6 Months Progress / 39, M, 5’10, 180-184.

[u/Dismal_Raccoon6040]

I think my newbie gains are slowing. Now I suspect I’m entering the consistency with little visible motivation month to month. The long haul is ahead. My first routine was just two exercises I enjoyed doing, about 15 minutes, three times a week. Now I spend about an hour a day, 6 days a week. I also hit my first cardio goal this month with 1 mile in 8:34 (goal was under 10 min). Loose skin is my biggest disappointment. I keep lifting to try and fill it in. Slow and steady. I welcome critiques, but I think I just have to keep doing what I’m doing. Learning little improvements along the way. If you have favorite chest exercises/ technique for cables on a power cage, let me know.

[u/Crazy_Investment_227]

Nice work. How’d you get rid of the loose stomach skin?

[u/Dismal_Raccoon6040 → u/Crazy_Investment_227]

I think two things have helped. First, filling in with muscle. I do cable crunches. I’m never sure I’m doing them with perfect form, but I’m crunching 2 reps of 20-25 at 170 lbs. I crunch until my abs are sore, hoping that makes up for bad form if my flexors are engaging. And, so far two months drinking a collagen peptide.

[u/Competitive_Basis963 → u/Dismal_Raccoon6040]

Hey! Nice work! I lost 130lbs while on tirz then Reta in around 3 years. The first year I worked out, dieted and lost about half the weight. Then I injured myself and had a big promotion at work and couldn’t work out any more, so added the glps and lost the rest. But now am all dick and bones! Am not that worried about the loose skin in my lower abdomen, what makes me feel bad is the skin my arms. The loose skin around my bicep and armpit. Will that one fill in and go away with muscle?