A new tactic

Well, I’m glad that I wrote down my goals last post. Honestly, I forgot what they were. No worries, I’m nowhere near them!

My powerlifting kick quickly went from general-strength-leaning-towards-straight-up-powerlifting to just powerlifting. I can’t remember the last time I did a CrossFit workout. I found that once things started to get hard, and really wanted that weight, I couldn’t risk being beat from a CrossFit workout that I had done in the few days leading up to my lift. I went from the Starting Strength program (3x5 on the major lifts, linear increase in weights) to the Texas method (weight increased on a weekly basis, high volume, low intensity on Monday, low volume high intensity, hopefully PR on Friday).It worked, to a degree. I’m stronger. I’ve pulled a 305 Squat with good form, done 295 for 5. Deadlift is up to 400, which came up with ease. I believe my Press is at 145 now. Not bad right? Squat got a little better, and I put 60 pounds on my deadlift, and 30 on the press.

Except…. It’s taken months. Looking back over the past 2, my progress has stalled. Some days, I would have “good days” the weight would go up easy, and I felt like I could do a ton more. Other days, I had to fight for the same weight, or possibly less! But, I’m going to stay true to my goals. I’m not going to stop till I get my lifts. But perhaps, I’m in need of a change of tactics. So, for the past 3 weeks, I’ve been on the Performance Menu “Mass Gain” program. It’s a 7 week cycle, 3 weeks for hypertrophy, one week for unloading, and another 3 weeks on a strength oriented program. Honestly, I don’t really care about the lifting right now. My daily workout is consuming 6000+ calories (hopefully) a day. Here’s a sample of my daily menu

2 cans of coconut milk

Half pound of peanuts

One pound of meat

A dozen eggs

….plus some regular food in there.

I figure this will give my body some time to recover, grow, and hopefully put on some pounds to make my upcoming powerlifting cycle a little more fruitful. I’ve put on about 10 pounds so far, I’ll be making updates on how it goes.