Starting to see some gains..

[orangejuiced86]

Ill post a few more pics, but just wanted to share. Keep in mind I dont think I had a bicep before, lol It aint much now, but the eating right and lifting is starting to show some small improvements.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/orangejuiced86/ATT00003.jpg

[90-notch]

kick ass ryan, I can see a diffrence from when i seen you a month ago. Looks like your gaining in the chest, and forarms too. Keep it up man!!!

[Crazzy_Al]

I'd say more than "some" gains. You look good, bro. I was there when you started training and you've come a long way no doubt about it. Good work!

[orangejuiced86]

Thanks man!

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/orangejuiced86/side.jpg

[Crazzy_Al]

Thanks man!

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/orangejuiced86/side.jpg
Where's the belly at?!?!?

[jsxtreme]

Good work Ryan! Keep it up!

[LITTLEMAGS]

you have a good base to start with that is for sure!!!!!! looking good!

[orangejuiced86]

Thanks!

Ill find some pics if what I looked like last September when I started. It was pretty bad though. Belly hung over my jeans pretty good :(

[orangejuiced86]

The one thing I do regret is not doing enugh research in the beginning. I wasted a good 4-5 months eating what I thought was healthy and it was wrong. But this is a hobby so I will learn as I go. Im hoping this next year of it will be much better for me. I gave myself a 2 year goal in the beginning to get into good shape.

[orangejuiced86]

These are the only before shot I have. You can kinda see how fat I was.

http://www.motownmuscle.com/shared/P9160012%20(Medium).JPG

http://www.motownmuscle.com/shared/P9160019%20(Medium).JPG

[LITTLEMAGS]

man...you did shape up pretty good. It doesnt even look like you actually.
NOT to sound geigh but you do ahve some pretty big ass arms

[Crazzy_Al]

Ryan, what do your biceps measure around right now?

Dom, I know what yours measure and I don't care to hear about them again. I'm still 6" taller than you. :lol:

[orangejuiced86]

Last time I measured them last week they were just under 17"

[Crazzy_Al]

Last time I measured them last week they were just under 17"
Good work!

[orangejuiced86]

Thanks, its pretty exciting now! I still have to get rid of these stupid ass love handles but I will work on that.

For some reason my biceps grow outward insted of upward. I started doing different bicep exercises to help them grow up.

[LITTLEMAGS]

Thanks, its pretty exciting now! I still have to get rid of these stupid ass love handles but I will work on that.

For some reason my biceps grow outward insted of upward. I started doing different bicep exercises to help them grow up.
that is genetics my friend....I have almost 18" arms BUT have a shitty peak. Real thick biceps though...but my training partner who has the same measurement arm as me LOOKS like 20+ inches all days long. He just has a sick peak. I have tried every excercise I can but nothing has helped to make the peak "bigger"

[dmkx3]

what sucks for me, is that i have 17.5 inch bicep, but my arm length is 37.5 or so. which makes my arms look small. and it's a bitch to make them grow.

[LITTLEMAGS]

^^ yeah...i know. I have long foremans for being a short guy and it takes WAY more work than the average guy. HEY remember bdybuilding is kinda a illusion. Train to make yourself LOOK bigger...I hit shoulders EXTRA hard..makes my waist look smaller...

aahhhhhhhhh...so HIT your triceps HARD...then your arm will LOOK way bigger!

[Crazzy_Al]

I'm 5'11" and have the reach of someone 6'2". I have the same problem arm problem as a few of you. Big triceps for the WIN. :evil:

[jsxtreme]

I dont feel gay posting this now. :lol:

I've actually lost size off my arms, because I'm cutting fat. But before I never even had a bicep when I flexed though. It was just mush. This pic doesnt show it very well, but if you could see a before you'd know what I was talking about. Nothing like you guys, but I'm working on it.

My arms are now 20", down from 22".

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m83/jsxtreme2003/telecruise005-1.jpg

Whooo hoooo! Theres a nice little hump of muscle eating at the fat. :lol:

[LITTLEMAGS]

dont feel bad...^^ Iam telling you the best thing is TO have pictures...
I have looked at pics over the years and it really is the only way to judge how your gains are coming...SURE you can see the weight changes but PICS are worth a thousand words. I have ALL my clients take pics of themselves when we start every 3 weeks after that. You should see their faces after 9 weeks and pull photos and show side to side shoots....I had a lady start crying with joy one time.

[dmkx3]

how would i post pics on this site?

[LITTLEMAGS]

how would i post pics on this site?
take a pic on digital camera, save to your desktop, comment on a post but go to additional options.
then "manage attachments"
browse your desktop..open the pic and save. then reply to the post...

[dmkx3]

i'll try to post one of me. it says that my pics are to big and that it can't resize them. i have to do that manually, but it doesn't work.:mad:

[jsxtreme]

Create a photobucket.com account. It wil resize them for you when you upload them, then just cut and paste the [IMG] [IMG] link.

[dmkx3]

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff309/dmkx3/Picture010.jpg

[orangejuiced86]

damn, your in pretty good shape. Ill lok for the bald head next time im at the gym, lol

[dmkx3]

did it work? i've been fuckin with it for the last 15 min.

[90-notch]

i need to look again, lol

[orangejuiced86]

fixed it for you with my super duper mod skillzz

[90-notch]

I see it now

[90-notch]

Not to shabby still have a long way to go

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n160/jtnagy/armss.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n160/jtnagy/arms.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n160/jtnagy/arm.jpg

[dmkx3]

thanks orangejuiced86. i'm there in the mornin's. sun-fri.

[Crazzy_Al]

Bunch of skinny fuckers in this bitch. :lol: ;)

[Crazzy_Al]

I can't find the bigger version of this picture. I know I have it on my home PC somewhere.

http://www.cz28.net/gallery/d/4887-2/Back+2-23-07.jpg

Check the lumpy back with deep grooves, niggas. :lol:

[jsxtreme]

Bunch of skinny fuckers in this bitch. :lol: ;)

LOL fuck I wish. I'm headed that way.

[LITTLEMAGS]

LOOK GOOD 90 NOTCH!

[orangejuiced86]

Damn al, looks pretty good(not in a gay way). I would show my back, but my natural sweater covers it all up anyways.

[Crazzy_Al]

Damn al, looks pretty good(not in a gay way). I would show my back, but my natural sweater covers it all up anyways.
HAHAHAHA! Thanks. Fortunately my hair Guinea genes haven't hit my back...yet. :lol:

[Crazzy_Al]

Also, the pic I posted was from back in February when I had a little more of my "winter coat" on. I'm slightly bigger and leaner now. But I hate taking pix because my wife thinks it's gay and I only get pic time when she's not around. You know, so I can save myself the embarassment. :lol:

[orangejuiced86]

You gotta do what I do. I take my wifes phone and take nakid pics of myself and make them her wallpaper.
It was funny untill her mom had to use her phone. Now I htink her mom has the hots for me.

[LITTLEMAGS]

HAHAHAHA! Thanks. Fortunately my hair Guinea genes haven't hit my back...yet. :lol:
BRO...its coming...
MY didnt start until 34...hahaha

[LITTLEMAGS]

You gotta do what I do. I take my wifes phone and take nakid pics of myself and make them her wallpaper.
It was funny untill her mom had to use her phone. Now I htink her mom has the hots for me.:lol:
my mother-in-law would have a stroke right then and there!

[Crazzy_Al]

You gotta do what I do. I take my wifes phone and take nakid pics of myself and make them her wallpaper.
It was funny untill her mom had to use her phone. Now I htink her mom has the hots for me.
Funny my wife doesn't have any issues when I take nudes of myself with my cell and send them to her. But for me to take "progress" pix for myself, is gay according to her.

[Crazzy_Al]

BRO...its coming...
MY didnt start until 34...hahaha
DAMNIT!!! :mad:

[Golden]

Took down pics.

[jsxtreme]

No rippin here man. We all support each other. Start making some time for yourself to go to the gym. You'll feel better all around. I promise. And you will learn as you go, just like I am. :)

[Golden]

Thanks Justin. I think I am going to get back into the pool. That is where I was always happy. In HS we would train twice a day in the pool, with a 30 minute weight training session. I was in pretty good shape. That was 30 lbs ago lol.

[90-notch]

LOOK GOOD 90 NOTCH!

Thanks Dom. I still have a ways to go. When i start really getting into this working out I'm hoping i blow up pretty big.

I'm gonna get with someone to help me eat something diffrent. I think it will be money well spent after talking to OJ about it.

[90-notch]

You gotta do what I do. I take my wifes phone and take nakid pics of myself and make them her wallpaper.
It was funny untill her mom had to use her phone. Now I htink her mom has the hots for me.

LMFAO!!!

[orangejuiced86]

I believe I started the first Detroitracing.com flex off.

[orangejuiced86]

I can't find the bigger version of this picture. I know I have it on my home PC somewhere.




You sir are a LIAR! You know that you have that pic as your wallpaper on your home pc!

[Crazzy_Al]

You sir are a LIAR! You know that you have that pic as your wallpaper on your home pc!
I have the pic at home, and I know in while folder, but I am on my work PC. I don't have the larger version here and the pic I posted is in my sig on another board I am on. And no, it's not my wallpaper on my desktop at home. :lol:

[LITTLEMAGS]

Thanks Dom. I still have a ways to go. When i start really getting into this working out I'm hoping i blow up pretty big.

I'm gonna get with someone to help me eat something diffrent. I think it will be money well spent after talking to OJ about it.
ALWAYS IS! I still consult a couple good friends of mine. A pretty good friend of mine is Dr. John Berardi. We trained together for a couple of years in 98-99-00. You want some insight into eating well check out
T-mag.com and johnberardi.com

[SVT32VDOHC]

aahhhhhhhhh...so HIT your triceps HARD...then your arm will LOOK way bigger!

Very true. I went to see the "Bodies" exhibit while I was in Vegas last year, and the guy said all people there, were athleticly built and anywhere from 180-220lbs. No matter what size they were...all their triceps were huge, and their biceps were small....way smaller than you think. They actually looked all the same size. The difference was the tricepts!! You would be surpised how much skin adds to your bicep.

If anybody hasn't gone to the "bodies" thing,....go, you will learn about muscles, tendens, organs, and every other thing that makes up the human body. You see muscles that you never knew existed!!

[dmkx3]

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff309/dmkx3/Picture010.jpg before


http://s237.photobucket.com/albums/ff309/dmkx3/?action=view&current=F
1 month after

[90-notch]

image not found

[dmkx3]

i think i fixed it?

[90-notch]

newp still the same bro.

[90-notch]

I serched for it on photo bucket is this it?

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff309/dmkx3/Picture002.jpg

[Crazzy_Al]

http://s237.photobucket.com/albums/ff309/dmkx3/?action=view&current=F
1 month after

Time for you to blow them legs up!! Let me know any week and I'll push my leg day off to Sunday and you can come train with me for free at my gym at 16 and Gratiot. Seriously.

[dmkx3]

yep that's the one. thankx.