1 year (pics)

[yeabuddy Member Find all posts View Profile Close yeabuddy]

whats up fellas? Feeling like im finally making some pretty solid gains and wanted to share with you.

im 6"0' and 155lbs in the beach pic. im currently hovering between 178-182 with 10-12% BF. been seriously been training for about 8 months now, and the 25lbs is all lean. let me know what you think!

[yeabuddy Member Find all posts View Profile Close yeabuddy]

haha 39 views and no replies? come on bros...give me some constructive criticism at least!

[sam1976 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sam1976]

you can really see the difference. you've obviously done a good amount of work in the last 8 months. your arm has really nice shape in that last pic. keep it up!

[mbig245 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mbig245]

Looks like you came a long ways since the beach pic!! Ecto. body types need a lot of calories/ food intake....Eat big and lift big!! Keep it up brotha!

[Old Dude Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Old Dude]

Good work 25 lbs of muscle in 8 months are the results of hard training, & good eating habits. Look up Frank Zane he has your body type, & made Mr. Olympia) The older lifters will remember him. Keep up the great work.

[yeabuddy Member Find all posts View Profile Close yeabuddy]

thanks guys! and yea I finally realized that your workout doesnt stop after you leave the gym. gotta do work in the kitchen. I aim for about 4500 cals/day. Im trying to get another solid 10 lbs before I run a test cycle.

a couple friends and family members ask me what Im on, and I say "diet and protein!" haha when I blow up from test Im thinking its gonna be pretty obvious.

[MrBig Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MrBig]

Looks good brother, your doing well keep it up. Muscle is made in the kitchen.

[sam1976 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sam1976]

thanks guys! and yea I finally realized that your workout doesnt stop after you leave the gym. gotta do work in the kitchen. I aim for about 4500 cals/day. Im trying to get another solid 10 lbs before I run a test cycle.

a couple friends and family members ask me what Im on, and I say "diet and protein!" haha when I blow up from test Im thinking its gonna be pretty obvious.

thats a good plan. the more solid your base is now, the more you'll benefit when you add the super supps in. you are one of the rare ones now days. so many of the younger people wanna just hop right on the gear from day one. and they wonder why they lose all their gains when they come off. they never knew how to grow muscle to begin with.

i feel for you, being an ectomorph. i was only about 130 lbs at 5'8, in my 20's when i started training. for guys like us, it's always an uphill battle to add mass, gear or no gear. for me, i've found that using lots of fats helps me to hold mass. i started seeing a difference a couple years ago when i added in 100 grams of fat from healthy sources. then i continued to push the envelope with it. this past year, i was using close to 300 grams a day on top of my carbs and protein. for someone who just burns through clean food, fats will help to slow everything down. if you want to experiment with something like this, start adding in 50g a day and see how you respond. if its favorable, add in a little more. build it up to higher numbers, as long as it doesnt get in the way of eating your other macros

[one-more Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close one-more]

great post Sam..lots of people think by adding fat you will store fat..not the case for an ecto. for sure...and at 9 cal. per gram, much easier to meet the caloric needs. I know you have an active job as do I. and with the least "thermic effect" of all the macros, it helps keep caloric intakes on track. I have implemented this also in my diet, used to be scared of too much fat, not anymore..long as its the good type (not saturated, and unprocessed,eat it..!!)

Nice progress bro...you are on the right track for sure...

[yeabuddy Member Find all posts View Profile Close yeabuddy]

thats a good plan. the more solid your base is now, the more you'll benefit when you add the super supps in. you are one of the rare ones now days. so many of the younger people wanna just hop right on the gear from day one. and they wonder why they lose all their gains when they come off. they never knew how to grow muscle to begin with.

i feel for you, being an ectomorph. i was only about 130 lbs at 5'8, in my 20's when i started training. for guys like us, it's always an uphill battle to add mass, gear or no gear. for me, i've found that using lots of fats helps me to hold mass. i started seeing a difference a couple years ago when i added in 100 grams of fat from healthy sources. then i continued to push the envelope with it. this past year, i was using close to 300 grams a day on top of my carbs and protein. for someone who just burns through clean food, fats will help to slow everything down. if you want to experiment with something like this, start adding in 50g a day and see how you respond. if its favorable, add in a little more. build it up to higher numbers, as long as it doesnt get in the way of eating your other macros

thanks for the info Sam! I will def start trying this and see where it takes me. what are some of your favorite foods that have good fats in them?

[ODB Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ODB]

Good Work. u will see a big difference with the xtra cals.

where r the Legs?
Basis for any physique and what a lot of casual gym rats don't realize is that your body try's to grow proportionately - so big legs = big chest+arms.

[hackleech Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hackleech]

glad to see someone who is actually doing it right on all the other forums there is thousands of people that are like 170-190 pounds and not even that leant and they cant build shit unless there on aas or prohormones alot of them doing retarded cycles combining like 4 different orals just to gain the same mass they could with a good test cycle btw u ever considered upping cals to 5k with dbol for the first 5 weeks of ur test cycle? i'm sure no one would notice the difference

[yeabuddy Member Find all posts View Profile Close yeabuddy]

not sure if your srs about the 5k cals...? I have a hard time hitting 4.5k cals/day. I doubt I could hit 5k cals consistiently for 4 weeks. Dbol should bulk me up pretty good at 4k-4.5k cals/day right?

[ds222 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ds222]

you can get up there in calories by adding some stuff to your protein shakes. i like to add raw eggs and quaker oats...check out the thread i started on raw eggs, they also have the good fat you are looking for.

[yeabuddy Member Find all posts View Profile Close yeabuddy]

^^ thanks I'll check that out. trying to hit the magic 200lbs mark with the upcoming cycle...