I eat plenty of candy. My biggest issue with working out is lack of protein. I simply dont like any food which has protein. Beans? No thanks. Rice? I am not Chinese ><. Meat? No, I am a vegetarian. Milk? I forget to drink enough of it. Bread? Poor people's food.
I mostly eat candy and chocolate, and ketchup.
Because I eat plenty of sugar, it means I have high energy to do 10 sets of 20 repetitions, which is 200 repetitions.
My strategy is simple: Muscles need water, sugar, oxygen, and speed.
So I drink plenty of water before workout, eat sugar before workout, I breathe fast and deep before workout and during workout so muscles have oxygen, and I do repetitions fast so I can do more of them.
I also follow 2-1-1-3 week workout plan.
It means I workout for 2 days, then pause for 1 day, then workout for 1 day, then pause for 3 days. Similar works if you workout 4 days, and rest 3 days a week. I just workout 3 days, and rest for 4 days in total, but its not rest 4 days in a row.
I am very satisfied with the way I progressed.
Now I can do 20 repetitions of dumbbell with one hand, and about 40 to 50 when using both hands at same time.
I can also do more than 50 dips.
Push ups are still bad, but I was ignoring them a lot.