Steve Cook is unfazed by his lost size.

For a bodybuilder, putting on quality muscle is the name of the game. If you’re not doing that, then just what the heck are you doing anyways? This seems to be the mentality of many bodybuilders these days, constantly looking to push the envelope and make sure they’re seeing massive gains on a consistent basis. Unfortunately, the reality is that you can only pack on so much muscle and size to a given frame, particularly if you’re a natty.

Enter Steve Cook.

When he hasn’t been stepping on stage to wow crowds with his shredded physique, Steve Cook has spent his time modeling as well as running his own gym. With so many projects under his belt, as well as the holidays just having ended, Steve Cook has certainly lost some size. While he was never a massive open weight bodybuilder, Steve Cook did have a good amount of size on his frame.

But while he may have gone down a bit in size, the fitness model seems completely unfazed.

 

View this post on Instagram

 

Let’s get to work. To those that might think I look skinny or that I’ve lost muscle- you’re right I have. Pretty much took the month of December off. And I feel great about it. So important to allow yourself to take time off when need be. It allows me to fall in love with training all over again. It takes a lot of hard ass work to stay in shape, especially if you’re not gonna take anything. I’m OK with the starting point. Going to be a great 2019

A post shared by Steve Cook (@stevecook) on Jan 6, 2019 at 11:26am PST

And for all the haters out there, it seems that Cook is getting back into the swing of things.

 

View this post on Instagram

 

First session back after time off. Felt great to be following the @fitnessculturetraining swole program again. Make sure to hit the ?? like button if you want to see more of these training videos. Thanks for the love Focusing on the centric part of each exercise. Three seconds on the way down and squeezing as hard as I could at the top. Chest Day. Three seconds on the eccentric part of each rep. ➡️Incline Dumbbell bench. 4 warm-up sets followed by 3 working sets. Hitting failure in 8 to 12 reps range. squeezing for a half second at the top of each rep. ➡️ incline dumbbell fly. Notice how my butt is out of the seat. Arching my back and controlling the DB. 3 sets 8-12 reps. ➡️ Close grip bench press. I like to go just about shoulder width apart. 3×8-12 reps. ➡️Decline DB Reverse key-press. keeping this slow and controlled supinating at the top and squeezing. 3×10 super set with Body weight dips. ?Also, our eight week transformation challenge is currently available to sign up for. No matter what your goal is we give you the workouts and nutrition mobility and access to our private Facebook group. We will be picking the top five winners to join us on the Fitness Culture retreat April 17th. Link in bio

A post shared by Steve Cook (@stevecook) on Jan 8, 2019 at 2:56pm PST

For more news and updates, follow Generation Iron on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.