My progress/transformation. 18 months and 24 months.

[kidsheart]

So i thought id post up some before and after photos.
The first two photos are about 6 months prior to me starting training. Before this i played years of soccer at a decent level and surfed alot. i was always pretty lean, and reletively fit, but always tiny. Before training i weighed in at about 69kg's although when the photos were taken, i may have been closer to 72-73 id estimate.

I believe the progress i have made is down to a few main things.
1- i was lucky enough to have a good mate who had been training and competing for years, so from the get-go i was lucky enough to be schooled and showered with his knowledge of training and alot of help with nutrition.
2- whilst ive trained hard and consistently from the first day i set foot in the gym, i also believe i have fairly good genetics.
3-I also ate well from pretty much the day i started training, i was quickly hooked and was lucky enough to be guided through what i 'should' be eating. I ate 'good, clean' food spread out over 5-6 meals from start untill now. i was pretty consistent with this, ive never counted calories or macros, and ill i still allowed myself to occassionally go out for drinks and all that normal stuff. usually atleast once a week ill go out for dinner, sometimes more depending on what my goal is, and ive never curved my eating that day to compensate for this.
Whilst i realize now this is DEFINITELY not the only way to go nutrition wise. It is what has worked for me, i feel if i eat more meals, i have more stable energy and generally feel better.

Probasbly my besdt period of improvement would have been between my two comps. Prior to my first comp i had never really bulked, just slowely put on muscle whilst always staying lean. After the comp i had a quick shot at bulking for 3 1/2 months and i believe my body responded extra well to this due to it being held back for so long prior due to me probably eating pretty close to maintainance.

So these first two photos are 6 months prior to starting training.





This next photo would be at about 18 months, at my first comp, which i had my diet done for me.



about 22 months, during my second comps comp prep, so a little stringy and depleted



and this is about 23 months (about a month or 6 weeks ago). For this comp i did my own diet, and i came in alot fuller than the first comp imo. I was only ~1kg heavier than the first comp.




Thanks for viewing.

[kidsheart]

First set of pics is only half working for me. Heres some links incase they dont show up

[jwgering]

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Absolutely amazing 10/10

Congrats, and good work

[SayMilesAway]

Wow nice op

[kidsheart]

Thank you, sirs

[EatTheGym]

Firstly, great progress. All that in 24 months is amazing.

Secondly, some positive criticism; your chest (especially upper chest) is lacking compared to the rest of your body, what exercises do you do for chest?

[DannyRelic]

Looking good man! Great work!

[kidsheart]

Firstly, great progress. All that in 24 months is amazing.

Secondly, some positive criticism; your chest (especially upper chest) is lacking compared to the rest of your body, what exercises do you do for chest?

Thanks! yeah i do try and target my upper chest. And i think i need alot more overall mass in my chest also.
Ive previously done something along the lines of
4 sets 8-12 incline dumbell press
4 sets 8-12 incline hammerstrength press
3 sets 8-10 some form of flat press
Then ill usually do 4 sets of an incline fly of some sort.

Going to try really get my strength up and start pushing a little more weight this time and hopefully make some ground on it.
I did make some minor improvements over the past year but its definitly a weak spot for me.

Im also aiming for some more thickness in my back, more size in my quads.

Thanks for your reply!