...and that's why I haven't bothered to post. Lightest I've been since 1996 and my legs are quite vascular.

Back to hiding...

The irony of this is that I just got back from my annual physical and my doc couldn't stop carrying on. "How much weight have you lost since I last saw you?". "I'd honestly peg you for 31" (I said I wanted to record that into my phone for my wife). "Your EKG demonstrates 'athlete's heart' and my conditioning is 'very good' to 'excellent'" (resting heartrate in the doctor's office was 57bpm). "Congratulations--keep doing what you're doing"

Real life vs. CSi, I suppose.

I agree. I think there is a bit to much expectation of the couch to six pack in 6 month type transformations.

I think some perspective needs to be had as well. This board has some younger guys who have been active/lifting for a while along with a few pretty hardcore dieters and long distance runners so someone will be better at something.

I don't know shit about being over 40, but it is tougher with age and if you're truly busting out 40 mile rides and following up with runs, that's not easy and definitely takes a lot of work and dedication.

All I know is I work my ass off, I think I look pretty damn good, I'm pretty damn strong and I used to be about 50 lbs heavier at my worst.

Bro, do you even pec bounce?

(not sure if srs, but for point of reference, this is what I started with on New Year's 2012 @ 205lbs)



Workout: I bike 75-100 miles per week. Run a couple of 5k+ loops per week--sometimes done after a bike ride. 220 pushups/400 kettlebell swings 2-3 times/week. Over the winter (and sporadically the rest of the year), that's turned into a 40 minute jumprope circuit. Crunch routine 3x/week. Pullup/chinup bar once in awhile. Nautilus circuit once a week when school is in session (because free for faculty).

That's all more orderly than it sounds--I'm just brainstorming what I do. I try to keep things broad.

Oh--and here are legs from a few weeks ago:


Diet--the only macro I (loosely) count is protein. 80-100g/day. Try do do a decent amount of green veg. Limit white flour. Bread is mostly Ezekiel bread, maybe once a day. Some misc. whole wheat/multigrain products (tortillas) here and there, but overall WAY lower carb than I used to be. Cheat on weekends. Not rocket science and not nearly as tight as others here do.

Not hating, but all I see is tubby

Nice work g@mby! Your progress is very inspiring.

Dude you look better than 95% of the 40+ crowd.

While you're doing really good compared to the last few years, I think you're going to need a space shuttle or a ladder that's forever if you want to get on my level.

Nothing like coasting at 30mph.

More like 20mph doe, ain't no nato up in here.

alcatraz pics finally got released. That's me having my swim-exit shot obscured by wetsuit guy that beat me. [epic fat roll shot here: right around 190#, 6'1.5"]



and the look of 9 minute miles for days from the same event