Sunday, 5 Apr 2009
Strong Core
I’m working out 2-3 times a week. Eating regularly trying to gain muscle but truthfully not putting enough effort into it. Pound for pound I’m the strongest I’ve ever been. I would say I’m 90-95% as strong as when I was 175 lbs. I only weigh 146 lbs. now. For a 30 lbs. difference I’ve shattered the notion that I need to weigh a lot to be strong.
Lately, I’ve been doing pull-ups with a 45lbs. dumbbell in a backpack. I can pull off 3 sets of 5 reps. It’s just general training for my back and also helps me do more bodyweight pull-ups for the 300 challenge.
However with all that being said, it’s mostly an illusion what you see below. My back is probably the strongest part of my upper body, but it’s the lighting that makes the cuts you see below:
My goal is to get back to 100% of the strength I was at when I weighed 175 lbs. If I train with heavier weights regularly like I do with the pullups, I’ll get there pretty quickly… Only problem is I don’t have a bench press at home with 175 lbs. nor do I have access to 135 lbs. for shoulder press. Might have to figure something out.
posted at 8:03am
