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Contrast training is a unique way to optimize results. Read this article by Lee Boyce about how to incorporate it into your training to pack on lean muscle mass.

By: Lee Boyce Added: March 25th, 2013
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    bench, deadlift & eat!!!!! Mic Soloist's Avatar
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    My First Ever WWB Picture Submissions (Fully Bulked)

    I have been posting here since 1-03 and have never been around a digi cam long enough to post any pics. But finally I got some.

    Notes

    1. I got one week left in my bulk
    2. My current stats are in my sig
    3. The pics were taken with a cell phone camera
    4. I suck at posing
    5. The lighting wasn't the best

    I am about to start my first "real" cut and I hope to shed some fat and reveal this hard earned muscle.

    If anyone could guess my BF% it would be great. Thanks a lot in advance



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    Current Stats

    24 years old

    5'10 220 pounds



    Waist: 38 Shoulders 56 Chest: 47 Arms (cold): 17.5 Forearms: 13.5 Quads: 26.5 Calves: 16.5 Neck: 17.5

    PR's

    BB Bench: 315 @ 215
    Squats: 410 @ 205 (last winter)
    Deads 515 @ 214
    Total: 1240


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    http://www.wannabebigforums.com/show...&page=16&pp=25

    My AIM: MSOLOIST


    Intensity: Lunch comes up! And breakfast! MET- Rx! Egg whites! Hot Stuff! Designer Whey! Yohimbe! Coenzyme Q! L-Carnatine. MTCs. OKG. All immersed in a mixture of stomach acids that peels the ivory off your teeth.

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    I think you're looking good bro! To be honest, I might even suggest a little more bulking before your cut. Some people will say your BF% is to high but I would guess 17-18%. Good work!
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    bench, deadlift & eat!!!!! Mic Soloist's Avatar
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    I got it tested when I was 170 and it was 10%. So it could very well be that high. I was thinking like 15-16% myself... but I could be wrong.

    thanks though

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    Lookin good bro! I'm with Chris Russow on the bf%. Drop about 20lbs of solid fat and you'll be lookin pretty yoked man! good luck!
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    If you are at 17% now that means you're up roughly 12 pounds of muscle. How long have you been bulking? Does that sound about right to you? 12 Pounds of solid musle sounds to me like 6 months of good natural lifting and eating. I also don't know how acurate your 10% check was when you were 170 so its really hard to say.
    Last edited by Shark; 02-01-2005 at 09:49 AM.

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    im fatter then that im still bulking away.... wooohoooooooooo no stopping till 2006

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    I've already mentioned it in your journal Mic, but I will say it here again; I don't think you should be cutting.
    "It is often said, mainly by the "no-contests", that although there is no positive evidence for the existence of God, nor is there evidence against his existence. So it is best to keep an open mind and be agnostic. At first sight that seems an unassailable position, at least in the weak sense of Pascal's wager. But on second thought it seems a cop-out, because the same could be said of Father Christmas and tooth fairies. There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies?"

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    bench, deadlift & eat!!!!! Mic Soloist's Avatar
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    well, i would love to continue bulking, but there are several problems.

    1. my clothes are no longer fitting
    2. my waist is 35.5 inches at my belly button
    3. i suck at cutting and i would like to be a lot lower bf% by summer.
    4. i said my goal was 16.5 arms and a 25.5 inch quads. both goals have been reached.
    5. i feel pretty fat now everyday

    once again, i would LOVE to continue bulking, bulking is easy for me and i love it.

    but i feel like i've put on some quality mass, 30 pounds naturally to be exact, and i would like to see some of my work in the form of cut muscles.

    but i'm always open to advice. thanks for the props fellas.
    Current Stats

    24 years old

    5'10 220 pounds



    Waist: 38 Shoulders 56 Chest: 47 Arms (cold): 17.5 Forearms: 13.5 Quads: 26.5 Calves: 16.5 Neck: 17.5

    PR's

    BB Bench: 315 @ 215
    Squats: 410 @ 205 (last winter)
    Deads 515 @ 214
    Total: 1240


    My Journal:

    http://www.wannabebigforums.com/show...&page=16&pp=25

    My AIM: MSOLOIST


    Intensity: Lunch comes up! And breakfast! MET- Rx! Egg whites! Hot Stuff! Designer Whey! Yohimbe! Coenzyme Q! L-Carnatine. MTCs. OKG. All immersed in a mixture of stomach acids that peels the ivory off your teeth.

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    Those look pretty damn good for a camera phone. And you're looking huge, man. Hopefully in another year I'll be where you are.
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    You look great!! Good luck on the cut!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by muscle chic
    You look great!! Good luck on the cut!!
    :withstupi nice thick arms you got there!
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    Mic, looking big there bro. Some huge arms you have. I think you are in that gray area of should I cut or continue to bulk. I guess it comes down to personal judgement. I would definetely be considering it at your BF and I am almost there lol. But there is lots of time til summer and 200 at 5'11 isn't that fat. I think Veet is the same height with 15 more pounds. He doesn't think you should stop. IMO also, you could go a bit further.
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    How big do you want to be eventually?

    I understand your dillema - I couldnt decide whether to get cut with what I got or continue bulkiing -

    To be honest, Id carry on, then you'll look even better when you do get cut.

    Good work though, keep it up!

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    bench, deadlift & eat!!!!! Mic Soloist's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheBigNasty
    How big do you want to be eventually?

    I understand your dillema - I couldnt decide whether to get cut with what I got or continue bulkiing -

    To be honest, Id carry on, then you'll look even better when you do get cut.

    Good work though, keep it up!
    Eventually I would like to be as big as i can get naturally. My ideal body would be something like this....

    http://www.classicbodybuilders.com/b...seyviator2.jpg
    Last edited by Mic Soloist; 02-02-2005 at 11:52 AM.

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    bench, deadlift & eat!!!!! Mic Soloist's Avatar
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    thanks for all of the compliments fellas. you are making me want to keep bulking. But right now I feel like my 35.5 inch waist is very fat, and I dunno if I want to get any fatter. But another half inch on the arms and legs would be nice.

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    bench, deadlift & eat!!!!! Mic Soloist's Avatar
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    By the way guys.... here are two pics of my before I started lifting weights. These were taken sometime in late 2002. I was in Florida at the time. I weighed about 150-155 and my arms were like 13 inches. I guess I've made a lil progress.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mic Soloist
    Eventually I would like to be as big as i can get naturally. My ideal body would be something like this....

    http://www.classicbodybuilders.com/b...seyviator2.jpg
    Those definitely are some good ones to strive for. Good luck!
    5'9" 195 lbs
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    Great bulking. Reaching 16.5" arms is great news and they look it too. Excellent size Mic

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    looking thick...you'll look sick once you cut

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    get some bulking pants

    i've got pants from waist size 30-36 haha....

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    bench, deadlift & eat!!!!! Mic Soloist's Avatar
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    well, I'm wearing 38's right now. my waist at my belly button is 35.5, but lower down by my hips my sh-t is like 38-39

    Soon I'll be wearing 40's

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mic Soloist
    well, I'm wearing 38's right now. my waist at my belly button is 35.5, but lower down by my hips my sh-t is like 38-39

    Soon I'll be wearing 40's
    wtf man 38 damn i guess soem people pack on more meet around teh waist than others on thier bulk for some reason i have packed on 20lbs but i am still 32-33 waist
    Bench 235 6 reps squats 415 8 reps barbell curls 120 rep 6 shoulder press 150lb 6
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    Quote Originally Posted by latinomasfino
    wtf man 38 damn i guess soem people pack on more meet around teh waist than others on thier bulk for some reason i have packed on 20lbs but i am still 32-33 waist

    fat storage varies so much between individuals its crazy. i have a friend who has at least 5-8% more bf than me, but no matter, his face is still thinner, and i don't exactly have the fattest face in the world.
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    You look good. Your traps especially look good.

    If you want to cut then you should. There is no law that says you must cut hard and starve yourself. Do a slow cut and maintain most of that muscle.


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    I chose to do one more weak of serious bulking. My arms are now 16.75. I hope to get them even bigger before I start my cut on Monday.

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