mrcsch's restart log.

[mrcsch]

Okay, time for a restart. I’m a really lazy person naturally so hopefully, this keeps me in line. I’ve been lifting for a while, but never took it seriously. So here’s what’s going to happen. Every day I wake up, weigh myself, check my body fat percentage, water weight, weight, etc. I have both long and short-term goals that I will be going for. I will also track my calories each day, at the end of each day. I will begin officially posting in this thread tomorrow, July 10, 2018.

Today is June 9, 2018. It is 9:12 pm at the time of writing this, I have eaten a bit, so these stats are a little off. Despite this, here are my current stats…

Weight: 123.0 lbs.
Bodyfat: 10.7%
Water Weight: 64.6%

Before I get to my goals, I’ll attach two photos here as well for future comparison taken at the same time as the stats above.
Flexed from the front: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...siwqwxxpr.jpeg
Relaxed from the front: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...s8yejan1i.jpeg
Flexed from the back: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...sm46ifud5.jpeg

So, going into what my goals look like. For the short-term goals, I have a preferred date of January 1, 2019.

Weight: 139.0 lbs.
Bodyfat: 13.7%
Water Weight: 62.0%

Heading into my lifts, I’d like them to look like this, also at a preferred date of January 1, 2019.

Bench Press: 225 lbs. (Generously at 185 lbs. with a spotter)
Squat: 315 lbs. (I hardly train legs, so probably less than 225 lbs.)
Deadlift: 335 lbs. (Same situation as squat, lower than 235 lbs.)
Even up my chest development.
Bring up my shoulders and back.
Develop my legs a lot more.
Stay lean/athletic.

These are just my short-term goals. I’ll develop more as time goes on. I don’t have many long-term goals right now, other than getting strong, developing an above average physique similar to a classic physique. In terms of outlandish lifting goals, a 315 lbs. on bench press would be nice, a deadlift close to 500 lbs. would be good, and a squat around or a bit over 400 lbs. would be nice. Aside from that, not too many long-term goals yet. I would like to do a teen’s classic physique show, or maybe win some sort of lifting meet before I officially become an adult at 21, so I’ll add that on here as my only real long-term goal.

I’ll also link my Instagram which I plan to post updates soon as I make progress.
https://www.instagram.com/mrcscch/

Edited: 9:54 pm, July 9, 2018.

[mrcsch]

July 10, 2018.

Woke up a bit late, weighed in, stats were...

Weight: 121.4 lbs.
Body fat: 10.4%
Water weight: 64.9%

Went to the gym with my girlfriend. Got there around 4:00, stayed for about two hours and left to watch Jurassic World. I'm using Jason Blaha's popular program to basically restart a bit, work on things I've never really worked on, and overall, get a lot stronger and gain a lot of weight.

Squats
Sets: 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Weight: 135 lbs.

Went a bit lower weight than I usually would. Haven't squatted in months.

Bent-Over Rows
Sets: 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Weight:100 lbs. on the smith machine.

Bench Press
Sets: 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Weight: 80 lbs. on the smith machine.

Today the gym was unusually packed, and the benches were taken. I had to resort to using the smith machine for my bench pressing. I don't know how good my form was, and I didn't do the best. I'd never used a smith machine to bench, so I had to take a bit of a loss on the bench today.

Tricep Pushdown
Sets: 8, 8, 8
Weight: 40 lbs.

The program called for extensions, but I've hardly ever done extensions so they didn't feel too right. Opted for pushdowns instead this time.

Barbell Curl
Sets: 8, 8, 8
Weight: 60 lbs.

Good form. Nice and slow. Didn't use my back.

Hyperextension
Sets: 10, 10
Weight: 25 lb. plate

Cable Crunches
Sets: 10, 10, 10
Weight: 80 lbs.

Ate Arby's after this for really my only meal of the day, ate a small meal at home. Ended up eating a thing of fries, and three roast beef sandwiches at Arby's. Don't exactly know my calories, but I'd estimate it at around a bit over 2,000 calories. Didn't get to eat too much today.