i’ve always been active with general fitness. eg. wrestling, cycling, swimming, weights, did a 3:15 marathon in '89 and some (very) amateur powerlifting that my local club put together around the same time.
but i did get pretty lazy a few years ago. walking seemed good enough. it was mental so i broke that and have been thru some rippetoe and then rosstraining. got injured with both so that was a set back.
i’ve seen a great PT and i am cleared to go. muscle balance has been my thing leading up “Huge in a Hurry” catching my eye. bought the book for a friend but found it addicting =)
coming up on 46yo and just finished week4 of Huge in a Hurry. And following the protein advice plus supps for max recovery as i was recently inspired by the statement that you can’t over-train but you can under-recover. ross would say, your brain will quit before your body does!
so CWs program seems really balanced and i won’t get stuck just wandering around in the gym looking for hard things to do. not sure about my body.
function>form of course so i want to achieve intermediate strength on the ExRx charts:
@ 175-180lb presently (i ordered calipers so will do BF% this week)
POWER CLEAN 194LB - never done these but tossing the 135LB for a fun warm up was easy - maybe i can get to advanced 264LB?
i’ve already got the DEADLIFT so going for advanced: 438LB
SQUAT 269LB will be easy (did 285 for work after a couple months of Ripp) but 367 seems out of reach
BENCH advanced 275LB
i can see advanced on the the PRESS too 164LB
i would like to look better so thinking about the next state rather than strictly going left to right in CW’s HIH: Huge, Strong, Lean.
[quote]Stiltz wrote:
Looking very solid. Nice work!
How’s the muscle gain going? I’m about to hit 40 myself, it’s not easy for me.[/quote]
my coworker today asked me, so why you working out. i don’t know. i used to be crazy for it (mostly fitness and sport) but then grew up and for a while thought that 10K’s and gym where for kids.
now it is like being a scientist. i am so much smarter. thanks to places like these forums and trainers like CW and Poliquin who put out books and articles. And pubmed too. i have NEVER had such a perfect diet.
diet and following a solid program like CW’s has me very excited. like sculpting clay, as an experiment
i did my bodyfat and 7-8% so i have abandoned all hope for returning to college freshman weight of 165. what the hell, i am never going to be MMA killer or anything. for now i will just sculp and follow CW so i don’t get injured while achieving max possible.
this is a tough forum so i will wait for improvement before i dare another pic. i think by may or so i will be much better?? doing the volume and HIIT currently and it’s great.
now it is like being a scientist. i am so much smarter. thanks to places like these forums and trainers like CW and Poliquin who put out books and articles. And pubmed too. i have NEVER had such a perfect diet.
This is an awesome attitude to have. So many here neglect the mental aspect of bodybuilding. I have no doubt this hunger to learn more about the subject has enabled you to attain such a great physique at 46 years old.
[quote]thruxton45 wrote:
now it is like being a scientist. i am so much smarter. thanks to places like these forums and trainers like CW and Poliquin who put out books and articles. [/quote]
Great observation. I have also started framing goals in years rather than months. “How micro changes effect the macro system.”
You look like you are in a good place. If you like HIH check out Muscle Revolution. I like the writing and it goes back to CW’s older philosophy of adding weight. I think HIH has too much focus on speed.
