"Before"

brent · #1 March 16th, 2003, 05:41 PM

I hope there will be "After" fotos soon...Brent's Pics

brent · #2 April 18th, 2003, 06:33 PM

actually, it took me a couple weeks to start workingout after I posted my first pics on Mar 16, but I posted new ones today. I hope this will help keep me motivated to going to the gym... I've only really been working out for about three weeks this time.
Brent's pics.

brent · #3 May 25th, 2003, 09:32 AM

Each month is too often to see much improvement, I'm switching to every two months...

jtchef · #4 May 29th, 2003, 08:18 AM

Brent GREAT progress there stud keep it up look great keep us all posted there stud

brent · #5 June 1st, 2003, 10:17 PM

Thank you jtchef. I don't think anyone has called me a, "Stud" before. Well my partner, but he's biased...

Anyways, I'll be taking & posting more pics in a couple weeks, I just want to see some change each time. I just hit my goal of 215! Well, actually it was 214.7, but as I say, "It's close enough for government work." I'm pushing more weight than I ever have before, and I don't intend to loose motivation.

I will be F**KING HUGE!

Brent.

brent · #6 September 13th, 2004, 02:10 PM

Since everyone talks about the before pics, ect. I thought I should give you a shot of what I looked like after only a few months of working out. These were taken in Spring of 1993, in the SF Bay area, while I was in the Navy. An interesting pint here is that I was super-proud of my muscle then...

massingUP · #7 September 13th, 2004, 03:41 PM

Nice to see some earlier pics, Brent. You had a cute butt, even then. And I know it's a lot bigger/stronger now! <g>

You should re-post some of your more recent pics here -- maybe put together a timeline of your pics over the years so that we can watch you grow. And maybe some enterprising morph artist out there might even make a little animation of your growth!

Once again, good work. You look great. And thanks for posting.

-- J.

brent · #8 September 13th, 2004, 04:51 PM

James, (Massingup)
Thanks for the idea of the timeline. I'm looking for an intermediate pic, like around 1998/99ish, then I will do the time-line. If there is an interested morph artist wants to do an animation, I'd be willing to send higher quality scans.

brent · #9 September 13th, 2004, 05:51 PM

In case Yahoo ever loses those old pics from a year ago, here are a couple from March 16, 2003.

brent · #10 September 13th, 2004, 05:55 PM

And here are a couple from April 2003.

ottomun6 · #11 September 13th, 2004, 06:10 PM

E-yow-sa!! Damn nice butt there Brent. No wonder the guys were checking you out during your time in the navy. I could only imagine what those glutes looked like with a tight white navy uniform walking across the deck (pant-pant-pant!)
I'd love to see you wearing that old shirt now that you are becoming a big fella

glammaman2000 · #12 September 13th, 2004, 06:52 PM

no wonder the BF snatched you up!what a cutie!&the investment GREW!with interest!!

brent · #13 September 13th, 2004, 07:11 PM

Thank you all for the nice comments. Of course my butt was good then, I was stationed in SF. You can't live in SF and not have a great ass, I mean EVERYTHING is on a hill there! On a side note, I really like my hair in the 1993 pics when I was using Aveda's Brilliant? Humectant Pommade, and it's great stuff. Maybe I should get back to it?

Oh, and can anyone guess what I was doing with my hand? Hint: this was taken about 2 minutes after ending my enlistment...

jco2007 · #14 September 14th, 2004, 03:59 AM

Brent
You weren’t that skinny to start-off with, I’d say more like normal. Now though, yeah you’re developing into one SERIOUS BEEFSTER and a gorgeous one at that. Go Brent, go Brent. …

Thanks mate.

ethernet_jock · #15 September 14th, 2004, 07:01 AM

damn Brent!! You're "before" pics look like... ummm... me... :P

LOL... hey well, at least I know how awesome I CAN be in only a few years.

brent · #16 September 14th, 2004, 07:02 AM

JCO, I thank you for your compliments. My point wasn't to show how skinny I was, but how much I've grown over the years. When I was first starting to lift weights, the only information I had came from magazines. Those magazines almost made it look like these big bodybuilder dudes were naturally huge. I may not be as big as a bodybuilder in a magazine, yet, but I think I have come a long way. I also think that if I were just starting to lift weights, that seeing my progress (since it's real) would be encouraging. I just wish I didn't waste my 20's goofing off from the gym. Just stay in the gym, week after week, month after month, and you will get there.

brent · #17 September 14th, 2004, 08:41 PM

I found a mid-term pic from the Summer of 1998 or 1999. I think it was 1999. So here it is, and I will make that timeline for James & Co. very soon.

kfarnz · #18 September 15th, 2004, 06:53 AM

The flower behind the ear just MAKES the photo...

brent · #19 September 15th, 2004, 08:12 AM

Thank you. I like the flower too, but when I took the shot, I was wanting to show-off my Bowflex body, nit the flower. Now, I think I look skinny in the pic, but at the time I was very proud of how I looked. Also, you are lucky it's just a flower. when this shot was taken, I was working at a hippiafied natural foods co-op where we generally wore skirts on days we didn't stalk shelves...

glammaman2000 · #20 September 15th, 2004, 02:31 PM

so,there's muscle-hungry Brent amongst the protein powder"stalk"ing the shelves!...

brent · #21 September 15th, 2004, 05:36 PM

Here's a timeline for James. Tell me what you think:

glammaman2000 · #22 September 15th, 2004, 08:14 PM

well on your way to"scarifyin'!"keep it up!

brent · #23 September 15th, 2004, 11:11 PM

Thanks. It is a good start IMHO. I intend to keep it up. Now that I'm seeing progress, I can't imagine why I haven't gone regularly for the last 12 years?

jco2007 · #24 September 16th, 2004, 05:34 AM

Brent
The man who provides not only boundless enthusiasm but also inspiration.

1) A big thank you for the timeline.

2) From what I can see from this timeline, you’ve had 2 growth spurts:
a) From April 1994 to August 1999, which seems more gradual
considering the period of time.
b) The second serious one was from Spring 2003 – August 2004.

3) Congratulations, you’ve discovered the key to sustained gains for yourself, and are now locked into it.

4) Question is: What did you start doing differently in Spring 2003, when compared to the period before?

Once again good stuff Brent, you deserve it long may it continue.

Many thanks

brent · #25 September 16th, 2004, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by jco2007

...4) Question is: What did you start doing differently in Spring 2003, when compared to the period before?
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Jerome,
I kept going to the gym. Before that I'd go for a few weeks, and quit. Each time I'd go through a phase like that, I'd get slightly bigger. Now that I've been going consistently since March, I think I will keep going, and keep growing. My advice is to just get you rear into the gym regularly. The rest will follow.

I'm glad you enjoyed the timeline. It was a lot of work to get all that gathered up, and put together.

Thank you, Brent.

Mdlftr · #26 September 16th, 2004, 08:18 AM

Brent,
Great timeline! Very inspiring--

I appreciate the effort you put into it.

One suggestion: why not take a recent photo with the same exact pose as the one from 1994? That way the comparison will be even more apparent.

The pix are great as they are--just suggesting one way that might give you (and us!) a similar baseline for comparison!

BTW, your "consistency=progress" is very true. I've found it to be the same as well. It seems like I've had a sort of "growth surgette" this July-August, compared to the rest of the year. I don' t weigh much more, but my strength has gone up, and I am handling poundages easier now than I did even a month or two ago! I've gone up on my db incline press weights from 50#s in each hand (with no shoulder pain)_ to 60#s with no pain! I'm only doing 4-6 reps per set with the 60#s, but nothing hurts afterward, and I'm going forward, instead of back! Very inspiring! My progress has been slow--I started a year and half ago doing 35#s in each hand, slooowly, with some shoulder pain afterwards, and no increases in weight! Very difficult to make progress on benching! Now, I feel great, and my chest is resonding! WHAT a rush!

Bodybuilding IS great! It's just that the magazines (the major source of info for most of us) are full of b.s. and make you feel like you're a total wuss if you're not starting out benching 3 plates a side! [Aside: did ya ever notice that the pros in those staged pics are either "resting" incredibly heavy weights, or they are moving more believable weights in their "routines"? A "big guy" at my gym that I got to know, about 6'1" around 230#, told me that the most he ever benched for reps in a workout routine was around 265#---and he has nice pecs: full, sizeable and rounded.] It's not just the amount of weight that you lift that gives you size: it's how often, the range of motion, and your body's genetic tendencies.

Having said that--it's great to see my genetics "plumping" out!

Thanks again, Brent, for all your supportive comments and inspirational pix!

Mdlftr

brent · #27 September 16th, 2004, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Mdlftr

...BTW, your "consistency=progress" is very true. I've found it to be the same as well. It seems like I've had a sort of "growth surgette"
...

Mdlftr, wow I'm impressed that you are getting good gains. I can't wait until this forum is full of huge guys. I will try to get a good shot in a similar pose as the 1194 shot, when I take my pics in a week, just for you. You are right about the bodybuilding magazines being full of BS. I think that showing these guys next to weight that they may be able to lift, but not workout with, is a terrible disservice to the young men of this world. I once heard that it isn't how much you lift, so much as how slowly & in control of the weight you are. I might be able to bench press 315 a few times, but that is WAY over what I workout with regularly!

Quote:

Originally Posted by jco2007

...4) Question is: What did you start doing differently in Spring 2003, when compared to the period before?
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Jerome. I thought of 2 other things that changed about March 2003.

First I joined this forum. I think that by responding to people, and reading about other's success, and trying to encourage others to succeed, I'm constantly reminded to go to the gym. It's a huge help to me, and I highly encourage others to beat my post count!

Second, a former roommate of mine always said that with the gym, and everything else I pursued in my life, that I had, "radical beginnings, few middles, and no ends." I thought that was highly appropriate for me, but I couldn't help myself from exhausting myself at first. Then I'd always quit. At that time, I turned 30, and realized that I HAD to start slowly. So I did, and it seems to have worked!

ottomun6 · #28 September 16th, 2004, 04:38 PM

Brent, it sounds like everyone has expressed the things I was going to say, so I'll just add a simple comment like "WOW!!"

brent · #29 September 16th, 2004, 08:28 PM

Otto,
Please feel free to repeat whatever you want. It's my thread, and I think that if you really believe in something someone else has said, you deserve to repeat points for emphasis. Also, I'm a little narcissistic, and I like compliments.

omelissokomos · #30 September 16th, 2004, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brent

Tell me what you think:

Man, there's nothing hotter than a real-life muscle morph.

Thanks for sharing, brent.

claygrant · #31 September 16th, 2004, 11:18 PM

brent, thanks for the pics - amazing!! I've been on vacation so this will be short. It's awesome to see how you've changed and also how you're no longer shy about showing off those big guns of yours. Keep it up buddy.

brent · #32 September 17th, 2004, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by claygrant

...and also how you're no longer shy about showing off those big guns of yours. Keep it up buddy.

That's the point of building them: I love seeing guys with big arms, so I'm building a set myself for other people to look at, and quietly enjoy.