Tall - I'd probably guess my bodyfat to be about 30%. I've let myself go something chronic over the past couple of years. I remember in about 2004 I was about 15-16% & I thought that was good, so that's my initial aim. I'd ideally love to get to around 12%, however, being realistic it's going to take me a long time.
I haven't done any 1 rep max's before so I'm unsure where I am TBH. My current lifts are the one's I've listed on my first post, but I have some left in the tank. My goals are to get a 200kg squat (5 reps), 200kg dead(5 reps) & get to a 100kg bench(5 reps) as this is my terrible lift out the three of them. I'm not making excuses here, but both my shoulders are fkd from all the benching over the years so I switched to incline only for about a year to rest them, but they're back to normal now.
With regards to periodising my workouts, I was thinking along the lines of build up for 3 weeks, cut down to 50% workload on week 4, have week 5 off - what do you think? I will be using the 5 rep range so any help would be great here.
Cellarat - How's it going buddy? Yeah, my son's fine now thanks. I certainly know where you are coming from when you hear them cough etc - we're big softies really aren't we!!
CMinOZ - Thanks for that information mate. As I said, I welcome any advice & I truly mean it. At the moment I'm feeling full of energy. I do get the odd patch around 4pm ish when I feel a bit tired, but it soon passes.
Wednesday 02/04/08
Cars going in the garage Friday - I had to pump the fuel pump this morning before I set off to work this morning, but it only took me 20 secs so I can live with that. It saves £7 a day on bus fares....
Very busy day today in work - virtually non-stop actually. I'm not back in until Monday now so I can
try & relax with the family a bit.
Diet
Meal 1: 5 whole eggs, 30g butter
Meal 2: 75g protein, 100g cashew nuts
Meal 3: 100g chicken, 50g cheese, loads of salad
Meal 4: As meal 3
Meal 5: 100g chicken, 4 pieces of un-smoked back bacon, loads of salad
Meal 6: will be as meal 1
Today I felt really bloated for some strange reason? My pants felt tighter than ever & it was a real head fuk TBH...
I think it may be mind games - I mean, I've not cheated at all so I don't know whether it's my body adapting to it, but I'm sure I'll be reet
After my cashew nuts I felt so full of energy it was unbelievable!