The Official Men's Challenge Thread

[K-Court]

I've been busy as a two-peckered billy goat lately.

That's hilarious.

[gobbla]

Arm – 12.25” -.75”
Chest – 39.75” +.75”
Waist – 32” -1”
Hips – 33.5” -1”
Thigh – 21.75” -.5”
Calf – 14”

[Brian A.]

Alright so I've been a bit absent, but I have been keeping up my training, my nutrition was definetly better last year though. I just started my first cutting phase last week and lost a lot of initial carb bloat. My weight dropped about 6lbs in the first week. My March pics looked almost identical to my Feb pics so I didn't bother to up load them. Here's my Feb pics along side of my April pics. I don't know why to photo bucket is making them different sizes also I forgot which way I was facing in the Feb pics for my side so I'm facing the other way in April shots. I'm currently weighing in at 232lbs. I haven't had the chance to get my body fat checked, but it is higher than it should be at this stage of the game which means I need to start getting my ass in gear on the nutrition side.

Feb
April




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April



Feb
April

[jugglecat]

Stats:
Age: 32
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 152.4 150.4 151.5 149.5
Bodyfat %: 15.3(Tanita Scale) 15 13.3 13.7
Waist(at navel): 32.5" 31" 31" 30"
Chest: 40" 40" 40" 39.75"
Hips: 32" 31" 31" 30"
Thigh: 22" 23" 23" 22"
Bicep(unflexed): 13" 13" 12.5 12.5
Calf: 14.25" 14" 14 14"

Well the Tanita scale says my body fat % went up, so that can't be good. Not sure if the scale is accurate though.

[sveta]

Tony, forget about Tanita. There's no way your BF went up. You're a lot more defined and there's def a bunch of new muscle going on. Great job!
You need to lose that beard though IMHO

[tkinsley]

Tanita is woefully inaccurate. Got calipers?

Seriously, dude, your abz are showing now. Your BF is definitely lower. Nice work.

[bacardio]

Wow, Tony, getting ripped there.

[bacardio]

Ok, I will have pictures up tonight hopefully. I will put placeholders in for now.

But I will post the stats for now.

Weight: 192.5(Jan) - 181.0(Mar) - 176.4(Apr) (-16.1 lbs)
Age: 37(Jan) - 37(Mar) - 38(Apr) (+1 yr)
Shoulders: 49"(Jan) - 48.5"(Mar) - 48"(Apr) (-1")
Chest: 44"(J) - 44"(M) - 42.5"(A) (-1.5")
Waist: 41(J) - 39"(M) - 37"(A) (-4")
Hips: NA(J) - NA(M) - 37.5"(A)
Biceps(R): 11"(J) - 12.25"(M) - 12.75"(A) (+1.75")
Thigh(R): 24"(J) - 23.75"(M) - 23"(A) (-1")
Calves(R): 15.5"(J) - 15.5"(M) - 15"(A) (-.5")

J7------------------------------------------------A7

[ninja]

I'm fatter than I was thanks to spring break. Been bored in the gym, even though I've seen some good strength gains. I'm still not panicked about the challenge itself, but rather what I'm going to look like May 17. Time to get moving.

[RedLefty]

Don't know the stats right now -- have been healing from injuries and haven't been to the gym for two weeks (they have the scale I've been using). I've deconditioned some but have used the month of rehab to lean out a little with my highly-scientific method of skipping lunches now and then. It worked and I don't think my metabolism is wrecked beyond repair. Now it's time to try keeping the joints happy while still building some strength:

[rhauser44]

Great progress Everyone!

I'll be posting my stats in a bit. This past month has sucked for me, so I'm looking to be about even with last month.

Later,

Bob

[kingkop182]

O.K. I have officially gotten fatter on this challenge.

Had to take these 'on the fly'. My Granddad has been very ill in hospital and we've been back and forth all weekend. These were taken using my mobile in my grandmother’s small toilet.

[bacardio]

Plenty of time to get on the right track Kop, don't give up.

RL, definitely leaning out there, you can see it in the abs and the "love handles" (on the side of the stomach, not on the side of the head) are getting smaller.

Nice work!

[jugglecat]

Originally Posted by sveta

Tony, forget about Tanita. There's no way your BF went up. You're a lot more defined and there's def a bunch of new muscle going on. Great job!
You need to lose that beard though IMHO

Thanks, Sveta!....As far as the beard goes I just am too lazy to shave.
I hate to do it so I put it off until my wife just can't stand it anymore and makes me shave.

[jugglecat]

Originally Posted by tkinsley

Tanita is woefully inaccurate. Got calipers?

Seriously, dude, your abz are showing now. Your BF is definitely lower. Nice work.

Tkinsley, Thanks. I have calipers but am really unsure of how to use them. I've tried a few times but the measurements were all over the place. Should probably just keep trying I guess.

[RedLefty]

Originally Posted by jugglecat

Well the Tanita scale says my body fat % went up, so that can't be good. Not sure if the scale is accurate though.

It looks to be about as accurate as Paris Hilton in a trigonometry tournament.

Originally Posted by bacardio

Ok, I will have pictures up tonight hopefully. I will put placeholders in for now.

But I will post the stats for now.

11 pounds lost, including 4 inches off the waist, while adding almost two inches to your arms? That should be looking pretty good when you get the pics up.

Originally Posted by bacardio

RL, definitely leaning out there, you can see it in the abs and the "love handles" (on the side of the stomach, not on the side of the head) are getting smaller.

Nice work!

Thanks man.