because weight lifting made me bulky

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  • Wabbit05
    Wabbit05 Posts: 434 Member
    Super bulky... :) Great results!
  • lulucall911
    lulucall911 Posts: 51 Member
    You look amazing, Great work!
  • shrinkingsusie
    shrinkingsusie Posts: 40 Member
    You look fabulous! Thanks for posting!
  • holliwood97
    holliwood97 Posts: 138 Member
    AMAZING Job. you look so great. i just started last week... :) Heavy lifting...
  • KittyViolet
    KittyViolet Posts: 220 Member
    Hory sheet, you are my IDOL!!! :D This is why I lift! I wanna be you when I grow up lol. Congratulations!
  • dorothytd
    dorothytd Posts: 1,138 Member
    Fantastic results! Thank you for sharing!
  • tanterror
    tanterror Posts: 27 Member
    Hard work pays off well.
  • dollfin630
    dollfin630 Posts: 2 Member
    Wow great work!!!
  • nursekern
    nursekern Posts: 132 Member
    Wow, completely amazed over here! :) Great work!
  • amandapye78
    amandapye78 Posts: 820 Member
    Thank you, this is what I needed..
  • Mainebikerchick
    Mainebikerchick Posts: 1,573 Member
    AMAZING!!!!!!!!
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    You look stunning!
  • Louder4
    Louder4 Posts: 57 Member
    Love it!!! Thank you for your awesome post! Can't wait to lift in the morning!
  • sptrsen
    sptrsen Posts: 23 Member
    Wowzer! You are an inspiration to all of us who hate cardio!
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    I think Staci from NerdFitness has some competition for such a radical and pleasant turnaround =P You rock.
  • Maryt1961
    Maryt1961 Posts: 280 Member
    Great job! I joined a gym this past month so I can get the weight work and had a trainer set up a program with me....it's really gratifying to me to see someone who has done the work and achieved such results!
  • cphorton28
    cphorton28 Posts: 21 Member
    Great work, It's in the strength training! Wow amazing results you look wonderful. God Bless
  • RMNPHike
    RMNPHike Posts: 89 Member
    Wow, I'm a runner but I think I need to do some lifting too!
  • maryannelk
    maryannelk Posts: 707 Member
    great!
  • Summer_Lunatic
    Summer_Lunatic Posts: 543 Member
    *standing ovation*
  • TiffCK
    TiffCK Posts: 37
    Wow, and in just a few short months! Great job! Your making me really want to find a way to get weight lifting in the most!
  • mareeee1234
    mareeee1234 Posts: 674 Member
    congraaats! I'll keep lifting!
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    yup
    :heart:
  • TerezaToledo
    TerezaToledo Posts: 613 Member
    Go bulky!!!!!! Bulky is hot, but doesn't look bulky at all! Amaing transformation!!!!!
  • kbitzonefour
    kbitzonefour Posts: 114 Member
    I think Staci from NerdFitness has some competition for such a radical and pleasant turnaround =P You rock.

    Lol, yeah. 7 years of WoW did not help. Was just reaching for whatever was around me while playing. 99% of the time it was not healthy food, lol. Gamer munchies FTL.
  • grammysboy
    grammysboy Posts: 151 Member
    You have made a remarkable transformation! The thing we can all learn from you is "it is a process." It took 16 months to get where you are. We must keep going even when the scales don't move for days at a time. DON'T QUIT!
  • kellyallday
    kellyallday Posts: 137 Member
    Niice.. thanks for sharing. You look amazing!
    Such an amazing inspiration!!! I'm lifting 3 days a week split routine.

    Do you think you could share your routine with us? I'm terribly curious! :D

    Sure, 4 day split for me. I lift as heavy as I can that particular day.

    Day 1.
    Deadlift 5x5 (Usually somewhere between 155#-185# depending on how I feel... Eating at a deficit, I don't expect gains but they are definitely welcomed.)
    Pull Ups are good too if you can (:

    Isolations:
    Lat pulldown close grip 3 sets of 8-10 reps
    Seated cable row 3 sets of 8-10 reps
    Bent DB Row 3 sets of 8-10 reps
    10 minutes HIIT on eliptical
    Day 2.
    Bench 5x5

    Isolations:
    Skullcrushers 3 sets of 6-8 reps
    Hammer Curls 3 sets of 6-8 reps
    Wrist Curls 3 sets of however many it takes until i feel like i'm going to drop the weights
    Concentration Curls 3 sets of 6-8 reps
    Tricep pulldown for 3 sets of 6-10 reps for burnout (until you can't go anymore)
    Pec flies machine for 3 sets of 6-10 reps for burnout
    10 minutes HIIT on eliptical
    Day 3.
    Barbell Squat 5x5

    Isolations:
    Standing Calf Raises 3 sets of 12
    1 Legged Hamstring Curls 3 sets of 6-8 each leg
    Seated Calf Raises 3 sets of 8-12
    & for burnout on leg day I'll either do:
    Zercher Squats 5x5
    or
    Grab 2 25lb plates and lunge around the gym until I feel like I'm going to fall over.
    NO CARDIO!
    Day 4.
    Standing barbell overhead press 5x5

    Isolations:
    Upright Shoulder row for 3 sets of 6-8
    Side Lateral Raise for 3 sets of 8-10
    Front Raise for 3 sets of 8-10
    Barbell Shrugs for 5x5
    Tbar shoulder row if I feel like my shoulders can take more for 3 sets of 6-8
    10 min HIIT
  • WOW YOU LOOK GREAT, CONGRADS
  • chicken2v
    chicken2v Posts: 68 Member
    You look fantastic! Totally makes me want to look into lifting
  • kbitzonefour
    kbitzonefour Posts: 114 Member
    You have made a remarkable transformation! The thing we can all learn from you is "it is a process." It took 16 months to get where you are. We must keep going even when the scales don't move for days at a time. DON'T QUIT!

    Thanks much. It's a long and testing process. Was 200# in the first picture with 35% body fat, now 142# 21% body fat. Still attacking the body fat on a deficit until I'm where I'd like to be.

    Simply put; THERE ARE NO INSTANT RESULTS, it just doesn't exist (well, maybe through surgery :P)! When you hit plateaus, just DONT GIVE UP. They are so discouraging and you will try to mind **** yourself, but you have to keep plowing on through.
    Also, have some damn cheat meals! Celebrate that bday/engagement/work/family party without logging it. One meal simply won't screw everything up!

    Moral of the story: WORK FOR IT :P
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