FitnessBore - 2018 edition

[Stro]

I actually don't have any loose skin as I was working out heavy the whole time I was also eating and drinking heavy. The way you've tried to hit on this multiple times makes me believe you were a fatty once upon a time and you either have some saggy skin or it's one of your biggest fears.

[agrajag]

Assi is a BBW

[Assimilate]

I actually don't have any loose skin as I was working out heavy the whole time I was also eating and drinking heavy. The way you've tried to hit on this multiple times makes me believe you were a fatty once upon a time and you either have some saggy skin or it's one of your biggest fears.

  Was never fat. Been through that freshman 15 with the whole moon face phase from all the booze but that's as far as that went. Had 6 pack abs for most of my early to mid 20s. Ever since been on this 'let me get as fuckng swole as possible' but now i'm tired of it. Strong and intimidating is cool but i'm tired of being sluggish.

I'd like to be slim like a soccer player but I  find cardio boring as fuck and i love lifting heavy. We'll see.

Whatever is fucked up in my wrist swelled up today like Assimilates ass during Olive Garden shrimp-fest.

 

[Beezy]

I'd like to be slim like a soccer player but I  find cardio boring as fuck and i love lifting heavy. We'll see.

Try a HIIT class/routine. It's difficult if you're the type like me who hates cardio, its not boring, and you will sweat a whole lot.

[BlueTsunami]

Down 17lbs, can really start to see my back muscles, lats, traps, rear delts. I'd Fuck me.

[Assimilate]

late night french toast it's soo goood

 

never going to drop these last 15lb 

[Stro]

Complains he can't lose weight


Won't do cardio and has French toast at night

[BlueTsunami]

Assi just walk for an hour and a half everyday, outside. I lost 15lbs in a month and a half doing this. You'll be able to eat back those calories via all the french toast your assi desires. Well, maybe two pieces.

[Stro]

I'm getting people coming up to me asking about my super set routine or actually leaving the area after trying to do one set 

[BlueTsunami]

 

[Assimilate]

 

nice man.


i think i broke through the barrier. I'm down to 207. At 176 i'd be a fucking ripped monster but i think that's too hard for me to get to. My goal is really around 185

[BlueTsunami]

 

nice man.


i think i broke through the barrier. I'm down to 207. At 176 i'd be a fucking ripped monster but i think that's too hard for me to get to. My goal is really around 185

I think once you get down to a lower bodyfat, low and slow is the way to go. I'm already pretty much eating at a caloric threshold thats faf below my goal weight. I'll probably have to up my calories once I get down to 15% and below bodyfat to fend off muscle canibilization. Trying to grt to 10% bf maybe even lower then use that base to build on.

[BlueTsunami]

Man, keeping with a weightlifting program is indispensable when you're cutting. Mainly the logging aspect and being able to keep an eye on your stength levels week to week. I felt a little defeated today with the reps I got down but when punched into my Wendler 531 app I realized my 1RM held steady.

[Assimilate]

Down to 205. 

5lb and I'll be at the weight I was 2 years ago.

I haven't been under 200lb in a so long. I already feel much lighter, more energy, less sluggish. My shirts are starting to get a little loose though and I hate that but that just means I'll have to go down a size. it is exciting though getting closer and closer to my goal. hopefully I won't hit another wall though and continue to lose.

in another month or so I'll be switching to a predominately leg based workout. Going to try and get my upper-body/lower-body ratio closer to 1:1.

[Assimilate]

Nice work Assi, I'll take a lottle motivational credit with my fat shaming comments.  Tough love.

Sitting here staring at my weight machine feeling burnt out myself..

ha! I'm under 20% body fat. I'm just too bulky right now. My upper is too big compared to my lower body, and for my height I end up looking like one of those obsessed powerlifting gym bros. I want to lean out, look more athletic, more like a guy that runs a lot (though I hate running lol) 

[Stro]

 

[Stro]

I have no idea what my bfp is. I'm sure it's in the teens by this point, but I haven't had it measured or anything.

[BlueTsunami]

Yeah Stro, it seems like you're at a crossroads of physicality or aesthetics. At the very least strength gains month over month will prob diminish the more you down the low BF route.

[Stro]

I'm cool to maintain this, I'll just keep doing what I do and see what happens. I haven't really focused on the aesthetics at all this whole time, just trying to be as strong as I can get while also stop being a drunk fatass I was for a while there. I'd certainly sacrifice aesthetics to keep up my routine and fitness level as this is my only stress outlet and I'm stressed out of my mind 24/7 due to family life.

I mean if you are stuck at 150 pounds and working out harder and harder while eating the same amount; it seems logically you are changing your body composition to be more muscle and less fat.  I don't see why you couldn't get more lean?

I'm sure I'll get a little leaner, but I meant not in any significant manner going forward.

[Assimilate]

Realistically, I think I've pretty much hit my limit for my frame in terms of leanness and muscularity without getting really crazy about diet and supplements.

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Apologies for the camera quality, my phone situation right now is pretty dire  I'm pretty much stuck right around 150 pounds despite doubling my work load in the past month, still staying between 1200-1500 calories a day (actually sometimes less but don't tell MFP  )

I started with adding a circuit of 5 pull ups, 5 dips, 5 cable pulls, 1 weighted carry x 5. I then bumped it up to x10. Then I added a 30lb kettlebell around my neck for some of the carries. Then I added a 50 pound backpack to at least 5 of the carries, up to 9. Then I bumped the 30lb kettlebell up to a 45lb plate instead. Today was the first day with 55 in the backpack. I tend to get the hardest out of the way first when I have the most energy, so my first carry everyday is 45lb farmer walk with the now 55 pound backpack, and the 45lb plate hanging on the front. I haven't measured it out exactly, but each walk is around 100 yards total. Today was the first time I was able to do the double 45 plate chest carry (which I do not do with the backpack, yet) the entire distance without having to stop at trashcan to reset my grip a little.

I do this 5 days a week, in addition to normal weight training. I do leg press usually at least 4 days a week, feet close to engage IT band/hamstrings/glutes more which were giving me issues that made me stop doing squats. Monday: Deadlift, shoulder press, circuit, leg press, and I'll often do bench or pec deck if I'm feeling it and have time. Tuesday: Circuit, leg press, bench press which I'm now doing on machine instead of bar and have switched from my traditional 5x5 ascending sets into doing the amount of reps as the first digit on the weight until I can't finish that set (IE 1 rep at 10 pounds, 2 reps at 20, etc). Wednesday Circuit, leg press, sometimes both kinds of leg press. Thursday: Circuit, leg press, incline bench in the same format as regular. Friday: Circuit, leg press, whatever random thing strikes me at the time.

When I started the circuit, it took me 45-60 minutes to finish, now that I've doubled it and added all the extra weight, I've been doing it in roughly the same amount of time. The carries obviously double as cardio as well, so I'm at the point where I'm taking like...less than a minute between sets for most of the circuit at this point. I'm also at a point where I can't really add much more weight to these carries, beyond carrying people around, but I'm not outgoing in the least, am usually in a terrible mood, and look like I don't want to be bothered, so striking up conversations so I can work in "hey can I carry you" probably is not in my immediate future.

Overall I'm down around 75 pounds since Christmas, and I still see some problem areas I'd like to tighten up, but I don't really know how much farther I can get on this road without making it the main thing in my life.

From all those carries your traps area absolutely exploding. I'd say you can chill out on those if you want. If I were you I'd focus more on chest development, and maybe lats? but we can't see the lats in this pic so it's just a guess.

Stomach wise it seems you have a rectangular shape and there's nothing you can do about that unless you shrink to nothingness. After 30 stomach is already the worst fucking thing in the world to deal with.

riotous feel fortunate you have a smaller waist naturally. I don't have a big waist, I'd say medium naturally, and it's a pain in the ass because it seems like all my extra fat goes there to the love handles.

[Stro]

 

[TakingBackSunday]

 

Breh you're gonna weigh less than me soon!

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pls stop for my sanity

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nah, keep it up man!

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[Assimilate]

What a dream it would be to get down to 176.

I'm already ecstatic about to get to 200lb. Soon as I get into the high 180s maybe I'll post a pic.

[Flannel Boy]

150 pounds? How tall are you?

You lost 75 pounds in eight months? Wow!

It looks like you jumped on the volume and frequency train before Schoenfeld et al.

[Stro]

150 pounds? How tall are you?

You lost 75 pounds in eight months? Wow!

It looks like you jumped on the volume and frequency train before Schoenfeld et al.

5'6. I was heavy lifting the whole time I was fat, though, I was just also drinking and eating heavily as well.

[Stro]

I bumped the backpack up to 60 pounds today, and I took it easy by only doing my circuit. I could definitely feel those extra ten pounds, and I think I can maybe get another 10 in that backpack before it starts ripping or hanging weird.

[Boogie]

Fuckin' *finally* Stro posts pics. 

[Assimilate]

wulp, I just fucked my routine up. Binge drank last night, ate pizza today and missed my workout.

[BlueTsunami]

Adonis belt on point. Thats the bodyfat dream.

[Assimilate]

Everyone always underestimates their body fat percentage. You're probably at 12-15%.

You need to dirty bulk a bit and then cut back down again.

[Assimilate]

Could be, it's hard to tell because everyone is different. Some guys you see that are ripped as fuck and they're only at like 10%.

It depends on where the fat is stored. Guys that have fat storage more like females (fat accumulates in the leg area) have ripped stomachs even at higher body fat percentages. Unlike me where all my fat goes straight to the stomach, love handle areas. But I guess it could be worse, could be one of those guys that their fat storage goes to the chest and they end up with manboobs.

[BlueTsunami]

I'm with Assi. A good indicator of super low BF is that hip striation you see in your pic. I'd say you're at 15% or even lower.

[Assimilate]

You're not carrying a lot of muscle mass but not a lot of fat either, and you seem to have a smaller skeletal frame so it could easily be under 15%. The only true test is a dexa scan (which I'll be doing in another month).

[Assimilate]

Not gonna bother with a BF scale;  apparently they are so wonky you can't even trust them as a measurement of change over time (I was assuming they'd be off, but at least consistent so I could measure change.)

Dexa is accurate . See if there is a place near you that offers it cheap

[Stro]

My backpack finally ripped yesterday. Luckily the plates were big enough they wouldn't fit through the hole, but the whole thing basically bottomed out. I tried to patch it up with duct tape and sewing, but it ripped apart the second I went to put it on for today's first carry I've had that thing since probably 1999, used it for a bunch of shit, it was just a regular bookbag. Pretty sure it wasn't made to withstand 50-60 pounds stuffed in it and the abuse it got getting thrown off my shoulders 10 times a day. I ended up getting a camping backpack rated for 29 liters, which is over 60 pounds and also not 20 years old, so hopefully it lasts a while.

[Assimilate]

I got 2 weeks left of this mesocycle, and then it's a 3 week 'deload' or whatever you call it and I'm on to a different program.

Switching to a leg focused program for 3 months and then after that its cardio. Going to try and finally get my body slim and proportional

[Nabbis]

Been stuck in the last 10lb that i need to drop for almost two months now. It's ridiculous how hard it's to get that last extra % of bodyfat off. 

Yeah yeah, weight aint bodyfat but i estimate that it's what it will take for me to look how i want to look without much muscle loss.

[Assimilate]

Been stuck in the last 10lb that i need to drop for almost two months now. It's ridiculous how hard it's to get that last extra % of bodyfat off. 

Yeah yeah, weight aint bodyfat but i estimate that it's what it will take for me to look how i want to look without much muscle loss.

Weight loss is brutal its fucking brutal.

I can't stand when people complain they can't put on weight... like come on dude. Just eat. eating is fun. Cutting is not fun.

[Stro]

Cutting is easy stop being a pussy. Do IF and calorie reduction it's not hard, you're just being a self sabotaging bitch.

[Assimilate]

Cutting is easy stop being a pussy. Do IF and calorie reduction it's not hard, you're just being a self sabotaging bitch.

of course it's self sabotage. you eat sometimes because it's comfortable, boredom, etc.

[Stro]

Yeah well...don't. Have some fucking self restraint and discipline, you're a fucking adult.

[Assimilate]

Yeah well...don't. Have some fucking self restraint and discipline, you're a fucking adult.

 

chill with the A word

[Stro]

Yeah well...don't. Have some fucking self restraint and discipline, you're a fucking adult.

 

chill with the A word

Sorry I meant autist

[Assimilate]

lol.. it's all just motivation to me

If I'm motivated I'll reach whatever weight I want;  I've gained muscle quick and lost tons of weight quick, also let myself go for long stretches of not giving a fuck (or being injured and kind of down and out because of it.)

I'm currently having trouble getting motivated to bulk;  really like being super lean.. I do WANT more muscle but not sure I really care enough to bulk into it and then cut.

Been in maintenance mode for almost 2 months now and definitely still doing a bit of body composition changing but I'm PROBABLY at the point where if I don't just want to maintain I'll need to bulk.  Kind of doing a trial run of that this week;  gonna try to get to 190-195 and see how I feel/look.

I've never sat around whining about wanting to be a given weight though; if I'm motivated enough to whine I'm motivated enough to put in work.  M

Your gf doesn't feed you chocolate? Trying to cut around a female is literally impossible.

[Assimilate]

Willpower on my nut sack.

I'll diet the rest until I get into the upper 190s, after that my program should be already starting the leg focus rotation and I'll cardio it heavy as well to try and get down to low 190s, which then I plan on supplementing hopefully an ECA stack to reach 180.

This is the plan.

[Stro]

Either do it or don't, if you're just going to post lame facebook style begging for compliments/advice/help then not follow it, fuck off to some other shit thread and let the people who actually put in the work not have to deal with your weak ass.

[Assimilate]

Either do it or don't, if you're just going to post lame facebook style begging for compliments/advice/help then not follow it, fuck off to some other shit thread and let the people who actually put in the work not have to deal with your weak ass.

geeez

 

this guy's motivational advice

[Stro]

I'm not trying to motivate you. I am asking you to save your bitchassness for other threads.

[Beezy]

Got my low bar squat up to 225 for 3 reps. It feels good to work my legs regularly again. I felt like I could do at least 2 more, but I was following my friend's program and wanted to make sure I could make it through the rest of our workout. So far we've been going up 10lbs each week, but I'm guessing that will slow down soon and the number of reps will start to increase.

[Stro]

I felt worn down and sore this morning, slept like shit, really didn't want to even get out of bed let alone go to the gym. Instead of letting my inner Assy win, I went to the gym, did my routine, and now I feel good.

[Stro]

This was the first day in a long time where I was really going to take an extra day off, just the idea of getting up and being active sounded so terrible, everything hurt, I feel like I slept maybe 4 hours all night....but I went in anyway and did the work instead of complaining about being unable to lose 10 pounds as I scarf down pizzas and cakes and chocolates.

[Assimilate]

This was the first day in a long time where I was really going to take an extra day off, just the idea of getting up and being active sounded so terrible, everything hurt, I feel like I slept maybe 4 hours all night....but I went in anyway and did the work instead of complaining about being unable to lose 10 pounds as I scarf down pizzas and cakes and chocolates.

Yet you have very little muscle development besides traps.... maybe you are overworking yourself?

[Stro]

I'm sorry you have shitty willpower (in regards to literally everything in your life) and you try to project your issues on to everyone else. Maybe one day things will click for you when you get out of your own head.

[Nabbis]

This was the first day in a long time where I was really going to take an extra day off, just the idea of getting up and being active sounded so terrible, everything hurt, I feel like I slept maybe 4 hours all night....but I went in anyway and did the work instead of complaining about being unable to lose 10 pounds as I scarf down pizzas and cakes and chocolates.

Stop internet bullying me plz. 

[Stro]

Slept out on the patio floor last night, most refreshing sleep I've had in 2 weeks, even if it got a bit chilly (it got down into the mid 50s I think). From time to time I go sleep out there to flatten out. I need a much firmer bed if I sleep better on lightly carpeted concrete than the bed. Had some very minor additions (tied on a 10lb plate when doing the double 45 chest carry which I only was able to start doing without stopping to adjust grip last week), left it on for some other minor ones. My last carry I've been doing is holding a 45 out with a medicine ball on it and keeping it as level as I can so the ball doesn't roll off. Today I did two smaller ones of the same weight but it was actually easier since the balls pretty much stuck together and didn't move much. Weirdly that one taxes my legs more than anything, although it could also be because it's the 10th one by that point. I killed it time wise, though, got through it in right at 40 minutes, which is I believe the fastest time I've done on my circuit.

I'd like to sleep out there again tonight but Indiana weather means you can go from the mid-low 50s one night to upper 70s at midnight the next, then it snows 2 days later, then a random 90 degree day in mid October.

[BlueTsunami]

Past the halfway point to my goal weight at 174. Expect to my hit my goal weight by December at this pace. Possibly 40lbs in 4 months. I'll assess what I want to do at that point when I see what my bodyfat makeup looks like. Was whistling dixie this morning after I weighed in, no change in weight and felt the need to take a mean piss an hour later that unloaded a good amount.

[Assimilate]

I'm sorry you have shitty willpower (in regards to literally everything in your life)

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and you try to project your issues on to everyone else. 

False

Maybe one day things will click for you when you get out of your own head.

yeah probably. We all have something don't we? or we wouldn't be on the bore.

Post pics or STFU mang.

I will when I hit my goal which may be a while considering I just had a burger and 3 gin tonics.

 

[Stro]

I'm sorry you have shitty willpower (in regards to literally everything in your life)

False

and you try to project your issues on to everyone else. 

False

Maybe one day things will click for you when you get out of your own head.

yeah probably. We all have something don't we? or we wouldn't be on the bore.

Post pics or STFU mang.

I will when I hit my goal which may be a while considering I just had a burger and 3 gin tonics.

 

 

[Stro]

Still have some work to do. I think tomorrow I'm going to start adding push ups to my supersets and probably bump up to 50+lb dumbells for some of the farmers. I've been bummed this whole time about never getting the bicep vein to pop, but then I noticed it was just doing a flex and was . I guess it makes sense I wouldn't notice them popping since I wear a hoodie in the gym so they're always covered.

[Stro]

I wish I could look even close to that without having to flexxx hard enough to pop a blood vessel, but I'm not on any gear and can't afford any anyway, so I'll take it.