TomJ
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Hey man, you put in your time, you got nothing to prove, it's okay to be done with it.I have decided to never compete again. I spent almost 40 years of my life chasing sports, goals, titles, etc. From 8 years old on, I was always into something and could never turn off that competitive fire.
Man.... I am fucking tired of chasing.
I won't go into a long ass post about my competitive life, but I want balance for once, and I am tired of fighting against it. After my Nov 2021 Physique show, I figured the fire was permanently lit and I fell back in love with competition, but it was temporary.
I was due to compete again in June of 2022, and 6 weeks out I was WAY ahead of where I needed to be despite going through the motions on some shit. Getting lean as hell eating Shake Shack 2-3x a week was fun, won't lie, but I was hitting a wall.
I own a gym, run a successful and thriving online business, and they both demand a lot of work and mental effort.
I have been working hard on creating me time away from the gym life. I spent 30+ years in gyms, I HATE living in a gym at this stage of my life. I know way too many people in this business, or competitors, who have NO fucking life. None. They eat, sleep, train, work. That is it.
I start to get this averse reaction to hanging out with "gym people" as I find a lot of them boring as fuck. I don't want to hear about your goddamn diet, training, next show, next meet, macros, why you can't have a fucking beer, etc. I have been there, it's fun for a short time, but fuck man.... live life just a little.
I want to be in a gym less, live life more, have some fun with what time I have left, and train to maintain and feel better to enhance my life - not train for stage or some competitive endeavor ever again.
I know nobody else will care, but I do, because my identity was IN this shit for such a long time, that I sacrificed a lot for it.
Hobbies, artistic pursuits, normalcy, etc.
I'm done with it.
Training will be 3x a week, I will do more weighed vest work, bodyweight work, and I developed my own template based off of 5/3/1, what I CAN do with a barbell, and using my idea of assistance work.
Attached is the template, weights which I lowered greatly for the time being to allow for room to grow, and off days will be weighted vest walking/yoga/whatever the fuck I want to do for fun.
I am hanging up the competitive hat for good. It is done.
Yesterday was Day 1:
Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 09:09
Trap Bar Deadlift
Set 1: 295 lb × 5
Set 2: 335 lb × 5
Set 3: 385 lb × 6
Seated Overhead Press (Barbell)
Set 1: 115 lb × 5
Set 2: 130 lb × 5
Set 3: 145 lb × 12
Cable Rear Delt Fly
Set 1: 27.5 lb × 12
Set 2: 33 lb × 12
Set 3: 28.5 lb × 18
Chest Dip
Set 1: 12 reps
Set 2: 13 reps
Set 3: 13 reps
Rope Hammer Curl w/ Supination
Set 1: 66 lb × 12
Set 2: 99 lb × 10
Set 3: 99 lb × 12
Battle Rope
Set 1: 2:30
Enjoy other aspects of your life!
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