The Road to BodyBuilding

[jkjk8991]

Hey all, I'm around 6' tall, 205lbs. Body Fat % will be calculated later. I have a passion for working out, though the goal of a six pack hasnt been quite achieved yet. I've struggled with fat for awhile, I got educated on gaining and losing weight, so Im hoping this is the year for the six pack. Recently my friend entered a body building competition, and I think that was great, and it inspired me to consider entering possibly in the summer, or when I find I have the body for it. I'm currently on the UConn Men's Crew team which gives me one hell of a workout, burning over a thousand calories most days. I'm posting pictures of myself from last spring weighing around 185-190, and pictures of myself now. I will update with pics every so often. Supplements I'm taking consist of Animal Pak Multivitamin, Animal Cuts, Whey and Casein protein shakes. I currently lift 2-3 times a week on my own, and twice for crew, as well as 6 cardio practices for crew a week. My overall goal is to be down 10 pounds by around February. Any advice or anything would be great. I find having a place to upload pictures and keep a sort of log to keep my incentives up and helps me get through it.
PS The lighting isn't the best for the new pictures, I haven't much definition in my body since spring.

 

[Big_Idiot]

Hi mate,

- Hows your diet? (approx protein intake, calorie intake, meal frequency)

- So how many times in total are you lifting weights and what does your routine(s) consist of?

- You've got a solid base and if entering a BB comp is a goal then you could definately achieve it with some hard work. Will it be a natural competition?

And as you know mate, you will need to lose a lot of body fat before the competition.

 

[jkjk8991]

My diet is fairly good, I'd estimate around 200-220g of protein a day, around 2500-3000 calories a day. Most days is starts with a protein shake or power bar, then breakfast, protein shake after lifting, lunch a little after that, dinner, and a casein shake at night. This week I'm lifting 5 times, generally speaking its around 4 or 5 a week depending on the crew workouts, and crew provides me with 6 cardio sessions a week. On average I get around 100kilometers between the rowing erg and running a week.
The competition type i haven't looked into too much, I take a decent amount of supplements, the only thing i could imagine not being allowed may be creatine, though i don't take that now, or possibly USB Labs Jack3d. I could just get off of that if that's the case.
And yes, im aware i must lose a lot of fat, crew here at UConn is to put it bluntly, brutal. I'm trying to keep my diet in check, I'm hoping to be down around 10-15 pounds of fat by the time February hits, which would amount to losing around 5-8% body fat, is that goal too unrealistic? I also will hopefully find out my body fat % soon this week, I don't have calipers, though my friend on the team does, so I'm going to talk to him.
Thanks for the response

 

[g8r80]

I would guess your body fat is 18 - 20% and to be in a bb contest, you would have to get down to about 7%. so here's the math:

Currently: 205# x .81 (assuming 19% bf) = 166# non-fat weight.
Goal: final weight = x. (x-166)/x = .07x.

x = 178#. There you are! Lose 27# without losing any muscle and you will be where you want to be.

 

[jkjk8991]

It's a challenge, I love working out, and I cleaned up my diet once again for weight loss. I think I'll be where I want to be before the crew season is over, which is at the end of April. I weighed in at 199 after practice the other day, granted it was after practice so i could have potentially lost weight from that and my stomach was near empty. I'll probably post more pics in a couple weeks for an update.

 

[Vincent]

Hello guys....!
Awesome detail on your diet and workouts. I hope you keep it up with all the detail and pictures. It will be very interesting to see the specifics of how you progress....!

 

[Dominic]

Hey all, I'm around 6' tall, 205lbs. Body Fat % will be calculated later. I have a passion for working out, though the goal of a six pack hasnt been quite achieved yet. I've struggled with fat for awhile, I got educated on gaining and losing weight, so Im hoping this is the year for the six pack. Recently my friend entered a body building competition, and I think that was great, and it inspired me to consider entering possibly in the summer, or when I find I have the body for it. I'm currently on the UConn Men's Crew team which gives me one hell of a workout, burning over a thousand calories most days. I'm posting pictures of myself from last spring weighing around 185-190, and pictures of myself now. I will update with pics every so often. Supplements I'm taking consist of Animal Pak Multivitamin, Animal Cuts, Whey and Casein protein shakes. I currently lift 2-3 times a week on my own, and twice for crew, as well as 6 cardio practices for crew a week. My overall goal is to be down 10 pounds by around February. Any advice or anything would be great. I find having a place to upload pictures and keep a sort of log to keep my incentives up and helps me get through it.
PS The lighting isn't the best for the new pictures, I haven't much definition in my body since spring.

Hey buddy you should have cardio as it is the best one exercise and specially the swimming is among the best one, and have some diet like fresh veggies and fruit juices and along with green tea is also a good fat burner......... Best of luck for the competition buddy........

 

[dbrou86]

Hey buddy you should have cardio as it is the best one exercise and specially the swimming is among the best one, and have some diet like fresh veggies and fruit juices and along with green tea is also a good fat burner......... Best of luck for the competition buddy........

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