Incredible 9-month Progression: 210 to 160.

[EagleOfWar]

Just wanted to say Great job and this thread is motivating. What are your macros looking like now that you are bulking (I think i read thats what your doing). Also, how hard was it to keep your physique during your maintenance? Great job once again, your hard work is inspirational.

[Jamier11]

To the person that said Kyle Corver, spot on.

Excellent progress dude and a great base for someone who's only 18. I'm sure you've got a fine career of smashing through weights ahead of you. Also, must have to spend a bit of time convincing those you haven't seen in a while that you are indeed the same person.

Cheers.

[chickeneater]

just lurkin, thru here again. Cheers op.

[Ryanast]

Bumping for people who havn't come across this thread yet

[Shifting]

Good motivation here. It amazes me how you looked so much better after your first bulk to 185 than you did when you first cut to around 160. Nice job man.

[pkgr33n]

woah thats impressive man

What routine did you use man? Could you post ur routine here or pm me like what day you did what with how many sets/reps etc,

If you used more than 1 routine could you post/pm what you used at the start, in the middle and what your using now etc

Would be much appreciated thanks.

[H51]

very impressive op keep going bro

[burythestar3]

very impressive op keep going bro

Hey OP, any updated pics on your progress? Your first cycle you looked awesome. Use this thread as motivation, would love to see updated pics from your last bulk and cut

[brobeard]

OP! Not sure if it's just me, think not, but the pics aren't working anymore! Such a shame, I kept coming here for inspiration.
While on the subject, got any recent progress pics?

Oh and your first bulk, how long did you bulk for and how many calories did you get a day?

[MikeKalb]

any way you can fix the pics?

[WillDiesel]

good stuff

[Tw1tcHy]

Holy Sh*t you DO look like Kyle Corver rofl, now that I look at it, and after double checking, it's crazy hahaha. In 4 updates 8 months from the last time I posted in this thread

[azurejer]

Effing Imageshack has messed up more threads then I know.

[sedative]

Effing Imageshack has messed up more threads then I know.

This transformation was made in the 9 month period of 9/1/09 - 7/1/10. I'm hoping this will give me yet more motivation as I draw near to my next summer cut, and hope to come off looking far better then last year.


The story is thus: I'd been fat my entire life. In November of 2009, I was weighting in getting on for 210 pounds and probably close to 30% body fat. My entire life I'd denied that I was overweight, hell obese. I was constantly taking pride in being "bigger" then other people. One day, my best friend decided to "break" the news to me, and be as blunt as can be. He told me how fat I was, and how I was denying it. He made it clear by showing pictures and giving insurmountable evidence, and for some reason, it just clicked. I realized I needed a lifestyle change, so I started to get to work. The first week I started biking a few miles, then a few more, then a few more, and got to the point where I could run (and the cold weather forced me inside). I was running upwards of 6 miles a day, eating as few calories as possible. Some days I burned hundreds upon hundreds of extra calories doing cardio, and the entire day I took down no more than 1500 calories of actual food. Sadly, knowing nothing about nutrition I was eating around a 20p/70c/10f ratio, and in the process, burnt off every bit of muscle I had. By the time I decided I was done and satisfied with my results, I had burned off enough fat and muscle to put me down to 160lbs.

Then, one day, my family decided to step it. They let me know they were worried about how much weight I was loosing, and how thin I was coming off. I started looking at pictures of myself and seeing what they were talking about. So I made the decision to drop 1k on a home gym, and start lifting. I had no clue what I was doing but over time, thanks to bodybuilding.com, I was able to fix up my diet, lift properly, and finally pack on some size. It took a few months to get it all down, and hell, I'm still learning, but each day I get closer and closer to my goal.

Without further adieu, here's the transformation:


Starting off, 210lbs.






Finished cutting, 160lbs.





Bulking up again (hello fat), 185lbs.

Images re-hosted and re-posted.

[sedative]

Starting the cut in spring (May 1st):

Imgaes rehosted and reposted

[sedative]

These are the pictures I took during my LONG matinance period from july-December, my whole goal was to enjoy the body I'd achieved, and didn't think twice about bulking or cutting again:








^ worst haircut of my life/10

Pictures reposted due to icecubefrog.

Raeps appreciated

[SQTFTW]

wow nice cut!

[fitnessfreak6]

Your face looks alpha now (no homo)..


but wow man! 9 months? thats amazing! Keep it up!

[CurltonBench]

first of all reps to the guy repsting pics cause of icefrog attack

gj on the progress op its not "incredible" though.... bro and dont have that gay look in the camera and hold your crotch man what the fuk man

also dont you post of /fit/?

[jrc9785]

One of the most inspiring threads I've seen, well done brah

[DuncRx7]

Truly inspirational. I've just started the gym about one or so months ago and currently around the size you were at 160 (possibly a little smaller) . . . have shown me what I can do.

[Lbs62]

Great job! Much improvement, keep up the good work.