daisymaisey
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@roman1982 Your back looks amazing on both photos. Incredible
I'm honestly a bit jealous, great results overall, congratulations!
I'm honestly a bit jealous, great results overall, congratulations!
Progress post: my first intentional bulking/cutting cycle
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@daisymaisey Thank you! The back is my favorite body part to train!
@roman1982 Awesome progress, you look amazing!
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spiritualsun
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@roman1982 Glutes look amazing in the side pic!
soulcollector4christ
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@spiritualsun Came here to say this. Your glutes and quads look awesome. Amazing work!
@spiritualsun Thank you! I feel like the glutes are one muscle that, for some reason, resisted growing the most, although I trained them quite hard
@roman1982 This is one of the best overall transformations I've seen on here, as you noted, great overall progress. Especially the delt/lat area. But don't sleep on your calf development, that's a very noticeable difference. Quads look great as well. Those two together (but mostly calves IMO) really changed your physique to look more aesthetic and athletic.
On the squat front, it took me about a year to unfuck my squat after similar lower back and knee issues. In my case, from low bar squatting and chasing numbers (weight on the bar). I switched to a high bar, knees forward, upright position and really slowly progressed the weights using reverse pyramid training as a way to focus more on reps than weight. Andy Baker's upper/lower program from his website is what I followed. Coincidentally I also wanted to do more calisthenics so I replaced a lot of the assistance work with bodyweight stuff.
But again, great work. Very motivational, thanks for sharing.
On the squat front, it took me about a year to unfuck my squat after similar lower back and knee issues. In my case, from low bar squatting and chasing numbers (weight on the bar). I switched to a high bar, knees forward, upright position and really slowly progressed the weights using reverse pyramid training as a way to focus more on reps than weight. Andy Baker's upper/lower program from his website is what I followed. Coincidentally I also wanted to do more calisthenics so I replaced a lot of the assistance work with bodyweight stuff.
But again, great work. Very motivational, thanks for sharing.
@meow69 Thank you so much! It's really encouraging to hear 
My posing has also improved a lot, e.g., I learned how to spread my lats better. Funnily enough, I've never focused that much on my calves, I mostly trained them once a week. Calf raises and adduction are two funny exercises that I rarely do and only for a couple of sets, yet still keep progressing.
Eh, chasing numbers is my issue too. Thanks for the suggestions!
My posing has also improved a lot, e.g., I learned how to spread my lats better. Funnily enough, I've never focused that much on my calves, I mostly trained them once a week. Calf raises and adduction are two funny exercises that I rarely do and only for a couple of sets, yet still keep progressing.Eh, chasing numbers is my issue too. Thanks for the suggestions!
@roman1982 I can’t believe you don’t think this is impressive?!?
You can visibly see the extra muscle on your body!!
This is amazing!! And you’ve done it all whilst still remaining lean. It looks like pure muscle to me, not extra fat!
You should be proud.
You can visibly see the extra muscle on your body!!
This is amazing!! And you’ve done it all whilst still remaining lean. It looks like pure muscle to me, not extra fat!
You should be proud.
Yes, I feel like I'm now at more or less the same bodyfat % as I was before the bulk. Thank you so much!