So the vacation was fun, except both the minicores got sick and then got me and the wifeacore sick (although the worst of it is hitting us right now). I never did get to working out while I was there, and I took today off in an effort to get myself healthy. I was planning on waiting until Monday, but I feel decent enough today after some Dayquil that I'm probably going to give Friday a go.

Weight this morning after spending the trip powering through double servings of cookie monster ice cream every night (blue vanilla with cookie dough and oreos): 201.4. Not too shabby.

Nice.

Get in there and **** some **** up, bro.

Internet crapped out at work, so I have to redo this post. Feel like I'm still a week away from being fully healthy, but my weight's still 201 and I can sort of breathe, so let's get back to it. I'm doing an LP for my main lifts, then BBBing and locotarding on the back end -- should be fun on a cut.

Bench 3x5x225 -- very meh, but a start
Press 5x10x85
Machine Fly 2x15x120
Machine Rear Delt 2x15x75
Cable Crossovers 2x15x22.5
DB Front/Side Raises 2x12x12.5
Pro Tri Pressdowns 15/11x75
Sup Tri Pressdowns 15/12x45
BB Curl 2x15x55
Stand DB Hammer 2x12x20

Feels good to get back in there; squatting and deadlifting on Wednesday should be interesting.

Had a pretty big dinner last night (Chick Fil-A spicy chicken sandwich, tilapia topped with crab, corn salad, tiramisu cake, glass of wine, glass of beer), so imagine my surprise when I popped on the scale this morning post dump and saw



It's officially the lowest I've been in probably 10 years, so it feels pretty good. Hopefully I can keep going down in the next few days; every time I dip under 200 it feels like I pop back over the line the next day. I've got my physical tomorrow, so we'll see if my bloodwork is such that I can end my dalliance with my statin (I haven't been taking it for a few months).

Congrats on the weight, Montecore.

Time to bulk, obv. j/k

Good luck with the blood, bro.

Weight this morning: 198.4 -- still on the right track.

6/5

Squat 3x5x205
DL 1x5x265 -- 5th rep was really grindy; cutting is killing my DL
Hypers 3x15xbw+35
Narrow Sup Pulldown 3x15x105
VGrip Row 3x15x75
Wide Pro Pulldown 2x15x80
DB Shrugs 2x15x80
Planks 3x30sec x bw+35
Pallofs 3x10x30

Got back into rolling my left shoulder over the last few days with a lacrosse ball, and I noticed it was a bit looser today, but I also noticed some new spots of minor pain/impingement in the scap and front of my shoulder. I'll take that to mean it's working and that I should keep it up.

It's been a while since I've done this workout, and I moved back to 3x5 on Press, and it seems like it fatigued me a bit. Took 3-4 minutes between sets of press, 2 minutes between sets of bench and dips, and one minute between everything else.

Weight: 198.4

6/7

OHP 3x5x135
Bench 3x10, 1x8, 1x7x165 -- bleh
Dips 5x7xbw
Front DB Raise 2x15x15
Lateral DB Raise 2x15x10
Facepulls 2x12x45
Stand Cable Curl 2x15x35 supersetted with
Overhead Tri Ext 2x15x65

I know this picture isn't the greatest, but here's the first official Monte shot; hopefully the evaluators tell me I'm around 15% or I might cut myself (this is unflexed, although a bit pumped in the upper body from the workout):

21%. cut cut cut

For my sake I hope you're around 14%. I'm closing in on your weight as well. C'mon, remember we had a competition. Also, I dunno if it's the lighting or what but you may be more pale than me.

tan tan tan

/life

I'm two inches taller than you, though, iirc, so you might have to go down a bit lower than me (although, honestly, an inch of that difference is probably forehead, so it may not be that big of a difference).

When you've got two 1 year olds (the minicores turn 1 on June 26th, how has this year passed by so quickly) you don't get to do a lot of sunning yourself outside. I'm going to the beach again in July, though, so I'll see what I can do.

15ish.

Squat more, bro.

obv jelly of the chest, though.

Cutting has killed my squat numbers (which sucked to begin with), hopefully switching back to an LP will help things move along a bit more on the chicken legs front.

So I guess 185-190 is probably where I'm going to need to get to if I'm looking for ~10%? This is going to take a while.

Idk anything about bodyfats.

When the Minicores get a bit older, maybe even by the end of this summer, you'll be outside all the time. We go for a walk/bike/scooter ride, play outside, and walk to the park every day. Spring/Summer/Fall is GOAT imo.

15%ish sounds generous to me. Going to say 16%. Maybe even 17%. You have thinner love handles than me, but you have low definition. Could be a product of pale skin and bad lighting.

loco will probably put you at 18%. I'm just trying to prepare you.

Anyway, you know what to do... Cutcutcutcutcut

**** **** ****ity **** **** ****

The lighting in that picture probably isn't optimal, I don't have as much experience taking noodz as you guys do, but I definitely don't have much ab definition at all, although that's pretty much the only place I carry my fat. Who knows.

If I'm actually 18% and I have to get down to 180 it's either going to end with me killing myself or the wifeacore 5150ing me for body dysmorphic disorder. I guess this means I was more fat than KC before I started this cut; that **** is depressing.

Not even trying to hate, I think 18% minimum. No abs showing at all. I am jelly of your arms

Sorry Monte. The road is hard and long. Keep it up. You have made great progress thus far. I could also be way off, I just expect more definition as bf decreases, assuming you already have reasonable musclature.

LOL at your comment about the wifeacore.

I have no idea. Can you wear a tanktop and video your dips next time? I need to see arm definition. Too pasty white for comprehensive evaluation.

Naturally wide shoulders though. And decent pecs.

So far no one who benches over 250 has a crappy chest. We may have to gravitate the forum back to powerlifting once most of us are sub20%.

Legs?? No comment. Looks fine to me

He is not 18. 16 tops. Lighting stinks and he is pasty white. Take pic with darkness in background.

I understand the lighting thing. I took my pics in horrible lighting.

You shouldn't need to get to 180 imo. Add muscle and then cut.

Lean bulk imo.


or..... feel like **** and cut way down and then lean bulk.

We definitely take them out for walks and whatnot, but they're not walking yet and being in the stroller outside kind of knocks them out. Once they transition from that to insane maniacs running around outside all the time, I'm guessing we'll be at the park all the time (I certainly was at that age I'm told).

See above, I definitely have no abs; I'm not sure if I have 10% in me, maybe 12% is what I need to shoot for. I can't cut for another 6 months, it'll kill me.

I've always thought my arms are tiny, must be the BDD kicking in.

Someone needs to get dunk tanked, pronto. **** is TEARING THE FORUM APART

I think I've got decent but not great LBM, I guess we'll see in a few months though. It wasn't a joke, she literally might commit me; she already thinks I'm too thin. We're going to the mall this week to get me new pants (probably 34-34s but we'll see), and I just bought a new Inzer belt that should be arriving soon (medium instead of the x-large one I already own).

Yeah my legs are obviously ****, but I'll have to work on that once I finish the cut and get back to bulking in 27 months or whenever it is I'm ready to do it.

I'll try to get a dip video next Friday, I think I own one tank top so I'll see if I can remember to dig it up.

I'll need to have the wifeacore take a picture or two probably, then, which means she's going to be calling me gay for the next few weeks. Fantastic.

I think the plan is to lean bulk after I finish the cut; it's going to be too difficult for me to do this again, and I'm going to keep going while I'm on a roll. I was hoping it was going to be 190, but it sounds like 185 might be where I need to get to for 10%. Once I get there, I'll do a slow aura-style bulk and try to ratchet my way up to 200 lbs/12ish%, which will probably take another year or so. I've got plenty of time, though, and having a longish term goal keeps me motivated.

Thanks a lot for all the comments, guys, it was pretty much what I expected, and much appreciated.

I actually think you are closer to wrapping the cut up. Follow what you are doing for 8 more weeks. Then get aggressive and everything back on high volume. IF more drastically 1700/2500 for four more weeks. Wrap it up at 188.

But still again man seriously for a married pasty white dude with lots of babies running around you look pretty good. You are in top1% of USA#1ians. I ain't got crap to do and I live and breathe the gym and diet and I only look marginally better than you. You put both of us under the sun at noon, people are going to think the same thing "yeah they probably both go to the gym but probably don't like to train legs." We can fix the leg part but they ain't ever going to say, "holy ****, jacked as fack" unless we get on the sauce.