Eh, why not, here's some pics

[Cheetarah]

I'm mostly a lurker (for a long time) but I thought why not post some pics and get a critique too. I see so many others posting progress pics so I figure, eh, why not me too. Altho truthfully I am more into speed skating than I am bodybuilding. Bodybuilding is more-or-less just a hobby for me, I compete in speed skating whereas I have no plans to compete in bodybuilding. It's just something I like to do. I like the way it makes me look and I like being strong. Anyway, comments/critique appreciated. I'm a natty, 2yr 4mo of lifting when these pics were taken this past July. They're the most recent ones I have.

Please excuse the funky tan lines.

http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=103456

 

[starfish]

Very pretty!!!!!

 

[makedah]

NICE!

 

[VooDoo Lady]

Very very nice !!!

 

[Cheetarah]

Hmmmm..... not sure other than continuing to lift and get my diet in line.

The diet took a lot of learning to find what I should be doing and by the same token it took a while to lose the fat. I started at 22% body fat and went down to 15% in those pics over about a year's time so during that time I gained muscle and lost fat. Do you happen to remember when the first pics I sent to you were taken? Cause I only have two other sets of progress photos. The first set was taken in August of 2001 when I had finally figured out the dieting thing and got serious (1yr 5mo of lifting). Then the second set was taken in November of 2001 so 3 months into serious cutting & lifting. Then these most recent ones were taken about a year after that. Just been cutting and lifting. Now since September though I have finally stopped cutting and am maintaining my bodyfat at 18% while trying to gain strength and some mass. I found I could not gain strength or mass at 15%. Not only that, but just to hold 15% bodyfat I have to be hungry almost constantly, damn genetics. Probably a combination of genetics and these damn b/c pills I'm on, but there are too many pro's for me to go off them.

So anyway, I don't know which photos I showed you but I haven't been doing anything special, just lifting, speed skating, and maintaining a proper diet.

Thanks for the compliments everyone! I really appreciate it! After being here a while and seeing how great everyone is, how supportive you all are, I thought I'd go ahead and post my most recent progress as well.

Maybe I should post the other "before" type progress pics so everyone can see what spatts is talking about. Of course I didn't think it was that dramatic of a change but then again, I guess you never do on yourself. That's why it's cool that we have the opportunity to share our progress with others, they can point out things we personally don't see on ourselves. Anyway, I don't have those other progress pics readily available, will take me a bit more time to get them ready and uploaded. Gotta go to the gym now though, have to get to it later.

Thanks again ladies!!

 

[Lady Viking]

Very nice!

 

[vinylgroover]

Looking great girl.

Your leg development is particularly impressive. Is that primarily due to your speed skating? I'm training a girl at the moment who is struggling with leg development. I have suggested she start cycling (as in riding a bike) as a way of improving her leg development quicker. What sort of leg training do you perform other than the skating?

 

[Cheetarah]

Looking great girl.

Your leg development is particularly impressive. Is that primarily due to your speed skating? I'm training a girl at the moment who is struggling with leg development. I have suggested she start cycling (as in riding a bike) as a way of improving her leg development quicker. What sort of leg training do you perform other than the skating?

Thanks! I really appreciate that!

Probably, that and genetics. My mom has thick, muscular legs as well.

I have indoor speed skating practices twice a week for 2-3 hours. It's a lot of sprinting as indoor speed skating is. So other than that, only thing I do for legs, is right now I'm doing 1 set each of 5 different exercises for 50 reps, yep 50 reps, very light weight. Reason I'm doing that is because my coach has told me I have plenty of explosive strength in my legs for sprinting but I really lack in the endurance department. My long races are my worst races as my legs tighten up too much on me. Everyone else starts pulling away from me meanwhile my legs are kaputt!

So I do one set of squats, currently at 55lbs for 50 reps. Then one set of leg curls 60lbs for 50 reps. One set of leg extensions 40lbs for 50 reps. One set of leg adductors 70lbs for 50 reps and lastly, one set of leg abductors 60lbs for 50 reps. And the reps are all done fast. And if I can, I go skate outdoors once a week on a 7 mile route, again, more-or-less to work on muscular endurance.

It's funny cause the way I got into bodybuilding was because I started coming to the gym to work legs to help me with my speed skating. What's funny is that I found out later I didn't NEED to train my legs heavy for speed skating. So there for a while I was training legs heavy til I found out it was actually HURTING my speed skating so then I quit altogether. And I will also stop the weight training altogether again as I get towards the middle of the speed skating season. I am totally following my coach's advice this season so when he tells me it's time to cut out the weight training for legs, I will, cause I learned my lesson last season. So I actually just recently got back into weight training my legs at the beginning of this season (last month) previously I hadn't don't anything for my legs besides skate for about the last 6 months.

So in a nutshell, I don't do much training for my legs besides skating, so yeah, I'd give speed skating and genetics the credit for my leg development.

 

[Sassy69]

Looks awesome! Getting down to 15% is a great accomplish & looks totally awesome!

 

[vinylgroover]

Thanks, i thought that may have been the case. I will ask the girl i train to start riding. I know from personal experience, when i used to race BMX in my younger years, my legs were veru strong and muscular. I stopped riding and started training like a bodybuilder and they actually started shrinking.

Thanks for the clarification