3 month bulking before and after pics! - BodybuildingForYou

F.E.a.R · #1 (**permalink**) 10-27-2006, 03:36 PM

end of July - Today!

I done 12 weeks bulking basically trying to keep it as clean as possible and add as much muscle mass as possible.

Before/After

Starting stats:

Age: 17 years 10 months
Height:5' 6 1/2"
Weight: 142lbs
BF% estimate: looks to be around 13ish

Bench: I have done 132lbs for 10 reps
Squat: 280lbs for 8 reps (machined)
Deadlift: N/A

Start measurements:

Arm: 12" 3/4
Chest: 39"
Waist: 29" 1/2
Thigh: 20"
Calf: 14"
Height: 5' 6" 1/2

End Stats:

Age: 18 years 1 month
Height: 5'6 1/2
Weight: 155lbs
BF% estimate: 12- 13%?

Bench: 154 for 12 reps
Squat: 176 for 12 reps
Deadlift: 132 for 10 reps (lift numbers to be ignored cos i never really went for a proper deadlift)

End Measurements:

Arm: 13 3/4"
Chest: 41 1/2"
Waist: 30 1/2"
Thigh: 22"
Calf: 14 1/2"
Height: 5' 6 1/2"

phew..

VBigNate · #2 (**permalink**) 10-27-2006, 04:26 PM

hmm i see little difference, your quads seemn a little bigger but your calves look smaller than before, cant tell much on back cuz you werent flexed on both, after 12 weeks you should put on a little more weight...keep bulking

Lifter101 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-28-2006, 09:54 AM

Is that a smiley face tatoo on your left oblique?

roKstar87 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-28-2006, 02:21 PM

your chest got smaller but everything else is bigger. strange.

warri0r87 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-29-2006, 02:49 AM

i still think he did alright Nate, atleast according to his stats. not a huge gain but atleast a steady increase with minimal fat gain.

narcsarge · #6 (**permalink**) 10-29-2006, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by roKstar87

your chest got smaller but everything else is bigger. strange.

Did I miss something?

Quote:

Originally Posted by F.E.a.R

Then:
Chest: 39"

Now:
Chest: 41 1/2"

warri0r87 · #7 (**permalink**) 10-29-2006, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by narcsarge

Did I miss something?

i saw that to. may he meant by looking at the comparison pics they looked smaller?

personally i think a 2 1/2 " increase in chest is good, and not a sign of an atrophing chest, lol.

narcsarge · #8 (**permalink**) 10-29-2006, 03:42 AM

Thank God! I was thinking that maybe increasing measurements meant diminishig returns!

F.E.a.R · #9 (**permalink**) 10-29-2006, 05:27 AM

yeh i have smley face tattoo on my left belly bit.

and now im kinda at a point where im not sure what i want to do next.. should i keep bulking or get fet down real low?

im kinda thinking i should keep bulking now cos i reckon i could still get a bit biggerbefore i need to cut down.. especially my back.. i dont think its really up to par with the rest.

plus overall i still need mass..

aah

*cries*

narcsarge · #10 (**permalink**) 10-29-2006, 05:36 AM

I say get bigger. @ 17/18 years of age, putting on mass may be difficult. If you can make 170, and with good diet that's possible, with more muscle mass, when you go to cut you will definitly like the out come. If you cut now, you will look "Ok".

Traps · #11 (**permalink**) 10-29-2006, 08:38 AM

You have to decide on your goal? Do you want to be skinny and ripped or big and ripped. If its the latter, then dont even think about cutting for at least a couple years....Hopefully by then you'll be around the 200lb mark. Still not big, but at least you'll have some muscle to show.

VBigNate · #12 (**permalink**) 10-29-2006, 11:37 AM

well from the measurements you are bigger, i must have missed the measurements my bad, maybe im going blind

TorontoMoFo · #13 (**permalink**) 10-29-2006, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by roKstar87

your chest got smaller but everything else is bigger. strange.

ummm. no?

Boogeyman · #14 (**permalink**) 10-29-2006, 01:38 PM

[Q]I done 12 weeks bulking basically trying to keep it as clean as possible and add as much muscle mass as possible.[/Q]

You mean without steroids?

F.E.a.R · #15 (**permalink**) 10-29-2006, 03:16 PM

well yeh without steroids

F.E.a.R · #16 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 08:18 AM

ok ok.. after much deliberation i have decided to go for another month or so of bulking up.. i'll aim for 160 in about 4 weeks or so. then ill see where i want to be at after that.

im trying to think of my long term goal weight when cut.. cos im only 5'6ish so obviously being like 200 lbs is gonna have me looking way too beefy.. where as righ now i still think a bit slender.. i think the guy up there may be right on the mark with 170.

Traps · #17 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 08:29 PM

Your gonna cut when you weigh 170lbs? and drop to what? 150.... IMO you'll look very skinny. Then again i'm 5'8" and 235lbs and I think I'm skinny, so perhaps I'm just a freak....

FoRuMbOaRdS360 · #18 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Traps

Your gonna cut when you weigh 170lbs? and drop to what? 150.... IMO you'll look very skinny. Then again i'm 5'8" and 235lbs and I think I'm skinny, so perhaps I'm just a freak....

Not everyone is going for the huge powerlifter look :P

Traps · #19 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by FoRuMbOaRdS360

Not everyone is going for the huge powerlifter look :P

Yeah I hear ya. I just dont understand. Reminds me of this....

F.E.a.R · #20 (**permalink**) 11-01-2006, 10:47 AM

well remember at 2" shorter than you i think me being 235 would be nowhere near what i want to look like.

im not going for powerlifter look.. or even a bodybuilder look.. i play football (as in soccer) so i cant afford to get to that size, i just want to get toa size that is the biggest i can before it inhibits my football bility.. cos ive saw bigger guys and the simply cant keep up with stamina, because we dont have the time to train our stamina up to the level of all these athlete folk.

and if i bulk to 170 im hardly gonna cut to 150.. at my bodyfat id be happy to cut to just see the abs slightly more defined.. maybe 8-9% or so.