Hey all,
I don’t post often, but more and more, I am making myself accountable to more and more people. About two weeks ago, I came off the velocity lite diet at 287 lbs. I started at 307, and instead of using the prescribed workout, I used (and am still on) Dan John’s 40 Day program.
To put this in perspective, I have been big all my life. I am 6’ 4" and was over 300 lbs in 8th grade (at about 6’) and the only thing that saved me was football. In undergrad, my weight ballooned to 370 lbs, and only T-Nation quite literally saved my life. I won’t bore you with my whole life story, but suffice to say, I have only been 287 lbs twice in my life: In 7th grade, and when I wrestled in high school.
I am almost two years out from my discovery of T-Nation. I hope by the end of May (my 2 year anniversary), I will be 250 lbs, look decent, and be able to write letters to Shugs, Dan John, CT, Dave Tate, and TC for saving my life.
Anyway, I am now 2 weeks off the Velocity lite diet, and today I was gonna take it easy because my girlfriend is flying in. But, In my head, all I saw was Dan John screaming “Fuck MODERATION!” at me.
So I went heavy… and Hard! Today, I weighed in at 280 lbs (still losing) and coming off a fast (I am catholic)… And I pulled 555 lbs! I am still shocked, I took a video, just cuz I don’t believe it still! All I had was a belt on, no straps, and my only supplements are whey and fish oil (because I am a broke grad student). I felt like I could do more, but we dont have enough heavy bumper plates at my gym to get any higher than 555lbs. (I talked to a manager today, they are gonna order more 50 kgs! just for me!)
Afterward, I immediately went to Elitefts.com to sober myself. I am not shit next to Tate’s guys, and its my new motivation. Before, I just wanted to get to 250 lbs, and maintain my maxes… Now I want to be Elite! I may not have equipment, but I have blood, sweat, tears, and my brain. I want a 600-700 lb deadlift! I want a 400 lb bench. I want a 600 lb squat. And I want to do it all raw.
This is my journey. I am now accountable to all you crazy mofos. I hope someone here won’t let me forget it!