@Lonnie123 sounds good to me
@dchris I like the sound of that.
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Damn good work man! You look great and still strong as an ox too?! You sound like a gahddamn late night infomercial man.
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@oldbeancam itās not like I havenāt lost strength, especially on press and ben
Well yeah man, thatās expected though. You dropped like 40 pounds. Still, youāve maintained a lot and should be proud.
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Quite 
thank you @oldbeancam I am pleased with the results. I never thought Iād look anything like this. Itās very satisfying. Me being me, though, Iām now looking at how to improve and REALLY looking forward to spending some years getting bigger and stronger while still staying this lean.
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woooo sexy
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@TrevorLPT amazing, you are a completely different shape!
@MarkKO good stuff, how many inches off the waist?
Great work happening up in here .
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@kd13 a few inches is all I know. I havenāt checked, but I know I had to get a size down for work pants and even the new ones arenāt tight while my 10 mm and 13 mm belts Iāve had to go two holes tighter on from when I started.
Thanks man. Iām just happy I had SOME muscle sitting under that coat of blubber I had accumulated.
I hope it is not too late to achive that kind of bodies>
Okay, Iām pretty sure im holding water at the minute, weird stuff is happening to my physique. Iām up 3lb, arms,shoulders, chest and legs all looking leaner and more vascular. I would say even oblique are sharper, but abs have smoothed over. So Iām up 3lbs in a week, diet is unchanged and Iāve upped the conditioning work. The only thing I can think is creatine which I started taking a few weeks ago. Thoughts?
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What are your salt and sugar intake like? Also, do you drink a lot of carbonated beverages and such?
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Damn, these are pretty impressive.
No alcohol or carbonated drinks, all I have is water, green tea and coffee. Boring I know!
Sugar intake is very low, some naturally occurring from fruit but thatās all.
Salt is low too, I donāt add salt to any cooking or salt my meals.
Diet stays pretty consistent, I was just thinking the other day that the cuts between my abs were getting deeper, and then bam. Soft.
Uh ohā¦ somebody learn how to squat. (without back pain)
My weight hasnāt been going down a whole lot, but my lower leg vascularity has really started getting noticeable.
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Those are some manly calves.
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@kd13 sounds like water retention to me. How are you feeling health wise? I know I get softer when I feel run down.
I donāt think itās worth giving too much thought to it, honestly. Youāre making such awesome progress, I wouldnāt want to overthink anything.
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Agreed, there is a natural ebb-and-flow to some things and you might just be in a weird week or something. There is still plenty of time left so dont worry about it.
I got some virus this week that is keeping me out of the gym and not eating much (living off Mag-10 the last 2 days) so this week has kind of sucked for me too. Trying not to do something stupid and set myself back another week but us meat heads arent the smartest bunch some times.
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Be careful with that, lifters need sodium, lots of it, no reason to be salt-phobic, it canāt do any damage. As long as water intake is high, as it should be, your body will auto regulate and pee out any excess. I get quite a large amount everyday and itās only helped performance, mood, and keeps my muscles dense and hard even though theyāre depleted of glycogen. Give this a read when ya can.
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