Curved Willy
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First post here on AusBB. I've attached some photos from when I felt comfortable in my own skin, in the later part of 2011 that is... Since then I've let myself go. Firstly, I stopped waxing (hairiest rug of a chest you have ever seen) and moved to regional NSW to follow work where there's no gym, so I'd been forced into doing bodyweight training outside.
Now, there's nothing wrong with bodyweight training... But the problem is the heat. Today cracked 44 degrees and I can barely step foot from the front yard before I start pouring sweat and am ready to drop dead. Training isn't supposed to be comfortable but exercising in these temperatures is just torture.
So I just basically stopped. Maybe once or twice a week a few pull ups, push ups, some kettlebell swings, a quick tug on this stupid Tower Gym 200 (why did I buy this?) or a pedal on the stationary bike. All weak efforts and not much worth.
I woke up this morning, rolled out of bed, touched the soft gelatinous mass that is my belly and thought "F**k this. I'm buying a powercage and bar and some weights and getting back to squats, benches and deadlifts and lifting this fat away."
Back then my stats were:
21 y/o
74kg
175cm
Bench - 90kg x 5 (best effort, never had a spotter for 1RM)
Squat - 140kg x 1
Deadlift - 130kg x 5 (poor hamstring flexibility which I need to work on, so usually did it wide stance)
Pullups - 20
Weighted dips - 40kg x 8
Now:
Almost 24 y/o
78.5kg
175cm (surprise surprise?)
Bench - who knows
Squat - who knows
Deadlift - not much
Pullups - 14
Weighted dips - dunno, but I can still punch out 20 unweighted
Once my rack turns up I'll put it in my air conditioned spare room (which is full of assorted crap at the moment) and start smashing away at Starting Strength again and claw my way back to where I was, and onward from there.
Diet will be about 2200 calories, 40P/40F/20C. I like to do a bit of intermittent fasting because it stops me from binging out like a pig. This is my biggest problem. I f**king LOVE food.
Here's my old pics, just add some extra softness around it and there you go... I can't quite bring myself to take a photo of me right now. Ha. When I've got something better to compare it to, I'll put up both.
In the meantime while I wait for my rack to turn up, here's today's exercise complex. I've got night shift tonight. I can see myself being absolutely rooted...
2/1/13: Push ups x 25, chair dips x 15, burpees x 10, a bit of rest, repeat 4 times.
Now, there's nothing wrong with bodyweight training... But the problem is the heat. Today cracked 44 degrees and I can barely step foot from the front yard before I start pouring sweat and am ready to drop dead. Training isn't supposed to be comfortable but exercising in these temperatures is just torture.
So I just basically stopped. Maybe once or twice a week a few pull ups, push ups, some kettlebell swings, a quick tug on this stupid Tower Gym 200 (why did I buy this?) or a pedal on the stationary bike. All weak efforts and not much worth.
I woke up this morning, rolled out of bed, touched the soft gelatinous mass that is my belly and thought "F**k this. I'm buying a powercage and bar and some weights and getting back to squats, benches and deadlifts and lifting this fat away."
Back then my stats were:
21 y/o
74kg
175cm
Bench - 90kg x 5 (best effort, never had a spotter for 1RM)
Squat - 140kg x 1
Deadlift - 130kg x 5 (poor hamstring flexibility which I need to work on, so usually did it wide stance)
Pullups - 20
Weighted dips - 40kg x 8
Now:
Almost 24 y/o
78.5kg
175cm (surprise surprise?)
Bench - who knows
Squat - who knows
Deadlift - not much
Pullups - 14
Weighted dips - dunno, but I can still punch out 20 unweighted
Once my rack turns up I'll put it in my air conditioned spare room (which is full of assorted crap at the moment) and start smashing away at Starting Strength again and claw my way back to where I was, and onward from there.
Diet will be about 2200 calories, 40P/40F/20C. I like to do a bit of intermittent fasting because it stops me from binging out like a pig. This is my biggest problem. I f**king LOVE food.
Here's my old pics, just add some extra softness around it and there you go... I can't quite bring myself to take a photo of me right now. Ha. When I've got something better to compare it to, I'll put up both.
In the meantime while I wait for my rack to turn up, here's today's exercise complex. I've got night shift tonight. I can see myself being absolutely rooted...
2/1/13: Push ups x 25, chair dips x 15, burpees x 10, a bit of rest, repeat 4 times.
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