New goals
I just had an awesome deadlifting session yesterday. Managed to do 3 reps at 295lbs. Not a ton of weight, but a lot for me. Almost twice my body weight. That’s exciting, for me.
I’ve decided to set some new goals for this year. I still want to have visible abs, and I still want to put on some muscle. For the moment, I’m going to put the abs on the back burner. I’m going to focus on putting on quality mass, and lifting heavier weight.
My goal for this year is to lift 900 pounds. I’m going to divide this up between deadlifting (400 lbs goal), bench press (250 lbs goal) and power cleans (250 lbs goal). Should be tough, but achievable. I can already deadlift 300 lbs (almost), bench press 200 lbs (almost). My weakest lift is the power clean. And of course, getting my lifts up to those numbers will be tough. But the power clean is the one I’m the most worried about.
To facilitate this, I’m going to continue on with my quest to eat as much good food as possible. My last 4 months of bulking was actually going ok, until christmas. I took a break from training, then got sick. I managed to lose weight after this. How, considering how much pure craptastic food (health-wise) that I ate, is beyond me. I think my body only wants to put on weight when I’m training hard, and eating harder. To make the weight gain work, I’m keeping a food log. This will force me to be honest with myself about how much food I’m actually eating.
Hopefully this will make for a great 2009 
