I've been looking for Before and After photos in the gallery and simply have no idea how to find them? Can some of you please post before and after photos to this thread? The Gallery on here sux.

Thanks,

Stacy

Sure I would love to hear about what you do as far as resistance and weight training. As I'm slowly starting to get back into it now. I want to try to get maximum benefits from lifting weights and resistance training while totally trying to avoid injuries. My best friend is a heavy weight lifter/body builder and he tore his rotator cuff one time. It took him almost a year to recover from that single injury.

fter I saw your picture here, I got my butt back on the bench again to do presses. I want my chest to be as flat and man boob free as possible. You sir give me hope.

A compliment I am humbled to hear, thank you very much!

Now, as a recovering shoulder surgery patient I want to go on record right now and say this, I never do bench presses. Ever. While they are good for the pectorals, they are terrible for the shoulder (rotator cuff especially), and there are much better exercises for the chest! Also, I don't do heavy weights at all. The biggest dumbell I use is 35lbs.Tops.If I need more weight, I switch to bands or bodyweight exercises.

I am terrified of another sport injury. That's where many of my troubles came from. If you want a good chest workout, you need to focus on the cable machine and only use the dumbbells for incline chest press and regular chest press. Using dumbbells allow for your shoulder to move naturally as opposed to locking it into an unnatural position. If you would be interested, I could write down my exercise routine (roughly) and start a thread. I make no claims of being a fitness guru nor a therapist, but what I do I got from my physical therapist and then from a sports medicine therapist I found online.

Writing a big post now!

Sent from my phone, please forgive brevity and misspelling

Anyone whom has had rotator cuff surgery can definitely tell you it is no joke. By far the most painful and slowest in terms of recovery of any surgery I have had. It took me about a year before it felt healed and doubt it will ever feel totally recovered. Scary thing is that the surgeon said, it is a surgery that often needs to be repeated down the road. Most of my damage was caused from arthritis. Bursa was detached, bicep was torn and detached, and the arthritis was scraped off. It's something that is always on the mind when working out.

As I'm continuing my new life journey of clothes shopping at non-big and tall stores. Found a nice J. Ferrer and Calvin Klein shirts I could wear. So I brought them.

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Dude, @@BigTink2LilTink you're kicking ass bro. Keep up the momentum!

Since @@BigTink2LilTink upped the ante for Beefcake in this thread, I had to rise to the challenge and take a new picture myself:

I think I should make my goal of the year to get my shoulders wide enough to block the damn urinals in my gyms bathroom!

Since @@BigTink2LilTink upped the ante for Beefcake in this thread, I had to rise to the challenge and take a new picture myself:

I'm a long long way before I view myself at "Beefcake" status. But I have been hitting the gym up to tone and firm up my arms and chest. You've given me motivation to do as such.

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I reached goal weight a few weeks ago. 163 lbs lost since surgery day November 20th, 2014. HW: 330 SW: 323 CW: 160.

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@@dashofsunshine Did you have to have plastic surgery at some point for access skin?

@@dashofsunshine Did you have to have plastic surgery at some point for access skin?

I did not. I've been very, very lucky, and I exercise quite a lot. Lifting weights has helped me immensely, as well as "good genes" I suppose.

@@dashofsunshine Did you have to have plastic surgery at some point for access skin?

I did not. I've been very, very lucky, and I exercise quite a lot. Lifting weights has helped me immensely, as well as "good genes" I suppose.

You have done an AMAZING job! Congratulations!

before and after current weight is 151.5 weight in the before 242 weight in the after 155.5

@@dashofsunshine Did you have to have plastic surgery at some point for access skin?

I did not. I've been very, very lucky, and I exercise quite a lot. Lifting weights has helped me immensely, as well as "good genes" I suppose.

You have done an AMAZING job! Congratulations!

Thanks so very much!!!

You look awesome fancyCakes!

Thanks! I need to get real about my eating habits again but I live in the house of junk food and it can be really hard. I'd like to lose about 60 more lbs. That would put me in the 150 range.

I really understand the house of junk food thing! My kids are 14! There is less junk food than before but it is still in our house! In the last few weeks I have started buying myself things like tuna fish! I still need to lose about 40 pounds. It will happen but it is harder with increased temptations. Drinking Water is helping too!