June 2014 to January 2016 | 19 months
Jason quit drinking on a Sunday and walked into a gym on the Tuesday. He bulked to 192, then cut back down to 142 and found the body he was actually after.
Where he started
Jason is a natural ectomorph who describes his first attempt bluntly: a dirty bulk that took him from 125 pounds all the way to 192, which he then had to diet back down from.
The bigger picture was harder. He had been an alcoholic for fifteen years and quit cold turkey on 8 June 2014. He walked into a gym two days later.
The turning point
He puts it as finding a better addiction. Watching Tiger Fitness videos on YouTube is what pushed him to make the decision, and Marc Lobliner's line about this being a lifestyle is the one he held onto. Over time, he says, it does become one.
The momentum carried further than the gym. He had smoked for 22 years, and decided that if he was doing this, he was going all in. At the time of writing he had been a non-smoker for nine months.
What he changed
Training stayed deliberately simple. He stuck to bench press, squats and deadlifts and worked hard on his form rather than chasing numbers.
Food was equally plain: healthy meals through the week, with one cheat meal on Sunday.
What he kept in the rotation
- Protein shakesThe base of the plan.
- CreatineDaily.
- BCAAsAround training.
- Fish oilPart of the daily base.
- MultivitaminPart of the daily base.
The hardest part
He lists two struggles, and neither of them is training: smoking and alcohol.
On the physical side, his three mistakes were the dirty bulk, going heavy without paying attention to form, and bad food choices. What he learned maps directly onto them: proper form beats heavy weight, patience matters, and study as much as you can.
Where he is now
He does not think he has arrived yet, which is worth saying out loud. But at 142 pounds he squatted 240 with a two-second pause at the bottom.
The more I got into lifting, the better I wanted to be. Jason Briggs
His advice if you are starting today
Stick to what works. Read up on nutrition and on proper movement form, and stick to the basic lifts.
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