what are current measures? Your arms look BIG now that you’re lean. And do you have a before pic to compare to the most recent? Judging by the fact that we have pretty similar bodies / anatomy, seeing these pics gives me a lot to work towards. *Now that I’m leaner, I can see that I have some pretty well shaped, round muscles that would look great if filled out. Now i just gotta fill em out - that’s what she said.
also, in your second pic you look like a jacked Jason Biggs lol
I bet your plowing any pie you want now that you’re all leaned up like a secksy fitness model
thanks guys! aj, bis are definitely still a weakpoint, lol. I’m just a pretty good poser.
damnit greg, jason biggs! might as well masturbate with gorilla glue. but yeah the female attention has been good, though I kind of have a lady at the moment. she has enjoyed the changes. 
hlss, i’m not taking many measurements right now since they just depress me. Last time I measured arms they were about 17" (fml), and my waist at the belly button is around 32.5" in the morning. But dont worry about that, everybody looks different at different measurements. that’s good you think you have well shaped round muscles, because I definitely don’t!
The workout was pretty good too. Eating was tight today, and I started to feel a bit hypoglycemic while prepping my second meal, so I went ahead and had a poptart with it and took a nap. Felt better when I woke up. Chest strength is just something I’ve learned to accept will be low these days.
8 min stepmill, warmup stuffs.
Decline bench
bar x 20
135 x 10
185 x 8
225 x 6
275 x 4
295 x 6, 6 - did 275 x 8, 7 LW. again no spot, a rep in the tank each set. w/e
Incline bench - groove felt off. i hate the incline benches at my gym.
135 x 8
135 x 8 - moved grip in cuz was feelin funky
185 x 6
225 x 5, 5 - did 185 x 10, 8 or something last week. wanted to go a lil heavier. w/e.
dropped to 135 for a bunch.
Cable fly thingies.
did like 3 or 4 sets, w/e. Followed it up with a nice chest stretch with the 50s.
Reverse grip pressdowns - for a change.
4 ascending sets, 20-12 reps.
CG pin press, a couple inches off the chest.
135 x 5
205 x 5
245 x 4
275 x 2.5 - couldn’t quite lock out the 3rd rep, fml. hahahaha god. tinkerbell strength woot
Incline DB skulls
25s x 20
30s x 15ish
30s x 10ish drop 20s x a bunch drop 12.5s x a bunch.
Tricep stretch. exhausted, go home.
oh, did 40 min stepmill cardio this morning.
I’ve been following your progress Bug and you’ve certainly been killin it dude. Good luck on your job search as well.
thanks Herc!
because a before pic was requested.
Well done my friend
God dammit that waist is lookin’ small. The pics really don’t do justice to how big you really look.
Looking big and really lean man. Still 'miring upper chest. lol.
Keep it up man!
Re:Nikki
Maybe a bigger Frank Zane (70’s)?
thanks Dixie, always a work in progress.
Aqua, goddamnit lol. appreciate it though. i’d say the same thing about your pics too.
Blaze, thanks man, I’ll take what I can get!
I guess in some ways my shapes/posing are reminiscent of classical BB’ers - not a horrible thing!
Bug - How much weight are you gaining between Sunday morning and Monday morning on average after you refeed?
4-5lbs average. I am a pound below baseline today lol.
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
4-5lbs average. I am a pound below baseline today lol.[/quote]
LOL
So you gonna throtle up the skip? or increase kcals throughout the week? Or just keep losing until you’re at -4% bf?
It’s funny deat, my cals have been higher this week than in weeks past (slightly). Have lowered fats and upped carbs. just doing consistent cardio has made the difference.
I already skipload pretty big, so i dunno. I’m only gonna diet for 2.5 more weeks (finishing up June 4th before a short beach vaca with the fam). Just kind of playing each day by ear at this point.
End in sight! woot! 199lbs upon waking up w/ a 32in waist. god.
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
It’s funny deat, my cals have been higher this week than in weeks past (slightly). Have lowered fats and upped carbs. just doing consistent cardio has made the difference.
I already skipload pretty big, so i dunno. I’m only gonna diet for 2.5 more weeks (finishing up June 4th before a short beach vaca with the fam). Just kind of playing each day by ear at this point.
End in sight! woot! 199lbs upon waking up w/ a 32in waist. god.[/quote]
Very nice. It sure is fun when things fall into place and you’re making consistent progress. Enjoy your vacay-cay
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
4-5lbs average. I am a pound below baseline today lol.[/quote]
Yeah, me too. Typically baselining on Wed morning. Getting hungrier. Think I may up the cals some and just keep the cardio in even after baselining.
199lbs, good god. I haven’t seen that number in years! After dieting is over are you going to stay with the sane protocol and just up the cals slowly for gaining?
you’re gonna look like a boss on that vacation. Hopefully its a beach vacation so you can rock the shirtless look and make all the beach babes vag dump all over the place lol
How’s your diet being going, deat?
Mateus, no shit! it’s definitely a mind fuck, and when I’m depleted, certain shirts don’t flatter me in the arms department, but I just have to keep reminding myself this is part of the natty process.
Greg, OBVI it’s a beach vacay, god. I don’t plan on bringing any shirts. and obvi pics will be posted (will be tame though).
plan is to slowly add back in cals and see where my weight and stuff settles, try to maintain the leanness best I can while making some progress in the gym again (for once). then we shall see what I do from there
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
How’s your diet being going, deat?
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Diet is going well (6 low carb days of 100 grams, then one high day of 360 grams), cardio is up to 45-min x 6 times a week. Workout are going well, strength is good except benching LOL (it comes with the territory).
The only challenge is I don’t feel like I’ve made as large of visual improvements lately. The scale is moving in the right direction, strength and performance are good, diet is in check so I just need to keep grinding away.
What’s going on in this ish?