Before & After

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Before & After

Post by GSARider » January 14th, 2024, 12:05 pm

Before & after training & diet change…one year of diet only and then another year with exercise, cardio consisting of mainly rowing for 9 months and then weight training added. Down from 146kg to 92kg with a target weight of 85kg. Waist size down from 46 inches to 34 inches so far. Top size down from 3xl to medium.


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Re: Before & After

Post by mict450 » January 14th, 2024, 8:48 pm

Impressive!!
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Post by Joebasscat » January 14th, 2024, 8:49 pm

Impressive change, nice job!
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Post by Stripes » January 15th, 2024, 1:13 am

Super impressed. A couple questions:
1) how tall are you?
2) did you get injured at all over the past yr?
3) how are you managing the 10-12 hrs/wk of exercise on your body both injury wise and fatigue wise?

I am doing 5-6 hrs a week, 51 yrs old, down 10 kg with at least 15 to go, so your example is inspiring.

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Re: Before & After

Post by GSARider » January 15th, 2024, 3:25 am

Stripes wrote:
January 15th, 2024, 1:13 am
Super impressed. A couple questions:
1) how tall are you?
2) did you get injured at all over the past yr?
3) how are you managing the 10-12 hrs/wk of exercise on your body both injury wise and fatigue wise?

I am doing 5-6 hrs a week, 51 yrs old, down 10 kg with at least 15 to go, so your example is inspiring.

Bill
I am 5ft 10 and 57 years old this January.

I have had plantar fasciitis, but that’s mainly been from a lot of walking / grass cutting in the Summer / Autumn, as it can be 3-4 miles of up & down cutting. Saw a specialist who said it was from that and I am getting treatment for it.

The only injury is as above and hasn’t affected my exercise regime. Fatigue hasn’t been an issue for me, I have had severe DOMS a few times from heavy weight training sessions, but just do HR Zone 2 rowing for a couple of days after.

I have been using my Apple Watch and an app called Gentler Streak to monitor all aspects of my training.


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Re: Before & After

Post by DavidA » January 16th, 2024, 3:47 pm

GSARider wrote:
January 14th, 2024, 12:05 pm
Before & after training & diet change…one year of diet only and then another year with exercise, cardio consisting of mainly rowing for 9 months and then weight training added. Down from 146kg to 92kg with a target weight of 85kg. Waist size down from 46 inches to 34 inches so far. Top size down from 3xl to medium.


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Wow!
Congratulations!
That is really great.
Good luck with reaching your goal.

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Re: Before & After

Post by wizzard » January 17th, 2024, 5:56 pm

Well done.

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Post by edward.jamer » January 17th, 2024, 9:20 pm

I love the dedication and consistency! Great job.

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Re: Before & After

Post by GSARider » January 18th, 2024, 1:20 am

Thanks all.

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Re: Before & After

Post by ericMX73 » February 2nd, 2024, 10:17 am

Amazing transformation! Thanks for sharing. You must feel awesome!
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Re: Before & After

Post by Jessicajackson90 » December 5th, 2024, 3:24 pm

I have seen quite a good transformation here. I am on the verge of losing weight. Hope to see my picture also in here.

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Re: Before & After

Post by Erik A » December 16th, 2024, 7:52 pm

outstanding result. thats legend material
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Re: Before & After

Post by GSARider » December 16th, 2024, 8:12 pm

Thank you all. Rowing has been a key part of it for me. I continue to do 4-6 hours a week. This is the last one I filmed on Saturday.

https://youtu.be/h2f4PDK6Reg?si=vXi4tp1qZDY2YvjQ

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