I’ve been training/eating more for 8 weeks total since the beginning of April. I’ve been making good progress and getting bigger and stronger – even stronger than I was previously in some lifts, despite being far lighter, so I’m doing something right.
I’ve been changing things round every 3 weeks, exercises, repetition schemes, bar paths, tempo, rest times, etc. I definitely made a massive mistake last time around in sticking to the same old stuff for months on end believing all I had to do was force myself to lift heavier because other people seemed to be making gains on the same program months on end and I felt I should be able to, too. I definitely won’t be making that mistake ever again.
I’ve been eating good but not sticking to a rigid diet. Just making sure I get plenty of good nutrients each day, especially protein. Unlike last time, I haven’t been aiming to gain weight as an indicator of progress – though I’ve gained several pounds in weight and when I last weighed myself I was just over 12.5 stone – still almost half a stone lighter than when I started training in 2008, so I’m keeping the fat off and still making reasonable progress.
I’ve taken this week off. Maybe I’ll take next week off, too. I’ve got a few aches and pains I don’t want to aggravate – not related to training, as such – and as much as I like training at times and making gains in strength, it can sometimes become a burden when you like doing/have to do other things in life. I’ll see how I feel come next Monday.
I’ve also noticed I’ve started every sentence in this blog with “I’ve” – which is a pretty good indicator that while my training progresses, my blogging skills have deteriorated somewhat. Ah well, I don’t care!