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I've been playing with the idea of making a thread showing all my cuts and bulks over the years, I'm not long-winded and I hate walls of text so I'll get right to it.
I started as a skinny fat slob somewhere past my mid twenties, I quit drinking alcohol at this point, watched what I ate, but didn't train yet.
forwarding to the cutting process, this took a while, I'm not sure about the exact time-frame, of this, or any of it to be honest, I don't care that much for tracking it precisely.
you've probably seen this picture before, I use it as the 'before' for the progress charts I've posted, this is my base, at this point I did not work out yet, and had lost a lot of fat, however I've been working as an arborist/gardener for the past decade or so, which means I already had decent development in some parts of my body, specifically the forearms, calves and abs.
that's when I started getting into working out, I ate in a surplus and followed a basic body-weight routine at home, I also had a pair of dumbbells but I don't remember the routine I followed, I do recall that it wasn't very complete and neglected many parts of my body.
here's a picture of what I looked like during my first bulk, not a good look and it's honestly embarrassing to post this.
now, forward to my first cut.
this was the point where it became clear that my shoulders respond quite well to exercise, I wasn't even doing lateral raises, I don't recall doing any shoulder isolation at all, yet they were already one of my most developed muscle groups.
forwarding to the next bulk, at this point I finally got myself a barbell, plates, and a rack, this is when my chest finally started growing, still wasn't taking it very seriously though.
you might note, most of my bulking pictures are taken in clothing, which isn't much of a surprise because I honestly looked like shit, but what's evident once again is that my shoulders just continued growing.
anyway, I remained in this bulk for probably too long.
next cut, this is when I finally started to look decent (finally had a chest)
proceeding to the next bulk, this is when I finally started taking lifting seriously, I increased up the volume and weight massively, this is where my current program has it's roots.
this was my peak bloat.
and with the next cut we're in current time.
I started as a skinny fat slob somewhere past my mid twenties, I quit drinking alcohol at this point, watched what I ate, but didn't train yet.
forwarding to the cutting process, this took a while, I'm not sure about the exact time-frame, of this, or any of it to be honest, I don't care that much for tracking it precisely.
you've probably seen this picture before, I use it as the 'before' for the progress charts I've posted, this is my base, at this point I did not work out yet, and had lost a lot of fat, however I've been working as an arborist/gardener for the past decade or so, which means I already had decent development in some parts of my body, specifically the forearms, calves and abs.
that's when I started getting into working out, I ate in a surplus and followed a basic body-weight routine at home, I also had a pair of dumbbells but I don't remember the routine I followed, I do recall that it wasn't very complete and neglected many parts of my body.
here's a picture of what I looked like during my first bulk, not a good look and it's honestly embarrassing to post this.
now, forward to my first cut.
this was the point where it became clear that my shoulders respond quite well to exercise, I wasn't even doing lateral raises, I don't recall doing any shoulder isolation at all, yet they were already one of my most developed muscle groups.
forwarding to the next bulk, at this point I finally got myself a barbell, plates, and a rack, this is when my chest finally started growing, still wasn't taking it very seriously though.
you might note, most of my bulking pictures are taken in clothing, which isn't much of a surprise because I honestly looked like shit, but what's evident once again is that my shoulders just continued growing.
anyway, I remained in this bulk for probably too long.
next cut, this is when I finally started to look decent (finally had a chest)
proceeding to the next bulk, this is when I finally started taking lifting seriously, I increased up the volume and weight massively, this is where my current program has it's roots.
this was my peak bloat.
and with the next cut we're in current time.
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