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TrailerParkTrash
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I'm guessing you were 9-10% in your before pics, and possibly 14-15% in the more recent ones. You added so much mass though, so it's hard to tell from the pics. I use those Tanita scales as well, and I think they give an ok estimate , as long as you're consitent about when you measure. At least they provide a guide for relative comparisons..lol And I still don't see anything to criticize 
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Apöllo
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ViperHMS said:
I guess you look more like myself in the first set. The second set looks a little fat. Okay a lot fat. Maybe because they're darker. But I'm sure if you get back to shape.
ViperHMS
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Well it was a bulking cycle so what do you expect? My goal was not to eat clean food just to gain clean, lean muscle. I wanted to pack on as much muscle as possible so I ate everything. It ate mostly chicken, beef, fish patties, and protein shakes. But once a week I would load up on carbs from eating 2 1/2lb Hamburgers and 2 plates of Thick Potato fries at a local restraunt, because shit a 1/2lb burger and fries for $3.99 you cannot go wrong at Niffers on a Thrusday(Burger Night). I'm starting to cut now so we'll see how it goes and what I can get to show back up in the next few weeks. I'll try to keep up and post weekly pics. Hopefully I can get some better lighting going on or a friend to take the photos.
RNCH, what are your thoughts, you also said you like the earlier pics. Why?
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RNCH, what are your thoughts, you also said you like the earlier pics. Why?
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Not2B4GotN
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If your goal was to put on as much mass as possible.........I'd say you did a fantastic job in achieving it. You also look to be holding quite a bit of excess water, but that can be taken care of fairly easily. Good news is (based on your after pics) most of your "fat" gain seems to be centered around your belly...(potentially because of the bloat)...so you've been able to fend off love-handle gain which for me can be a problem when bulking. If your able to stip off the excess fat (return to your before bf% or better) and still maintain your gaines, all in all you've done extremely well. Seriously bro, tremendous size you put on there.
I personally prefer to bulk, but I do so cautiously (i.e. eat extremely clean, so as to try to avoid as much fat gain as is possible). For me this works better, because while I still might gain some (minimal amounts of fat), in the end, its much easier to get back to the lean look while maintaining the hard earned quality gains while bulking.
Later,
Not2B4GotN
If your goal was to put on as much mass as possible.........I'd say you did a fantastic job in achieving it. You also look to be holding quite a bit of excess water, but that can be taken care of fairly easily. Good news is (based on your after pics) most of your "fat" gain seems to be centered around your belly...(potentially because of the bloat)...so you've been able to fend off love-handle gain which for me can be a problem when bulking. If your able to stip off the excess fat (return to your before bf% or better) and still maintain your gaines, all in all you've done extremely well. Seriously bro, tremendous size you put on there.
I personally prefer to bulk, but I do so cautiously (i.e. eat extremely clean, so as to try to avoid as much fat gain as is possible). For me this works better, because while I still might gain some (minimal amounts of fat), in the end, its much easier to get back to the lean look while maintaining the hard earned quality gains while bulking.
Later,
Not2B4GotN
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chewyxrage
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Dude you did great.
Imagine how much bigger your going to be when you get back down your previous bodyfat. It's a process!
How tall are you? I'm guessing 5'8
Imagine how much bigger your going to be when you get back down your previous bodyfat. It's a process!
How tall are you? I'm guessing 5'8
ViperHMS
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I'm 5'9 1/2"
Yeah i'm working on the leaning process now. Trying to perfect my diet and figure out how much cardio to do. Next week my workout program will be going thru a major overhaul. I'm still stuck on the gain strength/mass phase, but today was the last workout of that and on to higher intensity/lighter weights/more reps workout. We'll see how it goes.
Viper
Yeah i'm working on the leaning process now. Trying to perfect my diet and figure out how much cardio to do. Next week my workout program will be going thru a major overhaul. I'm still stuck on the gain strength/mass phase, but today was the last workout of that and on to higher intensity/lighter weights/more reps workout. We'll see how it goes.
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ViperHMS
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I have no clue. I almost never max out. I just go by the progress I make on my last set of BB Bench press. I do about 8 sets total including warmup now and the last set I did the other day was 255x6 so I would guess somewhere in the 285-310 range, who knows? Thats probably my weakest point as far as strength goes. I probably squat near 500, deadlift 450, leg press??? I do about 8 sets after I've already done 8 sets on squats working up to 2 sets of 375x5 and then hit 900 for a set of 8 as my last set of legpress. I wish they would make those things with longer bars so you can put on more weights. I'm stuck doing a bunch of sets at the moment before I become somewhat fatigued.
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