Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Oh yeah? I can have goals too!
Duly inspired by this site's founder, I want to reflect on recent fitness history and commit to a goal for 2015. I started a regular fitness effort in the spring of 2013 after years of active living but no real fitness focus. Running, yoga and mainly body weight strength work has been the basis. I also cleaned up my diet, reducing sugar, white carbs and processed foods, going heavy on plant based nutrition. I went from 210 lbs to 180 in the first 6 months and felt pretty good except that a guy I've known for a long time told me he went from thinking of me as an ass kicker to seeing me as a runner. What a blow. So what I want to do now is add to the strength piece while maintaining the yoga and aerobic pieces to add some muscle mass to my strings and bones frame. To quantify it, my 2015 goal is to get up to 195 lbs while still able to comfortably wear 34 waist pants. If it sounds vain, I suppose it is, but then being more truthful is my top non-fitness based resolution this year. And we're off...
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So, this is an interesting goal. I think to accomplish it you will need to buy some soy protein powder (plant based). I don't know if it will be as constipating as whey so watch out. Whatever the serving is on the container double it. As for exercises, squats and deadlift. I despise bench press for the useless movement it is. Instead, overhead press and dips, and bent over rows for press and pull movements. Finally 8-12 reps, and 6 or so sets for each movement. Classic bodybuilding with a slight functional twist. Make of it what you will. Good luck.
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