I'm CStyles, but I'm improving.

5-10, 154lbs (204 in Aug) and holding, but lifting numbers have increased as well as measurements. 14.5 arm, 32 waist, 43 chest. Damn I hate going bald.

Hate on about the gloves, nukkas.

Dude, at those numbers you should have no problem taking your shirt off for your boifriends on CSi.

and here everyone was getting on me for taking pictures of myself in a mirror with my cellphone

Working out.. serious business.. definitely feel myself getting noticeably stronger. 2 months ago I'd struggle to do 6 or 7 good dips.. I can bust out 15 now without much struggling Endurance still sucks.. I can only maintain a 8:34 min/mile pace for 3 miles.. getting better though since I was up in the 9:30 range.

Ab ripping workouts?

Yea, plate pushes and fork downs.

Crazed, you look great. I'm close to where you were in your first pic. What are some of your routines?

Dude, he's black. He just looks at the weight and grows. No routine necessary.

Dude, he's black. He just looks at the weight and grows. No routine necessary.

Crazed, you look great. I'm close to where you were in your first pic. What are some of your routines?

Thanks. What about ab and/or pecs workouts?

I'm at 150 now (I'm 5-10) and I used much of Drews advice as well. I'm slowly growing but I want to make sure I'm "defining" properly as I move forward.

I work out every other day, so 3-4 times a week and each one includes 800+ reps and combination of crunches and flutter kicks....nothing special beyond that for abs. Pecs are bench (incline and regular), butterfly, crossover cables.

Crazed, you make fast progress!

For abs -- there's a guy here who was doing 9 minute planks but his name escapes me. Between him and Drew I really started focusing on my planks (don't do enough sides but do plenty of normal) and worked my way up to 35lb weighted planks for 5 sets of 1 minute. I had done the P90x ab ripper before which worked ok but I have much bigger, thicker abs now after doing planks plus I just feel they are more beneficial than 'normal' ab stuff like crunches.

Unfortunately my abs are hiding beneath a layer of fat right now but that's a different topic ;-)

hate is not your best color

how is your build process going since your bulk testing?

Cut out most soda, fatty foods, junk snacks, etc. Still eat on average of 1800 calories a day though probably. My original goal was weight loss and muscle tone. Down to around 178lbs now.. actually been stuck at that weight for a few weeks it seems.

No solid food for a MONTH? Ok...

How tall are you? You really need to keep in mind that you're gonna weigh more because you're black (It could be other reasons too. I think my mom's side is what makes me heavier moreso than my dad; she's an islander and he's black).