CopingGymcel said:
I would recommend you to actually cut. Get down to 12-14% body fat (visible abs) and then do a lean bulk (300 calorie surplus). Most natural lifters will look dyel for their first 2 years or so of training, so you are not alone. The most important part is that you get enough protein (1 * lbs of body weight, that's 165g of protein a day). Without enough protein, you won't see much progress.
What training program are you following and for exactly how long have you been working out?
I've been lifting for 16 months and I'm doing PPL.
Push: 3 sets of flat bench press, 3 sets of incline bench press, 3 sets of overhead press, 3 sets of cable chest flyes, 3 sets of rear delt flyes, 3 sets of dips, 6 sets of lateral raises, 3 sets of tricep extension, 3 sets of dumbbell shoulder press.
Pull: 3 sets of lat pulls, 3 sets of ab crunch machine, 3 sets of pullups, 3 sets of neck curls, 6 sets of dumbbell wrist curls, 6 sets of behind-the-back barbell wrist curls, 3 sets of farmer's walks, 3 sets of preacher curls, 3 sets of dumbbell bicep curls, 3 sets of dumbbell shrugs.
Legs: 5 sets of squats, 3 sets of leg press, 6 sets of standing dumbbell calf raises.
It's probably a shit routine so feel free to tell me how bad it is. For the first year or so it was worse, I would just do 20 minutes of whatever my friend did and then go home.