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The Daily Achievement Thread...
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TouchingVirus wrote: »Not posted here in a while but I'm in a sharing mood.
Since getting strong is secondary to my goal of losing fat and I'm operating on a deficit 95% of the time (even on gym days), I'll put a little update on the primary goal. I'm 5 months watching what I eat and doing some training, though I've only get serious about training since mid-February.
Today I've an 80 day log streak on MFP (good and bad). I've lost 16.7kg, averaging 1.87lb per week over 20 weeks. I am the lightest and fittest (though still not very fit :pac:) I've been in 8 years. I've had several plateaus, one or two increases, one or two biggish drops, eased off commitment once or twice, had some "fat" days (isn't every day a "fat" day for me?
) and had some days I questioned what I've been playing at. It doesn't matter really though because I actually see changes now - I'm down a clothes size, I've had to add holes to belts, some of my jeans make me look like a gangsta wannabe and I'm having to pull out old, long forgotten clothes that haven't fit in years so I don't look homeless. I'm going skiing next week, and if the rate of loss keeps up I might be able to skydive before the year is out, something that's been a pipe dream for 15 years because of my bulk.
Moving on to gym stuff two or 3 weeks ago I figured out I could do an unweighted walking lunge, I was elated. I broke my femur in 2003 and spent six months on the mend. I've not been able to do a lunge since then - I have struggled with glute, quad and hamstring weakness and balance issues in that leg and will do for the rest of my days. But I'll have a 20kg empty bar split squat soon.
I still have some issues squatting but I believe they're more practice related than biomechanical issues. I broke my 50kg plateau from about six weeks ago and do 60kg a the minute. I'm hesistant to put on more weight until I'm confident I won't end up in snap city. I can't wait to hit 70, 80, 90, 100. By then I'll have dropped even more weight so maybe a bodyweight squat will be possible before I hit my 30s.
^-- I had **** form
Apparently it's much better now, so I'm much more sore/happier. Still not going to push beyond the 100 though, need more deadlifting technique practice.
These might not mean much to some of the more seasoned people in here, but they mean a lot to somebody who was on a one-way ticket to heartattackville by 40 only 5 months ago.
TL:DR - F*ck yeah, achievements - I has them.
This is f*cking awesome - look forward to your next update
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Got a couple of pb's yesterday.
85kg snatch and 108kg clean and jerk. Body weight was 85kg.
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Got a couple of pb's yesterday.
85kg snatch and 108kg clean and jerk. Body weight was 85kg.
Definitely more on both!0 -
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Bit of a mega update..
In November my noob gains and fat loss stalled and my cals were way too low. So I decided to start training in a calorie surplus which was a strange transition for someone that had been trying to lose weight for years
I have hit 3750 cals average since November (4200 training, 3200 rest) and I hit 250g of protein every day and I have gained 10kg and appear to have added a decent bit of mass to my frame without adding huge amounts of fat. Some traps and chest have appeared out of the woodwork :pac:
Body weight is now 82.5kg
I just finished a 10 week strength program with COH. When I started lifting my long term goal was a 2 x Bodyweight Deadlift, 1.5 x Bodyweight Squat, Bodyweight Bench, they seemed like ridiculous goals 18 months ago.
And I smashed them all lastnight!
170kg Deadlift
130kg Squat
82.5kg Bench
So thats a 20kg gain on Squat and DL in 10 weeks, and a 7.5kg gain on the bench. My bench was always poor and it took about 20 minutes to lock out that single rep
Next goal is 3 plate squat and 4 plate DL before the year is out
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Bit of a mega update..
In November my noob gains and fat loss stalled and my cals were way too low. So I decided to start training in a calorie surplus which was a strange transition for someone that had been trying to lose weight for years
I have hit 3750 cals average since November (4200 training, 3200 rest) and I hit 250g of protein every day and I have gained 10kg and appear to have added a decent bit of mass to my frame without adding huge amounts of fat. Some traps and chest have appeared out of the woodwork :pac:
Body weight is now 82.5kg
I just finished a 10 week strength program with COH. When I started lifting my long term goal was a 2 x Bodyweight Deadlift, 1.5 x Bodyweight Squat, Bodyweight Bench, they seemed like ridiculous goals 18 months ago.
And I smashed them all lastnight!
170kg Deadlift
130kg Squat
82.5kg Bench
So thats a 20kg gain on Squat and DL in 10 weeks, and a 7.5kg gain on the bench. My bench was always poor and it took about 20 minutes to lock out that single rep
Next goal is 3 plate squat and 4 plate DL before the year is out
Its only just the beginning pal - you should be very proud of yourself.
Roll on the rest of 2014 ●[[----]]●0 -
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This will prob sound a bit laaame but I don't care. Due to a locked facet joint in my neck and then a fairly horrendously long dose of Vertigo, I've been out of training for the guts of about 9 weeks or so.
The symptoms have subsided to a point (or heres hoping they've f*cked off completely!) where I can train again, so went back to the gym today! Wasnt exactly smashing any PR's but it's great to be lifting again 0 -
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my PR's are
@ 70Kg b/w
ATG Squat 140kg x 2
Deadlift 180kg x 1
Box Squat 152.5kg x 1
Hip Thrust 190kg x 1
I just came in here to post a recent one of mine but now I don't see the point
(still going to though)
@72kg bw I pulled 110kg x 5
Fair play on the DL man. Big numbers all round in fairness.0 -
Competed at the IPO Nationals at the weekend. Hit a big raw squat PR and a bench PR, pull wasn't what I wanted but the day was long and was helping out earlier! Thought I'd throw the vids up here, they're on my fb too anyway.
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Alf Veedersane wrote: »New deadlift 3RM of 175kg at 76.3kg.
Had intended stopping there but, since I'd a bit of time, I set a 1RM of 185. Was too goosed to see out the double
Clearly you have more strength than you need - send some this way 0 -
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Attempted box jumps for the first time ever today. No idea what this is like, technique-wise, but happy with the height!
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