Antoine Vaillant Appears Downsized After Bicep Injury

Antoine Vaillant appears to have lost a significant amount of size after his bicep injury.

Antoine Vaillant recently posted some images showcasing his downsized physique. Vaillant’s recent bicep injury has hindered his progress and has in fact taken a toll on his physique. He lost a significant amount of size after being unable to train. Now the bodybuilder is hoping to battle his way back.

Injuries absolutely suck. There’s no reason to sugarcoat things. Anyone who’s been sidelined with an injury understands the true woes of how debilitating it can be. It can slow progress, halt it even. In the worse case scenario it can result in reversing all the hard work an athlete has put into bettering themselves and taking things to the next level. There’s nothing worse than that feeling.

It’s something that Antoine Vaillant has had to suffer through.

The talented bodybuilder was on the rise, pushing himself to the next level. Antoine Vaillant had built up a pretty significant physique, regularly weighing in at over 300lbs. But that all changed when he suffered a terrible bicep injury.

Downsized

Since suffering the injury it appears that Antoine Vaillant has lost a significant amount of size. He went from weighing over 300lbs to dropping to 279lbs. You can tell that he’s lost a significant amount of weight in his recent Instagram posts.

Bicep update : 2 months post surgery!

You can tell my left bicep is smaller, but I actually did my first curls yesterday. 12.5 lbs dumbells curls baby in yo face. The attachement seems to have went well, once the bicep is full again it should look good enough! What do you guys think?

Weight : 279 lbs

Another post demonstrates perfectly just how much smaller Antoine Vaillant is. The bodybuilder looks undersized in his recent updates.

The Road Back

That said Antoine Vaillant has been training hard to get back to his former glory. He’s been acquitting himself well in doing so.

I am now 2 months post surgery. I got bicep tendon reattachment surgery at the end of May right before going into my fifth rehab centre for addiction. Before the relapse I was 310 lbs, went down below 270, went back up to 275-280 in rehab, came out, stopped snacking and started eating my meals and doing cardio fasted every morning.

I am between 277 and 282 right now with less body fat. I lost 40+ lbs and gained about a dozen back. Here I am today with a subpar physique compared to the bodybuilding elites. I used to care about how big or small I was, but brushing death a few times really puts things into perspective ha ha! Plus I think it’s interesting how the body can change and adapt to things. That’s why I don’t care posting even when looking “small”, it makes the comeback more interesting.

Training to Return to Form

Antoine Vaillant has plotted out some great training to build back better. Below he details his recent training.

I am currently priming my body for the next off season push for mass, to get ready for the 2022 season. Yesterday was my first real back workout where I could use enough weight to at least get a pump! Here is what I did :

Superset A : Wycked cable pull : 4×15

Superset A : Seated cable row : 4×12

Superset B : Panatta supported T-bar : 4×12

Superset B : M-Torture low lat row : 4×12

Panatta high row : 4×12

Supported bent over row with weird bar : 4×10

Mars bar good morning : 4×10

These are all done with light weight as you saw, but I heed to listen to what my bicep is telling me. For example, it felt weird when doing the Panatta t-bar with 1 plate a side so I had to go down to a quarter. I like deadlifts and rack pulls but these can’t be done right now so I used a comfortable version of the conventional good mornings to activate somewhat the same muscles. Mars bar felt great for that! Injuries suck but you can work around them, there is no excuses. I always say : “AS LONG AS I AM GOING TO MOVE I AM GOING TO TRAIN!”

The good part is that Vaillant is making a solid recovery and ready to push his body again. Antoine Vaillant is ready to get himself back in top condition. While it can’t be known if he’ll return to his previous condition, what is certain is that he’ll be pushing himself hard to make a return to form.

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