I completed Round 4 of the "EAS Body of Work Challenge": April 15-July 8, 1999. The current contest is called "Body for Life."
My background
I have been competing in Scottish highland games, when I suffered a major back injury. I had to do therapy all winter, and I had lost all of my strength and gained quite a bit of bodyfat. When I was competing in highland games, my bodyweight was in the 240-245 range and my bodyfat was between 15 and 20 percent. After my injury, I couldn't do any heavy lifting or throwing, and my strength and lean body mass gradually decreased throughout the winter. I lost weight and increased bodyfat.
I am quite happy with the results, and I am glad I did the contest. Basically, I went from my all-time worst condition ever to my best condition ever at a bodyweight over 200 lbs. (I was under 15% bodyfat in high school, but at that time I was under 200 lbs.)
I have three sets of photos with 3 shots each: front, back, and optional pose. The first set were my submitted "before" shots, taken on April 15th, my first official day of the competition, but after I have been training intensely for 3 days (my original "before" shots didn't come out, so I had to retake them). The second set is on May 10 after 4 weeks, and the third set is my "after 12 weeks" shots on July 8.
My results
HERE ARE MY PHOTO COMPARISONS.
| STATS | before | after 4 weeks | after 12 weeks |
| date | 15 Apr 1999 | 12 May 1999 | 8 Jul 1999 |
| bodyweight | 226 lbs | 213 lbs | 203 lbs |
| lean weight | 168 lbs | 171 lbs | 173 lbs |
| fat weight | 63 lbs | 42 lbs | 31 lbs |
| bodyfat % | 27.2 % | 19.4 % | 15.2 % |
| caliper | skinfold | measurements | |
| triceps | 21 mm | 17 mm | 14 mm |
| abdominal | 34 mm | 27 mm | 16 mm |
| suprailiac | 33 mm | 15 mm | 11 mm |
| thigh | 30 mm | 21 mm | 19 mm |
From the stats, I made more progress in the first four weeks than the last eight weeks. However, from the pictures, I believe that there is more of a dramatic appearance difference in the last 8 weeks. So the more in condition you get, the more a small measurement difference makes a large apppearance difference, but it is harder to achieve it.
HERE IS MY RECOMMENDED PROGRAM.
Link: Body for Life website
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