Started in the mid 290s and now sitting right around 280 in the mornings. I know for sure I have gotten stronger. I went from barely even able to do 2 pull-ups on my Hangboard on a good day to 8. Kettlebell movements feel more explosive.
Mostly I learned that I don’t need a gym or even a ton of equipment to have a good workout. The majority of what I accomplished at home this spring was with kettlebells, bands, a Hangboard and the hydrocore bag from Onnit.
Velocity Diet worked well and I dropped 8-9 lbs over the last 3 weeks being about 80% compliant with the diet. I am sure it could have been more and I will likely be substituting some shake meals in regularly from now on as I found they kept me from snacking a lot of the time. I wholeheartedly recommend this diet to anyone who doesn’t like dieting and specifically tracking macros/calories - it’s simple and works.
Waiting on my blood work to come back to see if my labs improved from February (last check) and will update here when I can.
I didn’t quite make my goal of 270 but I am happy with where I am at.
Some decent improvement here for sure, and great to hear about your learning along the journey. With this much muscle and at this weight you look to be in a great place to really push things through to the end of the year and see where you end up. Well done.
I also found out (for the second time, didn’t learn the first time) my back cannot handle 2000-2500 swings per week as in the 10K challenge (looked back at my log and realized back issues happened during the first try at the challenge too).
I don’t know how you train as frequently as you do and recover. Maybe it’s the size difference as one of the driving factors.
I think I have found a sweet spot of 3 to 4 days lifting per week plus light to medium intensity cardio stuff the other days. More than that I my body does not respond as well.
@TrainForPain We all knew there wouldn’t be much transformation for me. But! This challenge helped get me back in the game. Thank you to everybody who encouraged me on the bad days! The challenge will continue for me.
Okay, here’s mine. I weighed in at 172.2 lbs today, which means I lost/gained essentially nothing. I even tried a modified Velocity Diet, and lost 1.8 lbs in 4 weeks. I’ve weighed this pretty much for 20 years now, so I guess I’m not built for these challenges.
That said, this is how I look at 50. Not bad in that regard.