i'm, of course, still in this.

When I get back from Ireland i'm going to be getting back into my old routine at the gym where i work (convenient I know )

However I won't be back till June and i'll probably need a good solid month to get back in to shape and lose all these alcohol calories i've been accumulating over here.

If you want to keep going throughout the summer, let me know. I'm working on trying to get back in shape by mid-july or so.

yeah there definitely gonna be a challenge to see what happens by the end of summer.

Update:

OLD

Weight: 165
chest: 44
Biceps: 14
forearms:11.5
Waist:30
Thighs:21.5
Calves:14

NEW

Weight: 173
chest: 45
biceps: 15
forearms: 12.5
waist: 28.5
thigh: 22.5
calves 14.5


OLD

NEW


OLD

NEW

I was within 2 lbs of my target before flu knocked me down 10 lbs. In 1 week i will start the process of leaning back down to 160 lbs for my uber ripped stage. In 1 week I will be as large as Im gonna be for this competition, so this is pretty much the final "large" update. Im pleased with my results

ill take some real pics in a week for final thing I guess. These kind of blow.

Down 21 lbs to 217... (I'm 6'4")

bp is down on a day to day basis..but it skyrocketed the day i had my flight medical...grrrr...


so i keep working on it ... over the summer if I keep it up I should be a college wt...lol ... but i'm in better shape than i have in a long time. Hockey 3 days a week and hike/bike 3 other days/times.

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21 lbs?! thats awesome man! damn. and those sports you chose are no shit either lol. I have such terrible cardio right now could play for like 15 minutes then die.

hrmm ok so these are my stats after 3 months.. some things im very upset with but other things im shocked:

april 25th 2005
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height 5"11
weight 142 lbs

l arm bicep 14"
r arm bicep 14 "

l forearm 12"
r forearm 12"

waste 25"

chest 42"

left calf 14"
right calf 14"


r thigh 20"
l thigh 20"





feb 5th 2005
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height 5"11
weight 145 lbs

l arm (bicep) 13.5"
r arm (bicep) 13.5"

l forearm 11
r forearm 11

waste 24"

chest 39"

l calve 14"
r calve 14"


l thigh 20"
r thigh 20"




for instance.. i have been doing 2 leg days per routine in my schedule since february.. and there has been no mass increase

other than that im shocked that i gained 3 inches on my chest

wierd shit.. i dunno

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Originally posted by Orbax 21 lbs?! thats awesome man! damn. and those sports you chose are no shit either lol. I have such terrible cardio right now could play for like 15 minutes then die.

lol if you think cardio is bad.. try yoga.. its exactly the opposite of weight lifting.. since your going for muscle endurance.. i thought an intro class was a level 2 class lol

but its great for your slow twitch fibres.. really strengthens them (slow twitch comprises around 50 % of your muscle tissue) whic is bassically used for muscle endurance

yeah man...those are some dang nice gains. One thing I would try ...because I wasnt gaining mass on squats either, would be to go past parallel to floor on them. Drop weight to 125 to warm up on, do sets of 12-15 still at 80% of max. Also Ive been doign squats and then immediately doing straight leg deadlifts. and then doing a set of quad extendoids and ham curls after a calf work out.

helped me a bit *shrug*

but yeah, impressed man, youre gonna have to throw some pictars up hurr.

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Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit lol if you think cardio is bad.. try yoga.. its exactly the opposite of weight lifting.. since your going for muscle endurance.. i thought an intro class was a level 2 class lol but its great for your slow twitch fibres.. really strengthens them (slow twitch comprises around 50 % of your muscle tissue) whic is bassically used for muscle endurance

yeah I wanted to cry the first time I did it. It really hurt and was really difficult.

lol ok well i gotta get a camera.. ill see if i can borrow my friends lol.. its not much improvement.. maybe some toning but mass wise.. you can see that ive actualy lost weight lol

ill try doing some deadlifts.. i have to be very careful since ive previously injured my pelvis joint before (which put me out of comission for months) but its about time ive gotten back into it

deadlifts will definatley target your hamstrings more then squats.. (im 1 month into doing squats seriously.. ill try to get more depth with them your right) im only going a bit past paralell i think and my back has gotten accustomed to it.


good gains comming from you very impressive.. .. still keeping the body fat down and toning as well.