Good Considering?

alright so i injured my shuolder and my whole right side atrophied and i dropped from 72 kg to 69 kg in the space of a week and have been out of training (upper body kept doin legs of course :slight_smile: venus would kill me if i didnt) for 6 weeks. . .

that was 8 1/2 weeks ago the last two weeks ive been back eating and training hard and because im not in a weight group anymore (punching is still a no-no for me) i have decided to put on a little (much needed) weight. . . here’s somw updated pics gimme a break ive been injured (and im not 4.5% bodyfat anymore lol)

you can clearly see the wastage in the right shoulder! ah ill get it back

bicep (left not right that ones gone altogether ha)


little bit of dough around the waist ooops too much cake wen i was injured

chest . . .

i’m upto about 74 kg now and gonna hit the food and the weights hard now for 6 weeks and then cut and see how ridiculous i can get myself. .

feel free to abuse me. . .i do plenty of it ha

(look at the right shoulder!!!) half the size of the left. . . ILL BE BACK :slight_smile:

Good for a lean guy, but still not as good as this:

http://www.T-Nation.com/tmagnum/readTopic.do?id=2181780

Pack on the mass my friend, you almost look sickly.

And get a tan!

was already on there having a look. . he’s in good condition alright gave him a 7. . . ‘sickly’? i think thats a bit harsh :slight_smile: wots wrong with my tan? if you’d taken the time to read the thread you would know i was lean for a reason . . and i clearly stated that i was injured and have only just got back training and i only put these up as a follow on from what id previously put up on the thread and was saying that i have put on a few lbs despite injury and i plan on putting on mass so. . . . any thing constructive to say? . . help me build my ridiculously inhibited shoulder? any thing. . ? no? didnt think so. . your obviously an angry little man

You are right, I didn’t read the entire thread. I do apologize for not reading the details.

And yes, I am sometimes an “angry little man” lol

I do think you have good progress

Great physique!
Of course, people should pursue whatever goals make them happy, but I certainly believe that if people weren’t so afraid of losing 20lbs on their bench press and actually leaned out once in a while, there would be a lot more good physiques around.

A lot of muscle mass is a great thing. A lot of muscle mass plus a lot of body fat = fat guy with big forearms. Which is fine…I just don’t think it looks good.

I gave you an 8.

[quote]whoami wrote:
Great physique!
Of course, people should pursue whatever goals make them happy, but I certainly believe that if people weren’t so afraid of losing 20lbs on their bench press and actually leaned out once in a while, there would be a lot more good physiques around.
A lot of muscle mass is a great thing. A lot of muscle mass plus a lot of body fat = fat guy with big forearms. Which is fine…I just don’t think it looks good.

I gave you an 8.[/quote]

thanks man . . . im going to pack on a bit of mass over the next few weeks and see how i get on and ill post results back up here should be interesting :slight_smile:

me @ 76 kg on muscle beach :slight_smile: +5kg only up 0.2% bodyfat!

back :slight_smile: most of the atrophied muscle is back after my injury . .

Excellent physique. Very good squat especially for your bodyweight too!

thank you for the comment!

its funny nobody ever believes me because i am small! if im wearing a tshirt it looks like i never saw a weight or ever ate a steak in my life! :slight_smile:

like your avatar by the way. . .the clown curling or doing upright rows on the squat rack! hopefully if you can bicep curl it you can deadlift it from the ground . . .antelopes! :slight_smile:

[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
GetSwole wrote:
Ahzaz, you have little to no muscle mass and you don’t have lats which are part of the v-taper. Not trying to be mean but you need to stop wondering why you don’t have this or that on this site. You need to build some muscle.

I think after Ahzaz hits puberty he’ll have a better chance of building muscle.

Why “Good Considering”? you look good.

Glad to see you don’t have a powerlifter tummy.

[/quote]

Does powerlifting grows a tummy?

[quote]bryan.kav wrote:
thank you for the comment!

its funny nobody ever believes me because i am small! if im wearing a tshirt it looks like i never saw a weight or ever ate a steak in my life! :slight_smile:

like your avatar by the way. . .the clown curling or doing upright rows on the squat rack! hopefully if you can bicep curl it you can deadlift it from the ground . . .antelopes! :-)[/quote]

I do know what you say, i hate that. There is a guy who is always teasing me about size, he insisted on being bigger than me, I hate that kind of piss contest, we standed in front of a mirror and the gym trainer measured us. Big result: I am bigger and better shaped than him, but still with all of his fat, he seems to be bigger, but he is not. The tape doesn’t lie. Also, I have read somewhere here that is kind of weird visual effect, the leaner the lighter you look. If i compare my 160pound pics from 2 years ago, to my actual 160pound pics, I look bigger two years ago. Also my grandma insist every time on why I am so thin lately, telling my wife: you don’t feed him enough.

:stuck_out_tongue:

but lately, i am 160pound and I don’t care on what people think , I will reach my goal, period.

[quote]juanjromero wrote:
OctoberGirl wrote:
GetSwole wrote:
Ahzaz, you have little to no muscle mass and you don’t have lats which are part of the v-taper. Not trying to be mean but you need to stop wondering why you don’t have this or that on this site. You need to build some muscle.

I think after Ahzaz hits puberty he’ll have a better chance of building muscle.

Why “Good Considering”? you look good.

Glad to see you don’t have a powerlifter tummy.

Does powerlifting grows a tummy?

[/quote]

He means powerlifters usually are not ‘lean’ like a fighter would be. Even if the powerlifter is lean, he usually has a pretty good sized bulge on his stomach

[quote]kayveeay wrote:
juanjromero wrote:
OctoberGirl wrote:
GetSwole wrote:
Ahzaz, you have little to no muscle mass and you don’t have lats which are part of the v-taper. Not trying to be mean but you need to stop wondering why you don’t have this or that on this site. You need to build some muscle.

I think after Ahzaz hits puberty he’ll have a better chance of building muscle.

Why “Good Considering”? you look good.

Glad to see you don’t have a powerlifter tummy.

Does powerlifting grows a tummy?

He means powerlifters usually are not ‘lean’ like a fighter would be. Even if the powerlifter is lean, he usually has a pretty good sized bulge on his stomach
[/quote]

Ok. i see. I tought the gut was distended by the breath pattern. so, every guy who lift a little and have a gut, has the excuse to say: “I am a powerlifter”?

[quote]juanjromero wrote:
Ok. i see. I tought the gut was distended by the breath pattern. so, every guy who lift a little and have a gut, has the excuse to say: “I am a powerlifter”?[/quote]

NO. That’s a pretty common excuse. Powerlifters lift for strength, not aesthetics. If you have a gut, you have to be able to back it up with some impressive weight.