Samwise16 was goin' BEAST MODE on the leg press today.

I think she does more weight than Quinn and I combined.

Also, I was glad to learn that the follow up to the Joie Pull-Up Party will be the d7freestyler Muscle-Up Party.

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 8:53 PM. Reason : .]

7/12/2010 8:49:57 PM

except the machine tricked me... >_>


oh and on squats I did 3x8-8-6x155-155-165... last time by the end I could only do 165 4x so I'm movin on up

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 8:54 PM. Reason : .]

7/12/2010 8:53:52 PM

gotta give Joie props for her delicious cold concoction tonight. shit was mad good.

^^ yes. any reason to celebrate...

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 8:56 PM. Reason : k]

7/12/2010 8:56:35 PM

Stein, what happened to you and Quinn dragging Mark to the gym tonight?

7/12/2010 9:07:21 PM

Post-post workout protein shake comin' up/dinner. I'm leaving for Europe tomorrow, so I've been wicked busy, but still had the time to fit in a gnarly bicep/forearm workout. I superset biceps for 240 reps

I workout in a 3 day cycle and today was biceps/abs/forearms... but my buddy and I skipped out on abs (not really worried about them right now) and had a wicked good workout.

7/12/2010 10:31:27 PM

Been to the gym roughly 18 times since I last posted photos, for 45-90 minutes a pop. I think I look pretty similar to before.





weighed in at 202.0lb this afternoon. that's a difference of one pound over the last 4 weeks.

7/12/2010 11:14:22 PM

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"Stein, what happened to you and Quinn dragging Mark to the gym tonight?"

I didn't know we were supposed to! Maybe I missed when they were talking about it.

We go MWF right around 5:45 like clockwork.

7/12/2010 11:34:38 PM

My arms are getting bigger Protein, protein, protein...

7/12/2010 11:57:49 PM

Quote :

"I'm leaving for Europe tomorrow"

ThePeter and eli work out session exposed???

I won't be uploading a new pic for at least another week...got a very stupid looking sun burn due to unequal lotion application and jumping into the water right after applying some

Weight is still around 84 kg

7/13/2010 4:35:33 AM

picture time I guess :\

please excuse the crazy hair, I had just woken up







this is what I look like if I lean back a little bit and tighten my core.. I would like to have this look while standing still and upright (see above picture) by fall. Hopefully P90X will help me get there!





[Edited on July 13, 2010 at 9:03 AM. Reason : oh and please excuse my dirty mirror]

7/13/2010 9:02:13 AM

nice job Sam!!!!

i went back and compared these pictures with the ones thatyou first posted.. major difference

keep it up lady!!

7/13/2010 9:09:03 AM

^i did too. you look GREAT! nice work!

7/13/2010 9:18:16 AM

Sam - you can definitely tell a difference between your first set of pictures, congratulations.

7/13/2010 9:19:25 AM

Samwise, I'm jealous of your fan base Good job!

7/13/2010 9:32:13 AM

damn Sam keep it up! you look fab!

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"I didn't know we were supposed to! Maybe I missed when they were talking about it. We go MWF right around 5:45 like clockwork."

i don't know thats what he told me! talk to him about it!

7/13/2010 9:40:29 AM

awww thanks guys

7/13/2010 10:35:27 AM

Mmmm, I love belly pics.

For my own erotic fantasy reasons.

7/13/2010 10:38:39 AM

Yeah, because that's why this thread is here...

7/13/2010 11:14:16 AM

this is why we can't have nice things

7/13/2010 11:14:49 AM

I wish people would make creepy sex comments about my photos, but instead I get made fun of for having a hairy chest

7/13/2010 11:16:31 AM

I'm right there with you, buddy.

7/13/2010 11:35:00 AM

I think its nice.

You'd make one hell of a bear.

7/13/2010 11:35:47 AM

so tonight i have to go to a bar to have a couple of drinks.

yes, have is the correct usage.


i'm gonna treat the beers like carbs and prep for it.

low cal, high protein day until 8 pm ladies and gents

[Edited on July 13, 2010 at 11:44 AM. Reason : hahaha i put bears, im blaming ^ ]

7/13/2010 11:43:02 AM

I weighed in at 266 today, so I'm down about 17 pounds. Unfortunately, I think I've lost muscle and gotten weaker in the process. I'm not too concerned about the muscle loss because I want to focus mostly on weight loss. Regardless, I need to clean up my diet and be more consistent with my eating.

7/13/2010 10:47:51 PM

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"Regardless, I need to clean up my diet and be more consistent with my eating."

Props for realizing this and focus on that.

7/13/2010 11:00:26 PM

http://www.primalblueprint.com


working wonders for me

7/14/2010 8:56:40 AM

i havent posted pics in a while so i will now, i have quite a few so i'll apologize now

normal check in (please ignore the gross mirror....its amazing how i didnt realize how didrty it is until i took a pic ):



Arms (you may not notice but i sure do!-theyve definitely toned up a little more!)


Back (it was really hard for me to get a pic of this, apparently i suck at aiming, so these are my best attempts):




i really feel like i have progressed more in the last week or so than i have the whole time ive been in this "challenge". the scale hasn't budged. i havent lost much size (well actually i havent measured yet, but my jeans are fitting me the same as always, maybe a little tighter :-/) and i dont think ive really lost that much bodyfat, but i feel like i look more toned.
so yeah, its weird. none of my measurements indicates i've made any progress, but i feel like i have by looking in the mirror.
maybe i'm just getting over my insecurities?


i really do think i look more toned though

7/14/2010 10:01:44 AM

lebron spotted

you look fantastic, keep up the good work.

7/14/2010 10:06:06 AM

Congrats to Samwise16! You really look great it's a big diffrence


I wish I would have done this, i didn't because I didn't want to post swimsuit photos.

7/14/2010 10:28:12 AM

Not everyone's posting pictures, as long as you're using it as motivation to get working out and healthy I think that's enough.

7/14/2010 10:29:35 AM

^^ I didn't post pics... Not a huge deal

7/14/2010 10:40:33 AM

having to post pictures of my fat ass, or stomach in my case, would likely would have been much more motivating just out of sheer embarrassment.

In the last few weeks I have started making diet and exercise changes which I give myself some credit for but I also realize it likely isn't enough to loose weight, or at least not a significant amount. If anything it's just keeping me from putting on more weight. I have a huge issue with overeating and portion control and I know I should be eating ~6 meals a day but instead I'm eating 2 big meals. I didn't drink tea or coke to begin with but I have massively increased the amount of water I drink and stopped drinking alcohol with the exception of things like 4th of July, my birthday, weddings.

7/14/2010 10:47:54 AM

Yeah i've cut down beer to only the weekends. Hard decision. I like heavy beers too much.

7/14/2010 10:50:43 AM

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"having to post pictures of my fat ass, or stomach in my case, would likely would have been much more motivating just out of sheer embarrassment."

that's really the point. most people ignore their own fatness until it's exposed. this is why people always get in shape for the summer bikini season.

7/14/2010 10:51:29 AM

Nice work, Sam & Joie

I'm down 4.5 inches and 7.4 lbs, need to update with pics

started at 214.0

currently at 206.6

[Edited on July 14, 2010 at 10:53 AM. Reason : s]

7/14/2010 10:51:47 AM

i, too, have cut out drinking only to special occasions.

7/14/2010 10:52:15 AM

I'm up something like 10 lbs, but only about a 1% change in body fat and no noticeable change in my waist. My bench is back where it was before I really tried to cut weight, my squat has gone up about 20 lbs (and could probably go up even more) and my arms are roughly 1/4" bigger.

My stomach looks a little worse though, but I'm going to (happily) blame that on my girlfriend's way-too-delicious chocolate chocolate chip cookies

[Edited on July 14, 2010 at 11:12 AM. Reason : .]

7/14/2010 11:09:04 AM

WHOA to Sam and Joie's pics! Nice work!

Here's my weekly check-in:

7/14/2010 11:24:15 AM

wait you didn't steal a photo from your idol lady, did you?

7/14/2010 11:26:20 AM

^^holy shit. for real?!?!?!

7/14/2010 11:27:32 AM

hahaha no

I found that pic via google search

7/14/2010 11:28:06 AM

hahahahaha.

you could easily attain that though with your itty bitty frame

7/14/2010 11:29:14 AM

7/14/2010 11:29:16 AM

dammit Lucy I told you not to post my picture

7/14/2010 11:30:42 AM

7/14/2010 11:32:28 AM

Thanks again everybody I think all the nice comments showed me I was being too hard on myself.. I was reluctant to post the pic to begin with.

In other news, I'm wearing my "skinny pants".. WITH NO MUFFIN TOP.. pyaaaah!!!


Congrats Joie!! I think your arms look more toned, too

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"having to post pictures of my fat ass, or stomach in my case, would likely would have been much more motivating just out of sheer embarrassment. "

This is exactly why I did it... I felt I would work harder because I would be all, "I'm not about to put pictures of my fatty boomalatty body on the interwebz only to fail and still be chubby"

7/14/2010 11:32:51 AM

^ Congrats on the skinny pants! It's always funny when your skinny pants become your super comfy pants.

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"dammit Lucy I told you not to post my picture "

sry b00!

7/14/2010 11:38:01 AM

oh ps, I made a bomb milkshake last night:

¾ cup Breyer’s no sugar added natural vanilla ice cream
½ cup 1% milk
1 tablespoon natural peanut butter
1/3 cup strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries (each.. or even ¼ cup, I kinda eye measured on those)


so. good.

7/14/2010 11:43:26 AM

it would take the grace of god for me to fit back into my skinny jeans, healthily at least.


im sure i could greatly reduce my cals and do it, but i dont think thats a good idea

7/14/2010 11:46:26 AM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30870617/

7/14/2010 11:48:32 AM