210lbs 6'2 progress (pics)

Blacktie. · 21-10-2014 11:26AM

Judgemental Ireland mentality still going strong by the looks of it.

dartstothesea · 21-10-2014 11:54AM

I've trained in with RomanGod plenty of times. Really friendly guy, seems highly dedicated. As far as all this discussion on what is 'achievable' goes, there's surely not really any reason other than awesome diet paired with even more awesome genetics, which I have to admit boggle my mind altogether, as a lvl 0 aesthetician myself. Mirin'
Haven't read the whole thread so maybe it's been covered but he's quite strong at powerlifts when I've seen him train those.
I need to start getting plans from lads like RomanGod on exactly what to eat.

DoYouEvenLift · 21-10-2014 12:51PM

Let's go on a car forum and tell guys who post pictures of nice cars they worked hard for that it's embarrassing that grown men would post such pics!

btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 21-10-2014 03:39PM

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Let's go on a car forum and tell guys who post pictures of nice cars they worked hard for that it's embarrassing that grown men would post such pics!

Funny thing is that if a fellow posted a pic of a his ferrari, the begruggers would wade in with exactly the same comments, waste of resources, boasting, childish, pointless etc. etc.

Because........internet.

Hanley · 21-10-2014 03:42PM

Vincenzo Swift Men wrote: »

Funny thing is that if a fellow posted a pic of a his ferrari, the begruggers would wade in with exactly the same comments, waste of resources, boasting, childish, pointless etc. etc.

Because........internet.

But girls don't like boys. Girls like cars and money.

btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 21-10-2014 05:20PM

Hanley wrote: »

But girls don't like boys. Girls like cars and money.

What would they make of Dan Bilzerian

DoYouEvenLift · 21-10-2014 05:49PM

Vincenzo Swift Men wrote: »

Funny thing is that if a fellow posted a pic of a his ferrari, the begruggers would wade in with exactly the same comments, waste of resources, boasting, childish, pointless etc. etc.

Because........internet.

It's great when you know it's just their way with dealing with insecurity and jealousy, and if you call people out on stuff like this in real life they've no idea how to respond and end up looking like fools. I don't know how it's too hard for some people to just accept some people work harder than they do and be impressed and encourage them to continue rather than talking sh!t, this doesn't just relate to lifting either, if you have any significant success or change in your life you'll notice how some people close to you can get negative about it.

Espresso guy · 21-10-2014 05:57PM

This lad looks savage......end of!!

RomanGod · 23-10-2014 11:09PM

-2 Danish pastries
-Margarita pizza
-A tower of rice cakes with layers of chocolate and peanut butter
-2 potatoes (???)
-Pasta
-Marinated steak
-Homemade burrito consisting of excess steak
-2 tins of beans
-3 chicken breasts

And an unpictured magnum ice cream

Sure it's only cheat day Friday

koriko · 23-10-2014 11:26PM

Heart attack springs to mind...

Oregano_State · 23-10-2014 11:27PM

How much do you spend on food per week? Fair play on the prep btw.

harvester of sorrow · 24-10-2014 01:04AM

RomanGod wrote: »

-2 Danish pastries
-Margarita pizza
-A tower of rice cakes with layers of chocolate and peanut butter
-2 potatoes (???)
-Pasta
-Marinated steak
-Homemade burrito consisting of excess steak
-2 tins of beans
-3 chicken breasts

And an unpictured magnum ice cream

Sure it's only cheat day Friday

BOOM!
Carb coma!!Epic cheat meal...
I'm guessing 5-600 gms carbs?

Mellor · 24-10-2014 02:37AM

koriko wrote: »

Heart attack springs to mind...

Yeah because lean meat and rice cakes are notorious for logging up arteries.

RomanGod · 24-10-2014 07:15AM

harvester of sorrow wrote: »

BOOM!
Carb coma!!Epic cheat meal...
I'm guessing 5-600 gms carbs?

In the picture it's just under 500, the magnum would take it into the 500s but this was just my lunch for work. Will have a large bowl of oatmeal with berries, more ice cream and a tin of tuna when I get home this evening

RomanGod · 24-10-2014 07:22AM

Oregano_State wrote: »

How much do you spend on food per week? Fair play on the prep btw.

It's funny because I spend more on food when cutting than on a bulk. Probably because clean foods are more expensive in supermarkets and obviously the carb up itself. I would say I spend 60euro/week and the carb up would be another 20 euro so 80 altogether. On a bulk I can bring that down to 65/week altogether because I have more food items to choose from to gain weight which means I can manipulate my grocery bill and still hit my weight goals

RomanGod · 24-10-2014 07:25AM

koriko wrote: »

Heart attack springs to mind...

I only do this once a week. From Monday to Thursday I was on 2100 calories and same again on Sat/Sun. I went all out on this carb up because I'm back to clean bulking next Monday. I'll be reverse dieting at first then on a steady 3800 calorie/day schedule going up 200 cals every month to limit fat gain

Alf Veedersane · 24-10-2014 07:30AM

What's the tub of stuff next to the rice cakes? Looks yellowy.

And what kind of time frame does eating all that cover?

Blacktie. · 24-10-2014 08:49AM

RomanGod wrote: »

It's funny because I spend more on food when cutting than on a bulk. Probably because clean foods are more expensive in supermarkets and obviously the carb up itself. I would say I spend 60euro/week and the carb up would be another 20 euro so 80 altogether. On a bulk I can bring that down to 65/week altogether because I have more food items to choose from to gain weight which means I can manipulate my grocery bill and still hit my weight goals

Wow seriously? I spent E110 a week back home when I was bulking and that was only ~3500 calorie mark. How do you keep it low? Do you do the rounds of the shops?

DVDM93 · 24-10-2014 10:36AM

Espresso guy wrote: »

This lad looks savage......end of!!

This savage looks lad... it's only the beginning.

chopper6 · 24-10-2014 01:09PM

Lots and lots of questions about food and very few questions about lifting.

Hmmmm.

conzy · 24-10-2014 01:14PM

dat prep

RomanGod · 24-10-2014 01:20PM

chopper6 wrote: »

Lots and lots of questions about food and very few questions about lifting.

Hmmmm.

Diet is more important

You could have the best workout plan made but without a sufficient diet regime it's pointless

A good diet with a poor workout plan could still warrant gains. Obviously taking care of the two is key but from experience I see most lads fail at the diet part hence the questions

RomanGod · 24-10-2014 01:25PM

Blacktie. wrote: »

Wow seriously? I spent E110 a week back home when I was bulking and that was only ~3500 calorie mark. How do you keep it low? Do you do the rounds of the shops?

My weekly shopping list during a bulk, from memory (haven't bulked since march)

10 tins of tuna $12
140 eggs $12
2 1kg bag of oatmeal $5
1kg brazilian nuts $8
10 chicken breasts $12
3 blocks of cheese $9
5 rice cakes packets $7
Peanut butter $2

that's about 65 euro

If i need more protein during the week you can look for steak in the reduced section of tesco. Got a sirloin for under 2 euro this week

RomanGod · 24-10-2014 01:29PM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

What's the tub of stuff next to the rice cakes? Looks yellowy.

And what kind of time frame does eating all that cover?

That would be the eggs. I botched them up though lol

I'll be honest it's only half 1 and i only have 1 tin of beans, 1 Danish pastry and a chicken breast left to eat......

chopper6 · 24-10-2014 01:46PM

RomanGod wrote: »

Diet is more important

You could have the best workout plan made but without a sufficient diet regime it's pointless

A good diet with a poor workout plan could still warrant gains. Obviously taking care of the two is key but from experience I see most lads fail at the diet part hence the questions

Or...if i could paraphrase Ronnie Coleman:

"Most people want big muscles but dey dont wanna be liftin no heavy-ass weights".

Alf Veedersane · 24-10-2014 02:10PM

RomanGod wrote: »

That would be the eggs. I botched them up though lol

I'll be honest it's only half 1 and i only have 1 tin of beans, 1 Danish pastry and a chicken breast left to eat......

I did think eggs alright - had a mini dream-sequence of tucking into a big bowl of scrambled eggs - then saw they weren't on the list so wondered what magical mystery food it might be.

I would find it very hard to consume that over only a couple of hours but that's partly due to other reasons. I would imagine it takes training to eat that much in a relatively short timeframe.

Transform · 24-10-2014 02:12PM

RomanGod wrote: »

Diet is more important

You could have the best workout plan made but without a sufficient diet regime it's pointless

A good diet with a poor workout plan could still warrant gains. Obviously taking care of the two is key but from experience I see most lads fail at the diet part hence the questions

I actually think most guys put too much emphasis on diet because their training porgram and intensity sucks and it generally has zero conditioning so they HAVE to work harder on their diet to make up for that gap.

Blacktie. · 24-10-2014 03:26PM

Transform wrote: »

I actually think most guys put too much emphasis on diet because their training porgram and intensity sucks and it generally has zero conditioning so they HAVE to work harder on their diet to make up for that gap.

Interesting... I do need to learn more about conditioning work in future.

Hanley · 24-10-2014 03:41PM

Transform wrote: »

I actually think most guys put too much emphasis on diet because their training porgram and intensity sucks and it generally has zero conditioning so they HAVE to work harder on their diet to make up for that gap.

Agree. When you train hard and are in good shape, you can get away with a lot of ****.

Oregano_State · 24-10-2014 04:04PM

Hanley wrote: »

Agree. When you train hard and are in good shape, you can get away with a lot of ****.

Definitely would agree with that. I'm awful blasé with my diet in general. I try to eat healthily as much as I can but I'm fond of eating fast food, sweets, and getting royally pissed the odd time, although I avoid fizzy drinks like the plague.

Despite this, I train very hard and am blessed with very good genetics so I'm able to stay at 10% bodyfat year round (never had it measured, just going off what I see in the mirror).

Diet is definitely the next thing I need to look at though. If I could get down to 8% for racing season I'd be a happy chappy.

210lbs 6'2 progress (pics)

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