Age 42, height 5'8", and I'm currently bulking. 10 weeks back I weighed 210 at 12%, now I'm 228 and sitting around 15-16%. In another 2 weeks a hard cut begins, aiming for 10% so I can reassess. Somewhere in the 210-215 range is what I'm hoping for. From there it's bulk/cut cycles until the goal is reached. Once that's done I'll ease off and hold maintenance near 14-15%, then cut for trips and events when I want to look ripped. Living at 225 and 10% isn't the plan, it's just something to hit so I can see what looking like a shaved gorilla is like lol
My sights are set on the 1000lb club too, but when it comes to vanity, bodybuilding aesthetics pull me way harder than powerlifting. According to my last DEXA, lean mass came in at 196lb, and my limb ratio gives me solid leverage, so my hope is to reach that club without wrecking a reasonably aesthetic physique. There's a long road ahead, first fat loss and afterward bulking lol, but 2-3 years feels like enough time to get there.hotsauceboss said:
Before starting peps, I was chasing entry into the 1000 lb club. For anyone unfamiliar with powerlifting (not the same thing as weightlifting), that means totaling 1000 lbs across the bench press, squat, and deadlift. I hit it near my 41st birthday: 250 bench, 350 squat, 400 deadlift.
These days I want to hold onto as much of that strength as I can while dropping a lot of the weight I put on to reach it. There’s also my partner’s company retreat in Cancun this December, and I’d love to have abs worth showing off there
Maybe the next target is matching that 1000 lbs total again, but at a bodyweight closer to 150 rather than 195.
