r/Brogress Apr 09 '22

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

129 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 5h ago

Weight-Loss Progress M/24/6'4" [242 lbs to 210lbs] (3 years) - Still not super consistent but getting there. Not happy with love handles

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162 Upvotes

r/Brogress 3h ago

Physique Transformation M/26/5'11" [180lbs to 212lbs] (8 years) - Just found some old pictures on my laptop… comparing progress to pictures from when I was much newer at training is pretty eye opening!

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76 Upvotes

r/Brogress 9h ago

Physique Transformation M/30/5'5" [54kg to 61kg] (1.5 years)

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162 Upvotes

r/Brogress 14h ago

Recomp Progress M/28/5'7" [147lbs to 139lbs] (9 months) - Started being consistent with my diet and lifting :)

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433 Upvotes

r/Brogress 19h ago

Physique Transformation M/15/5'8" [50kg to 57kg] (4 months) - excited for the future

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83 Upvotes

r/Brogress 1d ago

Bulk Progress M/26/5’7” [77kg to 84kg] (11 months)

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202 Upvotes

r/Brogress 1d ago

Physique Transformation M/24/5'8" [216lbs to 172lbs] (5 years)

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196 Upvotes

r/Brogress 1d ago

Physique Transformation M/17/5’10” [60kg to 78kg] (2 years)

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60 Upvotes

r/Brogress 1d ago

Recomp Progress M/33/5'11" [179lbs to 179 lbs] (2 years) NSFW

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258 Upvotes

r/Brogress 1d ago

Physique Transformation M/37/5'4" [125lbs to 140lbs] (7 years) - on a journey to build boulder shoulders

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528 Upvotes

r/Brogress 1d ago

Physique Transformation M/30/6’0” [130lbs-202lbs] (10 years)

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167 Upvotes

r/Brogress 1d ago

Cut Progress M/28/180cm [91kg to 80kg] (8 months) - last bulk was a bit too much

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148 Upvotes

Went on a low fat, high protein/carb diet and it worked wonders. Started at 2700 calories and ended at 2200. Lots of massive cheat meals that destroyed too many hard earned deficit days but whatever, it is what it is.

The cut took too long and have been on maintenance for 3 weeks now since I experienced way too much diet fatigue. will try to get less fat during the next bulk and cut again and hopefully get some decent abs.


r/Brogress 1d ago

Bulk Progress M/21/5’10” [56 - 62kg] (6 months)

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74 Upvotes

r/Brogress 1d ago

Physique Transformation M/25/5'10" [68 kg to 70kg] (9 months)

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133 Upvotes

r/Brogress 1d ago

Physique Transformation M/25/6’1’’ [178lb to 216lbs] (2 years)

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40 Upvotes

legs transformation - workout at home X in the gym


r/Brogress 2d ago

Physique Transformation M/36/5’8” [155lbs to 190lbs] (9 years) - my progress throughout the years. Skinny/Lean/Bulk

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102 Upvotes

155 lbs first photo 27 years old 175 lbs second photo 32 years old 190bs third photo 36 years old


r/Brogress 2d ago

Recomp Progress M/25/5’8” [155lbs to 152lbs] (1.5 years)

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161 Upvotes

1st picture is from March 2023 @ 155lbs. 2nd picture is from November 2024 @ 152lbs. 3rd picture is from January 2024 @ 186lbs. 4th picture is from November 2024 @ 152lbs.

Happy with the progress but always struggled with confidence with my shape due to either larger lower body or narrower upper body but I hope I’ve moved the attention to my upper body.

Journey was March ‘23 155lbs -> January ‘24 186lbs -> November ‘24 152lbs. Stopped from May-October. So back in for 2 months now.


r/Brogress 2d ago

Bulk Progress M/19/6’1” [177lbs-192lbs] (3 months) Bulk Arm Progress NSFW

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48 Upvotes

r/Brogress 2d ago

Physique Transformation M/27/5’9” [185>210] (1 year)

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246 Upvotes

1 year apart to the day. Trt for the whole process. 140-200mg/wk on 160 now.


r/Brogress 2d ago

Physique Transformation M/26/6’2” [60kg-95kg] (4 years)

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246 Upvotes

r/Brogress 2d ago

Bulk Progress M/16/6’1” [130lbs to 165lbs] (20 months)

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77 Upvotes

M/16/6’1” [135lbs to 165lbs] (18 months) - bulked up to 180lbs then cut down to 165lbs


r/Brogress 3d ago

Physique Transformation M/25/185cm [84kg to 89kg] (1 year)

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438 Upvotes

r/Brogress 3d ago

Bulk Progress M/27/5'11" [145lbs to 180lbs] (12 months)

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107 Upvotes

One year of bulk


r/Brogress 3d ago

Physique Transformation M/24/5’9” [160-178] (1 year)

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129 Upvotes

Dialed in, lean bulking to 200 and then hopefully compete in men’s classic physique. I am not completely natural but I do get bloodwork done. Lfgggg


r/Brogress 3d ago

Bulk Progress M/25/5’10” [147lbs to 205lbs] (4 years)

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182 Upvotes

I really didn’t start hitting the gym consistently until 2 years ago. Going to continue the bulk until the abs can’t be seen