OcUK Health Seekers: Post your progress pics
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Nice stats Benny, forgot how young you were!
I don't regret starting late, I just wish I had started earlier!
Chest seems rather large vs arms and legs! Keep up the good work mate
Yeah, the thighs were at 26" but most of that fat, they're slimmer & stronger now. I think that and off my back is where a lot of the fat went from
My back skews my chest measurement. My chest is thick but my backs (lats) are a thicker lol
Looks like the cut went REALLY well there benny!
Thought you would weigh more though!
Cheers
It's like when the Chicco posted a pic of his training partner who only weighed 80KG. Guy was a tank, quite short but still.
Hopefully bulk back up to just over 90KG again, clean this time! without x-mas getting in the way it shouldn't be too difficult.
Caporegime
Nope...But I do have a shoddy right knee which stops me from walking comfortably sometimes, however the specialist says there is nothing wrong with it.
And I also have partially torn ligaments in my ankle from last March which keep coming back and still hurt just sitting down here even though I've hardly moved much!!! And yet again, specialist says that there is nothing wrong with it either.
I know it's all relative, but I'm just seeing the progress I've made, and well you know you kinda wonder "what if".
Heh, I do not blame you, its quite addictive I must say once you get into it...I'd like to start up and get to a stage i'm comfortable at and see where it takes me.
On a side note, would there be any supppliments I could take that would help the repair of torn ligaments? I presume Glucosamine is more for cartilage?
I know its borderline medical advice but yeah
Soldato
Feel you. Tore a ligament somewhere in my side last february and it keeps coming back a bit everytime i walk/run a bit too fast. Gonna try to not move till may
and hopefully be fine to start training.BennyC looking impressive there. You got a pic from 2 years ago or so when you started?
Thanks.
Got this from February 2009. Different lighting but should show some clear progression!:
Soldato
Sure does, nice one.
Caporegime
Benny, you look great. Excellent work fella
Soldato
Great work in a year benny, quality muscle packing there dude.
Baahh.....bloody test-filled youngsters.
Why i remember.....back in the day....when.......*wonders of whistling*
Baahh.....bloody test-filled youngsters.
Why i remember.....back in the day....when.......*wonders of whistling*
Soldato
when.... you used to train by lifting logs you just chopped down with your bare hands?
Soldato
I'll be 22 in a few months
240lb? Not lean, not natural or both. You can get fat or supplement at any ageWish I had started when I was younger - if I had started in my early 20s goodness know what I'd be like now!
Nice stats Benny, forgot how young you were!
I don't regret starting late, I just wish I had started earlier!
Chest seems rather large vs arms and legs! Keep up the good work mate
Right here we go. The last lot of pics from me for the next 3-4 months. I promise! I know I've posted a fair few recently. Went back to my ex-training partners as we took some progress shots of each other. Much easier when you have somebody who knows what to look for and can tell you had to adjust your poses to suit a better shot.
Had just trained chest & tri's. Was stood under his kitchen spotlights which kind of skewed perceptions a bit so we decided to stand under a different light which gave more of a 'glow' which was more similar to my bulk shots from x-mas.
Still trying to even the proportioning up on my right shoulder & tricep you might me able to spot it's a little smaller, may well be to do with bodyfat placement. Middle upper back is a little thin & am currently trying to improve this area of my traps but am only just into my second week of bulking. Lateral delts will also be targetted for improvement.
Little water retention from loading monohydrate but not a massive amount.
Here we go:
And some randoms. Relaxed poses apart from the obvious. And one under the light to show what I meant.
Lighting makes some things more obvious than others and also reverses them in some cases! Front Double Bicep came out a bit naff was also trying to get some lat flex. Meh! My paint skills also suck! so picked the wrong shade of blue
C&C welcome as always.
BennyC
Niceee
. Liking the back poses most though I must say. Rear relaxed/ lat spread looking really nice and wide as well as detailed. RDB shoulders looking great. All round doing great mate.
Soldato
when.... you used to train by lifting logs you just chopped down with your bare hands?
oh....you as well eh?
Aye, them were the days.
Benny, you look great. Excellent work fella
+1.
Caporegime
Feel you. Tore a ligament somewhere in my side last february and it keeps coming back a bit everytime i walk/run a bit too fast. Gonna try to not move till may
I hope it recovers for you, best keeping low for a bit to let it heal...I've had a job for the past 6 months were I have had to just sit down, and move as little as possible, and I still had pains in my ankle just doing that!!!
Really gets me down sometimes, as it stops me from doing many jobs theoretically, starting a job delivering all the goods from Wickes soon, and I'm sure i'm going to be in agony soon!
I did see a docter when it happened, he just said all I could do was rest it =/...So I did, and it didnt really get much better to be honest! Then the specialist just said he cant see anything wrong with the damn thing...As the pain comes and goes
Soldato
Thanks Yeah it has times when it hurts just walking slowly across the road to uni. (Cycling seems to nearly always be fine though) I get ankle pain quite often after breaking it a few years ago and getting it pinned Thats fun stuff!
Same story from the doctor aswell, nothing they can do. Might go see again over easter...
Yeah it has times when it hurts just walking slowly across the road to uni. (Cycling seems to nearly always be fine though) I get ankle pain quite often after breaking it a few years ago and getting it pinned Thats fun stuff!Same story from the doctor aswell, nothing they can do. Might go see again over easter...
Niceee
All round doing great mate.
Too kind!
Get your arses into the Deadlift Challenge thread!
Soldato
Too kind!
Get your arses into the Deadlift Challenge thread!
I only say what I see mate
I'm watching the deadlift thread, but I don't have a chance at doing well as I don't even deadlift from the floor anymore. No deadlifting, no squating, no flat benching- by some peoples theory I should be a shrinking at a rate of knots
I only say what I see mate
I'm watching the deadlift thread, but I don't have a chance at doing well as I don't even deadlift from the floor anymore. No deadlifting, no squating, no flat benching- by some peoples theory I should be a shrinking at a rate of knots
What's with all the wierd lifts?!
Just popped my BW vid in there.
Soldato
All big lifts were off the table with my shoulder so I totally re evaluated the way i trained. I've never liked deadlifting from the floor yet love rack pulls from just below the knee, so I switched to solely them a few months ago. Flat benching- an ego lift IMO. Dumbells, hammer strength machine loving as well, and if I use the bar decline with occasional incline. All much much better feel for me personally. Squat on the other hand I just can't do which is a shame. The last time I back squatted I hadn't attempted it for months due to my shoulder, I got upto my old PB easily but I could tell I had stretched my shoulder a little bit, 3 days later it subluxed again...
I'll go check out your dead vid after that ramble
I'll go check out your dead vid after that ramble
Seems logical mate.
I subluxed my shoulder today doing high cable curls, I was resting my arms on my knees and yeah, just won't be doing them again!
Deffinatley agree to lift in harmony with the bodys physiology. Decline presses are supposedly the best lifts for developing the chest & I too find incline more comfortable. I flat bench & incline DB press @ 20 or 30 degrees as I find this most comfortable and also my strongest angle. I'd like to decline press but have to be careful of my shoulder injury as it can be a weak point when pressing down. Dips are okay for chest & tri's though.
As you know do what's best for you and delivers results. I've completely changed my lateral raise approach & can feel it working already. Shoulder blades & traps don't move, pure lateral delt isolation
I subluxed my shoulder today doing high cable curls, I was resting my arms on my knees and yeah, just won't be doing them again!
Deffinatley agree to lift in harmony with the bodys physiology. Decline presses are supposedly the best lifts for developing the chest & I too find incline more comfortable. I flat bench & incline DB press @ 20 or 30 degrees as I find this most comfortable and also my strongest angle. I'd like to decline press but have to be careful of my shoulder injury as it can be a weak point when pressing down. Dips are okay for chest & tri's though.
As you know do what's best for you and delivers results. I've completely changed my lateral raise approach & can feel it working already. Shoulder blades & traps don't move, pure lateral delt isolation