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My goal is to be lean but with well built upper body strength. Lower body is not a problem since have been doing sports that strengthen there well. My current approach has been building the core with 2-3/wk shoulders, chest with a regimen suggested in my previous post from November - I have been...

Ha! Looks like you have fun spending time on that, but I'm sorry, I'm straight man.

Thanks! That is true that over training can hurt putting on mass. I recently cut down on running just to a few sprints to maintain the agility and heart rate, but not long distance like before. I just do it 2x per week and before strength training to warm up but not to cut. Only thing is...

Flip the number, 21. So I guess in that sense you're close

Thanks! That was very helpful! I just wanted to keep things in check so I know where to continue since starting and following a right direction. I tried weight training for 2 years (4 yrs ago) but did too much cardio and 50-60 reps with minimal progress. Then I had a traumatic injury where I...

I do running, squats, calf raises, and kickboxing.

Haha true thanks!

It could be lighting and not flexing cause I was flexing in the other photos. Here are the ones flexing better lighting... not sure if it helps show any progress if any. Otherwise, what happened was the holidays, changing environments, etc..

My approach is 2-3/wk shoulders, chest with the regimen you suggested in my previous post from November - I have been doing since then: T Bar Row or Barbell Bent-over Row Cable Seated Row Cable Pulldown Dumbbell Bent-over Row Dumbbell Pullover Barbell Shrug I do slow 6-8 reps x4 at 80-85%...

I was originally 147 ibs at the bottom original photo. The last (bottom last) photo is my "before" pic at 147 ibs. Now I am at 165 ibs in the 3 new pics and was wondering how my progress is in terms of muscle gains? Does it seem like the extra weight gain is muscle? I ask so I know if I should...

Thanks for the support! That's exactly what I was looking for and I'm glad this forum answered a lot about what to do and corrected my perceptions on what I thought I needed to do. It helped me decide to not cut - something I originally was thinking of doing. I'll focus on adding the muscle with...

Thank you thqmas! I'll start those; the list you made is really informative with all the links. I could not thank you enough! This is excellent. I assume 2-3 times a week to allow for growth/recovery in between?

I'm not trying to go crazy into bodybuilding such as in being really big. However, I just want to add some more upper-body definition since most sport I do focuses on the lower body waist down. What I need more of is back, shoulders, chest, and arms. I was just curious as to bf I posted why in a...

Thanks! That makes a lot more sense! I'll go around this time focusing on the back first. I appreciate the advise. Do you suggest machine/weights or body exercises (ie. pull-ups) to start? I've been mainly doing pushups and pull-ups since January but not really weights. I did weights for a long...

thqmas: Thanks haha! That is sound advice! I can see you're right about not loosing the weight then. I guess if I build more muscle, it will be better in the long run. Do you think I should focus more on shoulder and/or arm muscle strength? I do track, soccer, and lower body martial arts.

ECKSRATED: I guess you're right. I was always just curious at what bf I was and heard the cheaper devices were inaccurate anyways so didn't end up buying them. On the other hand, I didn't want to spend hundreds for more expensive ones. I honestly had bad judgement in my own body image was so...

Skate: I eat 2500-3000 and exercise a lot. My diet is extremely clean... I make all my food from scratch, produce, and fruit. Don't eat processed sugar/fats. I eat a lot of fish/eggs/legumes etc... for protein. I should probably calculate exact macros so I know how much proteins I am getting but...

snake: 6"0 so higher Also thanks to those that gave a realistic estimate, looking at 12%. I do a lot of leg training due to the sport I'm in so I want to start more arm training. I've been doing lots of full body weight workouts for arms but plan on moving onto weight training. Do you all...

mickems: bf and muscle are the only things I haven't measured yet. However, for the last one, the actual value was 100% straight and 0% gay for me, but I appreciate your effort.

I was curious as to what my body fat% appears to be and how lean/muscular I am?