Mouthbreath
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I dont think that those numbers were your actual max, but it doesnt even matter. Either you have zero discipline, probably also in every other aspect of life or something is completely fucked. I would definitely get your hormone levels tested.I started lifting at 138 lbs, at my current height of 6 foot 4, when I was 18 years old.
When I started, here are the strength numbers that I had:
Skullcrusher: 10 lbs for 5-8 reps
Bicep Curls: 20 lbs for 5-8 reps
Overhead Press: 20 lbs for 5-8 reps
Bench Press: 30 lbs for 5-8 reps
Squat: 30 lbs for 5-8 reps
Deadlift: 45 lbs for 5-8 reps
I couldn't do a single pushup and I couldn't do a single chin up or pull up either.
I got to my current strength level in a matter of months, but because I often quit and was never consistent with my training for very long, I never got strong enough to look muscular. Also, everyone around me (guys at the gym and my cousins) told me that I needed to eat as much as possible even though I didn't actually need to eat that much, so sometimes I ended up bulking too much and had to cut back down and by repeating that process, I was making very little progress.
It was only when I started training with a 3 day full body program that I started to see a lot of very fast progress.
But even then, I was still bulking because I thought I needed to. Now I know that I don't need to bulk to gain muscle and so I am just maintaining my weight of 193 lbs and it works, I am making gains without gaining weight because every lb of muscle that I will gain will replace 1 lb of fat.