My First Prep

[Navampa]

Looking good!

[v1hyp]

Progress coming along!

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[jcross485]

Thank you guys for the feedback! I'm pretty critical of myself so I'm already looking forward to making improvements to my physique.

Update pics...squatted for a ton of volume on Monday and hit back pretty hard Tuesday so I was having a hard time getting legs and back to pop as much as I'd like. I normally take pics Fridays instead of Wednesdays as thats when I feel I look the sharpest. Weight isn't changing much lately.

[breck]

Awesome quads man. Your back is pretty thick as well. You should be good to go in 11 weeks. Keep killin' it!

[Rco]

Ugh, that damn scale If there's one thing I try to remind myself during prep, it's that the scale isn't always a reliable tool. I worked with Skip for my last prep and only lost about 10lbs through the whole process. My weight didn't budge at ALL for the first 5-6 weeks, yet each week I continually looked leaner.

When you are done with prep, look back through your pictures, starting from 17 weeks out - that's when you'll really notice how well you improved week to week.

[liftweights]

Awesome legs man, keep it up

[jcross485]

Thanks a ton for the kind words guys and the encouragement...I appreciate it! I gave myself some time because I am on the road...a lot...for work. My company puts me in the Residence Inn everywhere I go so I always have a kitchen and a grill which makes it easy. With training, I stick to just a few basic movements because I am always in different gyms so it helps to keep things simple and I can track progression that way.

[Mast]

great quads!

[jcross485]

great quads!

Thank you!

I've been having pretty good workouts the last few weeks despite being on the road and living out of a hotel. This morning was a "Pull" day...snapped a couple RDB's post-workout when I got back to the hotel to see what my back looked like with a little blood in it.

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[jcross485]

First thing out of bed this morning, before any food, water, or cardio. Weight is around 185 empty stomach/bladder. Strength is holding out but feeling flat. Today is a refeed day so I should fill out some.

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[jplahm]

Looks like you got everything in order!keep grinding!

[jcross485]

Looks like you got everything in order!keep grinding!

Thank you! I have work to do yet, lots of it, but I feel like I'm in a good place right now. I'm starting to get excited for offseason so I can add all the size possible as that's what I need.