Six weeks into lifting/estimate my BF%

[Willie]

Originally Posted by secondhandloser

Seriously? I mean, dude, I'm trying to be nice amongst all your attempts to call BS on my progress, but,
Rowing Home - NCAA.com
It's freakin' NCAA. And technically, the season just started, 15 hour per week practice limit out-of-season.

Not calling BS on your progress at all, seriously. You look great; you really do.

Men's rowing has the IRA, which is not sponsored by the NCAA (look at that web site; they are all women. Many men's coaches are trying to get an NCAA sponsorship, but unless something has changed in the last month or so, and I haven't been paying attention, Gladstone et. al. have not been entirely successful). Women's rowing has the NCAA championships. Women's rowing (outside of the Ivies) largely exists because of football / Title IX. If men's rowing is considered a varsity sport (which would then mean that you have to work according to NCAA rules because of your athletics department, not because of the NCAA) at your school, you're lucky-- those programs are few and far between, and slowly disappearing. But, I am still surprised that as a varsity sport, you don't have access to a strength and conditioning coach like your competitors do. And if you DID have access to one, you'd not be on a bulking program at this point in the year (or, for that matter, in the fall. And in the winter, you'd presumably be erging so much that you'd be hard pressed to put on that much mass. You must eat a LOT!).

I'm not really intending to argue with you, as much as I'm surprised that you are allowed to lift like that and still row for a DI, varsity program. Again, I think you've made fabulous progress; I'm surprised that you are able to do that well, independently, while still rowing at the DI level.

There are a lot of DI programs-- like, Boston College-- that are CLUBs, but operate as a DI program and race at the IRA (BC women would race at NCAA if they were invited). Hell, I rowed DI in college for a club that achieved varsity status the year after I graduated (big lawsuit was threatened during my four years there as the school was not in compliance with Title IX), and I say that I "rowed DI" because most people either don't care or don't know the difference. Since then, I've coached DI for years, and repped boats all over the country, so I'm a little more anal about the distinction, because on the competitive level the distinction is HUGE.

Wanna tell me where you row?

[Simon C]

Hey, this guy looks like Matthew, hehehe

[Alcoholiday]

i'm still waiting for teh shoe power!111

[Simon C]

If I had a camera I would take a shoe picture hehe, I've got some black and wite chucks ready for it too. Then I can finally find out my TRUE bodyfat... HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!

[Karen P]

Looking good!

[ljk]

My guess, 11%
My opinion: freaking amazing body. Looking fantastic and no need to try for any more fat loss. If I were a guy I'd kill for that physique, and as a woman, can say that it's an attractive one.

[Alcoholiday]

Originally Posted by ljk

My guess, 11%
My opinion: freaking amazing body. Looking fantastic and no need to try for any more fat loss. If I were a guy I'd kill for that physique, and as a woman, can say that it's an attractive one.

[Simon C]

[kingkop182]

[ljk]

sorry, I happen to think he looks good. What is the problem?! In the darkened-room shot, he's got visible abs -- that's a sign of near or about 10, right? He's also got a lot of arm veins...and fairly developed upper body all over. All those things add up to "good physique" in my books.

[RedLefty]

Don't worry, they're just men. We're incapable of merely admiring a physical specimen of the opposite sex without simultaneously wishing for her to "back that thing up", so to speak. So if they see a woman admiring a man's body, they assume she wants to ride him into the sunset.

It's your basic Freudian projection.

[secondhandloser]

Thanks for all the comments everyone.

Just took a more recent picture- I feel like my BF went up significantly, but I'm not sure....

[ljk]

nope, i just think he looks good
Could be in mens' underwear ads, etc.

Originally Posted by RedLefty

Don't worry, they're just men. We're incapable of merely admiring a physical specimen of the opposite sex without simultaneously wishing for her to "back that thing up", so to speak. So if they see a woman admiring a man's body, they assume she wants to ride him into the sunset.

It's your basic Freudian projection.

[Waittz]

Originally Posted by ljk

nope, i just think he looks good
Could be in mens' underwear ads, etc.

If you like the malnourished, just let out of a Russian prison look.

Shame on you for encouraging this.

OP get over yourself. Go post your pics at T-nation if you want your ego stroked, I'm sure you will greatly humbled.


There is no reason to continue taking pictures 3 weeks apart. Try 3 months. I am sorry but I am not impressed the slightest. You want my respect, post your back and legs after you gain 15 more lbs. Manipulating lighting angles and removing the color from the pic does not change the fact that I cant see any difference. You do not make significant visual gains in the matter of weeks. If you are going for the skinny kid look, well congrats you made it. If you want to look like someone who lifts weights or an athlete stop taking pictures and start squatting. I am not being mean, I am being honest. You happen to be lucky that this board is full of nice people, but that isnt what you want unless medeocricy is your goal. You have ALLOT of work to do. So start taking it serious and do not take another picture until your BW has been manipulated by at least 10%, judging by your pics that is about 15 lbs.

Start eating right, start lifting smart and start making progress. Until then there is no point in posting another myspace picture of the front of our torso.

[Willie]

How's your racing season going?

[secondhandloser]

Originally Posted by Waittz

If you like the malnourished, just let out of a Russian prison look.

Shame on you for encouraging this.

OP get over yourself. Go post your pics at T-nation if you want your ego stroked, I'm sure you will greatly humbled.


There is no reason to continue taking pictures 3 weeks apart. Try 3 months. I am sorry but I am not impressed the slightest. You want my respect, post your back and legs after you gain 15 more lbs. Manipulating lighting angles and removing the color from the pic does not change the fact that I cant see any difference. You do not make significant visual gains in the matter of weeks. If you are going for the skinny kid look, well congrats you made it. If you want to look like someone who lifts weights or an athlete stop taking pictures and start squatting. I am not being mean, I am being honest. You happen to be lucky that this board is full of nice people, but that isnt what you want unless medeocricy is your goal. You have ALLOT of work to do. So start taking it serious and do not take another picture until your BW has been manipulated by at least 10%, judging by your pics that is about 15 lbs.

Start eating right, start lifting smart and start making progress. Until then there is no point in posting another myspace picture of the front of our torso.

Thanks

Just to be clear, I don't feel like I'm anything special- but putting pics up online helps me see the progress I'm making and roll with it.

And just for the record, I've gone from 155 lbs to 197lbs. I squat regularly, and can squat 315 atg. I row- my legs are my greatest asset.
I've been working out for a grand total of four and a half months, pictures were taken at three months, and then four months for this most recent one. I'm pretty pleased with the progress I've made. Do I still have a long way to go? Of course. Am I anywhere near being happy with where I'm at? Of course not. But taking a look at what I look like even in December of this year, versus now, I'm very happy with the progress I've made.

EDIT: You also have been lifting for at least 4 years, on 'roids. What's with all the hate?


And Willie, I wound up quitting the team to focus on school, but they're having a very solid season.

[Willie]

Originally Posted by secondhandloser

And Willie, I wound up quitting the team to focus on school, but they're having a very solid season.

Ah.
Well, at least now you can lift legs more than once per week.