OcUK Health Seekers: Post your progress pics

toxic · 12 Aug 2011 at 08:53

Steedie said:
I am still shaving my arms though, girlfriend thinks it's gay, I just like it because I see more vascularity

Mine would look great without hair too......but...then Id have to shanve my hands..and back of fingers.....nahhhhhhh LOL

Steedie · 12 Aug 2011 at 08:53

toxic said:

Haha

I used to have such gorilla arms though to be fair

toxic · 12 Aug 2011 at 08:57

Steedie said:
Haha

I used to have such gorilla arms though to be fair

Im a big fan on the number 1 and a shaver though

J.T · 12 Aug 2011 at 09:04

Are you telling me I'm going to have to shave my bloody arms as well!

Steedie · 12 Aug 2011 at 09:06

Afraid so mate!

You'll love it though, especially when you do a good arm/back workout and your forearms are pumped, and you have crazy veins everywhere! Veins that were previously hidden by fur

J.T · 12 Aug 2011 at 09:10

LOL, I’m not that hairy mind but I can see your point!

Chris1712 · 12 Aug 2011 at 10:08

Looking damn good Steedie, amazing. Clearly your experience with top notch dieting is helping a lot.

Steedie · 12 Aug 2011 at 11:25

Cheers mate

just shows how bad I am with compliments as I read that thinking you were being sarcastic at first

Diet is helping a lot to stay a bit leaner even though I am eating in a large excess to put as much size on as I can this year.

Chris1712 · 12 Aug 2011 at 11:38

Definitely a compliment mate! You can't be much more than what 13-14% there? Hard to tell how much your tensing

. Pretty impressive really if your properly gorging yourself.
Do you think you'll tail off the bulk at any point, ie if your hit 20% or so? Or are you confident enough now in your cutting diet to just get big for as long as you can?

Steedie · 12 Aug 2011 at 11:43

I'm actually not tensing my abs there

but yeah I think I'm about 13ish.

I'm hoping to not be below 20% come dieting time, which will put me in a good position. I reckon I was mid to high 20's last time I started dieting

Phaser · 12 Aug 2011 at 13:32

Well here are my photos, I've been training around 7-8 months.

I have got bigger from when I first started but lately I feel like I've hit a standstill, not gaining anything, don't seem to be able to manage to push more weight out, and I feel like I'm getting a belly from trying to bulk (eat eat eat).

Would appreciate some feedback and suggestions on which body part to concentrate on more...

RoboCod · 12 Aug 2011 at 13:34

Phaser said:
Well here are my photos, I've been training around 7-8 months.

I have got bigger from when I first started but lately I feel like I've hit a standstill, not gaining anything, don't seem to be able to manage to push more weight out, and I feel like I'm getting a belly from trying to bulk (eat eat eat).

Would appreciate some feedback and suggestions on which body part to concentrate on more...

Time to change your routine perhaps? New workouts, new movements to work your muscles?

Phaser · 12 Aug 2011 at 13:46

Yeah lately I've made a list of different exercises for each muscle, do the "main" ones then try and pick another one, something different each time just to vary it up / try new things.

LiE · 12 Aug 2011 at 13:58

Quick pic from today. Got waxed for my wedding last week so no crazy nipple hair

Ultra_Extreme · 12 Aug 2011 at 17:04

the_chicco said:
I'm about 5' 9/10", 74kg.

Normal routine is;

Incline dumbell press
Cable flyes
Weighted dips
*sometimes* Decline dumbell press

I'm not able to do bench press because of a recurring shoulder injury.

reads like a pretty perfect chest routine, but your clearly not getting the hypertrophy you need. If i was training you i would switch up your routine to increase volume and decrease rest periods drastically. Failing that i would go the opposite route with short sets of overload eccentrics, cable flyes can be especially beneficial when done in eccentric overload format.

Psycho Sonny · 12 Aug 2011 at 17:12

J.T said:
Are you telling me I'm going to have to shave my bloody arms as well!

whatever you do don't shave, if your going to remove hair the best way to do it is waxing.

shaving leaves you with stubble, requires more work (constantly having to shave), more irritating (spots, etc), hair growth thickens, smaller hairs start to get bigger, etc.

personally i dont bother doing anything, the hair is fine.

hyper_piper45 · 12 Aug 2011 at 18:46

Ultra_Extreme said:
would you kindly point me at the steroids that give you a six pack and let you eat crap?

Clen, DNP?

Ultra_Extreme · 12 Aug 2011 at 20:08

hyper_piper45 said:
Clen, DNP?

like hell, not touched DNP as i like to be alive, but ive used clen on many a cut and while i wont deny it helps its far from a miracle worker. If your eating crap you wont see abs EVER no matter what you do.

Psycho Sonny · 12 Aug 2011 at 21:21

lol ive posted this before many times, but some people still refuse to believe it.

for building mass

training > all

for low bodyfat

diet > all

you could have a six pack by doing zero exercise what so ever so long as your diet is in check, i know someone who has a 6 pack and has done about 3 workouts in the past year and plays football once a month.

GarethSouthgate · 12 Aug 2011 at 21:42

LiE said:
Quick pic from today. Got waxed for my wedding last week so no crazy nipple hair

Looking good...how much do you weigh LiE? I'd be more than happy to be the same size as you are, one day.