Thank you for the positive feedback
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Awesome, one of the best transformations I’ve seen on here! Keep it up man.[/quote]
Hey awesome transformation, you are huge brotha! Keep it up!
Thanks. My current weight is 178 lbs
Looking lean and mean bro keep up the good work.
just got my body fat tested again. Its been 4 months since the last time I got it done. Was 17.9% now its 12.2%
Killer progress. Seeing guys make such huge transformations in such a short amount of time (You’re what, 18 months in?) is huge motivation for someone like me who has spent years away from the gym.
Bet your wife is glad she stuck with “200lb you” now lol
Yup 18 months in so far. I guess I could be more cut if I would have stuck to a strict diet the whole time. But thank you for the positive feedback. I would lose some weight and then maintain it for a little bit then lose some more and maintain and so on. Iv never went forward in my transformation, I always made progress. Now that I plan on trying to compete I stepped my diet and training into high gear. Right now im 12.2% body fat at 177. I’m figuring I need to cut to about 160-163 to be about 5-6% body fat.
My wife always tells me she never really saw me being that big. But once she looked at the progress pictures, she was like holy cow lol.
[quote]ksrcrider wrote:
I laugh at the guys that down there protein shake as soon as their done lifting. I try to consume around 180g of protein a day all coming from food. Some days I don’t get that much.
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I down mine right after lifting every day. Why are you laughing at me brah?
because you don’t need to man. Theres lot of scientific studies showing that you don’t need to, also layne Norton talks about it.
[quote]ksrcrider wrote:
because you don’t need to man. Theres lot of scientific studies showing that you don’t need to, also layne Norton talks about it. [/quote]
I find it helps me and my progress. Plus I am always ravenous after my workout. And most pros do it as well, so there must be something to it.
Well if it works for you keep doing it. I choose to do it about 30min after I work out or when I get home.
Your arms delts and traps look awesome in that most muscular pose but your chest is lacking as well as your lats imo. I would change whatever your training is like for those parts up to something that is more effective for you. Great job man. You clearly got the lifting bug. It can be a great lifestyle.
Thanks man. Ya I know I lack a few areas. My chest for some reason isn’t growing as quickly as I would like it to. I train each body part twice a week so im not lacking on it. I lift heavy on chest so im kinda surprised that im not putting on mass.
[quote]A-rod wrote:
Your arms delts and traps look awesome in that most muscular pose but your chest is lacking as well as your lats imo. I would change whatever your training is like for those parts up to something that is more effective for you. Great job man. You clearly got the lifting bug. It can be a great lifestyle. [/quote]
[quote]ksrcrider wrote:
because you don’t need to man. Theres lot of scientific studies showing that you don’t need to, also layne Norton talks about it. [/quote]
I don’t know what Layne says but as soon as carbs in shake hits the system it cuts off whatever natural hgh elevation spurts your lifting has given you.
Now if you are taking hgh injectables I guess that won’t matter. I sip on bcaa’s during workout and then make certain within an hour after lifting I drink whey protein.
I read in June 2013 Flex magazine that lower amounts of protein (under thirty grams-can’t remember) supplements every three hours performs better at stimulation of net muscle protein synthesis then downing higher 80 gram protein supplement all at once?? I’ll recheck that article.
Excess protein is $$$ and your kidneys will live to fight another day.
[quote]ksrcrider wrote:
Thanks man. Ya I know I lack a few areas. My chest for some reason isn’t growing as quickly as I would like it to. I train each body part twice a week so im not lacking on it. I lift heavy on chest so im kinda surprised that im not putting on mass.
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What do you do on chest day? You are doing something right.
I typically start out with a flat bench. do a warm up set of 135lbs 15reps then I go to 225 and do a few sets of 6 reps then go up to 265 and do a few sets of 3 reps. after that I circuit triangle push ups with butterfly chest machine and I do weighted dips.
[quote]conservativedog wrote:
[quote]ksrcrider wrote:
Thanks man. Ya I know I lack a few areas. My chest for some reason isn’t growing as quickly as I would like it to. I train each body part twice a week so im not lacking on it. I lift heavy on chest so im kinda surprised that im not putting on mass.
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What do you do on chest day? You are doing something right.
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[quote]ksrcrider wrote:
I typically start out with a flat bench. do a warm up set of 135lbs 15reps then I go to 225 and do a few sets of 6 reps then go up to 265 and do a few sets of 3 reps. after that I circuit triangle push ups with butterfly chest machine and I do weighted dips.
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May I suggest you add incline bench if you don’t already include it.
Incline bench with bar coming down at very top of pecs brought mine out years ago. I would maybe take dips down or eliminate and bring in at least three sets of dumbell flys on incline bench.
The weighted dips are why you have such thick triceps, but they neglect the clavicular head of the pec muscles. You have been blessed putting much more emphasis on the triceps. Now let’s give em a break and bring out the pecs.
Ok ok… Thanks for the advice. I’ll start doing that. Some other people told me I had pretty big triceps. Ya I honestly don’t do much incline. How about adding in decline?