PICS taken this past Friday.....

[goliath.jr]

Originally posted by Shear_Madness
I appreciate the fact that you think I have what it take to compete, me personally, I dont think I have it. I have never had the desire to compete, its mainly the politics that turn me off. So what i have done over the past 4 years is bulk up over the winter months and then dedicate 12-14 weeks to getting as close as I can to competitive form and then take pictures, mainly so that every year I can look back and see my progress. Last year when I finished cutting up and had pictures taken I weighed in at 197. This year I felt like my BF was lower and I was definatley more vascular, plus I weighed in at 205. Goal accomplished .

Congrats bro - your progress really is amazing! The thing that turns me off about competing is the amount of drugs you must take to stay competitive. To compete on a national level, it is insane! I have buddy that competes nationally and he takes the same amount of drugs in 2 or 3 weeks that I do in an entire cycle.

Keep up the good work!

[IntensityX]

I'll say this again,that is one impressive transformation bro,people like you who do that inspire people do change their bodies,you prove regardless if it's natural or juice that you can achieve a great body in that amount of time,keep up the good work bro because you are most for sure doing something right

Eat,Learn,Train,Grow
IntensityX

[Shear_Madness]

Originally posted by IntensityX
I'll say this again,that is one impressive transformation bro,people like you who do that inspire people do change their bodies,you prove regardless if it's natural or juice that you can achieve a great body in that amount of time,keep up the good work bro because you are most for sure doing something right

Eat,Learn,Train,Grow
IntensityX

Intensity, its amazing how I bust my ass to cut up, keep a clean diet for a few months afterwords, and then over a 3 month period I can put on a shit load of BF, just from not be very strict with my diet. I have put so much into getting the cutting part right, like I said this is the 4th year in a row that ive done this, Im going to work on getting the clean bulking part down. My metabolism is very slow and eating bad kills me, carbs such as white bread kills me. If I can only keep the BF down while bulking, cutting will be alot easier.

[DerCribben]

Originally posted by Shear_Madness
Intensity, its amazing how I bust my ass to cut up, keep a clean diet for a few months afterwords, and then over a 3 month period I can put on a shit load of BF, just from not be very strict with my diet. I have put so much into getting the cutting part right, like I said this is the 4th year in a row that ive done this, Im going to work on getting the clean bulking part down. My metabolism is very slow and eating bad kills me, carbs such as white bread kills me. If I can only keep the BF down while bulking, cutting will be alot easier.

I guess the upside is (assuming this applies to you), most of the people I know who can put on a shitload of BF quickly can also put on a shitload of muscle mass quickly too.

[goliath.jr]

Originally posted by DerCribben
I guess the upside is (assuming this applies to you), most of the people I know who can put on a shitload of BF quickly can also put on a shitload of muscle mass quickly too.

indeed, i'm an endomorph. gaining weight is easy and i get strong as hell when i bulk. but man it takes a VERY strict diet in order to stay lean. if i let myself get to fat in the winter (like i did this year, peaking out at almost 240, 18% BF) it takes a long time to cut it all back down.

[BullFX]

Originally posted by Shear_Madness
Intensity, its amazing how I bust my ass to cut up, keep a clean diet for a few months afterwords, and then over a 3 month period I can put on a shit load of BF, just from not be very strict with my diet. I have put so much into getting the cutting part right, like I said this is the 4th year in a row that ive done this, Im going to work on getting the clean bulking part down. My metabolism is very slow and eating bad kills me, carbs such as white bread kills me. If I can only keep the BF down while bulking, cutting will be alot easier.

why the hell whould u even worry abou tthat bro? look at King , ronnie and lee they both become fat asses and dont give a shit what every on eelse thinks , and they put on alota size on then get cut ... obviously u got the cuttin part down .. i know its hard dieting and goin through it but i think ull get bigger faster that way...

[Shear_Madness]

It is a *****, but than again its only 12 weeks, tough it out and get the job done. The thing that I found helped out with me, was picking a date, I picked an exact date of 12 weeks in the future, marked it on the calender, and scheduled to have pics taken that day. This keeps me motivated, I take it as if I was competing and that is competition day. This also helped me with avoiding cheat meals.

I do put on weight very easy and get strong as hell while bulking, and this year while cutting, I feel that I did better than the previous years with keeping my strength and muscle. Im working with different people right now trying to put a diet together to help me with my bulking diet, I'll be trying different things, mainly staying away from sugars and sweets.

[DerCribben]

Originally posted by goliath.jr
indeed, i'm an endomorph. gaining weight is easy and i get strong as hell when i bulk. but man it takes a VERY strict diet in order to stay lean. if i let myself get to fat in the winter (like i did this year, peaking out at almost 240, 18% BF) it takes a long time to cut it all back down.

Dude, I'm 305 28%bf right now, I hear ya about being an endomorph. I'm hoping in three months I can look half as good as shear. I've been taking photos every monday for the past month and will continue for three months I'll post transition pics at the end along with diet, cycles, training regimen.

Thanks again for the inspiration shear!

[BullFX]

Originally posted by Shear_Madness
It is a *****, but than again its only 12 weeks, tough it out and get the job done. The thing that I found helped out with me, was picking a date, I picked an exact date of 12 weeks in the future, marked it on the calender, and scheduled to have pics taken that day. This keeps me motivated, I take it as if I was competing and that is competition day. This also helped me with avoiding cheat meals.

I do put on weight very easy and get strong as hell while bulking, and this year while cutting, I feel that I did better than the previous years with keeping my strength and muscle. Im working with different people right now trying to put a diet together to help me with my bulking diet, I'll be trying different things, mainly staying away from sugars and sweets.

did u ever drink milk or any fruit juice? or any other fruits?? from what i see u went totally keto except post workout meal?? did u even take any carbs in the AM after ur cardio?? or just protein??

[Shear_Madness]

Originally posted by BullFX
did u ever drink milk or any fruit juice? or any other fruits?? from what i see u went totally keto except post workout meal?? did u even take any carbs in the AM after ur cardio?? or just protein??

I started off just taking protein alone post cardio, but I felt I was losing muscle, so I added in 1/2 C oats and felt that it worked a lot better. I would usually wait about 30 mins after I was done cardio.

[BullFX]

Originally posted by BullFX
did u ever drink milk or any fruit juice? or any other fruits?? from what i see u went totally keto except post workout meal??

[Shear_Madness]

Originally posted by BullFX
did u ever drink milk or any fruit juice? or any other fruits?? from what i see u went totally keto except post workout meal?? did u even take any carbs in the AM after ur cardio?? or just protein??

My bad Bull, no milk, no fruit juice, and no fruits, none of these at all for 12 weeks, not even a sip of milk or a sip of OJ, the only thing that I did have was an apple maybe once or twice a week on my way into the gym, chest day or leg day, my hardest days, but to tell you the truth I couldnt tell a difference with or without it, so next season, no apple either .

[Shear_Madness]

I really suck at using my home scanner, I end up screwing the pics up that I scan, but heres one that came out pretty decent. It really doesnt show how cut I was, probably because I cant pose to save my ass.

[Shear_Madness]

Heres a pic that I forgot that I took myself with my digital about half way through my diet. If you compare it to the first pic I posted its shows pretty good progress. I didnt take anymore ab shots with the digital after this one, I should have taken one every 2 weeks, but my camera started acting up on me.

[BullFX]

lookin ripped bro... hey u didnt even have any gum?