Last one was dead
Nearly finished my cut then can finally start eating at maintenance. Gonna see where my strength goes then maybe start a bulk after that
>>42186221
Are you lifting?
>>42186241
Yes I'm on Starting strength
>>42186253
Okay. Well congratulations con your weight loss, it's pretty cool seeing people succeeding like that. Now don't go crazy with your bulk
>>42186221
rattle rattle eat more cattle
>>42186221
I'm sure your face looks a lot better now, but I am sure women would actually prefer a fat body over your current one.
Have surgery for your lose skin, eat at a maintenance for a while to stabilize hormonal values and then have your testosterone levels checked. If they're low (most likely), you should get on a 200mg/week of test TRT which should result in several kg of muscle and hopefully a more normal looking body.
Keep cutting right? I still have belly fat / love handles
180 cm and 85 kg
>>42186324
>saving the thumbnail
Lmao at the people falling for OPs pic
Diel?
>>42186410
No, you need to bulk, you have no muscle under there
6'3 180 lbs.
Type One diabetic trying to gain weight mainly chest size right now as well as core. Might start PPL soon.
5'11
175
cant make my chest grow
been doing 5x5 bench for ages to try and reach 225 x 5 but cant make it past 215 x 5
>>42186752
do some chest fly, and inclined chest fly. barbell bench is not the best way way to train chest.
>>42186775
It's the second best exercise behind the dumbbell version, that and incline. Flys is a good finisher, but it's nowhere near as good of a mass builder as bench press.
6'2 170lbs reporting
I know i have a fucking long way to go, but bf%? Also, wtf is wrong with my chest
>>42186775
aw yeah i have 2 chests day one that i use just barbell 5x5 and another i do incline dumbbells press and flys i think i need to work on my fly form though i use 40-44lb dumbells on flys which i think im going too heavy
>>42186752
Ive probably just got shit chest genetics desu lol this is me when i first started lifting ive always had these horrible dents in my chest
>>42186817
Do cable crossover. It's pretty much the same exercise with much less a chance of injuring yourself. You should never go heavy on such exercises anyway as that's not the point. Use proper form and focus on getting a good stretch at the bottom and a good squeeze at the end.
44 lbs sound like way too much.
>>42186863
im a home gym brah!
dont have a cable crossover
>>42186730
But won't I just end up with muscles that are covered by a layer of fat? I want a 6 pack
years and years of abuse.
6'0 163 lbs
Trying to bulk to 170 but I run 5k 3 times a week
>>42186995
Look I know they say abs are made in the kitchen but you really can't show off abdominal muscles if you don't have them to begin with.
Lean bulk if you want to, but to keep cutting at this point is basically aiming for skelly mode.
>>42186670
Yes
>>42186221
Just gotta lift more senpai. Make sure you're eating enough to fill in the skin as much as possible. Switch off of SS and get a new routine in maybe 2 months.
>>42187054
I thought being skelly temporarily just went with the territory. After looking up clean bulking this is what is says
https://thinkeatlift.com/guide-bulking/
>1. If you’re over 14% body fat, lose some fat before you start bulking. Yes, you are going to look skinny in clothes but the benefits of starting with a cutting phase strongly outweigh the temporary loss in size.
>2. Keep cutting until you hit 9-10% body fat. When you get a complete 6 pack in good lighting you know you’re there.
>>42187053
I run 5k about everyday, and swim during the semester.
I'm 5'11 on my state ID (Or 6' and plus some because of all the running and swimming) and sitting right under 160 lbs.
How many cals do you eat a day?
>>42187022
Why did you do this to yourself? Stop being fat.
>>42187116
Trying to strive for 3000 but I usually go under
Started dirty bulking but I feel like that will just weigh me down
>>42186815
Mirin, that's my 1st goal bod right there for when I finish my cut. Keep it up bro.
>>42186221
>>42187426
174 cm
~85 kg
2 years lifting
>>42187426
>Mirin those grains
How do I get dat grainy look? I want big grains. Do I do use a camera from 1990?
>>42187438
>>42187426
very good
5'10
190lbs.
>>42186752
Strong latz
>>42187484
You look like you are about to fall backwards.
pog!¬
10 months in, 160 lbs, 184,5cm
>>42186415
what's the BF%?
>>42187828
jfc good work man
>>42187459
lol you use an iphone 4 camera
>>42187465
thanks!
>>42187522
wat y?
6'0" 193lbs
>>42187438
Nice, goal body
6' - 168
OHP - 125x5
Bench - 225x5
Squat - 315x5
Deadlift - 285x5
Bad back has held back my pull.
>>42187484
Hi swety
>>42187442
Nice, I'm guessing with a cut you'd look awesome
>>42186221
Dude, did you starve yourself? What happened? You don't have any muscle, please be careful dude
6'3" 190
bodyweight training
Manlet of peace
Bench- 75kg 5x5
Squat - 75kg 5x5
OHP - 50kg 5x5
Diddly- 110kg 5x5
I weigh around 60kg
>>42188284
exact routine?
for how long?
bf%?
>>42187832
I honestly dont know - i imagine i am around 15-20 %?
I once tried a machine called Tanita body composition analyzer and the first try it said 6,1 % and second try was at 11,7 %
>>42188254
But I want to leave humanity behind. When I go to the army I will lean down fast
>>42188415
I don't have a super strict routine, I just lift on off off on off off, repeat.
I'm drinking pwo right now and today I'm going to do pullups on rings, dips on rings, L sits on rings, and then I'll come inside and do some planches, some Turkish getups, some handstand pushups, whatever else I feel like as well.
going to do a lot of archer pullups today to keep working toward 1 arm pullup.
I've been lifting since I was like 17.
here's a pic of me at 18 or 19. I have basically looked the same for 10 years now. just started doing bodyweight stuff this year, near the beginning of the year
>>42186752
oh and lifts atm
Bench 255
Squat 330
DL 420
although i manage to hit 375 x 5 few days ago which apparently puts me at 440 1rm
>>42186670
Yup but looks like you're on the right tracks, get a bulk on and progress them lifts.
6'1" 183
How do I make my arms grow?
>>42188993
lift stuff with them.
>>42187484
Natty? Also how many years?
Do I even look like I lift? Been lifting for a year but I feel like I haven't really made any significant gainz.
>>42189149
brahh what is that scary face in the back lmao
>>42189149
"Fuck off" lmao
>>42189132
looks natty to me, look how small his traps are. Not in a degrading way but with someone on roids they are huge
I mostly rockclimb.
5'7, 155
>>42187484
das it mayne
Ok losers, make room for someone who actually looks like he lifts
>>42189406
how much ya bench bro
I have to be shirtless in front of an audience in September and want to reach ottermode, what should I do?
5ft9 60kg been lifting for a year now
>>42187438
hello fellow gay lifter, what is your routine?
>>42189476
Hang about!
thought you got banned for underage mate!?
>>42189540
Shhh
>>42189453
That image was right after losing 15kg of fat so i think around 80kg for reps. Significantly more when i was a fat balloon
>>42187828
185cm and 160 lbs?? But who was legs?
6' ,158
should i cut ?
>>42189727
wtf i'm 4 inches shorter than you around the same weight and look less fat than that
how? shouldn't 6 ft at 158 look a lot more trim than that?
>>42187102
Don't listen to the other guy. It's better to start from skelly mode and see your gains coming in much more clear than to keep a layer of chub over everything. Keep going the way you're going. You should only ever really have to do a major cut once or twice if you're a natty lifter
>>42186752
Smolov Jr.
Took me from benching 225 for 1 set to 4 sets in 2 weeks
>>42189740
i have like 0 muscles ...50kg on squats , 40 on bench and 65 on deadlifts
>>42186815
Your chest is fine, just kinda smol. If you feel like something is actually wrong, it could be your abs making it look small and off putting. Keep at it, anon
>>42189476
SKELLY ALERT LADS HIDE YOUR GAINS
>>42186221
What's was your initial weight /height
> 6'7" 225 lbs
> Push/Pull twice a week
> End goal is ~250 and lean
Had to take the last month off due to moving to a new city and not having a job right away. Wanted to be a little leaner by mid summer but didn't have time for it.
Cut or bulk? What needs work?
>>42189924
nice job not being a twig at 6'7. i'd say cut and focus on core for summer, then bulk once beach season's over
>>42189839
If I were Skelly I'd have abs man :(
Hit my goal weight for this summer
>tfw went to the doctor today and the nurse said i was 5'8"
>tfw living a lie and thinking you were 5'9"
>>42186221
Jesus dude you really don't look well. You cut way too harsh, how many calories have you been eating?
>>42186415
THICC
>>42186752
Back is loyal
>>42187426
Nice
>>42187442
Gotta get a new pic bro
>>42187484
>>42187828
>>42189406
Merlin
>>42189488
not gay
>>42189759
Thanks anon. Will I have visible abs by the time the cut is done? or just flat stomach?
5'11, 167
Should I cut or bulk
>>42190905
>>42189406
Nice pecs, great swoop, nice cleavage.
>>42191057
Be real with me, how much gear did that take?
>>42191095
None, I don't look like I lift before I start working out
I'm starting to emerge from the dyel phase finally
>>42191132
God dammit I'm fucking autistic
>>42191057
I'm 5'11 172, much leaner than you are and don't look as thick from that angle. either you have no legs or are manlet senpai
>>42191129
the back is nice, but shit man, you gotta get those pecs evened out.
>>42191152
Legs
>>42191179
I'm holding the phone to take a picture and flexing half my back, ofc they don't look symmetrical
>>42191208
Routine? Natty?
>>42191029
It depends on how stronk/developed your abs are. If you've been training abs since you started (or consistently for a while), I'd bet on you having visible abs. If not, maybe just a flat stomach or a barely visible 4 pack. Even if you only get a flat stomach, the abs will pop out after a couple months of training them at your goal bf%
Good luck bb I believe in you
>>42189727
It may not be the best thing to do at your weight, but cutting might make you feel better about yourself if you aren't happy with your body
I'd say either cut and then lean bulk or just eat at maintenance and hop on a decent program, SS and SL are good for strength gains but not hypertrophy. A PPL would be good if you wanted to look like you lift, but have weaker lifts. Slow strength gains come with high volume. Took me 8 months to reach 225x5 on bench but I look like I lift in and out of a shirt, at least
>>42189476
PPL and abs 3-4x a week bb, you'll probably make decent gains in 2 months eating just above maintenance
>>42191575
correction: I sorta look like I lift
>>42191590
Should I eat a calorie surplus or deficit? How about protein intake? Thx
>>42187484
routine?
6'4, cutting.
208lbs, down from 225lbs.
>Really wish I didn't fall for the compounds is enough for abs meme.
>>42186747
Keep at it, slow and steady.
>>42187053
Don't bother bulking, just eat slightly more above maintenance, this is a marathon not a sprint. Lean Gains.
>>42187442
Solid base, so long as you squat/deadlift as much as you hit upper.
>>42188214
Keep eating at maintenance, focus on compounds and progressive overload, hit your accessories after. Keep at it.
>>42188993
Weighted Pull ups(Dead Hangs), get to 90lbs for 3x5/5x5.
>>42189149
Keep lifting, don't post for another year.
>>42190658
Good job, I'm trying to do the same..never had to worry about cutting so this is a new experience for me.
>>42186221
Another successful water fast!
>>42189476
Honestly you look fine. Above average anyway. You have no reason to stress other than your own vanity.
>all these people claiming 5'11
l m a o f a m
6' Currently 180 down from 200. Lifting about 1.5 years.
I eat food and lift weights
>>42192549
My plan is to eat more food and lift more weights
working on a bulk
>>42191845
Surplus, but only 200-300 calories. Enough to continue making decent gains, not enough to put on a lot of fat. Protein intake is really just preference past a certain point, but the usual .8-1.2g per lb of LBM is good enough. Good luck anon, lift hard and get some ladies wet
>>42192549
ur balding bro
>>42192549
maybe angle? but you need more bench press!
Year and five month.
5'9"
165 lbs
What bf% do you guys think I'm at.
6'2 , 210
>>42192849
like 8-10
5'8 have been doing calisthenics for about 8 months. Had to lose a beer gut first so now I'm on a clean bulk. Rate?
5"10 174 lbs, currently bulking till i hit 1/2/3/4 for bench and diddy , already reached 1pl8 ohp and 3pl8 squat two weeks ago. ( I know i look like fucking shit)
>>42192912
Picture from 7 months.ago after i lost 100 lbs (5"10 and 155 lbs)
>>42192912
>>42192931
Are you sucking your stomach in?
>>42192986
Second one probably yeah, first one nope (current)
>>42193008
You need to work your core. You're curvy like a woman.
>>42193047
Been trying that for a while now, i hit 85 kgs on my front squat and i can do 5 mins of weighted 25 kgs planks. But I'm pretty sure i've got jason balaha tier genetics
>>42193088
You can fill out. Michael Phelps did.
>>42186410
Chris?
>>42192560
post routine
also why bother blurring your tats brah
BF estimate anyone?
I'm guessing ~19%
>>42192900
Pretty good man. Trying to lose my beer gut myself.
>>42186670
look dyel under clothing, but you look good
>>42186410
time to bulk, you'll fill out and look much better than attempting to reach skeleton bf%. make sure you don't suicide bulk and get fat again. keep counting calories and hitting proper macros and your bodyfat will get lower with more muscle
>>42186415
looking thick. tight. excited to see just how thick, full, round, and tight you can get.
>>42186670
nice frame
>>42186747
boulder shoulder alert
>>42186752
mirin lats
>>42186815
when you bench more your chest will look "more normal" to you, but to me it doesn't look like there's anything wrong
>>42187426
mirin chest
>>42192549
mirin delts
>>42192912
unironically your frame will be pretty wicked once you lift more weights and drop bodyfat, the bitch hips become less of a factor with shoulders that broad
>>42193569
could be anywhere 17-20%. is that a ciggie or a joint?
currently cutting, sitting around 185lbs from 196lbs. hoping to look like i'm not a fuckin beginner by the time i hit ~15%bf. fell for the "focus on strength" meme hard and didn't actually end up building a physique
>>42193737
>is that a ciggie or a joint?
ciggie.
Lifting for 6 months and just started taking my bulk seriously. Am I DYEL yet?
>>42194057
looking good bb come home with me
>>42193737
mirin hair
Gosh
>>42187438
>>42187426
Gay braaaah you got some good shit going. Keep it up.
>>42187426
>Me and you eating our morning eggs right before I drink your protein shake (If you know what I mean) ;^)
>>42186410
try lifting weights and worrying less about cutting/bulking aka things that you should worry about 5+ years into lifting
christ
>>42186221
>>42189406
Natty?
>>42193737
>roiding for this
>>42187484
zac efron
Lighting is complete shit and i just got back from swimming so muscles aren't as pumped up as they should but whatever
1/2
>>42196085
fuck
>>42196095
Shit
>>42187102
you thought correctly and i wish someone had told me that stuff years ago when i started
finish your cut
Rate out of normie/fit standards pls
>>42196123
Forgot pic bcuz retard
Attempting a cut, bulk was a failure. 5'7 165lbs 3 years and 10 months of push pull legs
>>42186221
Former fatty, on keto doet with 16:8 fasting
Tips? Will i make it friends?
>>42196184
How tall?
>>42195206
>>42195177
not gay sorry to ruin your fantasies :)
>>42189476
rotate your gravity, you'll look strange in front of all those upright people turned all sideways like that.
>>42196405
5'8
>>42196269
How long are you on keto and intermittent fasting?
I started about 45 days ago, I'm losing weight but I don't know how much of it is fat/muscle/water.
First time posting. Not making much progress in close to 8 months of doing meme routines. Overeat everyday also. Please kill me with your words. Weight bouncing back up too.
>>42197002
Are your lifts going up?
>>42197131
I'm still DYEL as fuck cause I took a few breaks in between. They're going up slowly. Twice I hit a plateau and cut some weight and slowly increase them back up again. Stats in kg on a 5 kg bar. 27.5/35/60/80. 174cm manlet 75kg.
>>42197250
Defintitely not strong enough. Do a strength program and add accessory work if time allows.
>>42197002
Jason? Is that you?
>>42197268
I went from SL to le reddit PPL and back to SL with 3 X 8-12 curls on A day and triceps extension on B day. I wish I could go back to doing le reddit PPL but I have too much commitments to spend 2 hours in the gym daily.
>>42196907
How much do you weigh? Iv only done this for about 14 days.
If you have alot of body fat it may take a significant time to burn through it.
Also take before pictures. Currently can still lift my normal routine, hby?
lil more than 8 months in
>>42197532
??
Wrf was your starting point? Obviously had training prior to "lifting"
>>42197558
yeah i lifted for a little under a year, took a year off, and now ive been back since January
>>42197572
Looks good man, id like to look like you in a year this time.
What are your bench and dead lifts?
>>42197614
not that big. my bench 1RM is like 200lbs, and i havent gone for a DL max, i usually do reps of 225 for like 5-8
>when you go for bearmode, eat too much and then only lift once a week for a couple months
Jesus im a fat body
>inb4 you're already a bear you furry cunt
5x5
>245 bb
>140 ohp
>290 squat
>>42197410
Currently about 83kg, before I started around 90.
I fucked up, don't know if I should start taking progress pics now?
>>42197686
No reason to do that to yourself, just get lean
>>42186221
Bro, it's time to start lifting hard and eating hard.
>>42192912
>>42192931
We have the exact same build. Curvy bros for life. Also, it sucks ever having been fat doesn't it?
>>42197303
>this pose
Serious question because I don't know him, just saw a few pics of him on /fit/:
Is he legit retarded? He always looks like it.
Still a novice lifter.(only been at it for a little over a year)
5'11
158lbs
>>42196255
nice legs dood
>>42191057
wew
>>42190658
congrats
>>42191057
how u look so thicc at that weight?
im same height with 10lbs on you and look dyel compared to that i mean sure your leaner than me but im not that fat surly
>>42196739
Same height. You're my goal body, how much do you weigh?
am i blue enough yet ?
also, bf estimate ?
>>42189188
That's his face. He has two mirrors.
>>42189149
Nice face.
>>42196255
looking juicy
1m82 and 81 kg
>>42196095
juicy triceps
more deadlifts and squats
>>42191129
Haha are you me? I look pretty small if i haven't hit a muscle group in like +4 days, but my god are my pumps huge, I have stretch marks all over my arms and shoulders because I get such a huge pump
>>42195319
digging the carpet bruv
>>42196269
Hey man, you have awesome muscle layout, burn that fat and you will definitely make it
>>42196184
Routine?
>>42197986
cute kitty!
>>42191132
height/how long lifting? I'd like to look like this by next year
I guess I'll ask here since nobody has answered in QTDDTOT.
163cm 52.2kg
the details and other pictures here :
>>42195240
>>42195359
>>42199719
tl;dr can I get a bf% estimate, I need to know how much longer I can cut before maintenance/clean bulk.
Also how do I escape upper body fridge mode? I am thinking train abs and obliques+lats and hope that in combination with being a hiplette I can work in a sick V shaped frame? Shoulders might be a plus too?
Thanks.
>>42199979
You should always eat healthy.
>>42200193
Thanks for the advice senpai, I obviously didn't eat well in the past, but now I have it figured out. I'm not here for nutritional advice however, I am asking for a bf% estimate. Much thanks.
>>42199979
Cut until you look good. Literally eat less food.
>>42199979
20%-25%
>>42191059
cut retard
>>42200249
>cut until you look good
define good?
I want to go by bf% because I am prepping for a bulk, I'm not looking to get into skinny Stacy mode. Looking good won't cut it literally, I need numbers to go by because I have a program to carry on.
I'm going to need a bf% estimate, please. I'm not asking for mirror-based, self-perception based evaluation processes here.
>literally eat less food
I'll just ignore your comment based on the fact you might have been guenuinely looking out for me.
>>42200282
thank you, finally someone who can get to the point. I was very suspicious of those caliper measurements. I guess I'm doing it wrong. I guess I'll cut back another 5-10%.
>>42199979
21% +/- 3
Good for you for taking a controlled approach to this, but cutting another 5-10% is nothing to laugh at. Going from 20%-10% bf requires significantly more time and effort than going from 35%-25% because your body has a "survival instinct" floor for how much its willing to lose.
I assume your goal is to gain lean mass. Keep building a muscle base before taking a cut seriously.
>>42200498
thanks for your time. So far I got 20-25% and 25-30% from other anons. I recalculated my goal weight based on an average of 25%.
It's pic related. Do you think this calculator takes into account muscle mass lost as well, or should I just assume it just accounts for 100% of the weight lost being fat, and as a result I should cut a bit deeper ?
Also I am ready to go through it all, the way I see it, one good hard cut at the start and I'm done for at least a year cruising on a small clean bulk. I have a very well thought out program already, I just needed to know when it'll be starting so to speak.
>>42190658
Why have you blurred out your belly button?
>>4220057
You took a step in the right direction by getting caliper measurements. Although the calipers have error associated with them, they are more accurate than both third-party estimates and calculators. Many of these calculators were designed using a 70kg male as the source, because that was the standard for old medical textbooks. So whatever the calculators account for probably doesn't apply to you, or most other people.
If you want the most accurate bf measurement possible, find a university with an exercise science lab and volunteer for a hydrostatic body fat test.
>>42200570
>>42200699
whoops
>>42200699
>>42200710
Thanks for your advice. I did research scientific and medical measurements methods such as bodpods, hydrostatic test, and ampedancometry machines in laboratories, but figured I could save some money for now and weight till I reach at least <48kg to go get tested. I'll arrange for that when I come back from my trip in about three months.
Thanks for the rundown on how caliper calculations are formulated. I'll just use it as a scale tracker of progress now, not an actual representation of actual bf%.
>>42191132
Fort Leonard Wood???
>>42199884
She's why I lift haha
Going to Brasil mid September. Currently eating slightly above tdee. Should I start a slow cut for abs? Chicks dig them over everything else r-right?
>>42201176
you're going to make her proud, anon.
I'm sure you already do.
>>42198091
Pump, I look dye before I workout
>>42199408
Exactly, I used to be fat so I have them all over my hips/bottom of my stomach. I have them behind my delts too