And so it moved just a little…
For the last year (2016–2017) I underwent a strength training program over at StartingStrength. For the most part, I found myself learning a lot about how the body moves and how it came to be a part of my every day life.
The discipline and overall need to improve was great. However, there were some problems on my own account because I wanted to be big and strong. I soon found that I was pulling some incredible weight (because I started with the bar). It was this month (July 2017) that I decided to make a shift between programs. At the time of writing my stats for SS were as follows:
Squat: 120 5x5 with 150 being 1 max squat.
Deadlift: 130 1x5 with 180 being my 1 max deadlift.
OHP: 40 kg 5x5
Bench: 70 kg
Overall, I was very poor at the pushing part of the program as I previously have struggled with my shoulders and was worried about the rotator cuff and them impinging.
I can’t account for my overall body percentage of weight and all that stuff. All I know at this time my weight was anywhere between 98–108. As it stands I am at 102. I’m not sure how much muscle nor am I sure how much fat I am carrying. Btu that proves my point, I have never quite jumped into it. I do know that I was following a high fat diet at the time with some IF inbetween. Neither of these, if I am honest, were taken seriously. It just gave me motivation to learn a little about a lot and has now provided me with a baseline of information from which I can draw from.
And this is where I depart and learn new things. I had taken up running and could barely run 70 meters without throwing up. Now I can run a 5K in a terrible time (34 min on average). I could have done better if I had taken it seriously.
And this is where the theme of seriousness comes into play. I need to be more determined. More focused and overall, more conditioned to be able to just do anything as it’s not about losing fat, it’s about being in a healthier state. Though the dysmorphia never really goes away.
