So – given that I’ve had a really good experience so far… I’ve grown a lot, I’ve started to eat healthier and can sustain it for long periods (well, 3.5 months!), and learnt that it really motivates me for the day training early in the morning… I’m excited to start Part 2.
But it’s going to differ this time. I’m not going after the ‘bodybuilding’ physique for the time being. While I was away on holiday I just wanted to be ‘healthy’. At times I felt large – primarily due to that excess of fat that I’m holding right now. I want to be more healthy and athletic.
What I learnt from the past training is that when I’m gaining – aka pushing really hard at the gym – I can eat shit loads of food and put on relatively little fat. That’s great news… but it’d be better if I was in a situation where I had relatively little fat to begin with – and that’s the goal for Part 2… given my ability to gain without fat (or minimal amounts of it), I can go down – shed fat – and then return into a mass gain cycle. That’s what Part 2 is about… it’s about shedding this excess fat and building from that foundation.
Particularly – given that I may be surfing when I head to Costa Rica in a couple of months – aka Dec 23 – I want to be happy with my body. I don’t want to be self-conscious anymore. Part 1 was a great step in motivation – committing and proving that I can achieve what I wanna achieve… but now it’s about taking it a step further, committing even more and making some really noticeable results.
So here are the goals…
- I leave for Costa Rica on Dec 23. That gives me a total of 10.5 weeks of training (so cool to think I’m on holiday again in 2.5 months!)
- I’m at 191.5lbs right now with ~25% bodyfat – in these 10.5 weeks I’m going to get down to 170lbs and 15% bodyfat. That’s quite some loss – approximately 2lbs a week, non-stop.
- Muscle wise – I’m happy with the understanding that I’m going to lose some size, which I’ll gain in the next cycle.
Oh – I should note this before I continue… I’ve started taking creatine again, which soaks up water. So I wouldn’t be surprised (although disappointed) if I put on some weight at the end of the week. But hopefully that won’t impact the bodyfat percentage.
With these goals – I’m going to have a 4 weekly check in… I’m going to update the Eating and Training Plans… I’ve already started my first day, and I’ll comment on that momentarily!