new years goals!

Comparing myself? You bet! Have you ever read youtude comments? There are 12 year olds who can do that for 20.
 
let me ask...why do you bodybuild/lift? Do you do so to compensate for some perceived weakness you discovered in a social situation (amongst other humans?).

I suspect if you can get to the sheer joy of the activity then you will make your goals and have a hell of a lot more fun doing it.

comparing yourself is a trap that will make you miserable. Even the best in the world can only hang onto that spot for a very brief time.

That surely cannot be the ticket to happiness can it?
 
My only goals are to be injury free...I've been battling distal clavicle osteolysis since August and it seems that every week I get a new injury...I havent lifted heavy weight in almost 3 monhts....funny this is...this is the leanest and best I've ever looked
 
I would like to bench press 145lb dumbells (meaning 290 total) with 3 sets of 6-8 this year. I have consistently pressed 135 pounders- 3 sets of 5, so I think it's a good goal. I considered trying for 150lb but with my workout routine and goals I think 145 would be best.

p.s. like the thread idea!
 
Matsuo Munefusa. said:
let me ask...why do you bodybuild/lift? Do you do so to compensate for some perceived weakness you discovered in a social situation (amongst other humans?).

I suspect if you can get to the sheer joy of the activity then you will make your goals and have a hell of a lot more fun doing it.

comparing yourself is a trap that will make you miserable. Even the best in the world can only hang onto that spot for a very brief time.

That surely cannot be the ticket to happiness can it?
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I do it because it's just about the only thing that makes me happy. Everything else can suck off and die. I only uttered the word "lame" because from reading tens of millions of words across everywhere it would seem that most "serious lifters" have surpassed that. Whatever, though.

Didn't mean to send you off the cliff with me.
 
well, I see a lot of negative vibrations that I went through with lifting in your posts. Just let me plant the seed now in your head: dont take lifting so seriously. You'll probably never pull a paycheck from it so why the stress. Its just a great pasttime that has some nice benefits if you dont let the downfalls catch you.

happy new year bro :)
 
I'd like to start doing more barbell work alongside my kettlebell lifting. I think it'll round out my physique a bit more plus a bit of a change is always good for motivation.

I'd like to move off doing Military presses with my 32kg bell and buy a 40kg bell for this. Plus do a few other exercises like Turkish Get Ups.

A few other things I'm toying with are getting back into martial arts competitions rather than just training for the sake of training and learning and cutting back on some of my belly fat. In 2010 I lost weight of all skin folds except the one place I really feel I need to lose it. Back when I was 22 I had abs people would die for but now I'm almost 32 they appear impossible to achieve. Maybe I have too much money for food these days though.

I'd probably like to increase my grip strength too. I was deadlifting for the first time pre-xmas and 110kg was easy except for the grip.

I think I might keep on researching and lifting and possibly consider an anavar(oxandralone) cycle late in the year and see if that nets me a bit more strength too. Not if I'm taking the martial arts comps seriously though.
 
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Add weight and strength. I don't have to worry about fat because I have a ridiculous metabolism, but of course that makes it harder to add weight.

If I stay consistent and my diet is good, look into something like ostarine, anavar (though I have no source I can trust now) or s-4. Possibly Epistane. The fucking PCT and side effects is the thing that alway freaks me out (as it should). Playing with your hormones is some serious shit.

Obviously if I do not stay totally sober then this is worth nothing. That is my number one priority.

When I was using all my lifting was done for others/vanity. Now I am doing it for myself to keep me physically and mentally healthy. I am seeing much better results now and my diet is so much better. Alcohol and other drugs were really hurting me gainwise.
 
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phactor said:
Add weight and strength. I don't have to worry about fat because I have a ridiculous metabolism, but of course that makes it harder to add weight.

If I stay consistent and my diet is good, look into something like ostarine, anavar (though I have no source I can trust now) or s-4. Possibly Epistane. The fucking PCT and side effects is the thing that alway freaks me out (as it should). Playing with your hormones is some serious shit.

Obviously if I do not stay totally sober then this is worth nothing. That is my number one priority.

When I was using all my lifting was done for others/vanity. Now I am doing it for myself to keep me physically and mentally healthy. I am seeing much better results now and my diet is so much better. Alcohol and other drugs were really hurting me gainwise.
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^^We're sailing in the same boat on this one bro.. I got alot of catching up to do, I am only 147lbs ATM. I want to be where I was freshman year, weighing 185 at 8% BF. I really just want to get my size and health back, and maintain it. The only real strength goal I have is 280 on the bench. I just pushed out 225 for the first time in a longtime which seems pretty good for my weight. No specific time line for any of my goals. It may take 6 months or 6 years, as long as I'm improving I'm happy.

Getting an adderall prescription with an insane metabolism and binge drinking added up to a disaster. In order for me to get anywhere I need to quit the uppers and man up through the debilitating fatigue. I'm thinking of running a tren-only cycle, once my health is in check.

Good luck everyone
 
No pump and no abs...I feel ugly...


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fear_less said:
Getting an adderall prescription with an insane metabolism and binge drinking added up to a disaster. In order for me to get anywhere I need to quit the uppers and man up through the debilitating fatigue.
Good luck everyone
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Getting totally clean and sober is one of the best decisions I have ever made. It manifests itself in many ways and one of them is my health and workouts. I have gained so much more in two months clean then I would if I were using and drinking.

Sure I wish I could have a beer here and there like a normal person but I cannot. I have accepted that. Time to move on to bigger and better things.
 
Goals? Just get back into some real major leg work and into some weighted dips(bench press ruins my rotator cuffs from a medical issue) but my legs can just... be shredding iron. I've been doing nothing but running and lifting in my room, and 95 pound squats are just annoying when I used to rig up 315 for 12 reps.

get back to the gym and deadlift < 365, and squat 315 for reps :D. i'm not big, but my 16 year old me would be crying at what I do now.

squat or go home, you have two options ! lol
 
^ have you tried decline BB Press? I also cant flat bench press...because of rotator problem...but decline press is golden for me...you can also go heavier and it targets pecs much more...more hypertrophy...
 
I actually very rarely decline press. I'm going to start though, thanks for the tip ^
 
hopefully get my bench up to 315 by the end of march (at 275 right now) and gain about 25lbs of lean mass by the end of the summer (running a low dose cycle of oral pro anabolics)
 
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