Trent Strong's 24 Week Journey to the Northern KY

[TJ_Strong]

Its that time again...getting ready for a contest and I am excited.

I have brought most of my weakpoints (back, arms and chest) and added onto my strengths (legs, delts)

Currently I just turned 17 a couple months back and weigh around 225.5lbs. Not sure about my bodyfat so far. I am having it tested soon. As well having pictures on here soon.

For the next ten weeks I will be trying to still add on a bit of mass while incorporating cardio sessions and "mini cuts" so I should also be loosing bodyfat as well.

At 14 weeks out ideally I want to be 10-11% bodyfat. 14 Weeks out is when the true diet begins.

At 14 weeks out at 10% I will be able to loose around 1% bodyfat every other week. So at 1 week out I should be about 3.5% or so.

So hopefully during the next 10 weeks I will be adding inches onto muscle groups and loosing inches from the waist.

After that its the road to the Northern Kentucky bodybuilding contest.

Teen division!

-Trent

[tiger04]

aight then! where r the beginning pics, huh? lol, make it do what it do! aight? subsrcibed; looking forward to the new pics!

[TJ_Strong]

I should have some up by the end of the week along with current bodyfat measurements =)

Big improvements since last show is all I can say.

[Jrich54338]

and all i can say is I just did a 26-30 week outer you have along road ahead of you but im sure you will take it on fll force like a ton of bricks GOOD LUCK

[dogg74]

Alright! Way to go.

[semper27]

Do it to it Trent and get this thing done!!! I'm along for the ride. Look's like you've made tremendous improvement's from our first meeting in Lexington! Shred it up and bring home the hardware!!!

[Therabred08]

Good luck on your journey. If you need anything you know how to reach me

[SleepLifter]

TJ- how long was your offseason and how much have you gained?

[TJ_Strong]

Originally Posted by SleepLifter

TJ- how long was your offseason and how much have you gained?

10 months (when I start dieting) of lots of food and very heavy , intense workouts

Gained about 16lbs of muscle or so according to bodyfat test.

I can gladly say I have made more progress in the past 10 months that Ive made anything I have ever done before.

Been working out for 1 year and 10 months now

[TJ_Strong]

Just to get things a little hyped up in here here is some progress photos

Goes to show how hard ive worked to get here in 1 year and 10 months

Starting out


4 months later


7 months after begining


1 Year 1 Month after begining



1 Year 7 months later



Cant wait to cut back down again

[SleepLifter]

Originally Posted by TJ_Strong

10 months (when I start dieting) of lots of food and very heavy , intense workouts

Gained about 16lbs of muscle or so according to bodyfat test.

I can gladly say I have made more progress in the past 10 months that Ive made anything I have ever done before.

Been working out for 1 year and 10 months now

I'm sure you will do well. I was under the impression you were taking a few years off. I'm a little over 1 month into my offseason (supposed to last for 2 years) and I already want to shred it up. This is going to be a LOONG wait.

[SleepLifter]

Also man, I have to say I'm still confused as to why you don't do NANBF/INBF or other natty shows. Youd be an awesome teen competitor. And there are a BUNCH in/around your area. Dr. Joe is promoting a show in august.

[TJ_Strong]

Originally Posted by SleepLifter

Also man, I have to say I'm still confused as to why you don't do NANBF/INBF or other natty shows. Youd be an awesome teen competitor. And there are a BUNCH in/around your area. Dr. Joe is promoting a show in august.

If I can find a show around the time I am competiting I will do it that is close to me.

I dont have alot of money to travel very far.

[SleepLifter]

Originally Posted by TJ_Strong

If I can find a show around the time I am competiting I will do it that is close to me.

I dont have alot of money to travel very far.

I feel you on that man. Competing is already very expensive- still I would make the sacrifice to know that I am on a level playing field.

[str8flexed]

good luck trent!

[DieHards77]

best of luck to you trent, definitly will be following this one

[TJ_Strong]

Thanks for the support guys

the first week has went well weights in all excersises has went up.

Joints aching a tad....


I will have pics up this weekend as promised.

Check back soon!!!

-Trent

[Ronto]

Do you have any other pics from your competitions? I know in may there is a NANBF competition in illinois, duno where you are from but your competition history said indiana. 24 weeks is what, about april?

[MattyH7688]

Originally Posted by SleepLifter

I'm sure you will do well. I was under the impression you were taking a few years off. I'm a little over 1 month into my offseason (supposed to last for 2 years) and I already want to shred it up. This is going to be a LOONG wait.

yea man, i said screw it.. im doing two shows in may

[will-work4ANDRO]

let's get it going Trent. subscribed.

[SleepLifter]

Originally Posted by MattyH7688

yea man, i said screw it.. im doing two shows in may

Yeah man..but imagine if you could stay anabolic for 1-2 YEARS. It could be really sweet! Just dont go crazy on junk food!

That being said- I'm pretty much mortified with my body right now..but I'm strong as an ox, and not a complete lardball..so the show must go on!

[MattyH7688]

Originally Posted by SleepLifter

Yeah man..but imagine if you could stay anabolic for 1-2 YEARS. It could be really sweet! Just dont go crazy on junk food!

That being said- I'm pretty much mortified with my body right now..but I'm strong as an ox, and not a complete lardball..so the show must go on!

my diet has been clean for the last 4 weeks (compared to the binge).. i def put on a lot of fat in literally 8 days.. strength is almost 100% back, which amazes me

its tempting to just continue to bulk, but i didnt prove to myself **** this year being the only teen in BOTH my shows.. i want to prove i am better than other teens so i am entering a show which had 11 teen competitors last year and another somewhat large one as well

now that i actually am not a retard ill have a strict diet down 14 weeks out.. not sitting there 10 weeks out saying, oh **** looks im gonna do the contest and wing the hell out of it

[TJ_Strong]

Originally Posted by SleepLifter

Yeah man..but imagine if you could stay anabolic for 1-2 YEARS. It could be really sweet! Just dont go crazy on junk food!

That being said- I'm pretty much mortified with my body right now..but I'm strong as an ox, and not a complete lardball..so the show must go on!

That is very true

but my body responds extremly well to post competition training and bulk phase. I am talking just pounds of pounds of muscle mass surpassing what I had before the cut within just a few months, because I get so anabolic after my bodyfat gets very low.

[SleepLifter]

Originally Posted by TJ_Strong

That is very true

but my body responds extremly well to post competition training and bulk phase. I am talking just pounds of pounds of muscle mass surpassing what I had before the cut within just a few months, because I get so anabolic after my bodyfat gets very low.

You put on good mass I'm sure. What were your before/after stats (starting and ending weight and body comps)

I'm sure you also got freaky strong, but you probably put on more fat that you realize. Everybody is extremely anabolic after a cut- not just us young guys. But anabolic literally means "to build"- meaning that fat gain is also considered anabolism. LOL. See what I'm getting at? Trust me..I feel like I'm huge too.

You bulked for what..8 months. I'd say after your cut you will probably have 6 lbs at best. Any more is just not that common and very tough to do physiologically speaking.

[TJ_Strong]

Originally Posted by SleepLifter

You put on good mass I'm sure. What were your before/after stats (starting and ending weight and body comps)

I'm sure you also got freaky strong, but you probably put on more fat that you realize. Everybody is extremely anabolic after a cut- not just us young guys. But anabolic literally means "to build"- meaning that fat gain is also considered anabolism. LOL. See what I'm getting at? Trust me..I feel like I'm huge too.

You bulked for what..8 months. I'd say after your cut you will probably have 6 lbs at best. Any more is just not that common and very tough to do physiologically speaking.

I bulked for 10 months and already according to bodyfat test ive put on 15lbs of lean mass.

I hope when I diet down I dont loose 10lbs of muscle mass lol.

I hope this doesn't go by the wrong way to any natural out there but I really dislike how SOME naturals view them own selves. You put limitations on yourselves all the time. If someone makes above average gains most of the time you say that it isn't possible or highly unlikely. I know there is a big difference between reality and fairy tales as far as gained muscle mass but even Layne himself in his video series said he gained an incredible amount of lean muscle mass in a short amount of time since he started the video series. So to put a limit on the exact number on how much you can gain, or what you have to look like to be natural, is pure pompousness.

/end rant



If he can do that why would it be unlikely for me to make my gains???

Don't limit yourselves to the expectations.

[will-work4ANDRO]

Originally Posted by TJ_Strong

I bulked for 10 months and already according to bodyfat test ive put on 15lbs of lean mass.

I hope when I diet down I dont loose 10lbs of muscle mass lol.

I hope this doesn't go by the wrong way to any natural out there but I really dislike how SOME naturals view them own selves. You put limitations on yourselves all the time. If someone makes above average gains most of the time you say that it isn't possible or highly unlikely. I know there is a big difference between reality and fairy tales as far as gained muscle mass but even Layne himself in his video series said he gained an incredible amount of lean muscle mass in a short amount of time since he started the video series. So to put a limit on the exact number on how much you can gain, or what you have to look like to be natural, is pure pompousness.

/end rant



If he can do that why would it be unlikely for me to make my gains???

Don't limit yourselves to the expectations.

that was actually a misprint on the 8 pounds it was only 5 pounds of lean mass, but i totally agree with what you are saying.

[TJ_Strong]

Originally Posted by will-work4ANDRO

that was actually a misprint on the 8 pounds it was only 5 pounds of lean mass, but i totally agree with what you are saying.

Either way still an incredible amount to gain in only 12 weeks.

[MattyH7688]

Originally Posted by TJ_Strong

Either way still an incredible amount to gain in only 12 weeks.

i agree at our age i think without a doubt we can

[will-work4ANDRO]

Originally Posted by TJ_Strong

Either way still an incredible amount to gain in only 12 weeks.

no doubt

[Ronto]

Maybe you missed this, do you have any more pics from your comps?