This may sound crazy, but last year seeing the picture of Tevon Coney shirtless inspired me a great deal. One year ago today I started working out and eating good 4-5 days a week. I dropped 69 pounds 243-174 while adding 50 pounds to my bench press! I post this not to brag, but to inspire everyone as tevon inspired me! In a way I feel like I have a body built by Balis, God Bless!
Body by Balis
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Congrats. How old are you? Pretty tough to add significant weight to workouts when you get older. 50 lbs is pretty impressive.
Turned 52 in November. It was more of a gaining old strength back thing. I used to be a very strong bench presser (a little brag lol). I went from 220-270. It was very hard but it just became a lifestyle with the help of my son
I dropped 35 lbs (210 to 175) three years ago, more importantly dropping my A1C from 6.5 to 5.9. It was either that or a life of diabetes medicine. It's amazing how your tolerance for working out increases when you take the weight off. In the gym every morning at 6:45a, no excuses except out of town travel.
Awesome! Forgot to mentioned I got rid of my pre diabetes, way more important than adding 50 pounds to a bench
Oh yea buddy, all that extra weight can be a health risk for sure. I had pre diabetes and would get winded walking up the stairs. I may never look like Terminator Coney, but I thank god for good health
Yeah,my health scare in 2016 really opened my eyes. Went from about 315 to around 240 in a short period of time. Pretty comfortable right now at around 272. Gotta keep moving.
Amen you do not want it. I have type 2. It has nothing to do with weight. I am 6-4 and about 203. If I lost 35 lbs I would disappear
I agree. When I was at 240 people said I looked dreadful. I m 6-5 and very broad. They said I looked like a skeleton.
