Ok, I've been lifting for a little over a year, however only for about 3 months seriously. The least amount of time I spend in the gym a week is about an hour and a half 3 days a week. Sometimes up to 5 days a week, and some days up to 2+ hrs. Almost no cardio. I switch up my excersizes every week, and have been doing 5 sets of 6 reps of my main weights to where I can barely get 6 reps. I'm soar all the time (but a good soar) so that means I should be gaining right? My diet isn't that bad. I dont eat fast food, only drink water and skim milk. Stopped drinking all together a month ago. Plus I still have a huge gut. I'm 6'1" and 165lbs, but my frame looks like I should be about 140lbs. My gut will not go away and I work abs every day doing different excersizes to do different parts of the abdominals. The guy I go with used to be skinny like me and packed on 40lbs of muscle. Granted it took him over a year, but I haven't gained a pound in over 3 months of seriously lifting. Plus the guy I go with has ab's again, and I have none. I take 3 "Pro Comp." protien shakes a day, a multi-vitamin, and just started NO-Explode this week. Was on T-3 for a while, but I heard it was really bad for you, plus my arms turned to mush when I took it. Please help, because the only conclusion i've come to is that its just genetics and I'll hafta deal with it.