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Whats good my dudes. I posted a thread here a few weeks ago talking about how I finally decided to lift consistently and was curious about the changes in attention people got after getting bigger. My main motivation for starting to lift was to get stronger, as I had alwasy had somewhat of a lack of respect from my peers when I was younger due to being very physically weak. I also wanted to get bigger, but that was more of a secondary motivation so I didn't pay it much attention.
In regards to where I wanted to improve physically, I was hoping to build my back, lats, and shoulders to make myself look wider (this is by far the most underdeveloped part of my body, I could barely ohp the bar for more than 3 reps when I started) and also my triceps to hide my long and thin neck (you can see what I'm talking about in some of my old threads). I've been lifting consistently now for about 3 1/2 months and have built a decent amount of strength (progress has been slow, but not unbearably so).
I decided to take some progress pics and see how I have improved over these past few months and I'd love to see what you guys think. A lot of my friends have remarked on my progress but I've really only noticed progress in my back, arms, and shoulders. My chest hasn't really grown but that's not too surprising since I use a narrow grip when benching (works better with the length of my arms). I'm sure I could've made more progress but I spent a lot of time working on my form and making sure I was hitting the right muscles before I started really adding weight.
Strength progress since mid-January when I started:
Bench: 5x5 (75 LBS) --> 7x5 (125 LBS) - hoping to hit 135 by the end of May
Squat: 3x5 (115 LBS) --> 4x5 (165 LBS) - hoping to hit bodyweight (170) in the next week or two
Deadlift: 3x12(155 LBS) --> 3x12 (195 LBS) - Goal is to hit 225 by the end of the month
Overhead Press: 3x3-5 (45LBS) --> 7x5 (65 LBS) - This is the slowest moving one but I'm working with it.
I also added progressive warm up sets to each of these before each workout (did this about a month ago) so there is more volume that shown on here. I do squats and deadlifts on the same day so I'm sure I could do more weight if I only did one. Let me know what you guys think of the strength progression.
Now here's the progress pics: Sorry for the lighting differences, pictures were taken at different times in different places and I can't control my dorm bathroom lighting
Front: Didn't notice much progress here but I have been getting stronger so I suppose it will get better in time. let me know what you think
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Back: Saw a lot more progress here, especially in the traps. Not sure about the lats but let me know what you guys think
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After:
I think I made some pretty decent progress for three months (natty), what do you guys think? Am I going in the right direction to look better?
In regards to where I wanted to improve physically, I was hoping to build my back, lats, and shoulders to make myself look wider (this is by far the most underdeveloped part of my body, I could barely ohp the bar for more than 3 reps when I started) and also my triceps to hide my long and thin neck (you can see what I'm talking about in some of my old threads). I've been lifting consistently now for about 3 1/2 months and have built a decent amount of strength (progress has been slow, but not unbearably so).
I decided to take some progress pics and see how I have improved over these past few months and I'd love to see what you guys think. A lot of my friends have remarked on my progress but I've really only noticed progress in my back, arms, and shoulders. My chest hasn't really grown but that's not too surprising since I use a narrow grip when benching (works better with the length of my arms). I'm sure I could've made more progress but I spent a lot of time working on my form and making sure I was hitting the right muscles before I started really adding weight.
Strength progress since mid-January when I started:
Bench: 5x5 (75 LBS) --> 7x5 (125 LBS) - hoping to hit 135 by the end of May
Squat: 3x5 (115 LBS) --> 4x5 (165 LBS) - hoping to hit bodyweight (170) in the next week or two
Deadlift: 3x12(155 LBS) --> 3x12 (195 LBS) - Goal is to hit 225 by the end of the month
Overhead Press: 3x3-5 (45LBS) --> 7x5 (65 LBS) - This is the slowest moving one but I'm working with it.
I also added progressive warm up sets to each of these before each workout (did this about a month ago) so there is more volume that shown on here. I do squats and deadlifts on the same day so I'm sure I could do more weight if I only did one. Let me know what you guys think of the strength progression.
Now here's the progress pics: Sorry for the lighting differences, pictures were taken at different times in different places and I can't control my dorm bathroom lighting
Front: Didn't notice much progress here but I have been getting stronger so I suppose it will get better in time. let me know what you think
Before:
After:
Back: Saw a lot more progress here, especially in the traps. Not sure about the lats but let me know what you guys think
Before:
After:
I think I made some pretty decent progress for three months (natty), what do you guys think? Am I going in the right direction to look better?
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