Thanks, David. I'm hoping to lose a bit more of the bodyfat in the navel area. If I can just stop socializing and enjoying a bit more good food and drink, I might actually get there.
As far as workouts, I am a firm believer in variety these days. When I first started out oh-so many years ago, it was just medium-high rep lifting with moderately heavy barbells and dumbbells. Started out following the workouts in the bodybuilding rags and eventually discovered more of a "weightlifting" approach. Heavier weights, more compound movements, etc.
Once I got online, I found a ton of info and a lot of different things to try. I rediscovered bodyweight calasthenics (Did more than my share when I was in the service) and found a lot more info regarding heavier lifting. Brooks Kubik's
Dinosaur Training was a bit of a revalation for me. It introduced me to odd object lifting, etc. I still love that book. Great stuff.
For a lot of years I walked around at a bodyweight of 195-200 lbs. at a height of 5'8". Not bad for a short guy!
I got pretty ill a year or two back and dropped about 30 lbs. in under 90 days. Funny thing is when I was feeling better and returned to working out, I noticed that I felt better carrying a bit less bodyweight. 165 lbs. was a bit lighter than I wanted to be, but 200 lbs. was hell on my lower back after awhile.
I settled in at around a weight of anywhere between 175-185 and am pretty happy with that ballpark. I was able to regain most of my strength from when I weighed 200 lbs., but found I still felt better overall at a lighter weight.
In the pic above from around 2 weeks ago, I weighed in at around 171, so that's not too bad.
I just like to mix up my training nowadays to stave off boredom and try to get a maximum affect from each style. No one system seems to cover it all, so I take the bits from each that work for me and discard the stuff that does not.
As far as nutrition goes, for a lot of years it was basically eat whatever and however much I could. It was all about putting on mass and gaining strength to me. Good food, junk food, I didn't care.
After I got ill and decided to stick at a lower bodyweight, I refined my diet techniques to suit me a bit better. Reduced portions for starters.
After reading up on paleo/low carb, I decided to give that a shot since the more I read, I felt a lower intake of starchy carbs might be what worked for me in conjunction with reduced portions to help me stay at a bw of between 175-185.
So far it has done the trick and I can honestly say I feel better just not ingesting all the starches, sugars and junk. I can eat and feel full, but not like I do not want to move for hours afterwards.
The above picture was also taken after a bit of self-experimentation...I decided to do a week or so of essetially ultra low/no carb just to see what happened. I definitely dropped a few pounds and tightened up a bit doing that. I don't think I could do a carnivore style diet all the time, but flip-flopping that with a paleo approach every few weeks could possibly work for me.
I will try to find a "before" pic to post to see if the difference is actually that noticable. I think it is.
I hope I have actually said something worthwhile in this post and not just droned aimlessly. Apologies in advance if that is the case!
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