1 year progress: 137lbs- 202lbs

[pauleccles]

Hey. So this is my year progress. I stepped foot in a gym just about a year ago. When I stepped in I was 137lbs. The before pictures I posted are from about 2 months into going to the gym, where I weighed 145lbs.

The after pictures are after a small cut I ran. Which dropped me from 210ish to 200-202ish.

I have currently just started bulking back up. And will probably bulk untill at least the end of the year. Where I hope to reach roughly 225lbs or so. Maybe more if possible.

Tri's and chest and calves are my main weakpoints right now. I'm working on all 3 and making good progress on all of those.

Arms before were 10 inches haha
Arms now are about 16.5 inches or so

BEFORE:
Remember I started at 137lbs BUT these pictures are 2 months into the gym when I was 145lbs:

Front double bi:


Back relaxed:


Back double bi:


Front relaxed:

[pauleccles]

After pictures:
Remember this is after a small cut, so I'm sitting at roughly 202ish in these pics, after having cut down from 210ish.

Front double bi:


Back relaxed:


Back double bi:


Front relaxed:

[italianmuscle23]

looking solid bro. very impressive !

what kind of bulk diet were you on ? id love to hear

[Big-Kahuna]

Great transformation! You look great (no homo)

[galioth13]

hell yeh man! keep it up! lookin like a beast

[TheOak]

I'd say that awesome progress for a years worth of training. You must have been pretty dedicated?

[locdogg89]

Reps! great transformation

[HELM]

Good work!! Solid dude...solid.

[XeNoN89]

Sick man great work, like that tatoo aswell.

[feverinlove]

Solid muscle!

[dank.]

+65lbs of muscle in one year doesnt seem to legit to me.
good work though.

[debrovnik]

This transformation is almost too good to believe...

[sirek]

Great looking upper body, specialy delts.

[pauleccles]

Originally Posted by dank.

+65lbs of muscle in one year doesnt seem to legit to me.
good work though.

Originally Posted by debrovnik

This transformation is almost too good to believe...

for the record guys, never claimed to be natural or not

[thaxceptional1]

fukin solid bro...what did ur diet look like

[pauleccles]

thanks for all the compliments everyone

[thaxceptional1]

wait..so u not natural?

nvm cheater

[pauleccles]

Originally Posted by thaxceptional1

fukin solid bro...what did ur diet look like

diet is:

pretty straight forward... eat as much as possible:

-eat every 2 hours
-roughly 7-10 meals a day depending how early i wake up/go to bed
-3 protein shakes a day that go WITH meals not that count as meals
-get roughly 300-350 grams of protein a day
-eat fairly healthy, whole meals
-eat oatmeal roughly twice a day, sometimes as much as 4 times a day, at 2-3 cups each time

thats pretty much it, used to eat alot of peanut butter, since ive stuck with more oatmeal as it seems to help me grow

[lee__d]

Originally Posted by pauleccles

for the record guys, never claimed to be natural or not

natural or not, it's still very impressive imo

[pauleccles]

Originally Posted by thaxceptional1

wait..so u not natural?

nvm cheater

lol haha funniest comment by far... i never comment on "natural or not" questions... everyone can form there own opinion, and thats that.

fact of the matter is i can easily say im natural but does it matter? people will think what they think either way so i let everyone form their own opinion

[pauleccles]

Originally Posted by lee__d

natural or not, it's still very impressive imo

thanks man. again i dont comment on it. let people decide themselves.

[pizzajunky]

Originally Posted by pauleccles

diet is:

pretty straight forward... eat as much as possible:

-eat every 2 hours
-roughly 7-10 meals a day depending how early i wake up/go to bed
-3 protein shakes a day that go WITH meals not that count as meals
-get roughly 300-350 grams of protein a day
-eat fairly healthy, whole meals
-eat oatmeal roughly twice a day, sometimes as much as 4 times a day, at 2-3 cups each time

thats pretty much it, used to eat alot of peanut butter, since ive stuck with more oatmeal as it seems to help me grow

Mind giving an example of a days worth of meals? What kind of supps (natural or otherwise) did you use?

[pauleccles]

umm typical day could be something like:

-7 am: 2 eggs scrambled, 4 slices whole wheat toast, 1 protein shake

-9 am: straight to a non breakfast meal lol, maybe a decent amount of tortelini with chicken, milk as a drink for the nutritional value.

-11- 11:30: any sort of whole meal i have laying around: some sort of meat, vegetables and potatoes usually, milk again, or water

-1:00: 3 cups oatmeal, protein shake, maybe something else small

-3:00-3:30: another whole meal similar to 9 am or 11 am meals

5:00 whatevers for dinner

7:00- this is post workout (usually go to the gym at 6:00ish), so i have my shake, 3 cups oatmeal, maybe a banana or two

9:00- another whole meal. small serving of pasta and chicken or something

11:00- something small, a bit of oatmeal and a protein shake before bed is fine


*** this is ideal for me... of course some days i miss a meal or two due to whats going on in my day... my main goal in a day is to never feel hungry... dont let people tell u lies haha:P its soo much easier eating less than more... well for me at least lol****

[pauleccles]

oh and supplements are your typical protein powder for the shakes, and occasionally some NO shotgun if i have any on me for a pre workout drink.

other than that i dont take any other supplements.

[dravis210]

It don't matter what people think man, you've done a great job thus far....keep banging the weight!!!!!

[Simplelies]

1 year?! Wow awesome job dude, looking much better. You seemed malnourished in the first pic, great transformation, don't even look like the same person anymore.

Keep up the great work.

[shreCk2k7]

Fuickin sick bro, way to go and keep it up. great job man really.

[pizzajunky]

Originally Posted by pauleccles

*** this is ideal for me... of course some days i miss a meal or two due to whats going on in my day... my main goal in a day is to never feel hungry... dont let people tell u lies haha:P its soo much easier eating less than more... well for me at least lol****

Originally Posted by pauleccles

oh and supplements are your typical protein powder for the shakes, and occasionally some NO shotgun if i have any on me for a pre workout drink.

other than that i dont take any other supplements.

Thanks for the info, damn good job. Keep it up.

[TheOak]

Originally Posted by pauleccles

umm typical day could be something like:

-7 am: 2 eggs scrambled, 4 slices whole wheat toast, 1 protein shake

-9 am: straight to a non breakfast meal lol, maybe a decent amount of tortelini with chicken, milk as a drink for the nutritional value.

-11- 11:30: any sort of whole meal i have laying around: some sort of meat, vegetables and potatoes usually, milk again, or water

-1:00: 3 cups oatmeal, protein shake, maybe something else small

-3:00-3:30: another whole meal similar to 9 am or 11 am meals

5:00 whatevers for dinner

7:00- this is post workout (usually go to the gym at 6:00ish), so i have my shake, 3 cups oatmeal, maybe a banana or two

9:00- another whole meal. small serving of pasta and chicken or something

11:00- something small, a bit of oatmeal and a protein shake before bed is fine


*** this is ideal for me... of course some days i miss a meal or two due to whats going on in my day... my main goal in a day is to never feel hungry... dont let people tell u lies haha:P its soo much easier eating less than more... well for me at least lol****

How can you workout 1h after a full meal? I'd barf after the first set.

[pauleccles]

Originally Posted by TheOak

How can you workout 1h after a full meal? I'd barf after the first set.

lol ive literally worked out like 5 minutes after a meal... haha i wouldnt recommend it haha

on leg day doing that is BRUTALLLL... haha

usually 1 hour or so is fine... i have to workout pretty quick after a meal or my 1 - 1 1/2 hour workouts would get to much in the way of my next meal