Down another 2 pounds. Everything is going well, this week is a deload with respsect to training. Shelby is kicking up the fasted morning cardio this week from 5 x 30 min to 5 x 40 min.
Week 4 Update with pictures on Shelby Starnes EliteFTS Log (http://asp.elitefts.com/qa/training-logs.asp?qid=139181&tid=)
In 4 weeks down from a morning weight of 264 to 252.
http://images.t-nation.com/forum_images/6/2/628f5_ORIG-dan4weekback.jpg
back comparison after 4 weeks
Nice, a noticeable improvement.
[quote]Rocky2 wrote:
Nice, a noticeable improvement.[/quote]
Thanks man, yeah the fat loss around my midsection and sides has been pretty drastic. It’s nice to see results though.
Awesome job dude. Keep it going!!!
Is there a deadline you’re up against?
[quote]deat wrote:
Another Week 0 vs. Week 12
You can tell on this one my waist went from 42.5" to 37"[/quote]
[quote]synergy93 wrote:
Awesome job dude. Keep it going!!!
Is there a deadline you’re up against?
[quote]deat wrote:
Another Week 0 vs. Week 12
You can tell on this one my waist went from 42.5" to 37"[/quote]
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Thanks Synergy,
Well the “Dud to Stud deal” went for 12 weeks with the goal of losing fat and maintaining muscle. I’m going to continue fatloss for an additional 3 or 4 weeks.
Nice job. How was your strength level throughout the 12 weeks? That’s the part the messes with my head whenever I try to diet.
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
Nice job. How was your strength level throughout the 12 weeks? That’s the part the messes with my head whenever I try to diet.[/quote]
Most exercises stayed the same or went up. Bench was the only thing that I can think of that suffered (I would guess my 5RM went down 10-20 lbs).
The slow controled weight loss, carb cycling and Josh Bryant’s programing all contributed to keeping muscle and strength up.
[quote]deat wrote:
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
Nice job. How was your strength level throughout the 12 weeks? That’s the part the messes with my head whenever I try to diet.[/quote]
Most exercises stayed the same or went up. Bench was the only thing that I can think of that suffered (I would guess my 5RM went down 10-20 lbs).
The slow controled weight loss, carb cycling and Josh Bryant’s programing all contributed to keeping muscle and strength up.[/quote]
Thanks. That’s very encouraging to hear. I’m trying to get to 250-260 before I diet down. I’m going to keep this in mind when I take the plunge this winter.
Awesome transformation man. You can definetley see that you lost a good amount of fat around the midsection.
Sam goodluck on your goals and sucks to hear about your knee.
Thanks Johnman.
LOL,unfortunately I picked a so-so location for my weekly update pictures with really crappy lighting. But even with the bad lighting think it’s pretty clear.
starting/ ending weights?
Very very nice work. I think you should push it and get pretty lean, but that’s just me. 
Nice work man…is your avatar pic current? You look a lot leaner in it than in the Week 12 pic–is that just the lighting?
[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:
Nice work man…is your avatar pic current? You look a lot leaner in it than in the Week 12 pic–is that just the lighting?[/quote]
lol, yeah I took the baseline picture in my basement with crappy lighting… My avatar is 1 or 2 weeks old and I have gotten significantly leaner since then.
[quote]MAF14 wrote:
starting/ ending weights?[/quote]
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
Very very nice work. I think you should push it and get pretty lean, but that’s just me. ;)[/quote]
Thanks bug.
I’m going to continue working with Shelby and it looks like the current plan is keep getting lean for the next 3 or 4 weeks and then start a “lean gains” phase…