Matt C - Deplorable Fatty Turned Emaciated Non-Lifter. Motivate me.

[Twaddle]

Lakehead U sure did a number on you.   

[Kwon]

Lakehead U sure did a number on you.   

The two most popular petitions on the interwebs these days are, Remake Game of Thrones Season 8 , and reinstate Matt C at Lakehead U.

[OlympiaGym]

I too am an Italian Lifter! Calabrian on my mom's side!

I thought you were white?

[JAGO]

First picture: December 2016 - 170-lb, ~16% body fat.

Second picture: August 2018 - 213-lb, ~30% body fat.

Third picture: A few days ago. I have had six weight training workouts in the past six months. Emaciated. Dropping the fat until I reach ~165-lb, then clean bulking up to 175-lb. I will be in the same condition as the first picture, with new muscle mass due to natural aging.

In that first pic we see a young man with an exceptional structure. If you decided to supplement on the other side of the fence and ate (4 to 6 times a day ) you'd be an exceptional bodybuilder. And, that's not to say you're not already.

Great job.

J

[Henda]

Is it never sunny in Thunder Bay?

[ratherbebig]

so whats the point of this shitty thread?

i made a thread about dieting for 3 months.

and i did diet for 3 months. 1500-1800 calories per day.

didnt wait around for people to motivate me.

[Rascal full]

Matt just think of Regan Grimes blowing a load on your friend's face before going home to his sweet wife and playing the doting husband. This should keep you fired up and you can use the indignity of it all to inspire you on.

[Matt]

Amazing posts! And yes - the Lakehead University matter stressed me out a lot. Legal action is both expensive and time-consuming.

The first picture was literally maybe 5 A50 tabs max. I would take half of one every SECOND DAY.

And that's better than I've EVER LOOKED training or dieting naturally.

So enough with this bullshit about steroids not working!

Go on YouTube to check out my 22 x 22 = 484 Push-Ups video.

I have NEVER looked that big! And I was barely using anything at all!

[Kwon]

Amazing posts! And yes - the Lakehead University matter stressed me out a lot. Legal action is both expensive and time-consuming.

The first picture was literally maybe 5 A50 tabs max. I would take half of one every SECOND DAY.

And that's better than I've EVER LOOKED training or dieting naturally.

So enough with this bullshit about steroids not working!

Go on YouTube to check out my 22 x 22 = 484 Push-Ups video.

I have NEVER looked that big! And I was barely using anything at all!

I hope you someday get revenge on Lakehead U.


Maybe grow so big that you can bench the whole University!


I believe in you Matty!

[The Italian Lifter]

I thought you were white?

So you think Italians are not white? 

[LittleJ]

Matt C is very special

[Kwon]

Demolish Lakehead U and build a Monument of Matt C there instead.


Then build the Matt Canning University a few blocks away.


Justice is served.

[Hypertrophy]

Amazing posts! And yes - the Lakehead University matter stressed me out a lot. Legal action is both expensive and time-consuming.

The first picture was literally maybe 5 A50 tabs max. I would take half of one every SECOND DAY.

And that's better than I've EVER LOOKED training or dieting naturally.

So enough with this bullshit about steroids not working!

Go on YouTube to check out my 22 x 22 = 484 Push-Ups video.

I have NEVER looked that big! And I was barely using anything at all!

Your honesty about steroids is refreshing, Matt. So tiresome reading the posts of those who credit their superior training and diet knowledge to their physique achievements and not the drugs... 

[Tbomzisback!]

Coach,

Go off all your meds for a year and show us some pics of your bod.

That includes TRT.  Zero hormone supplementation for a year.

Then we'll see the real you.

You'll look ok too.

Would love to see every juiced bodybuilder do this.  It will never happen.

Tbombz, last April, 5 years off any and all juice. 😊

[Matt]

Your honesty about steroids is refreshing, Matt. So tiresome reading the posts of those who credit their superior training and diet knowledge to their physique achievements and not the drugs... 

Thanks Hypertrophy! Hypertrophy being something I badly need and will be getting soon.

I was 170-lb consistently from 2007 until 2017. My thought process was: we all age. And I didn't want to be hit doubly hard dealing with both natural aging combined with temporary gear gains vanishing too...being left with only my natural gains anyway + potential side effects or even adverse and potentially permanent health consequences.

The studies on low calorie diets increasing longevity in rats also gave me pause to think.

What I hate is that no amount of diet and training can get me to look like I did in my fit picture...yet baby doses of orals gets me there in 20 days.

Yes...1/2 of 1 A50 every SECOND DAY got me in that shape in 20 days. Yet seemingly nothing can get me there training naturally...

It is what it is.

The back double biceps picture was from 2006. I was 196-lb there [if my memory is correct, that weight was in street clothes], and that was the only real cycle I ever did: 500mg Test + 200mg EQ + 25mg Dianabol daily for the first few weeks to kick-start it.

The EQ may have been 400mg...and the Dbol may have been 15mg daily.

Other than that...a few wussy oral only cycles...I actually found Gaspari SizeOn gave me VERY good gains...IMO, on par with low dose orals. But without the additional strength gains.

Yes, I want to look like that again...but once again, it will take a few weeks of ultra low dose orals to get there. I know my body...and again, it is what it is.

[Hypertrophy]

Would love to see every juiced bodybuilder do this.  It will never happen.


Tbombz, last April, 5 years off any and all juice. 😊

This is the typical build of a natural who lifts weights. It’s amazing how steroids have so distorted the image of what weight training is capable of. Nobody walks around at 5% body fat and 18” arms without drugs.

[Tbomzisback!]

Tbombz (Candidate2025) natty @ 17 years old

[SF1900]

This is the typical build of a natural who lifts weights. It’s amazing how steroids have so distorted the image of what weight training is capable of. Nobody walks around at 5% body fat and 18” arms without drugs.

Pipe down. Diet and training are on the same level as drugs in terms of success.

[Matt]

Pipe down. Diet and training are on the same level as drugs in terms of success.

Hi gimmick of an Olympia level IFBB professional bodybuilder.

[GymTime]

Matt,

Looking good in the first pic at 170 lbs.  Probably another 10 lbs lighter and you would have looked great.  

You look pretty rough in the fat picture....would not suggest allowing yourself to get that heavy again...it shows a LOT in your face.  

As far as the first pic's build being unattainable naturally for you, i would disagree.  i've been able to achieve a decent look over the years when dieting down to about 180-185 lbs as a lifetime natural.  
what's discouraging is seeing kids in the gym who hop on 1 cycle and already look just as good or better, but i guess we all have that option.  

[a_pupil]

Would love to see every juiced bodybuilder do this.  It will never happen.


Tbombz, last April, 5 years off any and all juice. 😊

do you feel that getting sucked into the bodybuilding/high doses of peds/gh15 cult was a factor in the un-godly degen spiral you went into a few years ago?

you'd probably look a bit better right now if you'd have stayed natty and trained consistently. And you'd probably look quite a bit better if you'd have taken a few conservative cycles and tried to maintain some muscle from them.

[illuminati]

Matt sometimes our priorities / focus changes
And we don’t have the time or inclination to get to the gym as we’d like.
At 38 you’re far from being old you’ve got another 30yrs before you’re old
You can easily match and surpass your previous best IF that is what you
Want to do.
The Motivation will come from yourself IF you want it
Others can help you - only You Can Motivate yourself.

[Henda]

Did the lake head university saga ever reach satisfactory conclusion? I’m not sure of the exact details, similar to your lakehead situation a while back me and 2 mates got sacked from a job and we thought we were innocent and planned to set the companies best money making machine on fire, on reflection looking at photos from that time we just lay about covered in food crumbs struggling to stay awake and actually deserved sacking. Maybe upon reflection you can forget and move on with life

[ratherbebig]

The Motivation will come from yourself IF you want it
Others can help you - only You Can Motivate yourself.

doesnt make any sense

[Hypertrophy]

Pipe down. Diet and training are on the same level as drugs in terms of success.

LOL! Yes sir