Gloat about your success!

I am interested in seeing what everyone has accomplished since they started lifting. 
I have only been lifting seriously for the past 2 months and with my new healthy diet I have lost about 5 pounds of fat and replaced it with 5 pounds of muscle.

What have you all accomplished?  don't be afraid to brag you worked hard for it!

5'8 180 lbs

Squat 200 x 5
Bp 180 x 5
Curl 70 x 5
Dead lift 250 x 5

Lost 45 lbs so far. 02/2008 benched 155lbs, current 255lbs. Can run 10 miles non-stop. Had to get new clothes. Have a confidence I have not had in years. Made some Friends here on the DBB.

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mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

today just maxed and my bench ties the national record for my age/weight but atm i'm over the weight limit because of bulking but after a week of cutting going to the bathroom and losing water weight i'll be back under i think most any other day i could get 125 which would set a new record, i only got 120 today which tied it. I'm still happy my max was 100 less than 2 months ago.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

"There is no elevator to success, you must take the stairs."

ORIGINAL: connelly

today just maxed and my bench ties the national record for my age/weight but atm i'm over the weight limit because of bulking but after a week of cutting going to the bathroom and losing water weight i'll be back under i think most any other day i could get 125 which would set a new record, i only got 120 today which tied it. I'm still happy my max was 100 less than 2 months ago.

 
not trying to rain on your parade but where did you find out what the record is?  i just think that it would be higher than that. when i played freshman football there were kids benching that number or more.  anyways that is still good work, if i remember correctly i was benching somewhere around 100lbs when i was your age.
 
i cant really think of anything specific for my success. i have just gotten bigger and stronger over the years of lifting 

http://www.rawpowerlifting.com/records/National/2008NationalBenchPressRecords.pdf
its not that there aren't kids that can do more than me hell i know a kid only a year older throws up 200 but i would be in the 114 lb. division..

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

"There is no elevator to success, you must take the stairs."

got 10 times sexier than i already was, which was pretty damn sexy to begin with

working on explosive phase
vertical: 35
weight: 206

Big 3: 300/440/515

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

Yeah when I started lifting last year (my senior year of highschool) I made friends with a sophomore.  He ended up maxing 250 before the year was over but he weighed around 220

ORIGINAL: Wetdawg

Lost 45 lbs so far. 02/2008 benched 155lbs, current 255lbs. Can run 10 miles non-stop. Had to get new clothes. Have a confidence I have not had in years. Made some Friends here on the DBB.

you got 100 pounds on your bench in 5 months?

Lost 45lbs. this year and got stronger.

Age: 26 Height: 5'10
Weight as of 8/31/08: 160lbs.
Current weight: 180lbs.
Semi-Clean Bulkin!
Current Maxes as of 6/4/08:
Squat: 250lbs.
Deadlift: 255lbs.
Bench: 285lbs.

well about 2-3 months ago i could barely get up 155 in clean and now im at 205, so thats probably the thing i've been most happiest about, also pushing to get 205 in bench for a few weeks now 

5 RM
Bench Press: 240 lbs
Hang Clean: 225 lbs
16 yrs old
190 lb

goal bench by end of football season : 285

gained 2.6 inches on my arms, gained 53 lbs of muscle, went up 140 lbs on my bench, had girls breakin they necks at the pool, overall better health

update! 8/3/09

maxes and goals
bench - need to remax
goal bench - 405

squat - need to remax
goal squat - 500

deadlift - need to remax
goal deadlift - 500
weight -174.8 8%bf 

Had to buy a new wardrobe...Twice.

President of the Emancipation Detoxification. DBB's oldest forum group, punching baby seals since 2/12/08

lost about 100lbs, 10 inches off the waist probably
 
alot healthier

ORIGINAL: boomersooner1331

ORIGINAL: Wetdawg

Lost 45 lbs so far. 02/2008 benched 155lbs, current 255lbs. Can run 10 miles non-stop. Had to get new clothes. Have a confidence I have not had in years. Made some Friends here on the DBB.

you got 100 pounds on your bench in 5 months?

Yes, In the late 1990's I was doing above 250. Muscle memory is kicking in. I still weight 25lbs over that

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

Lost about 30lbs of fat, gained about 20lbs of muscle.

went from 135 to 245 on bench in 6 months.  I weigh 165lb's with long arms :)

~Andrew~

Transistioned from:

Fat kid to Big kid to Jacked kid to Runner.
(200)       (180)        (167)             (158)            

I'm a Runner now baby.

Current Supplements: Multi, Whey, Caffeine, BCAA, Vitamin C, Calcium
Current Cycle: Strength

"Do not go where the path may lead, instead go where there is no path, and leave a trail."

I had to switch from regular boxers to boxer briefs since my legs got so big, and the boxers would cut off the circulation to my legs.

"True genius, in many fields of human endeavor, is often revealed in elegant simplicity."

- A smart man

Journal: http://www.wannabebigforums.com/showthread.php?t=117358

I've increased my body weight by 11% in 3 months, from 132 to 147, of which I estimate greater than 85% is muscle.

Psychologically, I no longer feel "skinny," "bonelike," or "frail," instead feel healthily thin.

keep on keepin on on this.

Bench press 275 at aprox 142lbs.

I do things better than I do before

Everything I do is more disciplined.

I'm better than 90% of the population.

I'm better looking than 99% of the population.

President of the Emancipation Detoxification. DBB's oldest forum group, punching baby seals since 2/12/08

Side note: Pearl you're a runner? I ran distance in high school, never quite got my mile below 5 tho, about 5:04. A friend of mine if running cross country in college tho, running about a  4:35.

And I like Frank's first post...I'm much more disciplined now, it's really just a complete lifestyle change.

Every Saint has a Past. Every Sinner has a Future.

It seems so odd to me how honesty is honestly the rarest thing upon us. Honestly, it's astonishing.