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How I went from this to this without cutting

Food 🍲:

🌸leaner meats. 80% and above.

🌸plant and protein based snacks and drinks

🌸tracking my intake on a 2790 calorie diet a day

Workout 🏋🏼‍♂️:

🏋🏼‍♂️ legs

🦵🏽 hack squat

🦵🏽squats (here and there just to maintain my PRS)

🦵🏽 leg press (I go up I push my body to its limits and more)

🦵🏽 straight bar RDLS

🦵🏽 hip thrust machine (I stacks 45’s don’t ask how much)

🦵🏽land mine RDLS

🦵🏽 hip abductions

🦵🏽 cable kick backs

🦵🏽 leg extensions

🦵🏽leg curls

🦵🏽 isolated RDLS

upper body:

💪🏽 pull downs

💪🏽 back extensions (in between workouts helps with recovery)

💪🏽 arm curls

🌸 I started at 130lbs that was messy started my bulk on the left loved the look of being bigger. Ended up trying something that most people would say you can’t do. You can maintain your weight and gains without cutting in a sense and I’ve mastered it! Let me know if you want videos of my workouts

#bodytransformation #lemon8challenge #fitnessjourney #MILITARY #NAVY

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