M / 26 / 5'7" / 80kg (176lb)
Left picture is what I looked like 3 months ago before I started going to the gym. Last time I had really played sport was about 9 years prior when I played Australian football. Right picture is me currently + juicy angles. It's been just over 3 months since I started going to the gym. It has confirmed what I thought I already knew, that I had some bull**** good 1% genetics for building muscle. I am super keen to see how far I come after a full year has passed. Will I ever use enhancements? Probably not, and drug testing is a regular thing at my current job.
My routine for past 3 months has essentially been this 3 times a week:
4 x 10 benchpress
4 x 10 overhead machine press
4 x 10 dumbbell side raises
4 x 10 bicep curls (50/50 between seated dumbbell curls and standing barbell curls)
4 x 20 tricep pushdowns on cable machine
4 x 10-15 lat pulldown machine/cables.
I have just recently started incorporating deadlifts, and will eventually start squatting regularly. I don't like squats though. Until now I have done **** all leg work because my legs are already huge due to genetics. I have 24" quads, 16.5" calves and 9.5" ankles. Eventually legs will be a bigger priority when my upper body gets bigger, but I am keen to increase my deadlift.
Lift progression:
Benchpress - Started as 42.5kg(93.5lb) x 10, now 70kg(154lb) x 10.
Deadlift - Only just started deadlifting. Current max is 160kg(352lb) sumo.
Squat - Also only just started. Can do about 100kg(220kg) x 5.
As for nutrition I've been aiming for 150-170g protein a day. For the first 2 months I ate in a caloric deficit eating 1900 calories a day. I dropped to about 76kg(167lb) and then couldn't be bothered dieting anymore so the last month I have been eating around 2500 calories a day and am back around 79-80kg(176lb). Essentially I'm the same weight in both pictures.
Arms have gone from about 14.5" without a pump, to 16" without a pump. Chest has gone from 39" to 43". Chest insertions are my weak point. I asked for Arnold chest insertions and mum told me we had Arnold chest insertions at home.
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