Okay, so I'm back to revive the thread!!! I haven't came up missing, only been busy with training and work and haven't had much time for browsing.
So to clear things up, John, I can see where your coming from. At 250 lbs, body weight movements would be much more challenging. I've also found this to be true, the more your body weight goes up. My first few months, I struggled with adding weight for this reason. My workout schedule would always look something like this ("Weighted Pull Up's 4 Sets 8 Reps + 25 lbs.) Just as an example. I'd try to increase the weight weekly. However, I wasn't accounting for my body weight going up weekly as I grow. This made things much more challenging. So what I did, was switch to keeping track my using "Total Weight" lifted to the bar, including my body weight. Now each week, I increase my "total" weight lifted up to the bar. It's kind of hard to explain, but hopefully you see what I'm saying.
With that said, I'm still progressing VERY QUICKLY by the week. My entire body composition is changing. Not that I attribute it to weighted calesth., but more so because I have a routine that enables be to be consistent and hit it hard every single morning, from my own house.
I'm far from a bodybuilder, so please don't make fun of me for sharing this! LOL I meant that seriously, because I know so many guys here have been training for years and are light ages ahead of me. But here's my progress so far!
5 months ago: 145 lbs soaking wet, and weak.
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5 months later: 172 lbs and feeling VERY strong.
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I've noticed a huge increase in my chest, and my deltoids are much, much bigger and rounded. My shirts are becoming "short" at the butt because it seems like my trapz and arms are growing by the day. I've also noticed very little weight gain in the stomach, which gives me the impression that I still have some more bulking to do. I was honestly planning on getting out of bulking at 175, but my weight is steadily increasing by the week, so I want to get as much out of it as I can, before things start slowing down. So now, my new goal is to reach 190, then afterwards switch over to my old "Convict Conditioning" method of training. However, when switching, I'm planning to keep 1 heavy day a week, then convict condition the rest of the week.
I still have a long ways to go, but I'm pretty proud of my progress, however, I still got 7 months in my first year, and I'm excited to compare month 1 to month 12.