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    21 years old, Sydney Australia

    Hi everyone,
    Just thought I would make this thread to introduce myself.

    Right now I am 21 years old, 81kgs, 177cms ~16% bf (only estimating bodyfat).

    I've been training on and off since I was 18 in my last year of high school. At 19 I was about 83kgs (slightly higher bodyfat) but a bit better on the big 3 lifts doing starting strength and then later DC training (since I used to lurk constantly over at intense-muscle). The next year I took some time off from training to travel. Later I became very ill with decompression sickness after scuba diving. After this I was about 71kgs, but at least I had low bodyfat... Once I could train again I got straight back into SS for a couple months, lifting heavy and eating big etc.

    Now I'm doing DC training again and for the last 6 weeks or so I have been following Martin Berkhans Leangains intermittent fasting diet (with good results). My lifts are going up a little every week. I maintain a spreadsheet that logs the macro-nutrient values of everything that I eat according to certain targets to make sure that I am eating right every single day.

    Next week I'm aiming to deadlift 140kgs (308lbs) for 6. It'll be a new personal best for me.

    I've only just started to consider the possibility of using gear. Right now my goal is simply to get as big as possible, so it seems logical that sooner or later gear will factor into this... Right now I'm here to learn and hopefully answer that question (sooner or later?).

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    Once I get a decent camera, I'll get a few progress shots happening in this thread.

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    Here are some pics I snapped just now
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    my poses would be better if I wasn't holding the camera lol

    anyway I plan on cutting back on my calories slowly just to lean up a small amount, i've put on a small amount of fat from bulking. I'll post some more pics in 6 weeks or so.
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    Wow, I thought I was the only one using spreadsheets! Do you weigh everthing within a tenth of a gram too? lol. Welcome to the board bro. I'm also 177cm. I was 79 Kg and 16.4% body fat 3 weeks ago, down to 73kg/11.0% as of today. I had taken a lot of time off from the gym for school. Anyway, I hope we can help you to reach your goals!

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    Depends what kind of mood I am, honestly I need to buy a new scale because I think my old kitchen one is probably quite inaccurate.

    I record things as "servings", I know what my servings are (and it says for each item), for instance one serving of macadamias in my spreadsheet is 50g. Sometimes I will have written up for that day 0.35 servings of macadamias because that's exactly what I need lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by TexSavant View Post
    Wow, I thought I was the only one using spreadsheets! Do you weigh everthing within a tenth of a gram too? lol. Welcome to the board bro. I'm also 177cm. I was 79 Kg and 16.4% body fat 3 weeks ago, down to 73kg/11.0% as of today. I had taken a lot of time off from the gym for school. Anyway, I hope we can help you to reach your goals!
    5% BF in three weeks????????????????????????

    how lol

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