Two Year Body Transformation From 152Lbs to 160Lbs: a Reddit User's Journey

Introduction

A Reddit user identified as blacksteel367 shared his two-year body transformation journey in his post. He started by cutting off weight and aiming for a healthy body, then tried to bulk up to look good and gain muscle mass. Today, he weighs around 160lbs and thinks his pictures might inspire other formerly scrawny kids to start living a healthier life.

The Journey

Blacksteel367 only started lifting weights two years ago, after a year in college. He focused on cutting first, going as low as 139lbs with 1700 calories a day. Then he started bulking by increasing his daily caloric intake to 2900 calories and gained a little over 20lbs in the process. He went on a slight cut afterward to aid the emergence of the muscles he aimed to build. The user's workout schedule mainly consists of chest/triceps, legs/shoulders, back/biceps, shoulders/abs, and back/biceps, with only one leg workout per week due to joint issues.

The Diet

Blacksteel367 states he is not specific with regard to his diet or calories, but he does monitor his weight and BF% to check progress. He eats carbs, protein, and healthy fats for his meals, and as he tracks his progress, he cuts calories when his BF% gets to around 15% and increases them again when his weight becomes too low.

The Workout

Blacksteel367 typically performs the same exercises every time, except when he follows a new workout routine. He usually practices sets with eight to twelve reps, and he does not max. He focuses more on size and aesthetics rather than strength. His workouts per week entail chest - incline dumbbell, decline dumbbell, incline press machine, etc.; triceps - weighted dips, tricep pulldowns, negative tricep pull downs, skullcrushers; shoulders - lateral raises, behind the head OHP, reverse flys, OHP, shrugs and seated shrugs, and legs - barbell lunges, calf raises, hamstring curls, one leg leg press, both leg leg press, etc.

What He Did for His Forearm

Blacksteel367's big forearms are a familiar comment he often receives in his posts. He admits that he has neglected his back muscles, which he is fixing, but he mentions that he habitually squeezes the weights hard during his workouts, an exercise that helped with his forearm muscles. He also sings praises to using an adjustable hand grip exercise tool and doing exercises like barbell behind the back wrist curls and wrist rollers. These helped bring his forearm muscles to their present size.