Alright so i have officially been body building 6 months and been back on my hardcore workout routine for a year and a half now!

This summer was busy as hell for me but i worked out almost everyday! and i worked out hard! lots of heavy weights, lots of hardcore cardio, lots of running etc.

I hit my goal of 220ibs on bench and currently at 250
i can get 1,000 calories on the stairs at full speed in just half an hour
I got to 350 on squats
And 230 on incline.

Just as a refrence to take you on this joruney again to where i am now.

This is me in 2008

This is me my senior year early 09

2011


This is me 2012 around april

This is me late 2012 going into 2013 after 5 months of body builiding

This me in the summer









AND THE BIG ONE! THIS IS ME... TODAY!

PS I am not naked in this picture... and yes it is an awkward artsy pose my apologies.




So yeah i have not hit my BIG goal yet but i hit all the little ones so that is good! i am feeling confident, strong, happy etc. And with my 6'5 demeanor i now stand up straight and don't have an arch in my back when i walk! i walk tall every fucking day baby

Thanks for anyone who read this and saw the journey but it is not over! it still has just begun.

[Edited 8/23/13 17:26pm]

congrats man

i'm back into the weights in a big way... it improves my life in many ways when i'm working out regularly

so, what's your routine? (weights)

MoBetterBliss said:

congrats man

i'm back into the weights in a big way... it improves my life in many ways when i'm working out regularly

so, what's your routine? (weights)

It really depends honestly! whether i want to workout legs, chest, back, triceps etc.

For legs i usually do leg press and i can do 650 on leg press! i got strong legs but somedays i go for more intensity so i will do lower weights maybe in the 300's. I also will do cardio to usually the stair master going at 20 for an hour.

For triceps i usually start with tricep dips on the bench, the pulldowns which i have learned are probably the best for triceps!, the overhead cable tricep, and the tricep kickback with dumbbells.

For shoulders i do barbell shoulder press at least 4 sets, pushups, squats, one-arm lateral raises.

For chest i do dumbbell bench press, dumbbell flyes, Chest press machine (I can go all the way down to 240 which is the highest it goes at the gym i go to.) and dips as well!

For good cardio the stair master as mentioned is the BEST way to lose fat and strengthen legs... as i showed once i lost over 2,000 calories on that thing.

Also a lot and i mean A LOT of deadlifting! that is helping me with strength.

Also another workout i HIGHLY reccomend for strength is taking 2 45 ib plates and putting them on your chest! then walking with them for 5 minutes. Take a rest and do it for another 5 min...

Then get like 50-90 ib dumbbells and walk with those for 5 minutes! my trainer taught me those and you will feel like a train hit you after

aardvark15 said:

That last picture

So i was showing my progress to a friend of mine and he started laughing and talking in Japanese... saying i looked like i was trying to do a ''GOD'' pose

I didn't realize how silly looked till after but i say it is my artsy alternative rock pose

Gunsnhalen said:

aardvark15 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

So i was showing my progress to a friend of mine and he started laughing and talking in Japanese... saying i looked like i was trying to do a ''GOD'' pose

I didn't realize how silly looked till after but i say it is my artsy alternative rock pose

It looks like a Vibrator outtake

the Terence Trent D'arby album?

Gunsnhalen said:

aardvark15 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

the Terence Trent D'arby album?

The cover picture from the album. All you need is wings.

IDK whether that makes me look extremly ''i am too deep for my own good artsy'' or gay... for my brusied ego i will pretend it is choice 1

Gunsnhalen said:

Gunsnhalen said:

MoBetterBliss said:

congrats man

i'm back into the weights in a big way... it improves my life in many ways when i'm working out regularly

so, what's your routine? (weights)

It really depends honestly! whether i want to workout legs, chest, back, triceps etc.

For legs i usually do leg press and i can do 650 on leg press! i got strong legs but somedays i go for more intensity so i will do lower weights maybe in the 300's. I also will do cardio to usually the stair master going at 20 for an hour.

For triceps i usually start with tricep dips on the bench, the pulldowns which i have learned are probably the best for triceps!, the overhead cable tricep, and the tricep kickback with dumbbells.

For shoulders i do barbell shoulder press at least 4 sets, pushups, squats, one-arm lateral raises.

For chest i do dumbbell bench press, dumbbell flyes, Chest press machine (I can go all the way down to 240 which is the highest it goes at the gym i go to.) and dips as well!

For good cardio the stair master as mentioned is the BEST way to lose fat and strengthen legs... as i showed once i lost over 2,000 calories on that thing.

Also a lot and i mean A LOT of deadlifting! that is helping me with strength.

Also another workout i HIGHLY reccomend for strength is taking 2 45 ib plates and putting them on your chest! then walking with them for 5 minutes. Take a rest and do it for another 5 min...

Then get like 50-90 ib dumbbells and walk with those for 5 minutes! my trainer taught me those and you will feel like a train hit you after

cool

so what days do you do what on?

MoBetterBliss said:

Gunsnhalen said:

It really depends honestly! whether i want to workout legs, chest, back, triceps etc.

For legs i usually do leg press and i can do 650 on leg press! i got strong legs but somedays i go for more intensity so i will do lower weights maybe in the 300's. I also will do cardio to usually the stair master going at 20 for an hour.

For triceps i usually start with tricep dips on the bench, the pulldowns which i have learned are probably the best for triceps!, the overhead cable tricep, and the tricep kickback with dumbbells.

For shoulders i do barbell shoulder press at least 4 sets, pushups, squats, one-arm lateral raises.

For chest i do dumbbell bench press, dumbbell flyes, Chest press machine (I can go all the way down to 240 which is the highest it goes at the gym i go to.) and dips as well!

For good cardio the stair master as mentioned is the BEST way to lose fat and strengthen legs... as i showed once i lost over 2,000 calories on that thing.

Also a lot and i mean A LOT of deadlifting! that is helping me with strength.

Also another workout i HIGHLY reccomend for strength is taking 2 45 ib plates and putting them on your chest! then walking with them for 5 minutes. Take a rest and do it for another 5 min...

Then get like 50-90 ib dumbbells and walk with those for 5 minutes! my trainer taught me those and you will feel like a train hit you after

cool

so what days do you do what on?

Honestly, it really depends on how i feel the day of or night before.

But i try to do anything muscle related on monday, wendsday, thursday. And then tuesday, friday, saturday etc. Are all hardcore cardio days.

Wait til you get my summer pics

Anybody else do running? i am hoping to hit the runners high someday