Badass work man. How tall are you?
6â0â'[quote]Captnoblivious wrote:
Badass work man. How tall are you? [/quote]
Flat today but only have done 200 g of carbs the past 3 days. Carbs start in tomorrow at 400 g before the NPC Texas State Championships on Saturday. Should be fun.
[quote]soccerdad5 wrote:
Here was the two pictures side by side. I will be competing on October 12th at the Texas NPC Championships. Hope to do well!
[/quote]Excellent.You my friend look fantastic.Im 54 and now a dayâs find when I try to gain lean body mass,i get fat.I am trying to get my psysique to a better quality,as you are an inperation. thank you john
I will give some more details later. I got 3rd in the open division at the Texas State Championship. I competed with the âyoungstersâ (guys about half my age). Here were some pics from the night.
Congrats! Hanging with the top finishers in an open class is very impressive. Canât wait to see more pics.
S
Will post more pics and share the story next week. Here is a pic of my before pic 18 mo ago, my 1st contest in July and my last contest in October. I do want everyone to know I have been lifetime drug free (no steroids or hormones). It can be done! Even in your 40âs.
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
Congrats! Hanging with the top finishers in an open class is very impressive. Canât wait to see more pics.
S[/quote]
Very awesome! Great job!
Iâm not quite sure how I feel about this. You were able to gain what, 50-60 pounds of muscle in 16 months? From your before pic, it appears you have next to nothing in regards to lean mass.
Iâm not saying itâs impossible, especially not with hormones or anabolics; but to do a transformation of this magnitude without them in that amount of time? Thatâs harder to swallow than a handful of Dbol.
In the end this doesnât affect me what so ever, so congratulations! Itâs a hell of a job and the amount of work you invested is evident. Keep it up man, I hope to compete against you some day!
[quote]Methanth wrote:
Iâm not quite sure how I feel about this. You were able to gain what, 50-60 pounds of muscle in 16 months? From your before pic, it appears you have next to nothing in regards to lean mass.
Iâm not saying itâs impossible, especially not with hormones or anabolics; but to do a transformation of this magnitude without them in that amount of time? Thatâs harder to swallow than a handful of Dbol.
In the end this doesnât affect me what so ever, so congratulations! Itâs a hell of a job and the amount of work you invested is evident. Keep it up man, I hope to compete against you some day![/quote]
50-60 lbs of muscle??? Please let me know how you calculated that. I think you math is off. I was 220 in my before picture and 187 in my last picture at 6â. How does that translate to 50-60 lbs of muscle? Hopefully you understand I had 10+ year of lifting before I got fat and out of shape. Muscle memory is real.
I didnât calculate, I guessed. Out of curiosity, I guessed your before picture at 26% body fat and calculated your LBM, put you at 162lbs. So, I whereas my 50-60 lbs was a gross exaggeration, without knowing the details of your before shots nobody will know for sure. Do you have body fat measurements written down by chance?
Even if my body fat estimate is roughly correct, that means you lost 58 pounds of fat, and gained 25 pounds of muscle in the same amount of time. Still, a fantastic accomplishment!
Iâm glad you have such experience in the gym, but as far as Iâm aware, muscle memory is a misnomer. Muscles do not have memory, though, I did read somewhere that if a muscle had grown to a certain size before, then subsequently shrank through atrophy, re-growing the muscle would occur in less time. Perhaps thatâs what youâre referring to?
I was 18% in my before pic. There are a few studies on muscle memory or nuclei. One that I had filed was this one. Couldnât find the original study but here was a story NPR did. I know it was an animal study but here is the article. No More Gym? Don't Worry, Your Muscles Remember : NPR Donât really want to argue with you about muscle memory or if I did steroids or hormones. I am lifetime drug free and I have to live with myself if I am lying about it. I am not. I actually see it as a compliment when people do accuse me. It doesnât happen very often where people accuse me but you arenât the first.
[quote]Methanth wrote:
I didnât calculate, I guessed. Out of curiosity, I guessed your before picture at 26% body fat and calculated your LBM, put you at 162lbs. So, I whereas my 50-60 lbs was a gross exaggeration, without knowing the details of your before shots nobody will know for sure. Do you have body fat measurements written down by chance?
Even if my body fat estimate is roughly correct, that means you lost 58 pounds of fat, and gained 25 pounds of muscle in the same amount of time. Still, a fantastic accomplishment!
Iâm glad you have such experience in the gym, but as far as Iâm aware, muscle memory is a misnomer. Muscles do not have memory, though, I did read somewhere that if a muscle had grown to a certain size before, then subsequently shrank through atrophy, re-growing the muscle would occur in less time. Perhaps thatâs what youâre referring to?[/quote]
Hereâs a chart some use to estimate body fat percentage from images: http://goo.gl/A6q1QC - To me, your before photo looks smack dab between 25-30%.
Thanks for the link to the NPR story, Iâll do some reading up on the topic.
Donât get worked up about people calling you out for using gear, itâs pointless. In the end, youâre arguing with a no-named guy from the internet of all places. You have nothing to prove to anyone. Consider the standpoint of others though as your story is incredible! I however, do not take it on face value. Because, after all, youâre just some no-name guy on the internet.
Amazing!
Bold assumption assuming youâre âbigger and betterâ than I am. Congratulations on your life accomplishments, and I do wish you the best of luck getting your card. Gear or no gear, itâs difficult to get and requires an intense dedication in and out of the gym.
Pic I put together just for comparison purposes. The top 3 pictures are from March 2012, the middle pictures are from the July Branch Warren Classic and the bottom pictures are from the NPC Texas State Championships in October (3 months later). I wasnât able to really put any muscle on from July to October but do think I made some improvements besides the darker tan.
I am in a âgrowingâ phase right now and have gained about 10 lbs since the show but really excited about making some improvements. Already feel like I have made some gains the past 4 weeks. My next show will probably be in May and then will go for that pro card in July.
Nice job brother! No excuses, just hard work and consistency. You look 10 years younger for sure.
[quote]Methanth wrote:
Bold assumption assuming youâre âbigger and betterâ than I am. Congratulations on your life accomplishments, and I do wish you the best of luck getting your card. Gear or no gear, itâs difficult to get and requires an intense dedication in and out of the gym.[/quote]
Nice job on the backhanded compliments.
Mytch, thank you very much. You are exactly correct. Hard work and consistency was key. Diet also had to be dialed in. [quote]MytchBucanan wrote:
Nice job brother! No excuses, just hard work and consistency. You look 10 years younger for sure.[/quote]
I am at 198. 11 more lbs than my stage weight. You can still see the 6 pack but it is going away. The 6 weeks after a show are the best time to grow so I am eating in a surplus with a modified Layne Norton PHAT split. Power upper body Monday/ Lower body Tuesday and Hypertrophy training days Thurs (back and shoulders), Fri (legs) and Sat (chest & arms).