Haven’t posed properly in a while.
Getting back into it and appreciating the craft again.
Good reminder there’s still a lot to bring up.
Coach @scottslaman
Before all of this, I was just a skinny kid around people I looked up to.
Years later, still here.
Still training. Still building.
That’s the only process.
Coaching → @shredsbysteven
Baby Vegeta fit ⚡️
Upper Body Day 💪
Nautilus Shoulder Press 2 x 8
Single Cable Lat Pull Down 2 x 8
Incline Smith Machine Chest Press 2 x 8
Single Cable Row 2 x 6
Single Dumbbell Lateral Raise 2 x 12
Weight has been slowly climbing and food going down well.
Improvements all around with training.
⚡️ @rathcrew ‘STEVEN10’
🔧 Coach @scottslaman
Most people work all week just to escape their life on weekends.
Learn. Grow. Take Risks.
It’s simple.
Don’t talk about it, live it. If you want more, start acting like it.
If this made you uncomfortable, good.
That’s where change starts.
If you train at 7/10 effort, you’re wasting your time.
Growth requires proximity to failure.
Stopping at mild discomfort is a signal for your body to be complacent.
Hard sets look ugly. Reps slow down. Bracing increases.
Smooth reps and comfort mean the stimulus was too low.
The human body is built to adapt. But it only adapts when the demand forces it to. Low stress creates no reason to change.
This isn’t just in the gym. Anything you do half-committed in life gives you half-results.
Both physiques here are fully flexed.
Same height. Different carbohydrate intake.
Carbs don’t just fuel training, they directly influence muscle glycogen.
Muscle glycogen pulls water into the muscle cell, which creates fullness, roundness, and that “lean” look people chase.
For context:
Will is currently cutting for his wedding and suit fitting, so carbs are deliberately lower. He’s optimising for photos, tailoring, and saying “I do.”
Meanwhile, I’m running higher carbs because I fight demons when I train…
and I refuse to look flat in photos due to body dysmorphia and an attachment to rice.
Lower carbs can make muscles look flatter even when body fat hasn’t changed.
Higher carbs can make someone look fuller and sharper at the same body weight.
This is why scale weight alone is a poor metric for progress.
Fat loss isn’t about cutting carbs to zero.
It’s about using them strategically based on goals, timelines, and how much you emotionally rely on carbohydrates.
Raw leg session. Mic’d up with @yourcoachwill_
Intensity matters more than the time spent in the gym.
Shout out to the real training partners that force you past limits you wouldn’t cross alone.
Sorry to Will for the silent treatment after I almost died at the end 💀
Earn your rest. 🪦
I feel sorry for whoever picks up my phone the day I lose it 💀
What a year 2025 was, starting from as low as 78kgs before the year and moving on to a max of 95kgs before getting nerfed 3 times with food poisoning in the last 3 month 🪦
Grateful for everyone I’ve met throughout the year bonding over the same passion for lifting heavy things and a lifetime of body dysmorphia. And for everyone that saw me with my pants down in public 🥲
Couldn’t have done it without my circle of amazing people and @scottslaman 🔒
2026 will be wild 🤪 To many more gains 🦍
Also, the evolution from July onwards was violent 🫨
