If not held back my body would look very similar to CT’s if my DNA cooperated. However, that isn’t my goal now at my age. My goal would be around 10% BF with visible abs, the ability to exhibit power like box jumps. I’d be able to rappel again, climb rocks, and wouldn’t flinch to be in trunks on a Ca beach (I don’t like Fl as much). Then when the shirt came off, any middle age female eyes would be pleased.
I actually walked one in May wearing jeans no shirt. I felt comfortable with, but not proud of my body. I would like to gear my efforts towards that as the primary goal followed by this body eliciting random panty drops from my woman, and the strength a bit above average for my age.
But, this is t-nation so here are quantifiable goals:
Six pack abs a MUST
Able to squat 315, bench 225, DL (?) 400 all for reps, all while at a 10% or <10% BF.
The dumbbells at my gym go upwards of 100 I’m pretty sure but I’ll not be a member til Jan 1 when my part c covers it, not bc I can’t but because I don’t have to 
, so I am currently unable to verify that. (FTR, I used a PF as my dirty little iron whore for a while, so no real gym since '19)
They have a DL platform (#1), a few squat racks and a ton of variations with free weights as well as every machine I’ve ever seen to include an old school pullover I once loved. The equipment limitation is self-imposed for program simplicity and to not take toooo much time. I start staying to the gym over 90mins at a time my woman will be much less likely to be interested in any results I get and start being grumpy. She walks for exercise around our neighborhood like it’s her damn job, lots of times with her fraternal twin sister. She has never had an interest in the iron. Old school ‘proper lady’ type woman. The whole stand up straight say please and don’t slurp sort. An old-fashioned type who probably thinks but won’t tell me, “Ladies don’t go to gyms.” And I love her just like that. What would be untenable would for me to upset the woman by not paying enough attention to what she wants from me.
“Light” to me means zero movements over 200lbs with a rep range of 8-12, preferably 12, and takes 45-60 mins. And yes I have the time to invest in myself.
As for actual weight progression, for the time period I’m looking at, I’ll say that unless I’m hitting like 50 reps with a weight - no challenge any more - I’ll modify a movement or add one before adding weight during that time.
See, I’d like to drop as much bf as possible before we go to the coast for a month soon. I’ve about 30 days til departure. After our return my plan goes to CT’s the best damn workout for natural lifters. A 6 days/week program if i recall. I had successfully ran that program in 2019 then got sidelined by surgeries etc. F that noise, I’m gonna do it again in '23, dammit.
A goal I have that I’ll not be able to start on until mid-March is to develop some power again, like the ability to jump from a stationary position on top of, hmmm lemme guess, an 18" high box or the like? I once was able to jump much higher. Long. Ago. In a land. Far. Away…
I also MUST improve my balance. Used to be much better and I don’t like the current state of affairs with all that. Example, yesterday I tripped shooting a basketball and stumbled halfway acroos his drive. Embarrasing, unnecessary, fixable.
I was just curious last night and decided to check my pushup ability. I did a couple without problem then stopped. It felt good after for a minute. I really miss when I would have just pumped a hundred out and then went for a ten mile run.
It has become clear to me over the past years that, altough trying to improve is never a bad thing, I may only have the ability to lift less than i once did. Can’t really say and am not the type to give up without trying first so we will see how things go let’s say, around July 1. That’d give me a 30 day rush workout period followed by 35 off, then 3 mos on. Should be ample time to get a feeling of how things are going and if anything needs changed much.
Thanks
