Current weight is 192.7.

195 days straight, no breaks. Progress has been slow, since daily workouts require balance to avoid injuries.

When I was younger and did 2-3 workouts a week or maybe just one, I could go really heavy, but one thing I learned back then was going heavy caused injuries, but I could rest for the next week and go again.

I got stronger faster but strength is an interesting thing. Getting your bigger muscles stronger by targeting them with resistance doesn’t necessarily strengthen the rest of the body at the same speed. Bones, ligaments, tendons, support muscles, need more time to adapt, especially bones and tendons. I would consistently injure myself as I went heavier because the rest of my body had not adapted. I’d have to de-load and try again.

This time I made the same mistake and so I did de-load and noticed that even staying in the same range and just adding reps when possible was still effective. Even going up to 25 reps on some exercises I still notice strength gains.

I recently added a significant amount of useable space to my house and I’m thinking part of it will be a gym. I’ll add a power rack, and once that’s in I’ll begin in earnest putting on more size, but before doing so I did want to recomp and get my body fat percentage down, and that’s improving. I’m going to give myself 1 year maybe longer to hit my goal weight of 165lbs. I have 170 more days before I hit the 1 year mark.

Aesthetically I don’t want to be huge, I want to look dangerous, and this desire isn’t simple aesthetics but as the father of a daughter, an intentional visual communicator of the threat I represent to anyone looking to harm my family.

I’ve researched the science on some of this stuff, and shoulder size and upper body strength are non-verbal ways to communicate physical dominance to other men, and safety to women the man protects.