Daaaamn you were a proper skinnyfat

Happy belated birthday! Pretty awesome transformation so far.

There's nothing skinny about that fat, bro.

If you see Sensei's current picture and frame it's pretty damn obvious he was never meant to be a fatty. He's clearly a skinny who just got way too fat. Hence skinnyfat.

At least that's how I seem to remember loco preaches it.

Or is that not how it works?

If you look fat in clothing you just are fat, maybe worse if clothing is baggy.

I think you may have misunderstood the gospel of Papa Loco. Skinnyfat is still reasonably slim (although possibly a small protruding belly).

Skinnyfat is still "normal" BMI, but high body fat percentage and low lbm.

Fattyfat is high BMI and high bf percentage and low lbm.

How did I not know this even after all these years?

When it comes to eyetest Syndr0m is right. Even fam and friends used to call me 'big' and not 'fat' (hard to explain what these words mean in that context in punjabi but they referred to me as 'healthy fat' kind of vibe). I only got really fat cah Chipotle and other 'MURICAN stuff

They obv didn't mean big as in jacked either ldo but I think if you look at my arms you see not much fat on them. True even when I cut. Arms look like veins popping out (without pump) even though flab on tummy. Height an limb ratio got a lot to do with this.

My body type is so suited to sprinting it's insane.


24 WEEK LIFTING CHALLENGE
3 wheel Squat for reps
3 wheel Block DL for reps
110kg BP for reps

reps = at least 1 set of 5

this is bare minimums

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weight is still same ~ 80kg

I avg'd my kcals and they come out to 2800-3000kcal with 3 days of lifting + 1 cardio + 1 of either HIIT or soccer. Need to up the cals a bit I think.

I should leave the pick up game but when you can out-pace a 5'7" mizo type from nepal who is fast and nimble and out-power a whole team, have a nice passing range (extremely one footed tho) and decent close control and shot, it is hard to give up such pwnage

I have a free MF role. Start center, drift on either wings, play DM or #10

Imo your BP goal is harder than your squat goal is way harder than your DL goal.

I think you might be good for the 3 wheel DL for several reps but I'd bet against for the other ones with pretty big odds.

Either way you'll need way better programming than what you're doing right now because you're still completely winging it SS style and wasting a lot of energy on what you call your warmups.

Thanks man,

I was going by the order of difficulty I have performing those moves. Since squat > bp > dl in terms of experience as well as form and confidence..I figured those goals.

I will try to change programming but right now it is dictated by 'free' time of which I have not that much. I do think during-workout programming can certainly change and made more tailored for those goals.

Right now I am winging it and doing one week of higher reps and one week of working to triples doubles etc.

Skinnyfat also tends to look good in clothing, and can even look "ok" shirtless. It won't turn heads in either direction but it won't make people go "oh he's got a gut" either.

Skinnyfat is basically what the world at large considers "normal" I would guess.

What are your current maxes?

BP - 102kg (today)

Squat - 131kg (no belt ez)

Block DL - 120 or 125kg (have not really put in a heavy day for these cuz I took a break and figuring out form etc.)

bw - 80kg

14 June

(kg)

Bench
60 x 10
70 x 5
80 x 3
85 x 1
90 x 1
94 x 1
102 x 1 - PR
107 x f
10'break
104 x f
10' break
80 x 8, 7, 7

Pull Ups
10 x 4
3 x 1 (w/ kate's shake - a lateral movement up top - really kills the forearms)

CGBP
55 x 12 x 4

Chest Supported DB Rows
40 x 12 x 5

Push Ups
20 x 3
last AMRAP set in the video below

107 x f with AMRAP Push Up:


That's my dad's yoga instructor spotting me. Shoulda asked for a lift off. Also maybe need to narrow grip just a tad.

"Kates Shake"?

A lateral movement at the top is referred to as a typewriter.

That's the name!

Anyways i thought they'd be much more taxing on the back but really they put strain on the grip and esp. The region around the elbow. My entire arms felt like they'd gone through multiple sets of bro curls and pushdowns after that workout

Typewriters are something that rock climbers do, it really has no realistic application to anything else. When I climbed back in 2012 I would do them sometimes on the hold trainer. Try doing them without actually gripping around a bar!

I guess I revise my goals to 26 weeks cah that the end of year or close enough..

I can see from yesterday how 110x5 for BP is gun be a lot tougher than the other two

I tried because i thought they'd be tougher but they were ok'ish. I guess more volume in them would really tell the difference. My upper forearms feel trashed this morning tho. Could just be i loaded elbow joint badly but they defo DOMSy feeling.

My main problem right now - not gaining any weight except temporary bloat after big meals.

Muscle definition improving and same with strength. Should I up the cals or rid the massive amounts of cardio I do?

moar food

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15 June

Needed to jog to blow some steam

x 7km

the whole time listened to only this 8-bar

16 June

Literally can't walk right now. Squats Friday, 7km cardio yesterday and Block Pulls today. My ass hurts.

(kg)
60 x 8
80 x 5
90 x 5
100 x 2
115 x 1
120 x 1
130 x f
130 x f
130 x 1 -- PR!
100 x 8
100 x 8
100 x 8

I reviewed the video of the 130 failed attempts and realized I was setting up too slow and kind of with shoulders a bit behind the bar. Rested 10' and then up she went!

That's it. Done for the night.

130 x 1:



100 x 8 last set:



So now we at 80kg bw
BP 102kg

DL 130kg

Squat 131kg

Pretty decent improvement from last year fixing my back and lifting 0kg.

Have a big cut (not deep) on my right wrist so I can't seem to do any flexion right now but should heal fast.

bench - Tighten your mid and upper back. Try to pull your shoulderblades down into your back pockets. And yes, always take a handoff if you can get one. Its impressive that you're benching as much as you are with that form. Use your back and you'll be doing a lot more soon.