I started out skinny fat and laughably weak. I still have a ways to go, but thanks to you people I can now take my shirt off at the beach without being crushed with shame. I learned everything I know about lifting from this place. You helped me when I really needed it and changed my life for the better.
Thanks, fit.
100% serious.
>>28510100
chest's looking good.
>>28510100
wow dude noice.
You look great OP. Congrats on turning your life around, you've clearly earned it.
good work. in what timespan did you achieve it and what routine(s) did you follow?
>>28510124
this.
congradulations man, makes me happy to hear you talk like that.
>>28510100
Congratz anon.
You make us proud.
(Post script; your body kinda looks like tiny's.)
we're all gonna make it brah
>>28510100
I am skinny fat, but I started doing circuit training at the gym (essentially lifting with an hiit pace).
What was the turning point for you in which you started shedding fat and building muscle?
>>28510149
+1 for this please
You're welcome, you beautiful bastard.
before pic OP
nice proportions m8
tell us your story in detail
starting routine, when did you change it, for how long, etc
>skinnyfat
which is what i am currently
OP how long did it take you to escape? what routine did you do and did you bulk or cut?
>>28510100
You look better than 99% of people (no homo)
Post before pic and/or routine
>>28510100
looking good mate.
>>28510149
I came for the anime, but found fit. That was 2 years ago.
Routine has always been
A: squat/bench/pullups/accessories
B: deadlift/military/rows/accessories
I started 5 x 5 on the big lifts and dropped to 3 x 5 as I got stronger. Always been 3 x 8-12 on accessories.
>>28510333
what accessories, how many, what kind of sets, etc?
>>28510333
What accessories? And did you bulk or cut? I too want to escape skinnyfat mode.
>>28510333
stats?
>>28510359
>>28510371
OP pls
'mirin.
>>28510480
op faggot give back to fit
>>28510359
For the most part, I just do the same lift with lighter weight. I did this at first to reinforce form and work on flexibility and it stuck. So I guess I'm doing the boring but big part of 5/3/1. I do change the lift a bit (example: incline bench, SLDL)
Besides redoing the same lift with lighter weight: dips, curls, roman chair, and ab wheel.
I usually only do 1 accessory for a main lift, sometimes 2. I count squat, dead, OP, bench, row, and pullups as a main lift, so I'm doing 6-8 exercises in total.
Stats (approximating lifts, I have not done a 1rm in a long time).
6'0, 185lbs
Squat: 325
DL: 375
Bench: 245
OP: 145
Never bulked or cut, just followed macros as laid out by you guys. That changed my old diet my taking out carbs and adding protein.
>>28510663
>I usually only do 1 accessory for a main lift, sometimes 2.
what does this mean? do you do an accessory right after the main lift, or do you do an accessory that roughly works the same region as the main lift, so you just do 3-4 accessories after the main lifts?
>Never bulked or cut, just followed macros as laid out by you guys. That changed my old diet my taking out carbs and adding protein.
wut
so you've only eaten clean at maintenance and you got rid of the love handles (skinny fat)?
>>28510333
so lemme get this straight
you squat 3x a week along with bench?!
im assuming you workout 6 days a week
>>28510757
he probably does AxBxAxx. it's pretty much stripped 5x5
http://newbie-fitness.blogspot co.uk/2007/01/stripped-5x5.html
post before pic or you weren't skinnyfat
>>28510100
You sick cunt!!
Mirin hard
>>28510100
LONDON
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NODNOL
Overall damn nice, but I'm envying those calves.
>>28510663
Never cut how are you so lean then if you started skinny fat ?
>>28510100
Bro...
You're starting to sound like someone who's gonna make it.
>>28510100
shouldve trained chest less, look like mantits now
>>28510100
fuuuaaark goal body in 2 months, thanks OP
>>28510100
How old are you op?
I can start weight lifting at 16, until then I am stuck with bodyweight training. This is definitely my dream body.
Can you give me a staple of your diet? I eat eggs and oatmeal everyday for protein, but I hardly workout, I have the outline of this body, just missing the muscle.
+1
>>28511001
dont say your age on here if you are younger than 18 mate
>>28510916
how did he even get calves with his exercises? squats get your glutes oversized before it gets to work those calves, and i don't see any calf raises in his routine
>>28510663
>roman chair, and ab wheel
lel wtf mang
>>28510757
>>28510744
>>28510851
Sorry, I do ABA. I had good results with maintenance eating while lifting. Following fit macros completely restructured my diet as I ate like complete shit. And I do the "boring but big" accessory right after the main corresponding lift.
Bench 3 x 5
Bench 3 x 8
Squat 3 x 5
Squat 3 x 8
Pullups 3 x 5
Pullups 3 x 8
Curls 3 x 8
Ab wheel 3 x 12
I gotta run, but I will try to find a picture. I have low self-esteem and was very guarded when it came to my body (still am). Needless to say, I don't have a folder loaded with pics. But I think I have a family photo at the pool I can edit and scan, let me see if I can find it.
Sorry if I'm not doing a good job describing my routine or answering questions. I'm not great at giving advice. I just followed the guidelines laid out by people on here, and they know allot more than me.
Thanks again guys, this place really changed me. No bullshit.
>>28511001
Another request for diet program. As accurate as possible. Thanks OP, sending praises and gains.
THANK YOU BASED BACKSNAP GORILLA
>>28510100
Did you cut natty? Because i could need some cutting tipps.. What did you eat? What was your routine in that time?
>>28511077
thanks m8
how much were you decreasing for accessories? 50%?
>>28511010
I have said it before, it seems the moderators want to promote fitness as they haven't banned me.
>>28511077
well thanks for answering our questions and congrats on the results. You definitely don't have any reason to be self concious about your body. Just think about it, even /fit/ is complementing you, and you know how this place often is.
>be totally autistic introverted virgin
>started getting srs about lifting this year and stayed consistent all summer
>got back to uni this morning
>waiting in line to pick up bus pass
>just want to hurry up and get home for vidya and sleep
>qt blonde in front of me overheard a phone conversation I was ending with friend
>turns and starts to make conversation
>had just biked to school
>sweatingman.jpg
>basically just gives me her number
>smiles and says bye as we get out of line and again as I start to head home
What the fuck? Did I just get really lucky or is this what making it is like?
>2 years as well
>>28511091
THANK YOU BACK-SNAP GORILLA
>>28511111
They can't ban you now, I mean look at dem quints.
>>28511091
THANK YOU BASED BACKSNAP GORILLA
>>28511167
Both, nobody makes it so hard that grills consistently just hand them their phone numbers unless they're like top .5% of good looks.
>>28511176
Think I can do this routine as a beginner with 3x5 for squat bench and rows and 1x5 for the deadlift, and do progressive overload?
>>28511091
THANK YOU BACK-SNAP GORILLA
>>28511091
THANK YOU BACK-SNAP GORILLA
>>28511011
Some people have naturally big calves. Those bastards. Also some team sports seem to build mean calves, like soccer for example.
>>28511203
But my mom told me I was top .1%
>>28511167
>lift a summer
>thinks he made it
kek
>>28511091
THANK YOU BACK-SNAP GORILLA
>>28511207
Fuck no, a three day, 1x/wk split is fine for a bodybuilder on a shitload of drugs, but there aren't even many top-level PLers who train this way anymore, most of them prefer to get multiple sessions for each lift in every week. Just do SS or SS, or at most an upper/lower or push/pull.
>>28510100
Thank you snap back t-rex
>>28511265
She was right, anon, you're special and you can do it.
>>28511330
re read the picture
its ABCx
not AxBxCxx
>>28511345
Thank you anon
I will write this on my arm and carry it into the gym with me
>>28511291
>doesn't even know how to read
Stronger and look better than you faggot, plus my reading comprehension has surpassed the high school level
>>28510100
You have a very impressive physique. You inspire me!
>>28511203
Not consistently, but if you have never got laid without trying at least once in your life then you're probably either ugly or very autistic.
I was semi-autistic and chubby and I still got laid without trying once.
>>28511381
post pic kid
>>28511407
>kid
Why so you can realize your inferiority and then jack off to it faggot?
I'll help you out with your reading skills though
>lift a summer
Nowhere did I say I only lifted for hte summer. I've been lifting for a few years now and only got very srs about it this summer. I have competed as recently as a year ago
>thinks he made it
Nowhere did I say that either
Have fun being trying to be a tough guy on the internet though, I'll be calling up that blonde tonight (if you managed to understand that part)
>>28511176
why isn't your cycle in the pic
>>28511547
either post pic or fuck off with your tldr ramblings child
>>28510333
Shit did SS + accessory work???
>>28511077
>Curls 3 x 8
>Ab wheel 3 x 12
my mind read this as
Cartwheel 3 x 12
almost lost my shit
>>28511111
nice get
>>28511620
that's not ss
>>28510100
/fit/ is what introduced me to Texas Method/strength routines and made me realize how shitty my Arnold Schwarzenegger based bro split was. Thank you fit for the gainz.
>>28511369
okay well the original image (i.e., that one without the bottom edits) had it as an AxBxCxx and the answer then is yes you could probably do it for a little while before you started stalling out.
>>28511401
Sure, happens from time to time (and I'm not even that good looking, just kinda big and lean as shit, which has helped my face look a little more masculine), but it's not like every single weekend that I go out girls throw themselves at me.
>>28511748
Whats wrong with splits?
>>28510100
Why are the outlines of your body all weird and dark in that pic? Did you auto touch up on three different phones before you uploaded it?
>>28510100
you look like you waggle around like an autistic penguin
pls be in vienna
>>28511829
>I have never heard of overhead lighting
its funny how the soul crushing self hatred that is brought on by /fit/ can be the motivation one needs in order change themselves.
thanks /fit/
>>28511996
>No
Its photoshop
>>28511176
Behold, natty to creatine
>>28511077
So just to clarify, you do ABAxABAx ?
>>28510333
Do you still like anime though?
>>28511091
THANK YOU BACK SNAP GORILLA
Does anyone know what routine I should do to get to back-snap gorilla mode?
>>28511091
THANK YOU BACK-SNAP GORILLA
>>28511091
THANK YOU BACK-SNAP GORILLA
>>28514328
ABAxBAB
>>28516190
Does a bear shit in the woods?
>>28511860
I really do. I have a terrible time with eye contact.
>>28511091
This is where my self-diagnosed Asperger's really helps. I easily ritualize things and am painstakingly routine about diet and exercise. I think you're hemmed in by genetics to a degree, but consistency is really the key to gains.
My diet is boring as shit. I do mostly kale for leafy green veggies, berries for fruit, and meat, nuts, and eggs for protein. I only drink water, green tea, and milk. I do skimp out on carbs a bit. I don't eat much in the way of grains, and carb up on fruit and veggies.
I cheat once every week or two. If I drink, it's red wine or vodka with seltzer.
For supplements, I do creatine, fishoil, vitamin D, turmeric, and resveratrol. Protein shakes to fill in macros.
>>28516644
I also do a fair amount of cardio. I know this is a bit of a faux pas around these parts. I don't go over 3 miles on distance, and do HIIT 1-2x a week. This is probably overtraining, but I like the mindfuck element. Nothing makes me want to break harder than cardio and that's always a fun fight.
>>28510100
you made it OP
>>28510868
oh fuck is this for real??
>>28511091
THANK YOU BACK SNAP GORILLA
>>28510100
tell me your stats cunt
>>28516958
read the thread you nigger
>>28510100
This looks so much like me, holy shit. Also how tall are you? You have bigger calves and quads than me (i lift for strength with my legs - for sports) but the upper body is almost exactly like mine. Good work OP
>n-no homo
>>28517022
>for sports
>>28511330
>Just do SS or SS
/fit/ in a nutshell
>>28511585
>this new
>>28517109
lol
I play club rugby and soccer for my college (heh) basically my coach puts me in on defense as the soccer equivalent of a hockey enforcer. Pretty fun, I just break kids when they try to turn.
>>28510100
Your slight ego boost is my goal, man. You're doing solid as fuck, man.
>>28510100
That's some nice underwear, what brand is it?
>>28510100
>That's some nice underwear, what brand is it?
Someone put this fool out of his misery already
>>28510100
Awesome pics. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakin' huge, solid, thick and tight you can get. Thanks for the motivation.
>>28517915
are...are you fapping while typing that?
>ohhh, yeah
>uhh
>wanna see how tight you are
>yeaaah
>look how thick and tight that is, ooh
>>28510100
OP what BF are you now?
>>28510100
EVERYDAY IS CHEST DAY
NOT ONE DAY IS CORE DAY
MANLETS WHEN..
>>28511091
THANK YOU BACK-SNAP GORILLA
>>28510100
natty?
op pls
>>28516843
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3717490/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
>>28510663
>never bulked or cut
Yes you have, if you have eaten a surplus you have bulk, and if you have eaten a deficit you cut. I really doubt you have been 185lbs the entire time? so if u gained or lost weight u bulked or cut?
>>28510235
>circuit training at the gym (essentially lifting with an hiit pace)
Why do newbies always try to complicate things?
Just lift heavy things. Heavy enough that you physically can't lift it more than 10x. Do that at least 3x every work out. Do a workout at least once a week for each major body movement (push/pull/legs/shoulders). Eat protein and sleep.
BOOM, decent body within a year. Like fucking magic. No HIIT, circuits, Wods, what the fuck ever else you're doing.
>>28518810
>Heavy enough that you physically can't lift it more than 10x.
lol you're retarded
>>28518593
>that jelly
wow
>>28518577
>being this fucking new
>>28518577
>being this new
>>28511803
Need to be on gear for them to actually be useful
>>28518593
kek
he does look manlet and core is lacking hard
>>28516644
>still watching anime
brings a tear to my eye anon.
you're doing gods work
>>28510333
holy crap, I'm a skinnyfat who's been lifting for 1,5 years. I've been doing that exact routine for like 6 months now, started with a brosplit. For next summer, I'll be out of skinnyfat forever. you made my day OP
