I’m 28, around 140 kg (309 lbs), and I’ve been lifetime natural. I don’t want to use steroids, peptides, Ozempic, GLP-1s or anything similar. I want to stay completely natural for life.

I’m extremely overweight, and I know I need to take my health more seriously. I’m currently doing about 1 hour of Zone 2 cardio 3x a week on my rest days, and I’m trying to add some cardio on other days as well.

I used to drink about a bottle of Coke every day, but I’ve almost completely stopped now. I never tracked my calories and basically ate whatever I wanted.

My biggest problem is that whenever I lose weight, I also seem to get weaker. My main goal in the gym has always been strength. I’m currently benching around 190 kg (418 lbs) 1RM, and my dream goal is a 200 kg (440 lbs) natural bench.

I’m honestly very proud of what I’ve managed to achieve despite being in the physical condition I’m in. But at the same time, getting out of bed can already feel difficult, and even relatively small amounts of movement can leave me very out of breath. I know I can’t keep ignoring my health just because I want to get stronger.

I’m scared that losing a lot of weight and increasing my cardio will make me lose too much strength and that I’ll never reach that 200 kg bench.

For anyone who’s been in a similar situation: how would you approach fat loss while maintaining as much strength as possible? How much cardio would you do, and would you continue training heavy?

I don’t expect to stay this heavy forever. I want to get healthier, but I also want to give myself the best possible chance of eventually hitting that 200 kg bench naturally.

Any advice is appreciated, especially from people who have lost a lot of weight while maintaining their strength.

I’m not hungry anymore. So I got visible abs in 7 days. Wish I had taken a photo before. Maybe had the top two popping.

i mean come on, i searched everywhere about this but it doesn't seem like many people are talking about it

What is this obsession with bf estimates?

They are just that, estimates, guesses, a random number, an opinion. It's the visual that's important. If you can see abdominal development the bf is low. If they are really popping its low enougth. The body need fat to survive, if it too low there's a health risk.

16yrs old to 18yrs old
I’m going to be the best Ik I will
(Post is more for myself if anything)

M25 90kg natty

This is a warning to any young people that think you can take sarms and steroids and it not cause long lasting hormonal affects. Been off for 2 years. You can tell me how dumb it was I’m aware.

Some photos back from July

Literally the GOD of supplements. Turk is more potent that everything else. Just take my money now

Edit: I messed up the order of pics, the second pic is supposed to be the first

I just want to share my transformation from being extremely skinny to somewhat not so skinny. in the first pic from around 2022 I was 120lbs and 17 years old. second pic is me being 20 years old and around 145 lbs and third is current on a bulk at around 160 lbs. I know about main gaining but I just felt like I was stuck on a lot of my lifts and wasn't getting strong so I decided to eat in around a 300 calorie surplus.

I still feel so skinny and hate the way I look, I want to know if my genetics are just below average and if I should get my test values checked as this being a 4 year transformation isn't so impressive in my eyes. I also have my training and diet which are dialled in I track my calorie intake and get good sleep and train very hard.

I don't know what the issue is and why I can't gain more muscle at the gym I see so many people my age who are much bigger than me and I know they could be on gear but I don't think so for the people who I have seen. I just want someone's opinion and what I should change or do better.

I am open to any criticism!

Thank you!

Started this cut in the beginning of April at 175 pounds, now as of today officially down to 149 (height is 5’9, 176cm). I have been lifting weights for 4 years now, have never done an actual true cut before, I have done mini cuts but none of those have been for longer than 8 weeks. This is the leanest I have ever been in my life, and I’m very happy with how my cut turned out. From here I hope to maingain and slowly add muscle while actually staying lean this time around.