FoH Body Improvement Competition #3.5 - July 1st

[Ham n Cheese]

well Keg still lives at home

[niteflyx]

Originally Posted by Ham n Cheese

well Keg still lives at home

Maybe he's good at picking out floral print?

Also, I think I'll hop in on this competition, have been lurking in these fitness threads for quite sometime.

[kegkilla]

Originally Posted by Tuco

Nice wallpaper there, Keg. If you were hoping it would help hide the fact that you're pasty as... fuck it I need a tan too bro. Let's go to a booth together.

lol well im doing beach patrol this summer so my pastiness will be gone in about a week from now

[Usha Starchild]

June 22nd:
Weight: 192lbs
Height: 6'1"
Body fat: Apparently 20%, (One of those machines you stand on , input your age and weight and hold your arms out. Not sure how accurate they are though.)

Ill post photos later today when I get home. Should photos be relaxed, flexing or just after gym?

[Ronaan]

Originally Posted by Usha Starchild

Ill post photos later today when I get home. Should photos be relaxed, flexing or just after gym?

Well you can attach more than one file, so ... show us what you got.

[Usha Starchild]

Originally Posted by Usha Starchild

June 22nd:
Weight: 192lbs
Height: 6'1"
Body fat: Apparently 20%, (One of those machines you stand on , input your age and weight and hold your arms out. Not sure how accurate they are though.)

Ill post photos later today when I get home. Should photos be relaxed, flexing or just after gym?

Hope I dont scare anyone. 20% bodyfat looks pretty awful. Take in mind I'm 32 and drink too much because in China all business is done at Restaurants or in KTV rooms. I've cut down on the alcohol a ton, goal is to lose body fat.

Current Mesurments:
Biceps: 16.5" (Flexed)
Stomach: 35"
Chest: 41"
Quads: 23.6"
Calves: 15.5"

My upperbody workouts are pretty heavy, I can bench 220 for 6 reps with no spotter, curl 60lb dumbells without swinging for 4-5 reps each arm etc.. My legs are horrible, as you can see by the measurements posted above.

Goal: Lose 4-5% bodyfat, nothing else.
How Im going to to it: Mixture of HIIT, Swimming, Midweight workouts and slight diet improvments.

Edit: Apparently trying to flex makes double chins! (Note to self: Next time push head forward.)

[arkk123]

You probably aren't 20%. Close maybe, but not that high.

The only thing calipers/scales are good for when it comes to measuring bodyfat is charting progress, and even that is sketchy. The actual reading is not accurate.

[Ronne]

I'm at 23% according to some hand-held device and have waaaay more chub than you.

[Usha Starchild]

Originally Posted by arkk123

You probably aren't 20%. Close maybe, but not that high.

The only thing calipers/scales are good for when it comes to measuring body fat is charting progress, and even that is sketchy. The actual reading is not accurate.

Well it seems to be pretty consistent in its readings. I'm not sure the BF% is 100% accurate but its been at 20%-21% for the last 5 times I checked. If I can knock that reading down to 16% I think Ill feel good about myself. I also have my measurements, to compare against, so progress should be easy to spot if I make some.

Any advice on losing fat but keeping muscle? It seems like this is the hardest scenario to be in. Gaining muscle is pretty easy by lifting hard and packing in the calories. Losing weight is pretty basic if you just consume less calories than you burn. Losing weight while trying to build or stay at the same strength seems like its seems very difficult I know I can just lift hard and build muscle and the fat will slowly go away as muscle requires more calories to maintain, but that route can take a long long time.

Where would I want my calories at? Should I just try and loose weight and worry about gaining muscles back later?

Thanks

[Usha Starchild]

Originally Posted by Ronne

I'm at 23% according to some hand-held device and have waaaay more chub than you.

Fortunately for me, its all packed on my stomach and ass, so I can hide it pretty easy. Did you post pics in this thread?

[Ronne]

Originally Posted by Usha Starchild

Fortunately for me, its all packed on my stomach and ass, so I can hide it pretty easy. Did you post pics in this thread?

Not yet, waiting to steal my sister's camera so they aren't phone (ie, shit) quality.

[Usha Starchild]

Maybe Tuco or someone with some webspace will throw up a quick website with all the before pics. When the competition is done we can have votes on the after pics.

fitness.fohguild.org?

Also, is it three months? Tuco didn't make it really clear in his post?

[Tuco]

Opps. Editted the original post

I'll just put all the pictures in the original post like I did last time.

[ToeMissile]

Here's my skinny/soft ass.

- gain ~10 lbs (generally sit around 145)
- more upper body muscle mass
- tone up the mid section

[Usha Starchild]

Originally Posted by ToeMissile

Here's my skinny/soft ass.

- gain ~10 lbs (generally sit around 145)
- more upper body muscle mass
- tone up the mid section

How old are you? Putting on 10lbs of muscle should be pretty easy considering your current body weight and assuming you haven't worked out before.

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Also, For Ark or anyone else, what do you think about using Creatine during a fat burning? Some recommend it, some don't. I figure the fat will burn all the same, but the scale might not change much because of the water retention. After the cycle that shpuld drop off fast though right?