Stats:
27 Years Old
6’1
260lbs
High Body Fat Percentage
Motivations
In all honesty, I’m in a rut.
I am overweight, weak and in the WORST shape my life.
The birth of my child, graduate school, and a stressful career as a law enforcement officer working night shifts put training in the back of my mind. Long research papers matched with fast food and a lack of sleep became the norm and I just kept making excuses for myself. I convinced myself that I would get in the groove “tomorrow”.
Three years later I woke up and realized that I am on a bad path. I looked in the mirror, stood on the scale and was disgusted with what I saw. I am 60 pounds heavier than I was in recent years and am significantly weaker. This type of lifestyle could get me killed in my profession and will certainly kill me quicker in the long run.
It’s time to hold myself accountable and quit making excuses. I am also receptive and appreciative for to any feedback/advise T-Nation Forum readers would like to share.
I want to set a good example for my child and be able to continue an active lifestyle and keep fighting the good fight throughout my life.
Training background
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Began with 4 years of consistent training through 5x5 and Bigger/Faster/Stronger programs to prepare for football in high school. I then transitioned into a Barwis Methods influenced programs while playing college football for the next three years. Ran powerlifting programs such as the cube method, Texas method & dabbled in CrossFit and then bodybuilding splits after football.
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Nearly sedentary for three years with an occasional workout mixed in.
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During the last few months I started doing 2 lift a day programs maybe twice a week to help with re-acclimating myself to strength training and physical activity.
Training Program
I am feeling up to beginning a difficult program. After researching the topic I decided that 5/3/1 programs would be a good fit for my lifestyle and goals for while.
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I will be running the “building the monolith template” starting out. This program looks absolutely brutal and will help me re-gain lost muscle.
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Diet will be very similar to the recommended diet in the “building the monolith” with the lunch food sources “cleaned up” a bit. I anticipate some fairly rapid re-comp due to my current horrible state.
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I will likely then begin the boring but big progressions outlined in the "beyond 5/3/1 book after this initial 6 week phase.
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All other sleep, recovery/conditioning recommendations will be adhered to.
Goals
-Re-comp, regaining prior strength gains.