Current Pics (Discuss Fitness Experiment)

experiment · 05-Jan-04, 02:40 PM

Ok guys here's my situation. I am 22 years old 5' 9" and weigh in at 187 lbs. In the last year I have gained about 30lbs mainly do to horrible eating habits, and lack of excersise(my work day consists of sitting and being in front of a computer most of the day). I have basically eaten what I wan't and then some. Everyday is different sometimes I don't eat my first meal until 12:00pm and I usually arise at 6:00 am !!!

Well the past month or so I have been researching different excersise, techniques, routines, diets, etc etc. My goal was to start at least excersising and a decent diet by today. The first Monday of the year. I am posting my pictures of my fatass that I took last week. I will keep this thread updated when I take new ones.

I am calling this the Discuss Fitness Experiment because, these webforums have really opened my eyes. Not just the info here but the links articles etc etc that have been mentioned here.

I have decided to go with the Max-OT weight lifting routine. For cardio I will be doing HIIT training on a fitness flyer 3-4 times a week.

**cursor** · 05-Jan-04, 04:46 PM

Good luck in your efforts. If you have questions ... hey, that's what DiscussFitness.com is all about.

AARS · 15-Jan-04, 08:40 AM

There is no doubt in my mind, that you can do it. I have seen people in worse shape "believe me

" Good luck to ya.

devon · 15-Jan-04, 02:36 PM

good base, tan, shave chest, get ripped.

**MAURER** · 15-Jan-04, 03:37 PM

once you start to cut you weight, you'll be good to go

rookie · 15-Jan-04, 08:04 PM

do you have a planned out daily meal plan and do u understand what affects fats, carbs, and protein have upon your body yet or what?

markintosh · 21-Jan-04, 10:35 PM

Congrats on the jump! here's a great link that might motivate you:

http://www.johnstonefitness.com/all/front/m.html

It's a guy in similar shape to you going from fat to ripped, each pic is taken monthly. You can see that he is ripped by the 6th month!

experiment · 17-Feb-04, 08:47 PM

New Pictures taken on Sunday February 15 2004. I have been lifting weights for 5 weeks doing the MAx-OT routine. I know IM still not going full 100% intensity every single rep every single set every single muscle part, but I am slowly gaining. Ihave been eating sensibly and not eating like a freaking pig. I have however broken my diet on about 4 of the last 5 weekends so I gotta work on that. I ahven't broken it badly it's mainly one night out of each weekend I go out have a few drinks then eat stupidly on the way home. Im working on it. I am introducing cardio for the first time this week and also I am no calorie counting my macronutrient breakdown. I will using Lee JBs calculator for my values.

Excuse the burn on my arm. I should've photoshopped it a bit. I will be getting it removed via surgery some day.

A funny pose nothing serious.

I am now going hardcor diet and excercise. So I shall be cut by the end of march. (crosses fingers)

Cort · 17-Feb-04, 08:58 PM

Looks like you got a little muscle under there, should show pretty nicely once the fat is gone

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arbit · 17-Feb-04, 10:58 PM

Um, if u'r just starting out weight training, then I woodnt recommend a specialised prog like Max OT. But I'm not an expert.

experiment · 18-Feb-04, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by arbit

Um, if u'r just starting out weight training, then I woodnt recommend a specialised prog like Max OT. But I'm not an expert.

Well I'm not a complete newbie to weight training I lifted on and off for about 4 years . Then I stopped for about 2-3 now IM back. And seriously if you have no real logical reason to stay away from max ot then I would advise not to give such advise for the sake of the newbies. Max-OT is not some crazy intense super isolation work-out. It gives a good base for understanding muscle hypertrophy. I remeber when I was a newbie everything I did in the gym was based on hear-say and on those dam bodybuoilding books. Talk about over-traning, un motivating after a while. I was in the gym about 2 hours back then now im in it for 45 minutes makes life much easier

Lee J B · 18-Feb-04, 11:31 AM

Your doing pretty DAMN good, experiment that's very impressive. If your going to add some cardio in, that will make your calorie burn quite a bit higher each week - so add another 100cals to your daily intake if your using my sheet ... Most people get where they want with that calculator so I hope it helps you.

Good Luck.

**cursor** · 18-Feb-04, 01:09 PM

Keep in mind that the Max-OT program includes dietary recommendations. What's you're current scale weight? It looks like you lost a few pounds there!

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arbit · 18-Feb-04, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by experiment

Well I'm not a complete newbie to weight training I lifted on and off for about 4 years . Then I stopped for about 2-3 now IM back. And seriously if you have no real logical reason to stay away from max ot then I would advise not to give such advise for the sake of the newbies. Max-OT is not some crazy intense super isolation work-out. It gives a good base for understanding muscle hypertrophy. I remeber when I was a newbie everything I did in the gym was based on hear-say and on those dam bodybuoilding books. Talk about over-traning, un motivating after a while. I was in the gym about 2 hours back then now im in it for 45 minutes makes life much easier

So u'r not a newbie, my advice doesnt apply.
Reason was I think Max-OT recommends heavy weights in the 5 rep range. For someone just starting out that puts a lot of strain on the tendons. Combine that with the faster growth of muscles compared to tendons and u'r got trouble.
Also heavy weights=bad form for newbies generally.