I'll be using this as a place to further document my obsession with self improvement, and overall progress.
A bit of a fast-forward from the very beginning, to where I was a year ago, to now.
Age 28, 231 lbs.:
This wasn't my worst (which was 265), but up to that point, I'd refused to let a camera anywhere near me. There were a three year maintenance of weight at 185-190 between that, and the following.
Age 32, 150 lbs.:
I got dangerously close to hitting 200 lbs. again around November of 2015, and decided that it was time to cut again. Unfortunately, I did it entirely via keto and no resistance training. As such, I ended up looking like and alien from the X-Files. I decided that this just wouldn't do.
October 2016, 180 lbs.:
Went on a fulk, gained way too much bodyfat, but lifts did decently.
Ended this period with a 180 lbs. bench, 265 lbs. squat, and 365 lbs. deadlift.
December 2016, 167 lbs:
A months of RFL C2 protocol landed me here. Lifts remained roughly the same. Considering the harsh deficit, the fact that I lost nothing was a plus.
Another bulk and cut later has landed me at my current place, 163, with a 225 bench, 320 squat, and 435 deadlift.
And this is where things take off from here. I'm currently in a maintenance state after my last hard cut, very slowly adding in kcals to reach a small surplus. Essentially, I am eating to fuel training at this point, and am not overly concerned with tipping up the scale. Current outlay is 2700 kcals with a roughly 40/40/20 p/c/f split, which varies slightly from day to day. I am as obsessed with tracking my food intake as I am my training, so anything that goes in my mouth is weighed to the tenth of a gram with a calibrated scale.
Given my ignited interest in strongman however, I realize that I am going to have to start putting on weight. However, since I have yet to take the trip to the dark side, I am going to have to do it slowly, in order to avoid getting fat as hell.
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Originally Posted by rnsplg
