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Not going too bad but we're nearly 1/4 thru the year already
Goals were:
Lean 75kg - currently around 73kg
120x3 bench - did 107.5x3 pretty easy the other day, try 110 next week.
100x3 front squat - Haven't squatted fark all so that's got to change
Run 5km - can do 3 relatively easy so tracking pretty well there
Depends what you mean by still? Ive been at PTC for about 2 weeks or so.
Was training from home before that but sold off the home gym to allow for interstate move.
well I did front squats with 180 the other day and seems to have broken me a bit. A little back off and I think the no wraps 220 squat is on target. Benched 165 tng the other day and not really concentrating on bench the first half of this year so 180 is possible. Power cleans steady as she goes, but they are going to suffer if I deadlift
I believe I am sub 20% bf already as I have been on a consistent 500kcal daily deficit for the past 2.5 weeks. Now this has affected my strength a bit, which is probably more psychological than anything else.
Still, I am on track to get to squat, bench, and military press goals by the end of the year.
Deadlift is iffy cause it's my Achilles heel, I get to a certain point and then it drops off. much to my chagrin.
Crikey its March already.. it feels like I wasted 2 months (not really but why is it all a blur lol)
Tracking along ok, current lifts are squat 150kg, bench 120kg and deadlift 180kg.
havent got a signed photo of captain risky yet, sent an email to budget direct to see if he is doing a national tour but they said not at this stage.
BF probably around 18-20%. Not to worried about this at the moment, will really concentrate on this 2nd half of the year.
Sandin Face:
Bench 120k (plus the bar) x 1 TF - End of May
Deadlift >100k for reps regularly, without hurting my back - TF Next 4 months
Squat >= 120kg x 5 reps, multiple sets, as an unexeptional part of leg workout - TF: Middle of year.
Lose fat tummy
Bench - looked like I was going backwards for a while. My best lift was in mid-December - 113.5kg+bar.
This Feb, I failed one time at 114kg, and another time at 112, but I managed 110kg (best so far for this year) last Friday, after two not-so-hard reps at 105, so I might be on a comeback.
edit 13 Mar: managed 112k on Tues 10th, after two reps of 107k.
Deadlift - I haven't done any - however, the lower back is handling squats much better than it was before - I think I'll re-start with very light deadlifts after about three weeks.
Squat - managed one set of 3x120kg last Friday, but could only get 1 on the next set. I can do sets of 5x112kg without a problem.
Tummy - comes and goes. I think the only way to flatten it permanently is to give up the grog, and I'm not sure I want to do that ...
My end goal is to just take a photo that looks decent but so far have dropped 4 kilos since the start of the year and just sticking to the beginner strength program outlined on AusBB here. Seems to suit a busy family man.
I'm finding most of the fat seems to be reducing around my upper body/chest but very slow around the waist. Started at 105.7kg and have been around 101 to 102kg. Even made it to 99.9kg after a long run so been awhile since I have seen those figures.
Suppose I still have 9 months left to reach my goal.