Nutrition Update – 4/23

I got on the scale Sunday morning and was down another 3lbs.  Total loss of 9.2 since tracking again.  Just goes to show how far out of whack I was. I have done really well hitting my numbers.  The biggest…

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Nutrition Back on Track

Cliff’s Notes: Down 6lbs in the first week. The last time I weighed, it was during the men’s night event at our gym where I did the 3RM deadlift.  I weighed in at 279.  I would be lying if I…

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The mental struggle

About a month or so ago, I hit a pretty big PR on my push press.  It was within a complex of a push press, behind the neck jerk, and then a split jerk.  When I hit 295 on this…

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Nutrition Progress

Last week my nutrition was better than it has been in some time.  I knew that I had to make a change because of how my clothes were fitting, how I was feeling, and what I was seeing in my…

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Some nutrition changes

For the past few months, we have been “winging it” with nutrition.  For a year straight I had logged everything into MyFitnessPal and it just got to be so tedious.  I needed a break. While I have not gotten on…

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Is Nationals Now Less Appealing?

Ever since I started to focus solely on weightlifting, qualifying for Masters Nationals was one of the primary goals I set for myself. I tried to keep grinding, knowing I was so far out from hitting the numbers that I…

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