Steve's Progress Pics

[James]

Good show man, super excited to start seeing your lean gains! :P

[stavrog1]

I can't tell you how excited I am to start it! Will be another month before I start hitting the right calories and macro's for it because I'm off on holiday for 2 weeks and then going to a festival between now and then, so limited gym time but will fit in some glycogen-depleting workouts when possible for the likely carbs I'll be eating.

It's quite frustrating when lifts plateau when on a fat loss protocol and I just want to see some strength gains! Been training with my brother for the past 6 weeks (2 yrs younger) and seeing him make weekly gains (he's on a bulk) is niggling at me, especially when he loves to rub it in! haha.

[James]

I know how you feel, for sure. I'm kind of in the same situation, going on holiday end of this month for three weeks, so I will be able to fit in one or two weeks lean bulking prior, but holiday is kinda right in the middle of it all - not that I'm complaining, not had time off this year yet, am climbing the walls! Best of luck man, I'll be watching for sure.

[stavrog1]

update on pictures just before the MP comp.
weight sways around 85kg at the moment, going on maintenance from next week for 2 weeks then cutting for 7/8 weeks.

Looks like I've put on a bit of fat since last summer and here's what I've been up to..

What I've been up to since August 2011:
- Majority of this fat was put on straight after my cut when I went on holiday for 2 weeks, music festival 5 days, being ill for a week and fresher's week. So in total I had no gym for 7/8 weeks!
- October = Diet hovered around maintenance and got back into training
- November = Calorie deficit to lose some body fat
- 2 weeks of December = RFL before a uni event!
- Xmas hols = Maintenance diet and GVT for 3 weeks
- January - March = Lean bulk - put on 3-4kg in 3 months.

Strength has rocketed since then now lifting -
squat - 140kg x 4
dead-lift - 175kg x 4
bench press - 107.5kg x 4
weighted chins - 123kg x 4
OHP - 72.5kg x 5

2 of these pictures were taken this morning fasted and 3 were taken 2 hours after gym after my 1800kcal PWO meal

front relaxed
march relaxed front.jpg

side chest
march side chest.jpg

side bicep/chest
march side bicep.jpg

front bicep
march bicep.jpg

side relaxed
march side relaxed.jpg

Got no one to take a picture of my back and and no timer on my phone camera which is a shame.

[McPeedster]

Wow Excellent progress there...well done

Definitely see a difference especially in the chest size and shoulders, mind you the weight of some of your OHP were more than my own body weight lol

Nice job.


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