what are your current long and short term goals?

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nolys

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I'm asking the fucking questions!
Questions in the title...

Short term -
Bench 3 plates on either side of the bar, currently 10 lbs away, should be here within weeks
Reach 205lbs @ 10% bodyfat, currently 196lbs roughly 10-11%
Get 8 reps of incline dumbell press at 100lb each arm, currently managing around 5 reps
Find out what's wrong with dodgy shoulder...

Long term -
Reach 240lbs @ 8% bf
Bench press 440lbs (200kg) within 3-4 years
Not look like one of them spastic looking big guys with a massive bloated belly and low bf %

My short term goals are not amazing but their my personal goals which I think are ok for someone who only started training again 10 weeks ago after an 12 or so month break, long term I havnt given amazing though to but that's a rough guess.

Well? What's your goals?
 
nolys said:
Questions in the title...

Short term -
Bench 3 plates on either side of the bar, currently 10 lbs away, should be here within weeks
Reach 205lbs @ 10% bodyfat, currently 196lbs roughly 10-11%
Get 8 reps of incline dumbell press at 100lb each arm, currently managing around 5 reps
Find out what's wrong with dodgy shoulder...

Long term -
Reach 240lbs @ 8% bf
Bench press 440lbs (200kg) within 3-4 years
Not look like one of them spastic looking big guys with a massive bloated belly and low bf %

My short term goals are not amazing but their my personal goals which I think are ok for someone who only started training again 10 weeks ago after an 12 or so month break, long term I havnt given amazing though to but that's a rough guess.

Well? What's your goals?
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Not much reference to heavy squats, standing press, or dead-lift nolys..... Gonna have to be one hell of a chest to get you up to 240lbs...... lol

The reason for your dodgy shoulder is the 5 reps with inc' dumbells, and the pointless one-rep-maximums your trying on bench press...
What's wrong with plodding away with 8-12 reps on both those exercises with a slightly less weight that you can handle..? Then when you get to 12 reps with good form increase the weight slightly so you struggle to get to 8 reps... And-so-on..!!
You're falling into the same trap as most other young lads of your age nolys, your on your first course of gear plus taking pointless orals.. You feel stronger but your connective tissue (ligaments, tendons) are lagging months behind, and will tear at some point..
So at 20 years old your potentially gonna end up with a pec tear, shoulder, and/or elbow issues for the rest of your training career, which won't be much longer because you'll soon get pissed off with the constant pain whenever you pick up anything heavy....
 
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Short-term, say for the next year, I really just want to keep lifting and eating well for 12 consecutive months. My life is really complicated and full of uncertainty right now. And I just hope that nothing interrupts my gym efforts.

Long-term: Would love to workout for three solid years with no breaks, and then see where I wanna go from there ;)

Would love to naturally achieve:

DL: 3.5bodyweight (I am really short) x 1
S: 2.5BWx1 and 1.5BWx10
B: 2BWx1, 1.5BWx10
Mil: 1.33BWx1, BWx10
 
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