Hi All! Been lurking here quite awhile, posted a little, but still relatively new to the community. In for the Transformation challenge though. Male, 43 Y/O, training seriously and mostly consistently since 2007, just sans any real goals 6’5" currently around 245 to 250. No clue on the current BF%, probably 18-20%
Little about me… I suck at squatting. Been lifting a good long time, never been good at eating or tracking anything, just have always really liked lifting.
Not sure what my PBs actually are, most have been years ago. They are somewhere in the neighborhood of:
- Flat Bench: 410 lbs
- Deadlift: 500 lbs
- Squat: 305 lbs
- OHP: 275 lb
Yeah i suck at squatting. Ill be frank, ive never enjoyed it, and my leg development shows it. The one time i got in to a rhythm with them and started enjoying them, i went from 185 to the aformentioned 305 in very short order. Promptly got injured doimg something completely unrelated to squats, and lost all those gains.
Currently on TRT (140mg/ Week) and been there about 10 or 11 weeks now. Definitely feelimg better on that front. Been back in the gym very consistently for 12 weeks or so now.
I am recovering from a bulge disc in my lower back that, for a good bit, took me completely down. I have been squatting again light for about 2 weeks, really working hard on learning to properly brace. So this is going to be slow go,i really do not want to deal with back problems again. Im not quite ready to deadlift conventionally again quite yet, in fact not certain the risk reward is there fiven how rough the back got for a bit.
Currently my lifts are roughly (again, ive been terrible tracking this stuff):
Flat BB bench: 315 x 5
DL: Not lifting
Squat: 185 x 5
OHP: 135 x 10 (standing, the compression on my lower back is still a bit much, seated im still doing workimg sets with dumbells up to the 100s, which is biggest in my gym)
Goals: Get leaner and regain a little of the muscle i used to have floating around. I know recomp isnt always the best idea, so ill say recomp with the emphasis going to the fat loss. The TRT has been helping tremendously with some strength gains, so if they come, they come.
Enough for now, ill lay out the rough plan tomorrow. Thanks all for the great community, ive found you all to be extremely good resources for TRT and training alike.