Some progress pics

[tommyguns2]

you look great brother. I'm guessing we are close in age. If I could look as good as you do I would be a happy man!

Thanks for the kind words. I just turned 58 in June. Keep fighting the good fight!

 

[tommyguns2]

Progress pic as of this morning, 9/5/25. Sitting at 215. Trying to lean out sucks....

 

[Cohiba]

You're in better shape than 99.9% of the 58 yr olds out there man, keep it up! Looking great.

 

[midevil]

Always look great bro!

 

[tommyguns2]

Here's progress pic as of yesterday. Gained 2 pounds (back up to 217), and not the good stuff IMO. Some is water, but I'm hitting a plateau. More mental than physical. Just need to embrace the suffering for a couple of weeks, see some solid progress, and allow that to get me motivated again. I feel like I still have a solid 5 pounds of fat to lose, and optimally 10 pounds of fat to lose to really get lean.

My coach dropped my PEDs by 65%. Surprisingly, no drop in performance in the gym. Granted just a week and a half. New PED protocol is:

Test prop: 20mg ED
Mast prop: 10mg ED

 

[Yano]

Here's progress pic as of yesterday. Gained 2 pounds (back up to 217), and not the good stuff IMO. Some is water, but I'm hitting a plateau. More mental than physical. Just need to embrace the suffering for a couple of weeks, see some solid progress, and allow that to get me motivated again. I feel like I still have a solid 5 pounds of fat to lose, and optimally 10 pounds of fat to lose to really get lean.

My coach dropped my PEDs by 65%. Surprisingly, no drop in performance in the gym. Granted just a week and a half. New PED protocol is:

Test prop: 20mg ED
Mast prop: 10mg ED

Right on man !

I have issues with motivation at times to. I have to tell myself that I'm not special and I'm not different in any way or form and that any one and everyone that ever wanted something had to do exactly what I am. Alone , in the dark , in the rain , in the snow nothing matters but putting in a bit more effort than I did the day before.

I have to tell myself that no one cares just shut up and work harder.

That somehow keeps me grounded and I can rely more on discipline than motivation.

I put on dumb crap like this during my cardio as well , it can help some.

 

[tommyguns2]

Right on man !

I have issues with motivation at times to. I have to tell myself that I'm not special and I'm not different in any way or form and that any one and everyone that ever wanted something had to do exactly what I am. Alone , in the dark , in the rain , in the snow nothing matters but putting in a bit more effort than I did the day before.

I have to tell myself that no one cares just shut up and work harder.

That somehow keeps me grounded and I can rely more on discipline than motivation.

I put on dumb crap like this during my cardio as well , it can help some.

I like that mindset. No excuses. Don't need anyone blowing sunshine. Just put your head down and put in the work toward your goal. If you fail, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and re-engage. I'm doing this for me, not anyone else.

 

[Yano]

I like that mindset. No excuses. Don't need anyone blowing sunshine. Just put your head down and put in the work toward your goal. If you fail, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and re-engage. I'm doing this for me, not anyone else.

Some times I just sit in front of the mirror and stare.

I think about all of them , try to remember every name. The people that tried to chain me down with their fears and their limitations , you can't do that , you're sick , you won't be able to , you should stop.

I think of everyone that sighs when they hear me try to talk and gets annoyed with my stutter , I think about the peoples faces I would see after I was mobile again as they watched with pity and disgust try to fight my way up a ramp or stairway while telling my ol lady not to touch me I can do it.

I think about the kid to this day that called me a "retard" and made fun of me .for the way I moved and the way I talked .. and there was NOTHING I could do to fight back or defend myself.

I think about the months of aphasia after the stroke and the nurses faces and my wifes. I couldn't move , blink my eyes , talk , they would hoya lift me from the bed to a chair and back like I was dead , the whole time I was screaming in my head for some one anyone to just fucking hear me or see me move some part of my body.

An then I thank them all. Every God Damn one of em.

They built the forge , they brought the coal , they lit and stoked the fire , worked the bellows until it was roaring and then I jumped in.

What poured out was an alloy unlike anything they ever saw , some thing they will never understand , but they created it all the same.

You'll have that weight off before you know it and a few lbs extra.

Just take a few minutes and fire up your forge proper.

We might have our differences from time to time but I like ya dude , if I can ever help with anything , just holler .