Current Pics, BEFORE Cycle...

**The Deuce** · 08-11-2009, 09:34 PM

Appreciate it guys.. I am hard pressed.. I really and truly give it my all.. Yah i slip in my diet every once and a while.. I will get a craving.. and well.. eat it.. Oddly enough the craving is usually FREEZE POPS.. and Ill eat like 5 of them.. but hey at only 25 cals and 11g of Carbs.. I do not think 55 grrams of un-needed sugar throws me too far out of whack from my diet to be truthful... OBVIOUSLY IT HASN'T... Look at the progress I have made in slightly under 6 months... RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS OF PROGRESS !!!

**The Deuce** · 08-18-2009, 12:46 PM

New Pics from TODAY August 18th,2009 !!!

Everything is starting to pull together... Loving it, FINALLY ON MY WAY BACK TO WHERE I WAS All those years AGO !!

HERE IS THE BASIC REAR DOUBLE BICEP POSE- Note that from previous Pictures My back wasn't as DEFINED.. I am noticing that my right Rear Delt needs some catching up..

And he is the typical MOST MUSCULAR POSE...

And Finally... The FRONT DOUBLE BICEP.. You can DEFINITELY Tell I am packing on SIZE.. from May to NOW...

For a quick comparison... Here is May's Front Double Bicep...

It's Amazing what 12 WEEKS and a GREAT Diet can do...

Basically just seeking some opinions on the PROGRESS...

What is Lacking the MOST..

Where my Strong Points are..

And Most Importantly AM I TRACK FOR WHAT KIND OF PROGRESS THAT I HAVE MADE IN THE 12 WEEKS... Or should I have seen MORE than I did??

THANKS BROS !!!

***FireGuy*** · 08-18-2009, 12:54 PM

Making some great progress.

**Dukkit** · 08-18-2009, 12:57 PM

lookin great bro

def fillin out and swelling up

chest is gonna need more work.

lagging compared to arms and shoulders it looks like

**The Deuce** · 08-18-2009, 01:22 PM

Nice Thanks guys, Yah I am trying to catch my Chest up. Started a new and revised Chest Routine as of Yesterday, it's actually the first time my chest is actually sore after a Chest Workout in probably at least 8 weeks. I implemented BODYWEIGHT Dips... 4 sets, 25reps, 20reps, 15reps, 10 reps. ALSO started doing PUSHUPS.. Back to the Basics I figured. So I JUST banged out set of 50.

That was the Warmup, then I went to Flat Bench BP, Incline DB Press, Flat Bench Flyes, and Advanced Plate Load Incline Bench (It's a plate load MACHINE that my Gym Has) Total number of Working sets was 12- Not counting the Bodyweight Dips and Pushups.

Anyways, since I am sore I am hoping that that is a GOOD SIGN of GOOD THINGS TO COME !!

**Hazard** · 08-18-2009, 01:32 PM

Hey deuce - lookin good man.

I was having BIG problems with my chest and this routine REALLY REALLY helped me.... next time you switch it up.... try it.

-Incline bench 1st (dumbells every other week)
-flat bench 2nd
-incline dumbell flys but keeping the weight horizontal instead of vertical like regular flys
-Pullovers (laying on bench)

~Haz~

**The Deuce** · 08-18-2009, 01:52 PM

Pullovers really?? You know I have NEVER EVER EVER EVER Done a PULLOVER in MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE.. Not One Rep.. Not even a half a rep.. Not even by accident...

Is there like a YOUTUBE video I can scope out to check out Technique?? Since I have never done it. I probably will not do it correctly.. I mean I have seen people doing it but.. I never gave it a thought.. HERE'S WHY !! I have never seen a BIGGER Man doing them.. it's always been a Female or, a small High school kid.. so I just figured they were a useless exercise...

Kinda like a Snatch.. I can not see in a million years how I snatch would build any MUSCLE tissue. I know it's an Olympic Lift and all .. but.. I just see nothing BUT INJURIES coming from something of that nature...

Im probably wrong on that also hahaha but hey what do I know...

If I WERE to start doing PULLOVERS... should I use like an EZ-CURL bar?? Or a Lightweight Dumbbell??

**CHAP** · 08-18-2009, 02:14 PM

I can see a differance. I know you have made amazing progress over the past 6 months.

**energizer bunny** · 08-18-2009, 03:18 PM

definately making progress.......your stomache skin looks tighter to...dont na if its just the camera but def looking better......

is that the Newcastle Brown Ale motto and star??

**Epic1** · 08-18-2009, 03:46 PM

New pics looking good! keep it up man. My chest never seems to stop growing fortunatly. I do pushups here and there and that seems to keep it moving in the right direction. Just once in a while ill pound out as many as i can in a row and it keeps my chest full.

My "basic" routine is something like this.
Heavy- Incline dumbell press for 4-5 sets.
4 sets of medium weight flat bench.
3 sets of cables
and 3 sets weighed dips to failure.

That usually gets me sore each time. If i start getting to that point where i cant get sore ill take an extra 3 days off with chest and change the whole routine and Switch my order around.

Well anyways looking good man. You have come a long ways!

**The Deuce** · 08-18-2009, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by energizer bunny

definately making progress.......your stomache skin looks tighter to...dont na if its just the camera but def looking better......

is that the Newcastle Brown Ale motto and star??

Thank you !! I hope the hell it isn't the camera.. I hope it really is... I have discussed the issue with a bunch of people and they all say give it time and it will return to its NORMAL state.. mainly because I WASN'T That fat for that long.. like less than two years I have been walking around with fat on the midsection.. soo.. I am trying to remain optimistic.. I still have a lot of work to do before MAY hits.. well it's the 29th in MAY so basically I can call it JUNE. But I think that gives me like 38 weeks or something like that to PREP for this COMPETITION...PLENTY of time... PLENTY of it.. I think FIREGUY told me like for the first COMP you ever partake in.. start the Prep 16 weeks out, so.. that still gives me 22 weeks to add size, cut the fat I have left.. and get ready to rip it up for the contest come MAY 29th.

Oh and YES, Lol that is the NEWCASTLE STAR ... and MOTTO.. HAHA... the things we do when we are 19... yah when I had it done, I was so PRO-NEWCASTLE beer...that I went to the tattoo shop and was like.. PUT THIS ON ME MAN.. it serves as a three fold tattoo.. 1. Newcastle is the one and only beer !! 2. This is The One and Only Tattoo of it's kind in existance..3. I am THE ONE AND ONLY !! So yah, haha.. I don't regret it.. just wish I hadn't put the stupid star there.. because now it just messes up anything if I ever wanted to get a full back piece done... oh well..lol.. we live and learn, and i swear .. if the BODYBUILDING judges look down on me for being tattooed I am going to be really upset.. I don't believe they should matter but from what i hear, they doi... i guess it takes away from the definition of the MUSCLE.. don't ask me how.. sounds like a load of crap if you ask me. That's why I am hesitant to get anymore work done... but I LOVE TATTOO's but I am trying to build a career in Bodybuilding..sooo I am all like ahhh what do I DO... do I risk losing a couple of places because I am inked up.. or do i stop now and pray that the spray on TAN covers them so they aren't even noticeable..

**energizer bunny** · 08-19-2009, 03:12 AM

Im also setting my date for next june........NOT to compete or anything.......just to look good on the beach....38 weeks should be plenty of time to be sorted for the competition..

Im from Newcastle...wey 20 mins drive thats why i ask and i like a nice brown ale myself...also my football team.

id be willing to bet that afew people from my area have that tattoo or something similar.LOL

ive just seen my next tattoo......nice sleeve........going to be a while till i can afford it...but its great.

**The Deuce** · 08-19-2009, 07:38 AM

Hahaha I figured someone else would have it.. But yah.. thanks.. yah the sleeve is a work in progress... an ALL WOMEN sleeve.. hahaha... It's my favorite FLAVOR...

FEMALE !!

**Papa Smurf** · 08-19-2009, 08:04 AM

Looking good Bro! I can tell the extra skin is gettin tighter and I think will soon be gone as young as you are.

Mine did! and Im so old I fart dust! LOL

Keep up the hard work and strict diet ( NO MORE POPCICLES)

Remember.................... Time is on you side.......................For Now

Later

Papa

**ghettoboyd** · 08-19-2009, 08:17 AM

you make me laugh bro, just 2 weeks ago you were concerned with your lack of gains from your current cycle........from what ive seen you have made great gains......i realize we are all our worst critics but relax and keep doing what your doing cus its working....

**Hazard** · 08-19-2009, 10:30 AM

The pull overs are just the last thing i do on chest days. I usually use a 50lb dumbell..... i can go heavier but i felt a twinge doing them once so i'm just being careful. Start with 45/50lbs and go back slowly LOL.

If i find a video - i'll post the link. You've seen it done tho..... when you go back - make sure you feel the stretch in your chest. It's almost like when you first started working your lats..... learning to pull with them instead of your arms..... same with pullovers for the chest

~Haz~

**The Deuce** · 08-19-2009, 08:21 PM

I'll definitely have to give them a whirl next chest day.. I'll subtract out cable crossovers... because I HATE THEM ANYWAYS... And give a 3 set.. 10 rep run of these PULLOVERS... Hey can't hurt right??

***RAGE*** · 08-25-2009, 06:39 PM

looking good bro

**xnotoriousx** · 08-25-2009, 07:04 PM

Lats are look much better!

Good work keep it up.

**waleedy2k** · 08-26-2009, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by The Deuce

Here are some current pics of me Before my Cycle that I am starting in oooohhh like 4 days...

The cycle will consist of 40 days of TBOL at 50mgs ED and 8 weeks of PROP.. MIGHT EXTEND to 10 weeks DEPENDING... of 75mgs ED. I will be FRONTLOADING the Propinate, I know a lot of you don't believe in this but I KNOW from personal experience that it works... and it works well.. it's just DOUBLE DOSE for 4 days...

Tried to hit the poses as best I could, plus these are not pumped.. fresh out of BED.. so my muscles aren't full of blood like they would be if I had just gotten out of the gym or if I were back stage warming up... I have definitely progressed a long ways from where I was at.. STILL HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME but... BE VICIOUS GUYS, LIGHT INTO ME.. I need it.. also compliment where it's due I suppose... I am my own worst critic so I obviously think i look like total shizzit !!!

got gyno!