Well, reached one goal-completed 10 push ups today!

SkepticalOwl wrote: »

Other stuff: make a decision about whether I want to focus on running or lifting. If running- register for a May marathon -- this would be my first. If lifting -- cut back on all the f***ing cardio and get serious about it.

I was training for a March half marathon around this time last year. Towards the end of training, I got tired of running and, consequently, got the itch to start lifting seriously. I completed my half, was happy with my time and that I did it, then got into lifting quite seriously and have been with it every since. Not telling you to do one or the other but sometimes committing to one thing helps you realize what you're really into.

@Nassaugyal - Congrats on your losses in November! And good plan for December. Also, taking a break doesn't make you a loser at all -- we all need them from time to time.

museumnerd1 wrote: »

Squat: 200

Wow.

I almost forgot about this. So, month is ending. How did we all do?


Goals/Results
Weight: - 5 lbs. 185 Start Weight/ 179.6 End Weight (Made it!)

OHP: Add 5 or 10 lbs with good form to bar / I am doing 55 fine but failed at 60. Still, made the 5 lb add goal.

Bench: Progress each week and be aware of how to fail as tend to lift alone. / Figured out how to use the lower set to rack on fail. Did not progress each week as I've stalled a bit and will de-load soon.

Squat: Work on grip more so my right hand/wrist doesn't hurt the next day or two. Add at least 25 lbs this month. That would put me at 100... / 130 lbs squat. Yeah, that one was easy though now the increases are getting harder.

Row/Deadlift - use the proper form and get closer to where I won't need plates to get the bar at the right height. Deadlift I think can get to the 45's by 2015 but not sure on row. / Did get to 45's on deadlift with a max lift of 155. Still working on rows and not near using 45's on those, so don't do ones that touch the floor each time.

Food: Eat more protein on a regular basis. Need to try and hit minimum more often or go over it whenever I can. / Working on protein but I'm doing a little better.


Overall = not bad. Hard to believe the weeks have gone by so fast. Now to figure out some goals for January. hmmmm

i feel pretty inconclusive and between-betwixt still at the end of this month, with all the shoulder/neck stuff and trying to rebuild some things from the ground up. so inconclusive results, but i have only inconclusive regrets about it.


squats: 100lb. yeaaaahhhh . . . kind of. more like 'in the ballpark of' and i'm still never sure every time i go in if i'll be on it or under it. but i guess i can say i got there.

bench: 70lb. i did this once, right before all the chiropractor stuff and my neck. i don't feel like i failed at it, but don't feel like i 'did' it either.

rows: 70lb. eff rows. that's all, just effing eff them.

ohp: 55lb. 50 last time. not sure how conclusive that was.

deadlift: dunno. 120? i like 5x5 deadlifts more than just 1x5, but i'll see how this goes.

bike: once again, going to try get at least one session of sprinting in every week pffftthahahahahahahaha. still, i rode. and i rode the heavy ice-tired bike a good chunk of the time.


weight: for this month i won't really care. and i didn't. but tbh i do kind of care now. not ready to admit it out loud yet, but still.

general: continue the core work - planks if nothing else. stretch and roll more consistently, especially upper body. get my shoulders/neck sorted out. eat more betterly, i.e. just eat. well, i did the stretch/roll/shoulder/neck thing. and i did the eating. planks i did not do, because shoulder again.

january: i think pretty much a december do-over, with the addition that re-evaluating all this made me see the core stuff absolutely needs my attention this month. pretty sure it's limiting me in the squats and the deads. this month was so variable, i just want to find out/establish a clean and consistent baseline weight for all the lifts again.

ScientificExplorerGirl wrote: »

My goals are to stick with the program and increase in weight (or reps until I can increase weight).

Long-term I would like to get stronger and more muscular while decreasing my % body fat. I am not really restricting calories now. I hope to increase in muscle mass and then will lose weight while on highish protein to retain my lbm while losing %bf. I know it's going to be a slow road, but I am up for it.

I've been steadily increasing my weights and working on form. I got some feedback about my squat--I have a forward lean and hip flexibility doesn't all me to go to parallel. I have received some suggestions and will work on that. For anyone who is interested or would like to comment my squat can be seen here: youtu.be/ckIBVXv-FgY

@katro111‌ I am very interested in your experience with recomping and cutting. I am doing TDEE method. I'm eating TDEE on lifting days, TDEE-400 on other days. If my calorie burn is very high on non-lifting days (arbitrarily 500 cals or higher) then I will decrease the deficit depending on how hungry I am.