So I’m 221.5 in these pics;
In this first one you can see some of the musculature in my upper back becoming visible.
My ass still looks like a war-crime but it actually is starting to form up, I notice a definite roundness in it, as opposed to the former landslide-off-my-lowerback look it had.
This one was the biggest surprise to me. You can definitely see the narrowing at the waist…and I’m not sure but I think I’ve actually gained some more thickness across my upper body…I’m REALLY happy with the progress in this shot
[quote]AccipiterQ wrote:
My ass still looks like a war-crime but it actually is starting to form up, I notice a definite roundness in it, as opposed to the former landslide-off-my-lowerback look it had. [/quote]
Hello!
[quote]hockeydawg wrote:
[quote]AccipiterQ wrote:
My ass still looks like a war-crime but it actually is starting to form up, I notice a definite roundness in it, as opposed to the former landslide-off-my-lowerback look it had. [/quote]
Hello![/quote]
Seriously as much As I hate him posting a picture of his ass I can’t but laugh like a school girl every time he does LOL.
You’ve got a similar problem to me. A ton of mass on the upper thigh but not so much above the knee. I’ve found front squats and single-leg leg press help with lower thigh mass. Back squats build big adductors/glutes for me. Props on being able to get up to such a high BF%. I start to get scared when I get much over 15-16%.
And your left leg looks noticeably bigger than your right. You could have some hip/pelvis issues goin on there that are causing this.
[quote]AccipiterQ wrote:
This one was the biggest surprise to me. You can definitely see the narrowing at the waist…and I’m not sure but I think I’ve actually gained some more thickness across my upper body…I’m REALLY happy with the progress in this shot[/quote]
Your progress is great mate… but please, for the love of god, no more arse shots!
Looking built here
[quote]SlothGuy wrote:
And your left leg looks noticeably bigger than your right. You could have some hip/pelvis issues goin on there that are causing this.[/quote]
you know I hadn’t noticed that til you pointed that out…thanks!
And I’ve been looking for stuff to help with the mass above the knee problem, I’ve always had it. May try the single leg presses
Goddamnit dude, with those pictures I’m actually thinking “hope my wife doesn’t glance over and see me looking at this.” I wouldn’t care if she glanced over and I was browsing the Vixen thread, mind you.
Wife: “What are you looking up on the internet, honey?”
Husband: “Oh, just some man-ass.”
Effin A.
You look much better. what are you weighiing now?
[quote]lemonman456 wrote:
You look much better. what are you weighiing now?[/quote]
221.5 or so, I may need to cut calories a tad more to drop some more of the weight, or alternatively I’m thinking of going low carb on my upper body days as well.
Nice progress AQ
You have good glute/hamstring separation as well. I wish I was so lucky
[quote]optheta wrote:
[quote]hockeydawg wrote:
[quote]AccipiterQ wrote:
My ass still looks like a war-crime but it actually is starting to form up, I notice a definite roundness in it, as opposed to the former landslide-off-my-lowerback look it had. [/quote]
Hello![/quote]
Seriously as much As I hate him posting a picture of his ass I can’t but laugh like a school girl every time he does LOL.[/quote]
Yes, this is my problem too…the laughing thing that is.
How’s the progress? Really interesting to see how and when you get rid of that bulk fat. Good job so far.
I guess the general rule is the last place you add the fat, the first place it comes off…so most likely the ass will stay budonked until the end of the cut.
Quick update for those following along:
The cut is going well; the old axiom that the first place you add fat is the last place you lose it is holding true for me. My ass ends up plump first, even when I was at 10.5% bf and had red hawt myspace abbzz I still had a plump ass. After that I start to accumulate it on my hamstrings, then lower back, then stomach, then slightly on my arms, although the only way I can tell is I can’t see the veins running down my biceps anymore. I can see them again now though, and the fat on my stomach is coming off, I can actually see my serratus again! Welcome back serratus, good to see you. Ass…still huge. I need to weigh in tomorrow morning, I think I’ll be around 217-218. My old jeans STILL don’t fit, and I’m starting to wonder if they ever will. It’s not my ass, I can barely even get them up to my ass, it’s my quads/hams that just too damn big for them! Same with a lot of my shirts. I don’t really see any more fat on my arms/chest/upperbod that can come off, and many of my shirts still don’t fit. Especially my button downs/dress shirts.
Re: Diet. Im really clamping down now, reducing fat as well as carbs. Cut out 1 Tbsp. of EVOO in my morning shake (I usually put 2 Tbsp in), also reducing walnut intake to 1 oz. per day instead of 2. Also, on upper body days I cut out the large apple I was eating that accounted for like 25g. of carbs. I don’t have the exact numbers off the top of my head, but on conditioning days I’m around 2500 cals and 40 net carbs, and training days around 2600 & 80 net. Last week I also realized it’s going to take some getting used to being that low on carbs…I felt like I was in a fog all week! This week’s a little better. But I still may do a mini refeed on Tuesdays from now on. I do heavy upper body, and then high rep squatting on Monday and Tuesday respectively, so glycogen is probably pretty depleted after those two workouts.
What I would do differently: I definitely was too slow to strip off the calories for the first few steps of the cut. I could’ve definitely gone 4500-4000-3500 in the first 3 weeks. I just wasn’t sure how used my body would be to the excess calories, or where my maintenance points would be, so I was cautious. I want to protect the LBM I gained 
So yeah, I expect results to amp up over this week, as I lock in the low carb and lower fat diet. Still aiming for around 205 @ 8% or so. I’ll see how I look when I get to 210.
Alright, I checked, here’s my calorie breakdown:
Leg Days (Tues/Fri): 2649 Calories, 119F/113C(net)/258P
Upper Body Days (Mon/Thu): 2524 Calories, 118F/86C(net)/257P
Conditioning Days (Sun/Wed): 2616 Calories, 157F/43C(net)/237P
The conditioning on Sunday I do after I get up, having only taken one scoop of protein and water.