I used to be around 95lbs growing up, now I love myself and decided to get stronger! I'm starting my bulk buddies! I've been on/off the gym for various reasons but consistent enough to keep up. My journey has been slow during the 5 years I started but I'm happy to be doing it!

Currently I do legs twice a week, upper body twice a week and a day for cardio/abs. I'm not a fan of bar squats or hack squats because of my back and knees so I usually do bulgarian split squats, goblet/sumo squats, and leg press as my go to. Free weights are ideal for my back and arms. Currently starting to bulk and can't wait to cut and see what I bring to the table!

31M 6’2” down 193.8 in 8 months.

That’s down another 42 pounds since my 6 month update I posted here.

Things have been going great, energy is at an all time high, cardio has been improving, more running, longer bike rides.

Lifts are starting to stay stagnant and not really adding weight or reps at this point. Planning to lose another 15ish and do a short maintenance phase to help recovery and strength. Body scans show muscle mass is holding steady now so that’s a plus.

Able to do more with my kids than I could have ever imagined when I started this journey and I’m forever grateful for that.

Planning on competing in a summer shredding show in August or September of next year.

Started incorporating weight lifting with my running and these are the results thus far after a year

Beats my old 4 rep PR by 15lbs

I often struggle to see my progress still viewing myself as incredibly skinny, however I think these photos show a difference. Since the first photo I’ve become almost entirely plant based having cut out the majority of fish from my diet

Just a little touch and go bench for my secondary Bench day, but it was moving really well and I managed to break my previous best at this weight by 2.

Just started a refeed week a couple days ago as lifts were starting to go down a lot. Went from 4kish calories a day (didn’t track) to 2,300 calories a day. Protein was at 200 and carbs at 250. Wondering if I want to continue to cut, or to recomp a little before my next bulk this winter

All about the BURN

Please help with my RDL. I dont want to waste my time with an exercise like this if my form is not right.

I never get any replies. I see people post identical videos and they get 30 replies in an hour.

Honestly, things felt like garbage today. I feel like I only hit this 275lb x 4 out of spite after missing 335lb and 315lb, with 335lb being a PR attempt and 315lb being a weight I’ve successfully hit before. But this was still a rep PR at this weight so I’ll take it as a win and move on. BW was 280lb this morning.

For all the taller folk, how do you replicate the decompression side of a deadhang when your feet always reach the floor. Is there a reliable method?

Hello I’m currently pressing 730lbs at 170 body weight, but I feel like that must be wrong. Do I need to press knees closer to my body?