Going to go ahead and quote @Chris_Colucci in an attempt to keep this alive. I think it’s one of the better parts of keeping community here together.
This is an idea to improve the forum community, but this thread absolutely does not reflect any type of “official” T-Nation site membership requirement.
It’s a check-in, not a call-out. The idea is to improve the sense of community and remind us all that, no matter what we post about here and what initially brought us to the site, the one common trait that every forum member should have is a consistent drive to attack our training and see results, period.
I’m asking for all forum members to post a current snapshot of themselves. And let’s try not to get too distracted or off-topic with critiques of what gets posted. There should end up being more posts with images attached, than not.
If your goals are physique-based - you want to get bigger or get leaner or get bigger and leaner - toss up a current pic.
If your goals are performance-based - the powerlifter, the fighter, the Olympic lifter, etc. - you’re not excused. You’re invited to post a short video clip from a recent training session.
I’m just asking you to participate and play a role in improving the quality of the forum as a whole by reinforcing the idea that T-Nation members know how to do more than just rack up high post counts in the non-training-related sections of the site.
Concerned about staying anonymous? Sites like pixlr are free Photoshop-like websites that make it ridiculously simple to edit/blur/obscure your face, identifying tattoos, birthmarks, background detail, or anything else that might threaten your anonymity.
Scale seems to have gone down from 235 to 217, then back up to 225 lol. Looks better to me so I’m cool with it =) Previous check-in: Current check-in: (as of 7/27/22)
Currently following Metcon for Muscle plan.
Current 1RM’s (as in Training Max, 90%):
Deadlift: 495lb
Bench: 295lb
OHP: 185lb
Squat: 380lb
Just finished up 10k swing challenge into boring but big beefcake into building the monolith. I have a very chopped up schedule from some vacations I’m going on, so I’m lifting when I’m home and planning on doing some BW, band and kettlebell stuff when I’m not.
Hit some heavy days before vacation this past week and PRed almost everything
Hit a triple at 225 and a 245 single on bench for a 20lb PR
Hit a OHP triple at 150 for a rep PR
Hit a deadlift triple at 435 for a rep PR and a single at 455 for a 20lb PR
I am sick and tired of squatting, but plan on continuing to shoot for being able to hit 4 plates regularly, and eventually to repping it.
Also, I’ve been able to put on weight which has been awesome. Hit a high of 213.5lb during monolith which is a pretty big deal for me.
Nagging injuries are keeping some movements out of the current program but has been fun changing the focus to conditioning. Getting back in shape feels like a good step to set myself up for success in the future.
