how much did you weigh when you first started bodybuilding ?

[sma]

compared to what you weigh now

[juiceinator3000]

compared to what you weigh now

125 at 18 now 212 at 26.

[Forrest]

170 at 20, now 35 years old, 225-230 offseason, 195 contest.

[swingslammer]

I was 105 at 5'5" and now am 185 after 33 years of lifting. I actually hit 185 after 2.5 years but was probably 25% bodyfat. I have been as high as 220 but I kept just dieting down to the same weight so I decided "BULKING" is just another name for fat! I stay at 8 to 10% now.

[natl128705]

135 when I started at 16 now 187 at 25

[Natural_O]

135 when I started. I've been as high as 240 off season but I'm lean at 190 now.

[memphismuscle]

185 at age 18 now 255 at age 24

[bernard]

105 at 14 and 175 now at 24

[EggSuckingLeech]

225 lbs 4 years ago. I'm at 192 now.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/body...-the-curb.html

[Scoobysnacks]

120lbs at age 19-20 and ive been as high as 212, but right now 205 at age 34.

[bushmaster]

170 at 26 yrs old. I am 30 and 215lbs now, was 234 a few weeks ago.

[Freakzilla]

I believe I started out at 175-180lbs @19-20 yrs old. Been as high as 248lbs. Competed last yr at 171 lbs.

[mackdaddy567]

I was 13 and 117 pounds. Skinny and pretty lean from basket ball. abs and some chest but besides that no muscle. My arms were probably 12 inches. Now at 21 I'm about 180. A bit fatter than I was then though.

[Rambo2]

145lbs at 18, not low body fat

now around 233lb at 26, very off season though

at 5'10 in height

[Mac]

Started lifting just after wrestling season in 10th grade at 127, as I remember that was my weight class.

156 today, down from 170 this past off-season. The most I ever weighed was 189 and fat which was back in 2006 at age 50!

[Provo82]

155-160lbs probably at 12 percent bf at 19 years old now 27 208lbs maybe a tad under 8 percent

[jcross485]

140lbs at 18, 150ish at 22, both around 11-12%; currently mid 180s at 27, prob 9-10%

[nsp]

Age 15 was 135lb, now at 30 years old I hover around 230lb. I've been as heavy as 270lb back in the day (it wasn't pretty).

[Rackyourweights]

215lbs at 30 years old, now 290 at age 32

[sma]

some crazy transformations here

I started at 22 5'8 22-25% body fat 220+ lbs couldnt make it up a flight of stairs ,, got down to a peeled 139 under 4% fucked around a bit and just recently dieted down again to 137 now Im 147.9 as of this morning under 8% going for a very long off season

[Matt Knappick]

62kg when I was 12, 115-120 now at 27..........hopefully a whisper off a heart attack 140kg by 37.......hooray for mass

[Bronwyn]

As a girl I have to say my goal was not to gain much weight, anyway when I started in 1995 I had 58kg (127,6 lb) and contest weight was 47kg (103 lb)
Last season 2011 I was 70kg offseason (154 lb) and 60kg on stage (132 lb)

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[LD212]

125lbs at 18 and im now up to 210 at 22 years

[sma]

I thought this thread would be motivation but its actually depressing to see all these mass monsters post gains.. when Im only 147 at 25 5'7 ... I guess I gotta look at the bright side I came along way at over 20% bf and now that Im eating for size Im getting a better % of muscle to fat ratio

[Baldiewonkanobi]

About 90 when I was 11. Lifted at home.
Joined Bert Goodrich Hollywood Gym at 14 (lied and said 16) Steve Reeves was my trainer.140 pounds.
Weight 181, 6'1" as a HW high school wrestler at 16.
Won Mr. Muscle Beach in the 80s at 235 my heaviest on stage.
Now age 72, 205 hard and vascular.

Baldie

[jkanevskiy]

wrestled in 119lb class at 14 yrs old, soonafter completely put my focus and priorities towards bodybuilding and to compete one day, , went from 125-175 in 8 months just ate and trained like it was my job, absorbed as much info as I could at the time, thats all I did all through high school, did my first show at 150lbs at 15 years old (2010), at 16 competed at 170lbs (2011) got as high as 220 in offseason, now I'm almost 18...at leaner 210lbs trying to gain slowly and make the improvements I need so that I can compete at the 2014 teen nationals and actually be a true contender for the title since I'm around 5'10 I need to fill my frame out and grow into the heavier weight classes.

[seanmech]

169lbs @ 6.2

[PTB]

I'm 6'3"

147 @ age 21
158 @ age 29
Began training in earnest at age 30

I'll be 43 in October.
I've been as high as 215 last year
Now I'm down to ~200-205

[heftizzle]

@ 19 yrs old I finished basic at 165 lbs started lifting a few months later and left the military @ 284lbs 4 years later, back in 2006. Im 237lbs as of this morning at 29 yrs old

[s1cfuc]

im 5ft 11

140 at 10 percent bod fat 15 year old, 240 at 25, 10 percent bod fat. 27 now 200lbs 10 percent no anabolics or lifting, just pullups pushups dips.

I never get lower then 10 percent body fat because I love food!

[GREENMACHINE23]

105 at 14. 230 off season high 185 last contest at 32.

[ManimalPatB]

18 yrs old about 260 275 (not an ounce of muscle)......now at 26 about 215 6 or 7% and trying to get to around a GOOD 230

[Big Baldwin]

Weighed 182 on November 12, 2009 at the age of 19. Weigh ~230 now at 22, but have been up to 252. I've been putting on roughly 20 lbs of muscle per year and hope that continues haha

[GREENMACHINE23]

Weighed 182 on November 12, 2009 at the age of 19. Weigh ~230 now at 22, but have been up to 252. I've been putting on roughly 20 lbs of muscle per year and hope that continues haha

Impressive.

[GREENMACHINE23]

18 yrs old about 260 275 (not an ounce of muscle)......now at 26 about 215 6 or 7% and trying to get to around a GOOD 230

Keep up the hard work!

[B7emm]

179 at 23 and 255 at 28

[LSMUSCL81a]

age 14..145...got out of hs like 170 and shot up to 235 by 20...thought i was gonna be a ifbb pro by 21 lol...same guys that showed me the ropes in the muscle game....same ones that scared me away from it for the rest of my 20's...realized i was too immature for it...went back to fighting so stayed 195-205 in my 20's fought at 175....now 31 and mentally ready...225 5'7

[soujerz]

Started at 20, 6'4" 310 (fatass) down to 205 by 22. Now 30 and 245.

[athleticvanessa]

Started when I was a pre-teen and weighed about 100lbs, at barely 5' tall! A couple inches later and a couple decades and more and I'm a good 135lbs, 13%BF-16% off-season. I have always been a short and stocky type of athletic build and played sports for more than 20 years, weightlifting and running being the two main ones. After I reached my teens I had a little bit of a struggle with my body composition for a couple years into my early twenties where I just didn't want to be muscular anymore, because I felt I didn't look sexy enough...now years later, I feel sexier when I'm close to competition time! Muscle peaks and all my glory!
Re-compositioning my body and re-educating myself in nutrition has really helped me to lead a healthier life in this sport.

[n8te]

6'2-6'3 @ 145. 220 or so down from 245 now.

[Mr.Dedication]

I was obese but I lost weight by starving myself down to 170lbs(skinney fat), got into bodybuilding and it's been 3 years seating at 216lbs. Was at 229 couple of months ago...it's been a bad year though

[JessForce]

240 when i started my first diet and stepped on stage at 168 in 07..ya i was too fat...now 220 planning on hitting the stage at 185ish

[Firestarter]

I was a skinny emo kid weighing 126lbs @ 5,11" in 2007.

Now i weigh 200lbs at 8%bf

[lartinos]

I am far from a monster now, but I am 180 and 10% BF now and was around 120 or so when I was 16. I have picture somewhere that maybe I can find.

[Mt. St. Gabriel]

I was the same hiegth at 163lbs now Im off season 315lbs or higher