What 280.4lbs. At 6.6% Looks Like According To Dexa

[SouthernMuscle]

Certain preferences? I am not sure how to interpret that.
I am not offended by your post, you may continue to have a negative world view and be miserable not that you need my permission. Sure people do bad things but I don’t think this makes people inherently bad. Sounds like you need to embrace god in your heart and forgive those who may have caused you harm.

You do you

My world view is neither negative nor positive, it is realistic.

perhaps behavioral therapy was able to get your depression and anxiety riddled brain weened off of heroin, but not everyone has been harmed or is miserable lol

I would not expect a 30yr old raised in an ideologue state to understand anything i’m talking about. and that’s ok

If how you think gets you through the day then that’s great, i have no issue with that.

BUT

When you start projecting your philosophy onto other people then yes I’m definitely gonna interject

 

[Wonton]

I a

FYI

I always liked Jason. He was a 100%er. I did watch his training video with him explaining his short range of motion. Can’t argue with his results.

He gave it all up, put his family first.

I am not at home now (traveling for a couple of months) but I do have a great foto of him with his father and brother, one or both are, were, bodybuilders. He is a monster compared to him. Gives you some real perspective.

Yep that's exactly the video I watched , him explaining it all

 

[dantes]

You do you

My world view is neither negative nor positive, it is realistic.

perhaps behavioral therapy was able to get your depression and anxiety riddled brain weened off of heroin, but not everyone has been harmed or is miserable lol

I would not expect a 30yr old raised in an ideologue state to understand anything i’m talking about. and that’s ok

If how you think gets you through the day then that’s great, i have no issue with that.

BUT

When you start projecting your philosophy onto other people then yes I’m definitely gonna interject

You sound like you just need a good hug.

 

[SouthernMuscle]

You sound like you just need a good hug.

who doesn’t?

i’ll consider this matter closed unless you’ve got anything further to add

 

[danieltx]

You sound like you just need a good hug.

who doesn’t?

i’ll consider this matter closed unless you’ve got anything further to add

Both of you get this bullshit out of my thread, you've taken it far enough off topic.

 

[Palifter]

Awesome thread, Daniel. Thanks for documenting and sharing your findings thus far. Keep it up! Curious to see what 2023 brings

 

[pimpman]

This is only the second time I've done a Dexa on a rebound but given how well it's gone I had to. Dieting went a bit off the rails for me this year as I had severe allergies for a few weeks and ended up dropping muscle to hit the 5% range (after the April 2022 Dexa). But I took solace in the fact that all great bodybuilders have had years like that and it set me up for by far my best rebound ever. My previous rebound scan isn't listed in the line-by-line but you can see it in the chart in the mid-2020 spike. One of the thing I'm most proud of here is that since my first scan in 2016 I've gained 79lbs. of muscle.

Here are pictures from the last 2 days including a shot this morning of the definition my glutes and lower back still have.

A few things I've done differently from past years on this rebound:

• Switched from PPAL split to one body part a day
• Replaced EAAs in my intraworkout with PeptoPro
• Less carbs intraworkout - I've kept it at 44g of Gatorade powder and upped carbs in my meals where in past years I'd also add more carbs in intraworkout
• Made Mott's apple juice the base of my postworkout shake due to the ability of fructose to help store more glucose
• Replaced Novolin R and N with Humalog and Lantus
• Much shorter ROM on arms which has been the key to finally making them grow significantly

One more note - one of the great disservices being done to the current generation getting into bodybuilding is the constant pushing of don't do too much, don't push too hard, you can't recover from X, etc. The followers of Dr. Mike Israetel and the like will never reach their potential because of it.

When I started this rebound I was going 3/4 on and 1 off. The last 3 weeks I've gone 6 on 1 off. Like most really advanced bodybuilders, I can tell as soon as I get out of bed if I need a rest day - and I haven't felt that. I feel good, my recovery is great, I've been crushing numbers every session, and this has been the best run of progress in my bodybuilding years. Pushing like this is how you get your best results. If you feel like you can have a good workout, go get it in - don't be a robot and say 'but the plan says X'. If you want to push your physique to new levels then you need to push yourself to new levels.

Finally, regularly active members know my views on most things so I'm not going to detail more in this post. Y'all can use this as a Q & A thread on whatever you want to ask.

How shredded is the Crack bro kidding you look good bro

 

[Samson250]

How shredded is the Crack bro kidding you look good bro

Nooooooooo! Haha

 

[jaxino]

@danieltx it's 2 weeks that i am on 10iu ed. 5iu am 5iu before bed.

I switched also from push pull legs to -> back, shoulders and tris, hams, rest, chest and bis, quads, rest.

So far so good.
I put on some water but it's not that bad,
training improved overall (better recovery, more intensity)
hunger skyrocketed,
i feel great, and i sleep like a baby, even if sometimes i have 6h nights sometimes 9h, i nap 30 mins almost daily.
I wake up at 6:30am daily and sometimes at noon i become really sleeppy.

Tinking to shoot another 5iu at noon since i am in the tranquility of my house.... will see, for now those 10iu are lovely.

This thread gave me lots of good ideas.

 

[juggy38]

Damn I thought you went from PPL to PPLA.

But you went from PPLA to bro split. Since frequency went down did you add volume?

When I say PPLA I’m referring to the meadows split, back/chest+shoulders/legs/arms.

I fucking hate arm day. It’s boring. (Hence why my arms suck lol)

 

[jaxino]

Damn I thought you went from PPL to PPLA.

But you went from PPLA to bro split. Since frequency went down did you add volume?

When I say PPLA I’m referring to the meadows split, back/chest+shoulders/legs/arms.

I fucking hate arm day. It’s boring. (Hence why my arms suck lol)

PPLA was boring as fuck mate... the arm day was like a torture for me.
It was just 3-4 different exercise for bis, same for tris, 3 sets, and i tried to improve the weight/reps in every set.
I don't know but arms for me are really annoying.

I decided to go to brosplit mainly because this thread and that i watched like 2512353 videos of Nick Walker training.
He does that since day 1, adds here and there some more specific exercise, but that's it.

I noticed that if i do PPL, the second rotation should be done with different movements, or i will easily stall on progression, moreover i don't have any decent gym around me in 50km so i miss the equipment to be able to do like 2 different PPL workouts.
In just 2 weeks i really feel everything different, even if i do 90% of the same exercises.

Yep i increased the volume, i added like 1-2 exercise more for every workout.
Quads and Hams days are really hard, but finally i can really feel to have killed the muscle in a good way, before they were always dead but not like now.

I also added some intensity techniques into little body parts to squeeze out some more effective reps. Usually for shoulders and arms.

I use 90% of progressive overload training, but some exercise for bigger bodyparts like, i.e. Leg Press/Seated Leg Curl are more a 3x15-20 hard squeeze just to really pump the blood inside the muscle at the end of the workout.

In the end every exercise was chosen by me on how they feel, not really from which one Nick showed, but still, his training is basic and effective.

 

[nicocujo]

I've got to say you look awesome. Keep doing what you're doing because it's working.

 

[Hyperemia]

@danieltx

Hey Daniel, apologies if I missed it, what do your macros look like on a typical lifting day? ie: How many grams of protein, carbs, fat?I assume you keep fats lower due to the insulin use.

 

[Alzadosghost]

Fucking skinned beast

 

[danieltx]

@danieltx

Hey Daniel, apologies if I missed it, what do your macros look like on a typical lifting day? ie: How many grams of protein, carbs, fat?I assume you keep fats lower due to the insulin use.

Lately it's been 400 - 450g protein, 650 - 900g carb, 150 - 200g fat.

Direct fats are grass fed butter, whole eggs, and Fit Butters. I don't avoid fats - they're an essential nutrient and you need them to grow optimally - but they're definitely the smallest macro. Whether you use insulin or not, growing with carbs as the primary macronutrient is much more efficient than doing it with fats.

 

[Golden]

Lately it's been 400 - 450g protein, 650 - 900g carb, 150 - 200g fat.

Direct fats are grass fed butter, whole eggs, and Fit Butters. I don't avoid fats - they're an essential nutrient and you need them to grow optimally - but they're definitely the smallest macro. Whether you use insulin or not, growing with carbs as the primary macronutrient is much more efficient than doing it with fats.

And enjoyable imo!

 

[Hyperemia]

Great thread Daniel, what’s your plans for the next year? Where are you sitting now?

 

[marssel]

And enjoyable imo!

Whole eggs all the way

 

[danieltx]

Great thread Daniel, what’s your plans for the next year? Where are you sitting now?

Hovering around 280lbs. right now and in the best condition I've been in at this point in the year - holding less water and my stomach isn't as bloated as it's been in years past.

I actually took a break in October / November. When we got back from California nothing was working right - my weight was dropping and no matter what I did I couldn't get back on track. I ended up going down to HRT for a while, brought my diet to roughly baseline, and maybe trained 10 times total in November. I dropped to the low 260s. I got back on track in early December and things are going good. I've never taken a break in a growing phase and it was quite frustrating but I think it's set me up to be in a better position for dieting this year since I'm still starting at a good weight and leaner than I've been in the past.

It's very likely 2023 will be my last full year of hardcore bodybuilding for a few reasons.

As a non-competitor I've really done it all - I've been a shredded 5% multiple times, I've been 295lbs. and ripped, I've benched 500lbs., I've had all the attention in public. I'm a very goal-oriented person and there just isn't much left aside from getting on stage which I have no interest in.

Another is that for the majority of guys to reach the level I'm at your life has to revolve around bodybuilding and nothing else - and keep in mind I do this as a hobby while working in corporate for one of the big banks. Everything has to be tailored to getting your meals in, getting your shots in, workouts, rest, etc. That's never been a problem for me but once or twice a year I'd feel pretty burnt out from it. This year I felt it multiple times throughout the year and repeatedly told my girlfriend I felt like I need a break from it for a while. This shit is a grind and while it does get easier as it becomes such a routine part of your lifestyle it's still a fucking grind to go through. I'm ready to scale back on all that. I've never been one of those monk bodybuilders who doesn't leave the house but I'm ready for more flexibility with nightlife, events, more time with my girlfriend, etc.

Finally, and probably the biggest reason, is health. I've been very fortunate to maintain good health through my bodybuilding journey and there's no reason to keep pushing it for years and jeopardize that.

Right now my plan is diet starting in March, rebound likely in late May, and push the rest of the year to get as big as possible. Come 2024 I'll diet for the last time then rebound to around 265lbs. and stay there. That's always been a weight I feel best at - I feel relatively light, things like putting a seatbelt on aren't difficult, and I can easily maintain that on reduced diet and training. From there it'll be a slow process of gradually bringing weight down as the years go by - I'll turn 40 in 2027.

 

[Flex500]

Hovering around 280lbs. right now and in the best condition I've been in at this point in the year - holding less water and my stomach isn't as bloated as it's been in years past.

I actually took a break in October / November. When we got back from California nothing was working right - my weight was dropping and no matter what I did I couldn't get back on track. I ended up going down to HRT for a while, brought my diet to roughly baseline, and maybe trained 10 times total in November. I dropped to the low 260s. I got back on track in early December and things are going good. I've never taken a break in a growing phase and it was quite frustrating but I think it's set me up to be in a better position for dieting this year since I'm still starting at a good weight and leaner than I've been in the past.

It's very likely 2023 will be my last full year of hardcore bodybuilding for a few reasons.

As a non-competitor I've really done it all - I've been a shredded 5% multiple times, I've been 295lbs. and ripped, I've benched 500lbs., I've had all the attention in public. I'm a very goal-oriented person and there just isn't much left aside from getting on stage which I have no interest in.

Another is that for the majority of guys to reach the level I'm at your life has to revolve around bodybuilding and nothing else - and keep in mind I do this as a hobby while working in corporate for one of the big banks. Everything has to be tailored to getting your meals in, getting your shots in, workouts, rest, etc. That's never been a problem for me but once or twice a year I'd feel pretty burnt out from it. This year I felt it multiple times throughout the year and repeatedly told my girlfriend I felt like I need a break from it for a while. This shit is a grind and while it does get easier as it becomes such a routine part of your lifestyle it's still a fucking grind to go through. I'm ready to scale back on all that. I've never been one of those monk bodybuilders who doesn't leave the house but I'm ready for more flexibility with nightlife, events, more time with my girlfriend, etc.

Finally, and probably the biggest reason, is health. I've been very fortunate to maintain good health through my bodybuilding journey and there's no reason to keep pushing it for years and jeopardize that.

Right now my plan is diet starting in March, rebound likely in late May, and push the rest of the year to get as big as possible. Come 2024 I'll diet for the last time then rebound to around 265lbs. and stay there. That's always been a weight I feel best at - I feel relatively light, things like putting a seatbelt on aren't difficult, and I can easily maintain that on reduced diet and training. From there it'll be a slow process of gradually bringing weight down as the years go by - I'll turn 40 in 2027.

This is a sound strategy and I think you will be shocked at how big and lean you stay with much lower drug burden and with much less strict adherence to everything. You won't be 295 benching 500 or 280 at 6% but damn I think you will be shocked with all the effort you have put it that if you keep training really hard you can get away with a lot even if drugs are cut in half (or more) and diet is 70% of the rigor you have now. Meadows and others often talked (in person) about how low you can go with drugs if you train very hard and correctly and at least keep diet mostly in check and I was personally shocked how loose I could get and keep things together.

You've obviously reached an elite level of physique development so it will deteriorate (which, as you noted is part of the goal and isn't a bad thing) but mark my words you will be surprised.