ram4386
10-26-08, 9:05 pm
Hey again
Just wondering what you all thought about this. Almost everyone here has goals they are working on and will achieve one day (hopefully). This being said, I was wondering if people here focus on that long term "ideal" achievement, or if they instead set smaller goals and work to accomplish those while still focusing on the main goal. Furthermore, I was wondering what reasonable expectations are within certain time frames. I know most people that are working towards a goal are probably doing a "Journey," but hopefully this can help to outline your goals in a much more concise way. Also by condensing your goals into a smaller post it can aid in understanding if your goals are attainable in the time frame you've allotted. Also if anyone could critique my goals and let me know if I'm coming out of left field with expectations, because no one wants to set themselves up for failure. It's much easier to find out that certain goals are not ascertainable early rather than mid-phase.
My goal is hard to quantify, but the idealization still exists. Currently I weigh about 245 pounds with a higher than accepted body fat percentage in my mind. That exact percentage I'm not quite sure, but if I had to guess I would say somewhere around 20%. Currently I am on a bulk phase (trying to be as clean as possible). Then when this bulk finishes right around New Years, I am going to begin the long arduous task of ripping the fat off this body. After careful deliberation, I chose to begin bulking rather than cutting, because in order to build a house you need to have all the supplies. Meaning that it would difficult to look/be what I want to be like without adding the muscle on first.
My question here would be is there such a thing as a clean bulk with the calories consumed should be as high quality as possible, or should the bulk be a non-stop food rampage with muscle addition being the goal? While these are two of the extremes, I currently find myself closer to the first rather than the latter. My query that I impose unto you is, should I indeed maintain the leanest bulk possible or would a little looser bulk be permissible? As always any feedback is greatly appreciated, and sorry for the long-winded post.
P.S. As for my goals they are the following (By the way the goals are for 4-6 reps)
Bench: 315
Squat: 350
Deadlift: 400
My current stats are
Bench: 250
Squat: 295
Deadlift: 315
Thanks again,
Ryan
Just wondering what you all thought about this. Almost everyone here has goals they are working on and will achieve one day (hopefully). This being said, I was wondering if people here focus on that long term "ideal" achievement, or if they instead set smaller goals and work to accomplish those while still focusing on the main goal. Furthermore, I was wondering what reasonable expectations are within certain time frames. I know most people that are working towards a goal are probably doing a "Journey," but hopefully this can help to outline your goals in a much more concise way. Also by condensing your goals into a smaller post it can aid in understanding if your goals are attainable in the time frame you've allotted. Also if anyone could critique my goals and let me know if I'm coming out of left field with expectations, because no one wants to set themselves up for failure. It's much easier to find out that certain goals are not ascertainable early rather than mid-phase.
My goal is hard to quantify, but the idealization still exists. Currently I weigh about 245 pounds with a higher than accepted body fat percentage in my mind. That exact percentage I'm not quite sure, but if I had to guess I would say somewhere around 20%. Currently I am on a bulk phase (trying to be as clean as possible). Then when this bulk finishes right around New Years, I am going to begin the long arduous task of ripping the fat off this body. After careful deliberation, I chose to begin bulking rather than cutting, because in order to build a house you need to have all the supplies. Meaning that it would difficult to look/be what I want to be like without adding the muscle on first.
My question here would be is there such a thing as a clean bulk with the calories consumed should be as high quality as possible, or should the bulk be a non-stop food rampage with muscle addition being the goal? While these are two of the extremes, I currently find myself closer to the first rather than the latter. My query that I impose unto you is, should I indeed maintain the leanest bulk possible or would a little looser bulk be permissible? As always any feedback is greatly appreciated, and sorry for the long-winded post.
P.S. As for my goals they are the following (By the way the goals are for 4-6 reps)
Bench: 315
Squat: 350
Deadlift: 400
My current stats are
Bench: 250
Squat: 295
Deadlift: 315
Thanks again,
Ryan