Upping Protein?

[Tex]

I have been lifting weights for three times a week for about 4 months and I have to say I'm not too amazed with the results. I suppose I am doing something wrong, so maybe someone here can spot my problem.

First off, I work out around 11:00am (MWF) and drink about 44g of protein mixed with 5g Creatine approx. thirty minutes before I leave home. I spend about a full hour at the gym, doing everything. I work everything form pecks to back to arms to legs. By the time I leave, my body feels so "numb" that I can barely feel the steering wheel on the drive home. When I do get home, I drink down another 44g of protein (this time mixed with 5g of Glutamine). Here is whats weird, by this time, I feel completely fine, like I could go lift again. When I wake up on the days in between I'm rarely sore. Because of this, I do not drink protein on the days that I do not lift. I have been doing this for about 4 months and have gained only 10 pounds.

Because I am not sore, I figure that my muscles are healed enough already for me to lift again, so I'm thinking of lifting 5 times a week. If I do this, I will also drink twice as much protein as I do now (making 176g a day of whey alone; 5 times a week instead of 3). Is this a bad move? If anyone has something to suggest other than this, please point out the flaw I have in my routine.

Thank you in advance

 

[kca13]

Maybe your body is just getting used to your routine and you need to switch things up. A big part of bulking is diet, what does yours look like? And 176g from whey is way too much, you should be getting a majority of your protein from foods ie. chicken, fish, turkey etc.

 

[AJP]

Yeah I definitely agree, 176 grams a day of whey alone is way too much, if you were to get that much from both whey AND food it would be ok.

It is also very important to continue eating on your off days as well, not only the days you lift. The days in between your workouts are when your muscles are recovering and actually grow, even though it doesn't feel like it all of the time.

Like kca said, it would be good to switch it up. Have you been doing the exact same thing every workout? If you are, change up your routine with different exercises so you trick your body into new motions and movements.