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Just had my yearly end-of-diet Dexa scan - 229.4lbs. at 6.0% body fat, gained 10lbs. over last year and again came in at my leanest ever. This is totally depleted so with plenty of carbs / fats / fluids in me I should be around 236lbs. after filling up this weekend.
Looking at the body part breakdown, my gains were pretty proportionate - up a few lbs. in arms, legs, trunk, everywhere. They don't break down chest / back / shoulders but visually they seem to have come up the most and I finally feel my upper and lower are in good balance.
The redacted number is last summer's rebound - wanted to just show dieted down numbers for comparison.
Visceral Fat:
I've gained a lot from Pro Muscle over the years - I often spend Saturday nights eating my crazy cheat meals and reading old posts on all sorts of topics - and I enjoy giving back.
One topic I won’t discuss is dosages and that’s due to the attitudes of many members. If dosages are low, people say you’re lying. If they’re over TRT, the usual suspects start lecturing. It's sad that's the case on Professional Muscle, the most hardcore bodybuilding board on the web.
Going to drop a few pictures here and other body parts as attachments so y'all can see what 230lbs. at 6% looks like on me.
First thing this morning:
Plans For This Year:
Looking at the body part breakdown, my gains were pretty proportionate - up a few lbs. in arms, legs, trunk, everywhere. They don't break down chest / back / shoulders but visually they seem to have come up the most and I finally feel my upper and lower are in good balance.
The redacted number is last summer's rebound - wanted to just show dieted down numbers for comparison.
Visceral Fat:
- Was initially surprised to see this so high, but considering the insane amount of eating I did last year it makes sense
- I plan to keep my offseason foods a little cleaner this year to see if I can bring it down
- I'm over 3 standard deviations above the mean with almost 1lb. of BMC gained over 5 years
- Nothing special to this except continuing to lift heavier each year
- I had new striations, definitions, and veins this year I'd never had before and I was expecting to come in at under 6%
- But it makes sense that as muscle mass continues to grow, those things can be more visible at a similar or even higher body fat than before
I've gained a lot from Pro Muscle over the years - I often spend Saturday nights eating my crazy cheat meals and reading old posts on all sorts of topics - and I enjoy giving back.
One topic I won’t discuss is dosages and that’s due to the attitudes of many members. If dosages are low, people say you’re lying. If they’re over TRT, the usual suspects start lecturing. It's sad that's the case on Professional Muscle, the most hardcore bodybuilding board on the web.
Going to drop a few pictures here and other body parts as attachments so y'all can see what 230lbs. at 6% looks like on me.
First thing this morning:
Plans For This Year:
- Mass:
- Grow to 300+lbs.
- I've routinely gained 60lbs. from my Dexa scan weights so with that and pushing all areas harder than ever I fully expect to hit 300+lbs.
- Strength:
- 500lbs. for 1 on flat bench press
- 550lbs. for 10 on Smith rack deadlift
- 365lbs. for 6 on Smith military press
- 810lbs. for 10 on Free Motion Hack squat
- Diet:
- Keep it a little bit cleaner while growing
- Extremely high protein intake
- Last year I peaked around 1.6g / lb.
- This year going for 2+g / lb.
- Still keeping carbs high at roughly 2.75g-3g / lb.
