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A bit of inspiration for us all....

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  • #2
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    None of that really inspires me. They went from crap to ok.

    I'm all about this....

    spud-beforeafter.jpg

    .1122150774032.bigdave2.JPG to image004.jpg


  • #3
    Will Heffernan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭Will Heffernan


    Hanley wrote: »
    None of that really inspires me. They went from crap to ok.

    I'm all about this....

    spud-beforeafter.jpg

    .1122150774032.bigdave2.JPG to image004.jpg
    That's pretty awesome right there.


  • #4
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,890 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Hanley wrote: »
    None of that really inspires me. They went from crap to ok.

    I'm all about this....

    spud-beforeafter.jpg

    .1122150774032.bigdave2.JPG to image004.jpg

    What's the 2nd fellas name?

    I remember seeing those pics before, a beast.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #5
    Leeg17
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,127 ✭✭✭✭Leeg17


    To be fair not everyone wants to be a huge muscly guy like those in your pics Hanley, but I'm not saying that it's not a goal. Most people aspire to make changes (still big) like those in the OP's pictures.

    This always makes me chuckle though
    129200606279944827.jpg


  • #6
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    briankeating wrote: »
    What's the 2nd fellas name?

    I remember seeing those pics before, a beast.

    Dave Gulledge.

    Family of disgustingly good genes. His bro, Kyle, pulled over 800lb in High School.
    Leeg17 wrote: »
    To be fair not everyone wants to be a huge muscly guy like those in your pics Hanley,

    I'm pretty sure I referred to what inspired me. Not what should inspire anyone else. Those guys both went from being elite powerlifters who wouldn't be in great shape, Bartley was just horrifically FAT, to lean guys in amazing condition.


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  • #7
    Remmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Remmy


    briankeating wrote: »
    What's the 2nd fellas name?

    I remember seeing those pics before, a beast.

    Dave Gulledge


    jesus that marc bartley picture is unreal!How long did it take him to diet off all of that?


  • #8
    Magic Eight Ball
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭Magic Eight Ball


    I remember Hanley posted a picture of a lean Jim Wendler a while back that was well impressive.


  • #9
    Magic Eight Ball
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭Magic Eight Ball


    Apip99 wrote: »
    Some inspiring before and afters.

    http://www.odditieszone.com/amazing-transformation-what-the-gym-can-do/

    Most of them look worse in their after pictures.


  • #10
    dartstothesea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭dartstothesea


    Loads of those are actually awesome transformations. **** belittling that. They all def genuine, same dudes?


  • #11
    d'Oracle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,025 ✭✭✭d'Oracle


    I'd be happy to look like that Gulledge dude before.....


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  • #12
    dartstothesea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭dartstothesea


    Chest hair to no chest hair is definitely not an inspiring transformation, all else being equal.


  • #13
    itsallaboutheL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,333 ✭✭✭✭itsallaboutheL


    Apip99 wrote: »
    Some inspiring before and afters.

    http://www.odditieszone.com/amazing-transformation-what-the-gym-can-do/

    That woman that turned into a dude was fairly impressive.


  • #14
    Chris89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭Chris89


    the before and after shots seem to be showcasing the poor lifespan of the bulbs in the lights in these lads rooms.

    everyone looks jacked in a dark room.


  • #15
    Kev M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,472 ✭✭✭Kev M


    lee_priest_bulkup.jpg

    And he did this almost every year he was competing...


  • #16
    WalterMitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭WalterMitty


    Hanley wrote: »
    None of that really inspires me. They went from crap to ok.

    I'm all about this....

    spud-beforeafter.jpg

    .1122150774032.bigdave2.JPG to image004.jpg
    Whats wrong with 2nd guy in first picture. Esscence of manliness in that pic. The BF in his 2nd pic would be very hard to sustain throughout life.


  • #17
    d-gal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭d-gal


    Hanley wrote: »

    .1122150774032.bigdave2.JPG to image004.jpg

    Gulledge just has a simply awesome structure, def the type of shape I would aspire to; hard work and some amazing genetics needed!


  • #18
    Remmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Remmy


    I found this a while back thought it might be interesting if you haven't seen it..

    http://web.archive.org/web/20060205073525/readthecore.com/200601/matt_r.htm


  • #19
    Takeshi_Kovacs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭Takeshi_Kovacs


    To be honest, Dave Gulledge looked pretty damn impressive in the before pic, anyone know what height he is?


  • #20
    El_Drago
    Closed Accounts Posts: 462 ✭✭El_Drago


    Takeshi_Kovacs wrote: »
    To be honest, Dave Gulledge looked pretty damn impressive in the before pic, anyone know what height he is?

    Are we looking at the same before and after pic?


  • #21
    itsallaboutheL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,333 ✭✭✭✭itsallaboutheL


    El_Drago wrote: »
    Are we looking at the same before and after pic?

    why?


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  • #22
    Hammar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 995 ✭✭✭Hammar


    Takeshi_Kovacs wrote: »
    To be honest, Dave Gulledge looked pretty damn impressive in the before pic, anyone know what height he is?

    well said,
    Gulledge was in good shape in the before pic aswell.
    http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/dennis76.htm

    Above is a Bodybuilding.com interview with him,
    Says hes 6'0 and 140 KG when he competes.


  • #23
    El_Drago
    Closed Accounts Posts: 462 ✭✭El_Drago


    I'm not implying that he's not in good shape in the before pic. However,he looks in great shape in after pic.


  • #24
    itsallaboutheL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,333 ✭✭✭✭itsallaboutheL


    Are we seriously talking about him being in shape?

    The dude looks like he eats tire irons and small childern.


    He looks like a proper ****ing man. that'd be good enough for me anyday


  • #25
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    itsallaboutheL wrote: »
    Are we seriously talking about him being in shape?

    The dude looks like he eats tire irons and small childern.


    He looks like a proper ****ing man. that'd be good enough for me anyday

    I'm lost atm....

    In the first pic, Gulledge looks like a grissly bear capable of ripping your limbs off and beating you to death with them, before sucking the meat off like they were a chicken wing. He's big, strong and nasty looking, and I wouldn't mind looking like that.

    In the second pic, he looks f*cking UNREAL. Check out his erectors

    .1122151145749.DSCN0120.JPG


  • #26
    itsallaboutheL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,333 ✭✭✭✭itsallaboutheL


    Hanley wrote: »
    I'm lost atm....

    In the first pic, Gulledge looks like a grissly bear capable of ripping your limbs off and beating you to death with them, before sucking the meat off like they were a chicken wing. He's big, strong and nasty looking, and I wouldn't mind looking like that.

    In the second pic, he looks f*cking UNREAL. Check out his erectors

    What im saying is either or.

    He's a tank in both.


  • #27
    kevpants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,863 ✭✭✭kevpants


    Hanley wrote: »

    In the second pic, he looks f*cking UNREAL. Check out his erectors

    .1122151145749.DSCN0120.JPG

    My god, the fabled "powerlifter turned bodybuilder" lower back.


  • #28
    Parsley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Parsley


    Hanley wrote: »
    In the second pic, he looks f*cking UNREAL. Check out his erectors

    f*ck....


  • #29
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    kevpants wrote: »
    My god, the fabled "powerlifter turned bodybuilder" lower back.

    There was a thread/discussion on this before, he injured his lower back/spine before which most likely caused the muscle develop even further to protect itself. Least that's how I remember it, and my own back would be the same on a much smaller scale.


  • #30
    JJayoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,587 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    In his transformation did he simply lose fat while continuing to train, ie maintain the muscle he has and remove fat. Or did he change up his lifting to increase muscle mass? ie change away from PLing in favour of a more bodybuilding stlye of training?


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  • #31
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    From the article....he took steroids.


  • #32
    itsallaboutheL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,333 ✭✭✭✭itsallaboutheL


    brianthebard wrote: »
    From the article....he took steroids.

    whut?


  • #33
    Takeshi_Kovacs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭Takeshi_Kovacs


    Here is a link to archived version of interview on him cutting down to lean mass, pretty interesting read. Also talks about his back injuries and others injuries he got.

    http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpost.php?p=23190971&postcount=44


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