here's some pics...

[cornfed 2]

Cudos for your new found desire. You appear to have a decent base and have the potential for putting on what in livestock we would call compensatory gains.

I would guess that your lack of consistency in diet and excercise has been holding you back. If you stay serious about that, with focus on heavy compound excercises, at your age, you could put on 50 solid lbs. clean in a year.

In the beginning, your body isn't going to like having that much food stuffed in your face but after a month or so, you will adapt.

[panterapupE]

Thanks for the inspiration cornfed...50lbs sounds like a lot...but hell...you said it, i will do it!!!there's no stopping me now...This year I'm going all natural, so i will post my next pic in two months, that's when I suppose I'll be at my original bodyweight...then i will post every 3 after that...thanks again guys, and time to grow!

[cornfed 2]

I know 50 lbs sounds like a lot but it is doable. A friend of mine went from 170 to 220 in a year clean and I read of someone else who went from 160 to 210 in 9 months.

The key is to concentrate on the heavy compounds such as squat, deadlift, pull ups (weighted if necessary) and bench or incline. Add weight to the bar every week. Skip the isolation movements. Those are for pro bodybuilders looking to tone a specific body part. You need to build something to tone first.

From the looks of you, I wouldn't work out anymore than 3 times/week as you appear to be an ectomorph bodytype. Anymore than that, and you will be burning too many calories and won't be able to put on any weight.

Add food to your body in ever increasing amounts.

Good luck. Looking forward to your next set of picts.

[panterapupE]

Really, only three...sounds good to me...this will be something completely different than me cause normally when i go hardcopre workout phase i go 6 times a weeks cause thats the only way i feel i'm working out hard enough...if that makes any sense...but that post almost made me cry cause it sounds like the answer to all my questions...so check this out...I did shoulders today and your saying that i should'nt really worry about that now.?.just focus on those compound movements...ok,sounds new and refreshi9ng...but tell me this, how many set's and reps shopuld i shoot for...cause when i normally workout...i usually do around 15 to 20 sets (20 if it's back) and for 8-12 reps...what would you recommend to just chunk up some mass on me? Once again, I appreciate all constuctive comments, and time put forth to a stranger! ... PK~

[cornfed 2]

In terms of gains, it is much better to workout 3x/week for a year than it is to work out 6x/week for six months. There are not very many men, and almost no young men that have the drive to keep up a 6x/week workout routine. There are just too many distractions and if there aren't any, you should consider finding some while you are young enough to enjoy them.

Fortunately, most people don't need to workout 6x/week to see good results. Besides, most people tried to do a heavy compound workout 6x per week they would be fertilizing daisies after a couple of weeks.

When I was actively trying to gain mass, I got great results from using doggcrapp's rest paused technique that uses ONE long set per bodypart per workout. I got considerably bigger and stronger using this routine. I would still be using it but I am doing strongman now so I am concentrating on getting quicker, stronger, and bigger in that order.

Even now on my speed/strength program, heavy days consist of working up to a heavy single one the primary excercise and just 5x5 on at most three different assistance excersises.