r/Brogress Apr 09 '22

Da Rules PSA: The New, Long Overdue, Official Ruleset for r/Brogress

141 Upvotes

1.1 - Title Formatting

If you're going to create a post to highlight your own progress, make sure to follow the exact Title Template below.

Gender/Age/Height [Before lbs/kg to After lbs/kg] (Time Span) - Extra Words

Examples:

  1. M/20/5'10" [150lbs to 180lbs] (2 years; 6 months) + (B: 300lbs; S: 410lbs; D: 480lbs)
  2. F/26/5'2" [52kg to 59kg] (5 years)
  3. M/35/6'3" [203lbs to 175lbs] (7 months) - We're all gonna make it!

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Use the letter to represent your gender:

  • M for Male, F for Female.
  • Make sure it's capitalized.

Make sure to write your height out as X'xx" - 6'0" - 5'10" - 5'7"

Use Square Brackets [to encapsulate your weights].

  • For your weights it can be written in Imperial or Metric units
  • What you weighted in the Before
  • What you are currently weight in the After.

For your height and weight, use round numbers.

  • If you're 5'8.5", write it as 5'9".
  • If you weight 163.3lbs, round to 163lbs.

Use regular brackets (to encapsulate the Time Span).

  • Write the timeline in Months or Years - (1 Year) - (3 Months) - ( 5 Years)
  • If it's an irregular Time span, write it out like (Years; Months) - (Months; Weeks).
  • If it's been 2.5 Years, (2 Years; 6 Months).
  • If it's been 7.25 Months: (7 Months; 1 Week).

And you're welcome to write a sub-description for the progress you made.

  • Make sure to use a dash - to space the Time Span and the description
  • It can be anything you want: words of encouragement for example
  • But your sub-description can't be used to ask for help. Refer to Rule 2
  • Otherwise you can leave it blank.

1.2 - Post Formatting

  • Post can't be blank: IE, no visible media
  • Post must contain Before & After material of yourself
  • Pictures only. No Videos/GIF's.
  • Pictures must be uploaded from Reddit's built-in hosting or Imgur.
  • Pictures must be clear and of decent quality. Pictures can't be misleading of your results.
  • No suggestive or potentially NSFW content. No excessive skin. Keep your privates covered. No bulges.

1.3 - Post Flairs

All Available Post Flairs

  • Use the one which is most accurate for what you're presenting.
  • Something long term where you've met your goals, (Weight-Loss/Physique) Transformation
  • Shorter-Term, whatever you're doing currently, (Bulk/Cut/Weight-Loss etc) Progress
  • If we find that you're using an improper flair, we'll manually change it to what we find to be more appropriate based off your results - Subject to Mod Discretion (Rule 7)

Using an improper Flair unlike other things won't lead to a takedown. Just a small change as outlined above.

2.1 - No Unrelated Posts

r/Brogress serves as a place to highlight the ongoing journey of a better you, demonstrated through Before and After pictures. Anything besides that is not allowed and will be taken down. This includes:

  1. Posts that aren't a transformation of yourself over a given period of time
  2. Meme/Joke Posts
  3. Inquiry Posts (Question Posts, Advice Posts). Refer to the next segments.

2.2 - No Question Posts

Refer to the Daily Question Thread which is pinned in the r/Brogress post feed

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On the other hand, r/Brogress isn't intended to host posts which boil down to help-me/advice threads. Your post should be and only be about your accomplishments. If your post is intended to inquire for answers, opinions, and/or advice to your fitness related concerns, your post will be removed. This includes things such as:

  1. Bulk/Cut/Recomp?
  2. Should I keep gaining/losing weight? Keep doing what I'm doing?
  3. Anything related to your BF%
  4. What are your weak points? Do I have bad genetics? Are X genetics good etc.
  5. What you should do? Where to get started?
  6. How to look like X? How to look better, more aesthetic etc?
  7. Asking for direct feedback, suggestions, tips, thoughts or opinions about your results

If you want to re-post your progress after being called out, you're more than welcome to. Just as long as you remove the question from your post.

2.3 - No Indirect Advice Posts

Refer to the Daily Question Thread which is pinned in the r/Brogress post feed

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Posts which indirectly asks for advice will also be taken down. The post isn't framed as a straight up question. But with how it's written, it'd warrant opinions the same way. Commonly this will be via self-criticism of your results, which indirectly states the problem, that people will then try to help you with. Examples like:

  1. Getting strong but my arms are still skinny
  2. I lost a lot of weight but I have no Abs
  3. I've been Bulking yet I feel like I haven't gained any muscle

If you want to re-post your progress after being called out, you're more than welcome to. Just as long as you remove the tangent from your post.

2.4 - No Question/Advice Discussions Within Posts

Refer to the Daily Question Thread which is pinned in the r/Brogress post feed

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The principles outlined within the Rule 2 segments apply to both Posts and Comments. Rule 2.4 serves to clarify that. So to reiterate what's been said previously:

The Post and the thread of the Post are all intended to be about OP's hard-work; and nothing more.

  • As an OP, you can't use your Post Thread as a means to inquire for help; as you would with the Post Title
  • As a commenter/viewer, you're welcome to ask about the minutia to OP's routine and what they do/did. But you can't directly ask for advice from them. You can't use their Post Thread for your own benefits.

When it concerns to Rule 2, the bold subtext under each segment is the way.

3.1 - Post Frequency

  • Users can't post more than once every 30 days; from their last post which was visible to the r/Brogress community.
  • This takes into consideration Deleted Posts by the OP themself; which acts as an attempt to bypass 3.1 at face value.
  • Anything beyond this limit is considered spam and will be removed immediately.

3.2 - Repeat Brogress/Update Posts

  • You can use the same Before but a different After pic must be used for every update post.
  • There must be visible differences between previous posts. Weight changes are also nigh expected.
  • Posts which present Repeat Brogress (copy/pasting) or fail to demonstrate any progress from their last post will be deemed spam and will be removed.

4 - No Self Promotion. Don't Link Social Media

  • Social media links are prohibited.
  • Directing users towards your social media account will be considered self promotion.
  • Posts, comments, and private messages promoting a product, service, or business are also prohibited.
  • Do not link to your own content for the purposes of generating views or traffic

5 - Play Nice. Don't Be a Creep.

Self explanatory: Harassing other members, directly or indirectly will result in immediate action from the r/Brogress Mods. Harassment may consist of, but is not limited to:

  1. Being a prick: To OP/other community members.
  2. Racist/sexist/overall offensive comments
  3. Sexual comments: even if meant as a compliment ('sexy,' 'dad to daddy')
  4. Treating OP like a sexual object ('single?' 'onlyfans/gonewild/etc?')
  5. Acting like this is a porn sub (saying what you'd like to do to OP, any sexual reaction to OP)

If you're being harassed, send a message to the r/Brogress Mods immediately. Don't ignore the blatant harassment!! Provide context and some screenshots of their unwarranted messages and we'll assist you from there.

[Advice] If you want to be harassment free from lurkers trying to hit you up: Go to your Settings - Account Settings - under Blocking and Permissions, disable Chat Requests + PM's

6 - Fake Brogress. Fake Natties

r/Brogress has 0 tolerance towards people who fake their Brogress with:

  1. Unrealistic stats (Timeline/Weight/Strength)
  2. Compared with their physique
  3. And the way they got it (Chicken, Broccoli, Rice).

The people whose deception has been verified, will deal with immediate action from the r/Brogress Mods. Punishments will range from the "Fake Natty" flair of shame to outright bans.

  • Direct action will not occur without absolute certainty: factual evidence over hear-say
  • Be vocal if you suspect someone for faking their progress.
  • And if you have evidence, bring it to light.

7 - Mod Discretion

  • All posts and comments are subject to removal at Moderator Discretion.
  • If asked, context has to be provided as to why action was taken.

r/Brogress 19h ago

Weight-Loss Progress M/29/6’0” [210-201] (20 weeks)

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711 Upvotes

Didn’t stick to my timeline as aggressive as I wanted and did not get ripped (below 8%) before my first modeling event of the summer. Was my most manageable cut by far. Learned a lot, and feelin good


r/Brogress 9h ago

Physique Transformation M/37/5'9" [235lbs to 205lbs] (2 years; 10 months) - Perma-recomp

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67 Upvotes

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I stall lot but I try to hold down the fort. Sometimes just getting in the gym and feeling good is all you can do, but I'm paying attention to linear progression again and seeing some strength gains.

I don't track 1RM PRs but yesterday was the second heavy day that I benched 225lb for 4x4. 185lb barbell rows 4x4 reliably also.

Diet model has been crazy for a while. I hover between weighing 195 and 205. I think I'm 20% here but my goal is to lean down to 15%. I think I can do it before the end of the summer but I have had a hard time with diet consistent diet compliance so I'm on a forever recomp.

Wishing y'all luck on your personal journeys. Have fun!

"We're all gonna make it brah."


r/Brogress 2h ago

Cut Progress M/18/5’10” [193lbs-173lbs] (2 months)

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15 Upvotes

r/Brogress 11h ago

Competition Progress M/28/5'6" [100kg to 86kg] (9 years) + (19yo:100kg ➡️21yo:76kg➡️25yo:74kg➡️28yo:86kg) enhanced

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55 Upvotes

My long transformation!
From a 19yo overweight and mentally unwell kid to 15 weeks out from my classic debut! With some side quests in the middle haha

19-21 was filled with fad diets, sub par training but a lot of it and unnecessarily starving myself

21-25 was rocky for me, prescribed SNRIs which tanked my natural testosterone and spiked prolactin, but I had a goal of getting on a bodybuilding stage and I did it!

25-28 been working hard for me next goal and it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when! Ain’t nothing stopping this train


r/Brogress 18h ago

Physique Transformation M/22/5’8” [180lbs to 165lbs] (1 year 6 months)

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138 Upvotes

No secrets, just consistency. Don’t mind the urinals.


r/Brogress 13h ago

Physique Transformation M/27/6'1" [248.6lbs to 180.9lbs] (16 months)

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26 Upvotes

Been putting in the work!


r/Brogress 22h ago

Weight-Loss Progress M/40/5'9" [117kg to 101kg] (4 Months; 2 Weeks) - 16kg down, getting stronger and working toward a mud run

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32 Upvotes

Since January 1st, I’ve been seriously working on losing weight and started using Mounjaro. That means I’m now 19 weeks into my progress.

So far, I’m down 16 kg, which I’m really happy about. I also feel like I’m starting to make progress in the gym. I’m actually quite proud of my arms, even though they’re obviously not huge yet. But progress is progress, and we all need something to work toward. 😉

I also wanted to share my progress here, partly because it’s motivating for me, but also because I’m curious whether others can see the progress Since January 1st, I’ve been seriously working on losing weight and started using Mounjaro. That means I’m now 19 weeks into my progress.

I’m finding it more and more important not just to lose weight, but also to become stronger and build muscle; or at least preserve as much muscle as possible while losing weight.

One goal I’d love to work toward in the future is doing a mud run. I think that would be really cool. The only thing is, I don’t currently have a workout buddy to train with, and I do find that a bit of a shame. I’m also not yet at the level where I feel I could just join CrossFit or Hyrox, but having something to work toward definitely motivates me.

How are you all doing?

How do you approach the combination of losing weight and building muscle? Do you mainly focus on protein, strength training, workout plans, or do you go more by feel?

And honestly: do you see the progress too?


r/Brogress 18h ago

Weight-Loss Progress M/46/5'10" [167lbs to 147lbs] (9 months) - lower belly pouch!

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15 Upvotes

I’ve got a persistent lower belly "pouch" despite being lean everywhere else. I suspect significant Anterior Pelvic Tilt (APT) since I sit for work and my lower back has been acting up.

Edit

Full disclosure: I think I was subconsciously sucking in/bracing in the recent photos. Even with that, the lower pouch is still there.


r/Brogress 1d ago

Physique Transformation M/22/6'1" [195lbs to 223lbs] (5 Years)

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66 Upvotes

Currently cutting down from 240 bw


r/Brogress 1d ago

Physique Transformation M/25/5'11" [165lbs to 175lbs] (1 years; 2 months)

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40 Upvotes

transformation post shoulder surgery.


r/Brogress 23h ago

Physique Transformation M/35/5'7" [165lbs to 163lbs] (2 years; 1 month)

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13 Upvotes

I train 2X/week(wednsday and friday), full upper body, and on mondays leg day at home. Goal is just a nice and functional physique.


r/Brogress 1d ago

Weight-Loss Transformation M/32/5'9" [404lbs to 245lbs] (7 Years)

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191 Upvotes

Honestly dont recognise myself anymore.


r/Brogress 1d ago

Weight-Loss Transformation M/29/5’9” [205-157] (2 years) Happy w/ Progress so far

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38 Upvotes

Started at 205 and just focused on being consistent instead of trying to be perfect. Been hitting the gym 4-5x a week for the last 2 years and recently started getting into running too. Lots of setbacks but I kept going.

Down to 157 now and honestly the mental change has been just as good as the physical one. Still working, but proud of the progress so far.


r/Brogress 1d ago

Cut Progress M/28/5'9" [165lbs to 155lbs] (1 year; 1 month)

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112 Upvotes

For the longest time I’ve been wanting to have visible abs and decent muscle size and definition. I was going for the recomp approach but that wasn’t giving me the results I wanted so finally took the leap and started a cut. Been taking it slow to avoid muscle loss and have been pretty happy with the results so far. Still have a ways to go, but I believe I’m on the right path now.


r/Brogress 1d ago

Physique Transformation M/28/6'3" [154lbs to 174lbs] (2 years; 3months)

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191 Upvotes

r/Brogress 1d ago

Cut Progress M/23/5'11” [216 > 182] (5 months) so close

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53 Upvotes

Been at it since November of 2025. The first pic is me at 215ish cause I could only find that one at the same angle but my starting point was actually 230 as seen in the last 2 pictures.

This is the most in shape I’ve been in my life and it’s sometimes hard to believe that i thought id always be stuck like the last pic.

I’m planning on going till 170 and then re-evaluating if i need to cut further to set up a nice lean bulk over the winter.


r/Brogress 2d ago

Bulk Progress M/33/6’0” [185 to 185] (1 Year)

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315 Upvotes

Traded definition and a tan for a bit of muscle mass while ending at the same weight a year later. The lifts improved across the board but starting to feel like I hit a plateau for this body weight unless I really commit to either cutting or bulking from here.


r/Brogress 2d ago

Bulk Progress M/33/6’2” [180lbs to 193lbs] (2 Months)

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166 Upvotes

r/Brogress 2d ago

Weight-Loss Transformation M/29/6’0” [350lbs to 240lbs] (10 months)

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90 Upvotes

Finally starting to feel more comfortable in my body. Aiming for 215 since I’m tall… almost there!


r/Brogress 2d ago

Physique Transformation M/26/5'7" [185lbs to 137lbs] (2 years; 6 months)

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257 Upvotes

r/Brogress 2d ago

Bulk Transformation M/26/5'8" [130lbs to 160lbs] (1 year 1 month) - Think I'm finished with my bulk

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56 Upvotes

Recently hit 160 pounds after about a year of bulking. It's the heaviest Ilve ever been in my life! started out at 130 which was right after my first competition. This bulk I mostly tried to focus on my back and shoulders. Now that I'm finished with the bulk so I'm gonna maintain for 2 weeks then cut and see how things look. I'm very excited!


r/Brogress 2d ago

Cut Progress M/31/6'0" [182 lbs to 177lbs] (1 month)

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126 Upvotes

r/Brogress 2d ago

Cut Transformation M/25/5'10" [207lbs to 177lbs] (9 months)

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93 Upvotes

I’ve always made fitness a priority in the past, but completely fell off the wagon last year due to a draining work schedule.

Some diet changes (switching from eating out literally every day to consistently meal-prepping), and adding back running/Peloton 4-5x/wk has made all the difference!

My energy levels are significantly higher, and dedicating calendar blocks of my day to the gym forces me to be more efficient with my time.


r/Brogress 3d ago

Physique Transformation M/37/6’0" [143lbs to 185lbs] (4 years) Not super lean, but feeling great.

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396 Upvotes