Well Hell. I never thought I’d be one of those folks that lost 120# and would slowly let it creep back on. Well I am. I’ve put back on almost half. I could list out a bunch of excuses but the fact is I’ve been slowly regaining since 2014. It really doesn’t take much, couple extra cheats and brews here and there in combination with reducing my cardio significantly, put on 5-6 pounds a year and bam!
It’s embarrassing but no point in crying about it now, I was there, I’m here now and still not near as bad as I was. So I’m going to list some future goals, use this as a training log and something to look back on for myself. One of the biggest things I miss from not blogging is the ability to look back and track trends and what was going on in life.
- Starting weight: 282.2
- Body Fat 38%
- Goal Weight: 235
- Train: 5x a week, 4 days lifting, 1 day conditioning.
- Cardio: 40 mins daily total. (walk/bike/hike)
- Food: Hit protein, don’t go over total calories.
- Weekly weigh ins.
- Hit a National qualifying total USPA drug tested Nationals at my next meet in August 22.
- Compete at Drug Tested Nats in November 22 here in StL.
- Continue working back to my weight class. 100 or 110kg.
- Hit a National QT for USAPL Raw Nats in 23.
- Compete at Raw Nats 23 or 24 as Master 2 (eeep)
OK I’ve said it out loud so now I have to do it. I’ve hooked back up with my old coach who has national level coaching experience and helped me go 9/9 in 2019. I’ve realized I can’t do this alone, I need accountability. One thing I must do differently is become a powerlifter. I’m not a powerlifter, I powerlift as a form of training and gym therapy. When I look at the successful lifters my age, they do this all year round, they take care of their body, when they’re not in prep they’re still sticking to training. Maybe not lifting heavy but sticking to the plan. I’ve not done that. Post meet I’m either in the gym doing stupid shit or totally changing my training. I take two steps back, one forward, that ain’t gonna get it.
