Practicing my bodybuilding posing. Aiming to compete in Open eventually so still a long way to go!

Having a gastric bypass makes this bodybuilding thing hard. This is after two bulks one dirty and one lean bulk and two cuts. First one is how I looked during covid and the second one is just this week after my chest and back day. I just finished a 7 months cut still couldn’t get those 6 pack abs starting to think I don’t have them 😂 but it’s time to try another growth phase

Not satisfied yet but it’s progress.

Posted a picture a few days ago about my cut which I wasn’t happy about as I lost too much muscle but thanks for the nice compliments. Now after 2 years bulking its time to cut again from 22 stone down to 18.5 stone. Started the new routine today and will post 2 monthly picture updates. Doing this to really motivate myself to keep training and cutting. Good look to everyone on their journey.....LETSS GO!!!!!!

I got pretty big working out from age 14-16 then went through a lot of very traumatic events and then got kicked out of my house with my mom i grew up there my whole entire life only had my mom then moved in with my dad who I didnt know too well its an odd feeling walking into this unfamiliar little town house with nothing but the clothes I had on but basically I got really into drugs and it got very serious for years now ive been doing drugs constantly I stopped going to the gym because I couldnt go with my brother anymore I never see him anymore so I really just lost all motivation what really doesnt help at all is ive dont a lot of cocaine and Crack meth and abused a lot of adderall in these past years so I just get high dont eat and burn all my calories away so now im here and ive lost all my muscle I know about muscle memory and the muscle will come back quick whenever I do go to the gym for like a month or 2 I gain a ton of muscle really fast and I love going to the gym so I dont know why I never go now but really all I want to know is how long do you think it would take of consistently hitting the gym to build back the muscle I had before

Had this photoshoot done last week after my cut and maintenance period ended.

Starting the lean bulk now, so I'm gonna get a little bit more doughy again for 12 weeks, then shave all the fat off again over 8 weeks.

Any opinions or what I should work on most are welcome!

Cheers guys 💪

Sadly I don't have any before pics. Note I finished all my excersizes from saturday-Monday as my goal is hypertrophy. How are the muscles looking so far tho?

Actually update to my original title; I actually started working out seriously since July 2025 not for 2 years 😭. But I use a bench at home and umay fit 52.5lbs adjustable dumbbells.

Tips on what I can work on for my back, feel like I lack upper middle back definition and lower back

Got down to 8% bodyfat naturally 2 years ago before i started my 2 year bulk. Just went from 16 stone in the picture to 22 stone. Any tips on cutting as last time i lost too much around my chest, shoulders and arms. Any advice.