Did joe riggs get surgery

hammer54 · 07-24-2006, 07:38 PM

i was reading an article about him losing the weight from 300 to 170, I would just think there would be extra skin. He is ripped from coming down so much. the reason i ask is because i am in a similiar situation, I am a powerlifter ex football player type that has great stregnth bench-400+, squat and deadlift 500+,but has always carried around extra weight really musclular except around midsection. I started off at 288 on june 26th and started doing cardio about twice a day and have went with more muscular endurence weight training(circuit trainig @ high volumes)and a strict diet of 1800cals,240g protein,100g carb limit a day and have come down to about 257 right now, my goal is to get to about 195 by november.

While i was reading the article i could relate to alot he was saying and know i have my work cut out for me.

I was thinking that with him coming down 130 pounds that there had to be extra skin, you just wouldnt think he would be that razor cut.

I expect to limit the amount i want to lose in a given week to try to combat excess skin and keep as much muscle as possible but at first i wanted to shock my body and i couldnt have asked for more with a 30 pound drop in a month but would like to drop at most 3 pounds a week.

just like to get ur guys thoughts and if any fighters on here have been through this maybe their advice.

Curbylicious · 07-29-2006, 01:49 AM

For everything I've read, Riggs didn't get surgery, but he was still really young when he dropped all that weight, and while he shed if quickly, it wasn't "that" fast. It's pretty likely that his skin still had enough elastin to shrink back down without too many problems.

What suprises me is the lack of big stretch marks.

hix · 07-31-2006, 10:54 PM

i weighed 300 in high school when i played football droped 25lbs to make weight 4 wrestling. and after h.s. i didnt work out no more and hit 345lbs. got pissed and lost 100 lbs in about a year. just changed my diet, worked out, and run every morning b 4 work. no excess skin or nasty streach marks

Fedoraba · 08-01-2006, 02:43 AM

Im in the same boat as you bro, was at an all time high 340 2 years ago and now im at 235 with about 17% BF. Mostly I think its genetics, I seen dudes way bigger and fatter than I ever was without a single stretch mark, while I have them on my shoulders and stomach region. Right now there pretty transparent and hard to notice and im sure will be even less noticeble as I get more ripped.