Found an even better “before” picture than the one I posted previously.
Don’t be jealous of how swole I was :).
weighed about 135 in this picture.
Hmm by the looks of that picture, I think its safe to so you put on a couple of pounds of muscle… Congrats, HUGE difference!
holy shit Blaze. you’re doin it right.
congrats on the Pr’s, yet again 
What?! What about Bill Gates? I <3 that song. Being a Busta fan though is in my blood so maybe I’m biased.
Re the song dedication: Glad to be your first ;D
Wow you’re taller than me and I still weigh more than you did. I’m happy you found iron lol
Good to hear you actually took your shoes off and squatted. Next time do it and pull!
Nice PR’s man, it’s raining PR’s in here. And damn…you were TINY haha
[quote]inkaddict wrote:
…it’s raining PR’s in here…[/quote]
Blaze is makin it rain!
holy shit man! You were one skinny bastard! lol
Nice PR’s… glad to hear you got rid of them shoes for your squats. Just dont let the gym nazi’s catch ya and give you a hard time.
[quote]phlegms wrote:
Hmm by the looks of that picture, I think its safe to so you put on a couple of pounds of muscle… Congrats, HUGE difference! [/quote]
Haha thanks man. It’s pictures like that one that give me some of my motivation to keep getting bigger. Thanks for stopping in.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
holy shit Blaze. you’re doin it right.
congrats on the Pr’s, yet again ;)[/quote]
Thanks! I’m just doing my best, and learning along the way.
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
What?! What about Bill Gates? I <3 that song. Being a Busta fan though is in my blood so maybe I’m biased.
Re the song dedication: Glad to be your first ;D
Wow you’re taller than me and I still weigh more than you did. I’m happy you found iron lol[/quote]
Honestly, I’ve only listened to bill gates once or twice. I’ll have to give it a shot. I really like Busta in “Look at Me Now”.
Haha yeah, I was a skinny mofo. I’m pretty glad I found the iron game too!
[quote]inkaddict wrote:
Good to hear you actually took your shoes off and squatted. Next time do it and pull!
Nice PR’s man, it’s raining PR’s in here. And damn…you were TINY haha[/quote]
Haha yeah, I was expecting to get yelled at the whole time, but whatever. I actually was going to take them off pulling this week, and even told my lifting partners to remind me, and we all forgot. lol.
Thanks! I just do what I can. That was back when I would eat a bag of popcorn and a can of pop for dinner. My mom would make me drink slim-fasts to stay “hydrated”, but I know she was just trying to make sure I got some more cals/vitamins in me lol. She was so happy when I started eating a fair amount more and actually running my school meal plan down really fast.
[quote]gregron wrote:
[quote]inkaddict wrote:
…it’s raining PR’s in here…[/quote]
Blaze is makin it rain!
holy shit man! You were one skinny bastard! lol
Nice PR’s… glad to hear you got rid of them shoes for your squats. Just dont let the gym nazi’s catch ya and give you a hard time.[/quote]
Haha. “I make it rain, I make it rain on them hoes…”
Yeah…somewhere on my mom’s computer is a picture of me after working in an old attic and covered in dust and dirt, I sucked in my stomach and she took a picture. I legit looked like a homeless refugee.
Thanks man! I’ll do my best to avoid them.
Just plugged my old info into a BMI calculator
Underweight: <18.5
Normal:18.5-24.9
Overweight:25-29.9
Obese:30+
Old BMI when I started lifting: 18.4 (how is that BARELY underweight?!)
BMI now: 26.2 wheeeeewww overweight! lol.
Shoulders session in a couple hours. Have to decide if I want to keep trying BB press seated or go back to dbs.
Would you say you looked like a prisoner from Auschwitz?
Serially crazy weight gain and skwattin’ PR!
LOL at BMI. I just checked mine and I’m considered obese. Hellz to the yeah.
[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
Would you say you looked like a prisoner from Auschwitz?
Serially crazy weight gain and skwattin’ PR!
LOL at BMI. I just checked mine and I’m considered obese. Hellz to the yeah.[/quote]
Haha, Yeah that could be considered an accurate description.
Thanks man!
I’ll get that obese status eventually. (in retrospect, sounds like an odd goal hahah)
5-20-11
Shoulders
Seated DB Press (changing reps up to go more for development now that I’ve got my weights up to a fairly decent number)
55’sx8
60’sx8
65’sx8
70’sx8 (a couple of these may have been a little high, keeping same weight next week)
DB Leaning Laterals
30x12
30x12
35x12 PR
Double underhand BB front raise
40x12
50x12
60x12 Good feeling out of these. Arms kept slightly bent.
Rear delts on inc. bench
20’sx25
20’sx25
20’sx25
Smith shrugs
225x6
275x10
315x10
345x10 PR
225x32 +2 rep PR Wanted 35 but I accidently twisted the bar and racked it, didn’t feel like unracking it again. I’ll go for 35 next week.
Behind the back cable laterals
30x8
40x8 (ugly)
50x8-assisted. Tyler pushed up right under my elbow. These were like forced reps, and were killer. Keeping these for sure.
DB bent over shrugs (db shrugs with body leaning forward, halfway between straight up and 90 degrees)
55x12/side
65x12/side
75x12/side (done one hand at a time)
Very pumptastic shoulder workout. Pretty happy with it all.
Wow on that skinny before pic!
Whatever you are doing, it’s working!!
That’s amazing!
And nice PRs. I was squating barefoot until I got my Vibrams and I LOVE them, BTW.
[quote]Blaze_108 wrote:
[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
Would you say you looked like a prisoner from Auschwitz?
Serially crazy weight gain and skwattin’ PR!
LOL at BMI. I just checked mine and I’m considered obese. Hellz to the yeah.[/quote]
Haha, Yeah that could be considered an accurate description.
Thanks man!
I’ll get that obese status eventually. (in retrospect, sounds like an odd goal hahah)[/quote]
I agree with the others, insane progress man.
Also, the BMI is mother fucking retarded.
[quote]Powerpuff wrote:
Wow on that skinny before pic!
Whatever you are doing, it’s working!!
That’s amazing!
And nice PRs. I was squating barefoot until I got my Vibrams and I LOVE them, BTW.
[/quote]
Haha thanks! I feel like I’ve come quite a ways since that picture.
I really need to get some flat-soled shoes.
[quote]DoveofWar08 wrote:
I agree with the others, insane progress man.
Also, the BMI is mother fucking retarded. [/quote]
Thanks man! Haha, yeah, if you’ve lifted a weight in your life, chances are your BMI is going to be pretty inaccurate. Thanks for stopping in my log!
That’s sad that you’re overweight. Not in the bad way because of course I want you to be obese lol, but seriously, go outside and tell people that you’re overweight and see the reaction you get. Stupid standards are stupid.
Damn, I rant about weight and the medical field all the time.
What a shoulder workout, I like.
[quote]DoveofWar08 wrote:
[quote]Blaze_108 wrote:
[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
Would you say you looked like a prisoner from Auschwitz?
Serially crazy weight gain and skwattin’ PR!
LOL at BMI. I just checked mine and I’m considered obese. Hellz to the yeah.[/quote]
Haha, Yeah that could be considered an accurate description.
Thanks man!
I’ll get that obese status eventually. (in retrospect, sounds like an odd goal hahah)[/quote]
I agree with the others, insane progress man.
Also, the BMI is mother fucking retarded. [/quote]
x2 on BMI!!!
Blaze, great progress man. Keep up the awesome work and youll be looking at a current picture this time next year and think the same thing!
It is an odd goal lol. How do you like smith shrugs vs. BB shrugs?
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
That’s sad that you’re overweight. Not in the bad way because of course I want you to be obese lol, but seriously, go outside and tell people that you’re overweight and see the reaction you get. Stupid standards are stupid.
Damn, I rant about weight and the medical field all the time.
What a shoulder workout, I like.[/quote]
Haha yeah, BMI is pointless for anyone with an above-average level of muscle. Ranting just means you’re passionate about something (which is a good thing). Glad you like it lol. It was a good one.
[quote]pbclax1 wrote:
x2 on BMI!!!
Blaze, great progress man. Keep up the awesome work and youll be looking at a current picture this time next year and think the same thing!
[/quote]
Thanks man! I hope I can look at my pictures a year from now and think “man, I was small/underdeveloped.” That’ll mean I made major progress since now.
[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
It is an odd goal lol. How do you like smith shrugs vs. BB shrugs?[/quote]
Haha. yeah.
I like Smith shrugs better because I can lean back with it and don’t have to focus on controlling the bar path at all.
5-21-11
Arms
BB Curls (took vids of these so you can see my form. Form was looser on top set than I like.)
110x10 PR
110x8
110x8
120x6
BB Floor Press-Tyler made me try these, I like close-grip better
145x8
165x8
175x6
Hammer Curls
55’sx6
60’sx6
65’sx8 PR
Skulls
100x8
100x6
100x5 (really tightened up form for last two sets)
2 handed DB hammer conc. Curls
65x16 (8 with each hand on top)
70x16
75x14 PR
DB Unilateral Floor Press
55x20/20
55x18/18
Spider Curls
55x10
55x10
55x7+3f (hard)
Tricep Pressdowns
170x6
180x8
130x15
Done. Tyler and I both happened to wear black beaters…for an arm day. We were like “oh shit…brodown!”
I gotta say that I enjoyed the beater very much.
Amazin’ arm day.
[quote]Blaze_108 wrote:
Done. Tyler and I both happened to wear black beaters…for an arm day. We were like “oh shit…brodown!”[/quote]
Nice curling PR and lol at you and Tyler matching.