most muscular

[mrhtbd]

Here's a most muscular pose pic I took last night at 220 pounds. Much better than the 265 pound slob I was 15 months ago in March. Other pics are in the member's section.
I would like some tips as to trimming down some more and polishing different areas for more symmetry.
All comments are welcome.
I'll be 51 next month.

[P. Bateman]

I'd like to see a back shot. Your trap development is exceptional and I'm wondering if that development speaks for the rest of your back.

[black7]

u could easily be show ready soon!! awesome work

[Thate]

lookin great bro!

post your diet and maybe we can help you dial it down a little

[liftsiron]

Congrats bro you are looking great, outstanding abs.

[mrhtbd]

I'd like to see a back shot. Your trap development is exceptional and I'm wondering if that development speaks for the rest of your back.

Working on it, as I aim to please!

[mrhtbd]

u could easily be show ready soon!! awesome work

Thank you. I am getting to the stage where I have to take the diet to a new level but don't know that territory.
Tips are good.

[mrhtbd]

lookin great bro!

post your diet and maybe we can help you dial it down a little

Thanks Thate.

Diet
b-fast
yogurt, coffee, 1 tsp crunchy peanut butter

Mid morning and early afternoon meals (10:30 & 1:30, no lunch)
1/2 cup dry oatmeal
1 scoop (25 gms) isopure protein powder
3 tbsps sweetened granola
1/4 cup dried cranberries
I mix this combo in two tupperwear containers and take to work dry.
I add water when I'm ready to eat and try to get it down before the oatmeal absorbs the water.
The earlier meal I also have an orange.

Dinner- In-laws make dinner as they watch the kids during the day
I try to not eat many carbs at this meal and have no more than 3 light beers a week.

Weekends I work a lot and eat what I want but generally keep the carbs down and water intake up.

I haven't done any ab work or aerobic work in the past year.

[mrhtbd]

Congrats bro you are looking great, outstanding abs.

To look like your avatar is my goal, or close to it.
I remain inspired.

[mrhtbd]

You really need to post a SIDE by SIDE before/after shot bro.

Good idea, and thanks for the positive comments over the years.
They have really made a difference as I am usually very hard on myself.
I will take some of the same shots this weekend as I did last year in the same room. Maybe then it will be easier to notice improvement.

[P. Bateman]

I haven'r done any ab work or aerobic work in the past year.

That's impressive.

[mrhtbd]

P. Bateman, concerning your abs & aerobics comment...

I know I should train them, but first things first.
Last year I accepted the realization that if I was going
to make a final push for the body I wanted, before I got too
old or injured, that I would have to take it in steps and that it would take at least two years.

Here was my plan:
1) I had to lose the gut.
2) I had to attenuate the areas I have always neglected but needed to develop for overall symmetry.
3) I had to reawaken the muscle I had forged then forgotten over the decades.
4) I had to condition my heart with specific aerobic conditioning.
5) Abs are down the list, not because I am lazy or don't like to train them, but I have had two surgeries in the past 22 years for a herniated tendon down the center. I have a 4" by 3" plus sign scar in the middle of my abs. I can admit it is a sore subject.

In college my nickname by the football team was "Johnny Abs."
I had an awesome 8-pack.
I could hold onto an overhead ladder and do 6x20 leg raises
and touch my toes to my knuckles.
It was great to see the look on the girls' faces when they saw me do this, even the gymnasts.
No-one could touch me in this exercise.

The abs you see in the pics were developed thirty years ago and have been
stimulated by much actual physical labor over the years, but my dream
is to polish them and once again show them prominently, only this time
with a proportional, symmetrical, and developed physique.

One can only dream...unless sweat equity takes hold and
holds on for the full ride...with injuries held at bay...

I really appreciate the motivation I get from people on this site.
Your comments may seen to be small extensions of yourselves to you, but to me they are much needed and appreciated calls for action. They are meaningful and make the journey less barren.
thank you.

[the cable guy]

Lookin' good!

[cowboytroy]

Looking hard. Tan will make you look more define

[P. Bateman]

Were you kinda excited when this picture was taken?