying to hit 2800 kcal a day and about 2g protein per kg/ bodyweight. Doing upper lower splitwith cardio zone 2 on wednesday and saturday

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[–] temmink@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago

For reference: going up 2.5kg per dumbbell, i.e., going up 5kg in total is a pretty big step for the upper body. In your case this means going up 9.1% which is a pretty big jump. This might just bring you too close to "really heavy" and your muscles might just need a bit more stimulus and time. To me, it doesn't sound odd.