BG Fitness Competition Round 2: Cream Soda Boogaloo

[thetruepandagod]

Organizing it into 2 brackets:

Start Date: May 1st (give or take a week for beginner pics)

End Date: September 1st

1- year of lifting
Aksannyi 5'3(206)
Penthelisea 5'10(165)
Chrius 6(233)
Melena 6'3(276)
Dizzy 5'5(230)

1+ years of lifting
Cream Soda 5'5(165)
Panda 5'9(145)
Moss 6'1(157)
rkenshin
Gustave 5'10(186)
Sherpderp 6'2(245)
Hatedregret 6(190)
Milkster
Wulfgang ??(196)

There will be custom titles for people that win certain sections.
*Most weight lost
*Most weight gained
*Biggest Strength Gain
*Biggest Lift
*King of Aesthetics!

No Cheating, Be honest, Don't hurt yourself.


Going to update this later, for now throw in your weight/height/how long you have been lifting and a start picture if interested and ill check the thread and update this post with who is in. Post a progress picture every 2 weeks.

[Aksannyi]

I've been waiting for another one of these to open up because good lord I do need some motivation.

Do I need to even lift, bro?

[Cream Soda]

I'm just going to start fresh versus starting from almost 2 weeks ago. Will take some pictures tonight. May madness is about to begin (Will do a Fossil Park run, even if only one lap), every day of the month of May. Want to work my cardio back up to the level it was before all my injuries. (which would be 2 full laps, and 4 laps jogged afterward or 3 full laps w/ 2 bonus laps). Right now 1 lap exhausts me and I have to drag ass through the second. Unacceptable.

Also, I'm gunning for the Aesthetics crown

5'5" and a half
Will edit in weight tonight
Will edit in pictures tonight
Lifting 3 and a half years (though been injured since Novemember and just getting back to it, so guess you could say 3 years and a pause)

Edit 1:
Here are the pics. This is what 2 major injuries in Novemember/January will do; been able to maintain muscle mass (at best, probably lost some but I have been doing active rest at least), gained a lot of body fat

Gdi lol I hate these pics already. Looking to surpass last years ending photos, so let's get to it. Not 100% recovered, but hey, been involved in 3 incidents (including getting hit by a bus) since January, so here's to it. Relaxed + flexed x3

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Edit 2: weight 164 lbs (gdi)

[Cream Soda]

Also suggesting to move to general, not everyone looks at the sports section

[Aksannyi]

If it matters though, I am in - on a beginner or "less than 1 year lifting" level and I'm going for that weight lost win. Will take and post pics when I get home.

[Penthesilea]

29 Years old
5'10.5
165lbs
Started lifting in January
I'll post pictures tonight or tomorrow

PICS

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04MAY2014

[Chrius]

6'0 - 28 years old
233 lbs 4-30-14 (285 February 2013)
Under 1 year lifting : Lifted May->December 2013
Measurements 5-1-14 : no workout pumps

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Waist 43.5
Chest 45
Hips 44
Neck 16.5

Wrist 7
Forearm 11.5
Bicep flex 13.75
Top thigh 27
Mid thigh 24
Above knee 17.5
Calf 16

4-30-14

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For comparison to 4-14-13

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[thetruepandagod]

I've been waiting for another one of these to open up because good lord I do need some motivation.

get it in girl.

[thetruepandagod]

Also suggesting to move to general, not everyone looks at the sports section

If a mod like ksan or someone can make it a sub to the fit thread that would be cool, i just put it here since the last one was here honestly.

Also 5'9? 145ish(fuck keeping weight on)
Lifting 2 years i think

[Moss]

I'm in. Have been lifting (on and off) to bulk for ~5 years now. Was up to 172 at the end of last summer amidst a solid, consistent routine that was interrupted by the school semester. Depressingly back down to the 155 range now.

Age: 24
6'1"
157.5 lbs
5 years lifting

Measurements:

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Neck - 14 3/8
Chest - 36
Stomach - 32 3/8
Waist - 33 1/2
Ass - 38
Mid-thigh - 21
Calf - 13 1/2
Bicep - 10 3/8 (rest) 12 (flex)
Forearm - 10
Wrist - 6 1/2

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157 lbs of pure Hodor

depressing considering I weighed the same 4 years ago. good motivation though

[Melena]

Hell, wife and I are working on weightloss anyways, just started going to the gym at work last week. I'll snap a quick pic before I hit the gym after work. Wedding at the end of may is going to kill me though, don't think the hotel we are staying at has a fitness center. If so that's going to be 5 days gymless.

6'3 276lbs.
Lift < 1year
Going for weightloss

[Moss]

Wedding at the end of may is going to kill me though, don't think the hotel we are staying at has a fitness center.

Prison workout. burpees/push ups/jump squats

[RKenshin]

I got thrown off by it being in the sports section too... second the motion to have it moved if possible!

I started on about April 10th, so I'll put in my finishing point entry on August 10th?

I'm basically in the same category as CS (rematch!?); working out for about 3.5 years now, and going for aesthetics aka cutting BF% while maintaining pretty muscles. I'm at 5'9.5" and I started at about 182-185lbs and 12-13% BF, aiming for ~165-175lbs and 8-10% BF.

I also want to improve my cardiovascular fitness/endurance beyond any point I've been at before; hoping to run another Tough Mudder this year and maybe some 5ks and/or a half marathon. I'm doing more circuit and high-intensity interval training, cardio, extended stretching/yoga, and 'crossfit-esque' routines to help this.

I'll update later with more details of my routine/diet so far and the starting pictures.


EDIT: Ok -- my starting point and all of the details:

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Current
I'm just about to turn 27, 5'9.5", and was around 181-183lbs and 11-13% BF at the time I started (April 10th).

I've been mostly eating whatever I want to for the winter, not caring or counting calories. This usually means I'm eating a fair amount of food, probably in the 3-4k calorie range average, but at the same time it's a good amount less than the 3.5-5k calories I was pushing while trying to bulk. I put on about 10lbs or so from where I ended over the summer, but for the most part I've maintained a pretty good physique still (relative to where I left of).

Routine over the winter has consisted of the usual strength 4-day body building splits, but I also made a point to include more HIIT and running to keep my cardiovascular fitness going. I've continued playing soccer at least 1day a week too (though the indoor season just ended).

Before pictures:
http://imageshack.com/a/img836/1301/sfg6.jpg

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Measurements
Some slight shifts from last year... bigger forearms, chest, ass and calves.

Forearm: 12 inches
Biceps: 15
Chest: 42.5
Waist: 32.5
Hips: 41
Quad: 24
Calves: 15

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Goal
Cut! Shave off fat while maintaining as much muscle as possible.

~8-10% BF is the goal, and ideally I'll be at around 165-175 lbs when I hit it.

I'm also emphasizing cardiovascular health and running more this year, as I hope to partake in more races & obstacle runs, play more soccer, and challenge myself more in any other ways that might come up.

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Routine
I keep an ongoing general workout log, and I'll post it here with more details if we end up sharing updates like last round.

For my typical week, I'm going to strive for 4 days at the gym (strength training for 45-65 minutes, cardio/HIIT for 10-20 minutes occasionally), 2-4 miscellaneous classes/activities (yoga, boot camp, soccer, cross-fit, kettlebell, long distance running, etc), and 2-4 short HIIT workouts (typically along with gym time).

As far as diet, I'm going to guess-track my calories and try to keep it to the 2,000-2,500 range; should average a comfortable 200-600 calorie deficit. Limiting myself to little to no fast food, soda/junk drinks (never drink it anyway), junk food, etc. Cooking a good amount of my own food and getting in 4-6 servings of fruits/vegis a day.

Though, 4 months is a looong time to run a deficit like that, so I'll probably shift between periods of maintenance and periods of deficits... Or maybe just keep the deficit consistently small. Not sure yet.

The only supplement I plan to use is a single scoop of Gold Standard Whey, after strength training workouts:
http://www.amazon.com/Optimum-Nutrit...=gold+standard

Apart from the typical multi-vitamins, fish oil, cups of green tea, etc.

Good luck to everyone on their goals and progress!

[Melena]

Looks like they do. We are also doing 2 days in Disneyland so yea, that's going to be fun working that off lol. Luckily I don't like dolewhips and I limit myself to one churro a trip.

[Cream Soda]

Edited pics in; damn I look like shit. Got my work cut out for me

[Melena]

If you look like shit, I must be the blob lol. I got about 60 pounds I need to shed myself. I was 215 when I graduated from high school. Though in all honestly with how prone to dislocations I am in my left shoulder, I'll probably never have the upper body strength you have.

[Aksannyi]

Okay, here I go.

I am kind of uncomfortable with these pics because like most people, until I saw it with my own eyes, I was in denial. I'm actually really ashamed of how much weight I have put on. But, in the spirit of the competition, I am not going to sugarcoat this, because if I continue to hide behind my discomfort then nothing will ever change, so I have to confront it head-on.

But anyway, here:

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Yes, I thought it would be fun to flex, lol.

4/30/2014
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 206.0 lbs

Also, can you correct the spelling of my username?

[Moss]

Edited pics in; damn I look like shit. Got my work cut out for me

Same. My bathroom mirror is way more flattering for some reason. Full size mirror not so much...

[Aksannyi]

Hodor made me laugh, good show bro.

[Dizzy's]

5' 5" and a half
230 pounds

I will either post some pictures later tonight or tomorrow.