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Originally Posted by Sainters7
Yeah this happened to me as well, I wonder if at a certain point you need to level off the weight. I'm a smaller guy with a naturally slim build, been going pretty hard the past 4+ years. I went to the gym with my 200 lbs buddy who works out regularly and is in good shape - I'm more around 150 lbs - and couldn't believe we lift the same weight. That was my first sign that I may be overdoing it.
I too was starting to suffer from chronic aches and pains to certain joints which would rotate around my body, I finally decided I was done upping weight and would just try to keep what I have, to prevent serious joint pain as I get older. I also have no desire to be all bulky, I prefer the toned, Jesus on the cross look, so I'm good with that.
Surely at a certain point one would hit a ceiling in terms of how much they can lift, shouldn't they? I think I've found mine. But I suppose its different when one is looking to maximize the bulky look, as opposed to what I'm going for.
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Could probably keep gaining with enough calories and bulking phases.
"IF" that's what you're wanting to do, you may have hit a plateau for your frame and need to go into a proper bulk phase to get the extra size then cut again once you have too much "bulky" look.
You can only pack so much muscle onto a smaller body frame.
This is why a lot of lifters do bulking and cutting phases and over the course of many years they grow into bigger frames.
Only if that's your goal of course, not really mine either and doesnt sound like yours.