I’m in. @TrainForPain (updated photo)
For 2025, the goal is to reduce waist to 33" by the Memorial Day weekend (currently 34"). This would probably represent a loss of about 10-15 lbs in scale weight and a bodyfat of around 13%-15% or so.
The other primary goal is successful shoulder surgery in Q1 and a successful recovery by the end of Q2 (end of June). Among other factors, I’m defining success as being able to do horizontal pressing with a neutral grip pain (and popping) free. Ideally, this will set me up to return to jiu-jitsu in the second half of 2025.
The third goal is to increase squatting strength. Current top set in my program is 225 lbs for a single. I’d like to like to be able to squat 270 lbs for a single by the end of the Transformation, with a goal of doing 315 lbs for a single by the end of the year. My all-time PR in the squat (from December 2018 or so, I think) was just shy of three plates and I’d love to get that back.