Yay, fat Mark is back! I missed fat Mark. How are your current numbers compared to last time you were at this weight?
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Iām not sure for the comp lifts. Gregās programming doesnāt have us go heavy at all.
I know my back is the strongest itās ever been, because I can do pull-ups better than when I was 20 lbs lighter; I can DB row way heavier and stricter than even three months ago; and my BB row is stronger too. Grip is stronger as well.
Bench is probably back to where it was when I was this weight last, maybe even a little better. Squat probably the same, DL also or maybe better.
I also think I have the legs, back, chest and shoulders to just about offset my gut. Now I just need to make sure my gut doesnāt grow while the rest of me does.
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Hell yeah, youāve definitely slabbed on some mass since last time you were bulked up so I assumed your strength would be up there as well (since I hadnāt seen any near max lifts recently). Looking forward to seeing to put it to the test on the platform!
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Iām going to be pissed if I donāt, thatās for sure. Iām very confident though. Gregās system is great, and our guys keep showing it works when it matters. We had one SHW hit a 700 lbs squat and 500 lbs bench in the same week, and thatās without a deload or anything. Thatās his fatigued maxes four weeks out.
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Thatās where you transformation guys are suckers. Iād rather be dead than average:
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Thatās at a Mike Busey party. I used to be his neighbor (down the street from sausage castle #4 or #5, I donāt remember), and we were quite good friends. I would tend bar, cater, and DJ at his parties. I remember pulling into my neighborhood and driving past his house and I would see a Girls Gone Wild tour bus, Playboy tour bus, Rockstar Energy Drink bus, Jackass Crew, or something similar, in his drivewayā¦It would be like: āWell, looks like Mikeās having a party this weekend!ā
I was the guy they called when they needed firearms for an MTV pilot they filmed (with Shitbirdz, Bam Margeraās uncle)ā¦ it was a bunch of C-listers, with no earpro, blasting away with an ARā¦ Busey said his ears were ringing for weeks. good times!
This was all WAAAAYYYY before VICE news picked up his scent (stench?), he started rolling with ICP/juggalos, and his noteriety from the Orlando Sentinel.
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I donāt know who any of these people are or what youāre talking about.
But I would totally fuck the girl in the gif. lots.
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The one riding the fat guy? Or the one on the purple circus ride?
You have a good eye because all I was paying attention to was the lap dance girl, and that guy in the back dressed in all blue.
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As for me and the transformation challenge.
Wellā¦Iām here. Uhh a bit stronger? Idk. Leaner? Ehh. Kind of. I can see the faint outline of my abs. My legs are huge, but thatās it.
Yesā¦pictures will comeā¦eventually.
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yes.
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No cutting weight for me this time around, bulk could be going better to be honest, really not consistently hitting that 3800 cals mark I need to get the scale going. Feeling pretty strong and progressing with the weights though. I like the look of my physique at this weight much better than last years after weight.
Anyway had a good arm session tonight and couldnāt resist a bicep pic.
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Test a little higher than usual pre-contest? 
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yes.
but man, Iāve always had a thing for trashy. like, not too trashy. just enough trashy. the go go dancer thing is always totally hot to me. I like tattoos, piercings, etc, weird color hair. just what i likes.
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Hereās to you, flip:
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Iām happy to say Iāll be bringing a ātransformationā to the forum on June 1st.
Luckily, the challenge never said it had to be a cutting or weight loss transformation!
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I too am glad this is the case
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Alright, Easter is over and the push towards the final 8 weeks begins.
What is everyones game plan?
I am going to run the previously successful Waterbury Summer Project, however I still dont plan on cutting cals. I may a little bit in the last 4 weeks depending on how May 1 looks, but I havent ever really dont a bunch of work and cardio like that while keeping the cals high.
As for diet its just going to be completely āde-shitifyā, so no more junk food sneaking in there, which was already fairly minimal, but for 8 weeks I can easily cut it out totally. High volume, fast paced lifting +Plenty of cardio, + 100% clean food should yeild good results.
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Get bigger without getting fatter.
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Consume fewer calories than I burn off on average. I may then have completed a successful transformation from fat and weak to chubby and weak.