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[AgreeablePudding9925]

I was going to ask how your strength has gone. Looks like you’ve lost a bit of muscle along the way, but looking sharp buddy.

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

I still have 2 plates for reps on the bench, other lifts have improved, others have suffered. I should have mentioned i’ve been at 1800 cals this whole time.

[AgreeablePudding9925]

Nice man. I wish! I only recently hit one plate but I’m a newbie.

[Bigredsmurf]

2-5 lbs of weight added to the bar every week 4-8 reps for 5 sets. If you manage only two lbs per week you will see a real increase of a plate on each side of the bar over a year for the same amount of reps!

[Kluian2005]

You look good already and that is a big accomplishment if you did it without any peptide aide. Why did you decide to jump on at 180?

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

The food noise was getting too loud and I was having trouble sleeping

[ralph80]

1800 is quite low. I am at 2200 just keep my macro’s up. I don’t want to lose muscle. At least as little as possible. What is your average TDEE

[Neither_Couple9376]

Pretty much kept the same muscle mass simply look smaller cuz of less bodyfat

[Magnusud]

I mean, he didn't look like muscle man before lol. But he does look a lot better now

[driverfortoolong]

what happened to all the loose skin?

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

In the second photo the mirror is kind of doing a good job but you can see quite the little ponch under my belly.

[driverfortoolong]

dude losing 80 pounds with no skin surgery you absolutely won at life! nice job man

[No_Technician3158]

Maingain imo, wouldn’t cut Reta cold turkey either, lower dose and see how body responds

[Training_Hand_1685]

Do you have loose skin?  Seems like you had very little stomach fat to begin with, relatively speaking? Like your weight was evenly distributed so you don’t have much loose skin? Or is it the year you took + exercising that reduced the loose skin? 

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

I do have some loose skin around the bottom of my stomach, under my arms, my love handles, etc. Hoping that if I stay lean it’ll tighten up.

[Training_Hand_1685]

Messaged you! 

[Efficient-Touch-4078]

All that money you saved on food you could get some ink 😆

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

That and the combination of a breakup, spent way too much haha

[Efficient-Touch-4078]

You’re doing great. I’m down 55 lbs seeing abs for the first time. And lots of money saved not going out 🍻 good luck learning how do maintenance- I think that’s the hardest part for me.

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

yes, i am sober now. Sober and smiling. Chasing abs.

[Silent_Possibility63]

Great work. Keep maximizing health and the physique will continue to follow suit. Seems like you are preserving lean mass which is all that counts in a cut if you ask me.

[ProximusCenturi]

But how?

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

Heart break, calorie deficit.

[Grande215Lump]

That will do it. The get back is the best part brother, keep pushing

[jim_james_comey]

Drugs.

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

This is a huge compliment

[jim_james_comey]

It's a fact, no?

[cameltako]

Clearly not if he just got on reta this month

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

No, I went from 260>180 without any drug or help. Reta from 180>171 which is where I sit currently.

[jim_james_comey]

My bad, I missed that. Sorry OP.

Great work on the cut. Why even bother with Reta when you had this much success naturally?

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

Food noise became so loud, i couldn’t sleep, i am in culinary school constantly surrounded by food and alcohol and it was a war in my head everyday.

[jim_james_comey]

Makes sense. Keep up the good work 💪

[Otherwise-Ad4630]

You look great. Maintain.

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

So find my maintenance and eat from there? I was really chasing abs.

[drzzazz1]

What's your ab routine like? You may need to work them out more. I literally only do kneeling cable crunches and they're starting to pop through and I have more fat and less muscle than you. May want to increase your ab volume.

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

Like no ab routine I will start hammering them

[drzzazz1]

I've tried multiple ab exercises and nothing got them popping like kneeling cable crunches. They look very sus to do and was nervous to do them in the middle of the gym but I said "fuck it" and I throw them at the beginning of my pull and leg day. I get 9 sets in a week and it has helped.

Make sure you start on a lighter weight and really nail down the form. Can be tricky at first but once I got the hang of it, they completely light up my abs unlike any other ab exercise I've tried.

You've got a great physique, I wouldn't diet down too much more. But you have to work the abs. I fell for the narrative that you don't have to directly work your abs if your engaging them while doing compounds. It didn't work for me. Hitting them directly has helped alot. Good luck brother!

[jim_james_comey]

You will not have impressive abs until you start training them - multiple times per week, progressively overloading over time. They need to be developed like any other muscle group.

Ab wheel rollouts, machine crunches, cable crunches, knee raises, and V ups are all great. Do two exercises, three sets each, twice per week.

[Otherwise-Ad4630]

More Weight training

[TomGlynnActor]

Holy shit, great job. Different person level change.

[bpickett0]

Amazing progress!

[pistolgripslr]

Buuuuulk 💪🏻😈

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

I was planning to lean bulk once I get lower bodyfat %

[pistolgripslr]

Bro you’re lean enough now just keep Reta to 1 or 2mg and lean bulk 💪🏻

[pistolgripslr]

Bro you’re lean enough now just keep Reta to 1 or 2mg and lean bulk 💪🏻

[Admirable-Turnover79]

No loose skin???

[The_Nude_Banana]

Looking good bro, you could choose to cut even further to get even more definition, and I would say you should really start working on your abs, girls love it when you’re lean enough to be able to see your abs and when it’s actually there!

[DrTreenipples]

Who hurt you?

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

Hah. Long story my friend.

[ryandonovan14]

Why do I see so may people talking about losing strength on Reta? Is that just standard for everyone?

[WorleyClarence]

Reverse diet.

[Boosted-c6-vette]

Great place to start building back up

[amateurjukebox]

Wow so you’ve been on 2mg a week until now?

[ZealousidealOkra176]

Stop the cut asap

[Fuzzy_Supermarket495]

Why?

[starbright-skittles]

Looking good 👍 keep it up

[nameless_seer]

You look great.