Updated Cycle photos... Need some suggestions

[3rdinfintry]

This is how I looked on Dec 15th
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This is how I looked on day 1 of my cycle Jan 2nd.
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These were taken last night Jan 24th..
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MY abs are starting to come in (when I say come in I know they arent amazing ) i used to be 341 lbs. So any abs are good abs. lol

My chest is a strong point I can bench 360-400 on a given day, but I cant get rid of the little loose skin. Can that ever tighten? I do use fish oil..

Squats I never did before and I am now able to do 225 8 times. So I am getting there
Legg press I can 450 easily, but scared to hurt my ankle that I broke 2 times.

What should I focus on?

I truly appreciate all the help that you guys have been.

 

[MattyIce]

dont overlook the benefits of pushups and pullups. push ups do 4x100 per day great for chest. nothing better for the back than pullups also.

 

[imdennis]

ur chest looks pretty bad, ima be honest with you, only way to get rid of that loose skin is to bulk up and fill in that skin with either fat or muscle, hit traps more cause everyone knows Big traps makes the hoes go whack.....pog people will understand that ..... what i dont get is why isn't there leg photos or back photos... but there is noticeable changes from the start, keep up the work, try hitting chest maybe twice a week or redo ur routine or something its ur lagging point

 

[49ER]

I cant give any advise what to focus on but your doing a good job looking more swoll I can see the abs congratulations dropping down from 341 I use to be really chunky myself lol keep it up

 

[3rdinfintry]

ur chest looks pretty bad, ima be honest with you, only way to get rid of that loose skin is to bulk up and fill in that skin with either fat or muscle, hit traps more cause everyone knows Big traps makes the hoes go whack.....pog people will understand that ..... what i dont get is why isn't there leg photos or back ones photos...

I know my chest is a issue, but thank you for pointing that out to me..

I started legs a month ago, not much to take a photo of.

And I do need to take a back photo, but its not very easy with a cell phone.

 

[imdennis]

I know my chest is a issue, but thank you for pointing that out to me..

I started legs a month ago, not much to take a photo of.

And I do need to take a back photo, but its not very easy with a cell phone.

for back, just put ur phone on a ledge or something put a 10 second timer, walk down the wall or across the room, where ever its at and do ur pose, works better if u have sound then u know how much time u got left,

 

[3rdinfintry]

but there is noticeable changes from the start, keep up the work, try hitting chest maybe twice a week or redo ur routine or something its ur lagging point

I switched from hitting each body part once a week to doing Circuit training every other day

Back
Bis
shoulders
chest
tris

I do 4 exercises per muscle part and 2 sets each- 1 minute apart

between the sets I do leg lifts or pull ups.

I do 120 minutes of cardio on my non lift day and 40 mins on my lift day..

 

[rmonks]

Your on the right direction bro. I can see a great difference and only been a month...got to do your squats and deads mb 2xweek if your doing them right thats all youll be able to do them...Matty right on target with pull ups and push ups...I know your military so that shit should be easy to crack daily

 

[MattyIce]

I switched from hitting each body part once a week to doing Circuit training every other day

Back
Bis
shoulders
chest
tris

I do 4 exercises per muscle part and 2 sets each- 1 minute apart

between the sets I do leg lifts or pull ups.

I do 120 minutes of cardio on my non lift day and 40 mins on my lift day..

i dont like this routine... you need to combine workouts and add more sets... 2 sets is not even a proper warm up. For example back day, i will start 2 sets low weight med-hi rep pull downs followed by 4 sets increasing weight and lowering reps. then 4 sets of pull ups wide grip to failure. rear delt deck 4 sets lo-med weight high reps followed by heavy weight max reps hammer strength bent row, then 3 sets pullups to failure, then 2 sets aussie pullups max reps for 1 minute.

 

[rmonks]

i dont like this routine... you need to combine workouts and add more sets... 2 sets is not even a proper warm up. For example back day, i will start 2 sets low weight med-hi rep pull downs followed by 4 sets increasing weight and lowering reps. then 4 sets of pull ups wide grip to failure. rear delt deck 4 sets lo-med weight high reps followed by heavy weight max reps hammer strength bent row, then 3 sets pullups to failure, then 2 sets aussie pullups max reps for 1 minute.

ouch..my back and lats just cringed

 

[clman8585]

Your doing great. It doesn't happen overnight..

 

[3rdinfintry]

i dont like this routine... you need to combine workouts and add more sets... 2 sets is not even a proper warm up. For example back day, i will start 2 sets low weight med-hi rep pull downs followed by 4 sets increasing weight and lowering reps. then 4 sets of pull ups wide grip to failure. rear delt deck 4 sets lo-med weight high reps followed by heavy weight max reps hammer strength bent row, then 3 sets pullups to failure, then 2 sets aussie pullups max reps for 1 minute.

The circuit training hits all 5 body parts every other day.

You don't agree with that routine?

I do 8 sets per body part for a Total of 40 sets every other day.

 

[MattyIce]

The circuit training hits all 5 body parts every other day.

You don't agree with that routine?

not for my needs, it is no good... cicuit training to me is more cardio based. in order to target a specific muscle group, i prefer to design workout around 1 primary exercise and use 3-5 complementary exercises. i lift 3-4split a week and 2 mma/circuit training workouts.

 

[3rdinfintry]

Can you put something together for me ?

 

[MattyIce]

Can you put something together for me ?

yeah, no problem man, just dont waste my fucken time. pm your schedule: when you eat and what you eat pre-post workout, when you workout, x a week you can workout, etc. you only need to weight train a muscle group 1x a week

 

[clman8585]

Hitting macros is the most important thing to remember. The key to success is being consistently consistent. That's with diet and training.

 

[clman8585]

And that whole eating what your coach tells you to eat won't fly forever. YOU need to know what to put into your body. My 2cents.

 

[MattyIce]

And that whole eating what your coach tells you to eat won't fly forever. YOU need to know what to put into your body. My 2cents.

agree x 10 hiring a nutritional coach is crucial, but you should be learning during the process of dieting.

 

[dj2dirk41]

Are you taking an Aromatase inhibitor (AI) you look a little bloated to me

 

[3rdinfintry]

Are you taking an Aromatase inhibitor (AI) you look a little bloated to me

Taking (andromed labs) aromasin 12.5 daily. Should I up it?