I have gone with a coach and made some changes to how I train, eat and generally live my life to focus on training more.
Im 38y, 6'1 and currently at 218lbs
I am now at the end of week 7. I started training with lower weights than I used to use and was training to 4 reps in reserve. This felt easy but coach getting a sense of what I can lift and recover from. I'm now at high weight for me and at 0-1 RIR.
Calories are at maintenance still during this phase and we are running that at 2540calories. While this is around my maintenance I have jiggled between 213lbs—218lb.
Im running test, deca 200 *2 per week.
Main lifts start to current.
Bench 80kg - 100kg
BOR 40kg - 50kg
SLDL 80kg - 90kg
Hack squat 40kg - 80kg
- I have a weak back and have been neglecting compound excersises so the starting weight were low and its a slow process but I'm happy with the increase so far.
Main goal is to put size on and to look good. But moving more weight is going to be key to this.
My coach is 100% focused on correct form over pushing heavy weight and losing form. I also feel more connection moving weights slow and correct over trying to bash out a rep to say I've hit 10 but in reality I've used loads of other muscles to shift that weight rather than the muscles I'm supposed to be training.
My recovery is good and I train 5x per week on push pull legs upper lower.
I have now started to feel extremely exhausted this past 2 weeks by going to failure each set and also struggling to stay asleep at night. I wake at least 4 to 5 times and am awake by 5ish.
My cycle has me in a great mood, hardly any acne, but I have night sweats and insomnia.
Im 38y, 6'1 and currently at 218lbs
I am now at the end of week 7. I started training with lower weights than I used to use and was training to 4 reps in reserve. This felt easy but coach getting a sense of what I can lift and recover from. I'm now at high weight for me and at 0-1 RIR.
Calories are at maintenance still during this phase and we are running that at 2540calories. While this is around my maintenance I have jiggled between 213lbs—218lb.
Im running test, deca 200 *2 per week.
Main lifts start to current.
Bench 80kg - 100kg
BOR 40kg - 50kg
SLDL 80kg - 90kg
Hack squat 40kg - 80kg
- I have a weak back and have been neglecting compound excersises so the starting weight were low and its a slow process but I'm happy with the increase so far.
Main goal is to put size on and to look good. But moving more weight is going to be key to this.
My coach is 100% focused on correct form over pushing heavy weight and losing form. I also feel more connection moving weights slow and correct over trying to bash out a rep to say I've hit 10 but in reality I've used loads of other muscles to shift that weight rather than the muscles I'm supposed to be training.
My recovery is good and I train 5x per week on push pull legs upper lower.
I have now started to feel extremely exhausted this past 2 weeks by going to failure each set and also struggling to stay asleep at night. I wake at least 4 to 5 times and am awake by 5ish.
My cycle has me in a great mood, hardly any acne, but I have night sweats and insomnia.
