Coops road to beefcakeness (New Pics, 1/08/07)

WOOTNESS!!! I am finally feeling good today, wife is feeling good, were going to the gym the first time since saturday.... We took about 4 nights off as it has been several months since a break... looking forward to the mean pain... Gunna get off all the machines and shout "I AM A FIGHTER!!"lol..... or at least "BEEFCAKE!!".... sorry.. I am a dork but I am just happy I will be getting back into this!

Eat...Lift....Sleep......Repeat

Enjoy the process.. but crave the goal.

FYI, I am still training hard, but lately I have been too tired to get my damn notebook out of the care, Since Saturday I have switched it up to nothing but freeweight, and no machines.... kicking my butt, but I guess it will take some time, hardest one is getting good form on squats... keep feeling like I'm going to fall back..
 
 
On the good side got the good pain that you get when you havnt worked out in a while and lovin it, noticing some nice visual defenition... I think machines had a good place with me, but time to move on and up.

Eat...Lift....Sleep......Repeat

Enjoy the process.. but crave the goal.

SO I am still going to the gym religiously, and am on a 3 night push/legs/pull routine with 1 day off between.
 
I am starting to notice some significant differences in my body, and decided to get a tan to look even better.... so now I am sunburnt, but its about gone so I will go back today.
 
Over the past week I have noticed significant differences in my traps, its kind of cool, they are getting that stacked look instead of just flowing into my shoulders there is a self like look to them now.
 
I will get back into posting on this thing but been a bit flakey in bringing the book to put it on here.

Eat...Lift....Sleep......Repeat

Enjoy the process.. but crave the goal.

So, go into a fight with the wife today, so I brought the gym bag in,stead of leaving it in her car, so one good thing that came of this is that I have my book.
 
SO now for the most part I am all freeweight, except for a few shoulder and leg things...
 
Over the past few weeks my weight loss has seemed to stall so I think now would be uber good time to start bulking... adding 1/2 cup of oatmeal to each of my 3 morning meals, an extra chicken breast in the noon meal, and an extra scoop of power in the afternoon snacks. Dinner is staying about the same.. oddly I started loseing again lol...
 
Chest: I am begining to hate chest days.. feel weak..
Flat Bench:
120-12 / 135-10/ 145-8 *im having to go low weights, having shoulder pain doing em..either way, noticing results so who cares if it isnt 200+
 
Decline Bench:
115-12/ 125-10/ 145-6
Incline Bench:
115-12/ 125-10/ 135-6 *burnt...
Shoulder Press:
80-12/ 100-8/ 110-7
Cable Tricep:
 100-12/ 130-12/ 150-12
Seated Dips:
90-12/ 180-10/ 200-8
 
Legs: I love legs... so much... I think I made a mess on the wall in front of the squat rack
Freeweight Squats:
135-12/ 155-10/ 175-8/ 195-6
Leg Press
270-12/ 360-10/ 450-6
Calve Press
140-15/ 155-12/ 170-10/ 220-8
Standing Calve press (suppersetted with above)
180-12/ 200-10/ 220-8
Glute Machine
112.5 Right and left/ 125-10 Right and left
Leg Curl
90-12/ 100-10/ 130-8
Leg extensions:
235-12/ 245-10/ 255-8
 
Back\Bicep: I hated these until a few weeks ago, starting to notice a significant difference now
 
Cable lat pulls:
170-12/ 185-10/ 200-8
Lat raises
100-12/ 105-10/ 110-8
Seated Rows:
140-12/ 155-10/ 180-6/ 170-3
Shrugs:
180-12/ 230-10/ 250-8
Standing rows:
75-12/ 95-10/ 105-7
Bent Rows:
95-12/ 105-10/ 110-8
Preacher Curls:
90-12/ 95-10/ 105-8
Standing Cable curls:
100-12/ 115-10/ 125-7
 
 
 

Eat...Lift....Sleep......Repeat

Enjoy the process.. but crave the goal.

Weight is down to 230.5... and bumping around there....


On a happy note, I actually can see some definition in my tummy... still some low flab, but up top its getting good.. Body fat is still dropping, but I gotta get a set of calipers as using the tape its not adding up... I am at 23% BF (just slightly lower than a few weeks ago) but I have lost 2 inches in my waist... We will see I guess..  Something that may have thrown me off is I started Creatine Mono over the past few weeks so I could have a bit more water in me... the last BF% I took I just got off cell mass... so I am sure that is messing with it a bit.

Eat...Lift....Sleep......Repeat

Enjoy the process.. but crave the goal.

PHOTOS!!

I want photos dammit!!!

I dont care if the little ones mucked up your $800 camera.... thats no bloody excuse... I wanna see this -33lbs transformation!!

Well if you want to get technical its 70+ pounds, when I started this ordeal I was 300+ pounds.... (give about 5 cause I gained a bit after my 300 weigh in.. sadly no b4 pics... I think..) I lost a very small person lol

Eat...Lift....Sleep......Repeat

Enjoy the process.. but crave the goal.

Well if you want to get technical its 70+ pounds

All the more reason to post photos!!

I'll post something by this weekend... Wife has a uber camera phone that I can use if needbe... tic toc.. I know lol

Eat...Lift....Sleep......Repeat

Enjoy the process.. but crave the goal.

OK... so here is the long awaited laugh at the fat guys pic post..  The current pics really suck
but the wifes camera phone is like 1.6 MP lol... The First picture I was around 275-280 its date is around 1.5 years ago.... A few months after this pic I had a car accident and piled on another 20 pounds to 300...
 


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Eat...Lift....Sleep......Repeat

Enjoy the process.. but crave the goal.

Here is another old image, not standing but you can see the belly a bit better.

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Eat...Lift....Sleep......Repeat

Enjoy the process.. but crave the goal.

Here is my current front, this morning I came in at 22.5%BF and 224LBS...
 
 


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Eat...Lift....Sleep......Repeat

Enjoy the process.. but crave the goal.

And here is the back.. In another 2 months I will post some better pictures with my camera... once I get it repaired that should look a bit better.
 


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Eat...Lift....Sleep......Repeat

Enjoy the process.. but crave the goal.

Great progress!!!!! WOW!

So tell us more--what dimensions have changed on your body?  Have you had to buy new pants?  What size?

YEAH!!!!!

"If there's nothing else that's relevant, I'll be leaving now"

"Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground"

Was at 46 waist, now im 37. I havent done any measurments since about a month ago, is on a page or so back. Hopeing to get down to a 32-34 waiste, not sure how possible that will be but we will see wont stop till my waist is skin and bones.

Eat...Lift....Sleep......Repeat

Enjoy the process.. but crave the goal.