how much do you weigh

160

do you have a vocal problem?

what?

like a kind of speech impediment

no

Was told I'm a fairly good public speaker, actually

you reminded me of someone for a sec

lmao

okay then, I'll out and say it

I'm not some sort of giant, but I've put on 15 lbs of muscle since I've started

People tell me I'm noticably muscular

a lot of people cook up special snowflake workouts of odd moves nobody does because they want to feel strong without it being clear to themselves and others how little weight they can actually move on staple movements. This describes you

I was stuck in a similar rut for a long period

I've literally never found anyone that can do a heavier weighted pull up than me in real life

however, at the time I did not know it was a rut

If you have any examples I'm open to hear it

do you squat or deadlift

nope

do you bench or row?

I do similar movements. Don't have a bench per say.

do you do any kind of overhead pressing move?

Not presses. Like I said, I do pull downs.

so that right there is a huge muscle balance issue

Oh here we go

so out of roughly 6 staple movements in an exercise program, you only have one of them

So I'm essentially not getting stronger because I'm not doing "staple movements" is what you're proposing?

that one move is pretty legit strong, but you weigh 160 and have only gained 15 lbs from the start. how long have you been at this?

Like a little over a year

okay

so... you're basically a guppy at this

like I don't want to shit on what you have accomplished, because you have accomplished stuff

Newish, sure.

Buddy

Before you attempt to tell me everything I'm doing wrong and how I'm not doing things in whatever "staple" fashion you're going to propose, let me tell you this

no

I do not give a fuck what you do

it's your skin, not mine

Okay cool

and clearly you already know, so you have no need of my input

so do whatever the hell you want