May 2012 to May 2014 | 2 years | @Umirindmac
Dan cut himself down to 125 pounds at 17 to enlist, looked in the mirror, and realised he had gone too far. The next two years he spent putting it back on the right way.
Where he started
Dan started out a chubby kid. At 17 he decided to lose weight before his senior year, and knowing nothing about nutrition or lifting, he cut hard: 165 pounds down to 125.
He was always self-conscious about how he looked. He hated taking his shirt off, even at a pool party or on a beach.
The turning point
He was 17 and wanted to enlist, so he dropped 40 pounds to do it. Then he looked in the mirror and did not see someone healthy looking back. That was the moment he decided to stop cutting and start building. Two solid years of bulking followed.
What he changed
Because the goal was mass, cardio was cut back to a five-minute warm-up and a five-minute cool-down, usually on the elliptical. Training ran six days a week:
- Monday: back, biceps, traps
- Tuesday: chest, abs, hamstrings
- Wednesday: shoulders, triceps, rear delts
- Thursday: back, biceps, traps, quads
- Friday: chest, abs
- Saturday: shoulders, triceps, rear delts, legs
On food he kept it simple and tracked it, running IIFYM with MyFitnessPal as his main tool.
What he kept in the rotation
- Pre-workoutC4 or Mr. Hyde before training.
- ProteinPost-workout, including MTS.
The hardest part
Getting stuck. Weighing in at the same number no matter how hard he worked. As he put it, sometimes it feels like the harder you try, the faster you go nowhere.
He names three mistakes: he should have done more cardio, he should never have cut so drastically in the first place, and he should have trained more independently.
Where he is now
Getting past the 165-pound stalemate was the milestone that mattered. Watching mass show up on his frame over time was both the reward and the reason to keep going.
Three things he took away: nutrition is king, never give up when you plateau, and do not worry about what the scale says.
Become motivated and inspired for yourself, not for anyone else. Never quit on yourself. Dan Maciejewski
His advice if you are starting today
Persevere. This was a two-year transformation, and in his words, anything is possible.
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