note: this started as a response to louden_swain on this training board thread but turned into something a bit longer than i intended and decided to put here.
well, i used to think a 300lb bench was pretty awesome. now that i can do it, it's nothing. with the sub-cultural aspects of strength/fitness/bodybuilding that i immerse myself into, it's nothing. by the end of the semester, i expect to bench 350 lbs, and by my birthday (1 month or so after the end of the semester) i expect to squat 405 and dealift 475. at least.
but i've been recently thinking that those are, in reality, fairly impressive benchmark goals. i mean, the average person would never expect someone to be able to perform lifts like that. for the past three solid years i've been lifting (since i started), i've been fairly focused on weightlifting. more so than the majority of the people i've seen in the gym. the last option i've come up with is to learn a martial art.
before weightlifting, it was trumpet playing. i did that for a solid 8+ years starting in 5th grade. from the beginning i was fairly absorbed into learning to play the trumpet, but back in highschool i was a hardcore band-geek, a rebel one albeit.
now, i'm thinking i might want to choose something other than weightlifting to focus on starting next semester. don't get me wrong, i won't ever stop lifting weights, but it will lose it place as a main priority (i'm thinking 2, maybe 3 short 20-30 min workouts a week).
starting the fall semester, i've been thinking about what i might focus on next and i've come up with a few options. one is to continue with weightlifting, or more specifically, i would be training with the intent on competing in powerlifting contests. another option i've been contemplating is picking my horn back up and getting in shape to play in a big band (i truely did enjoy playing trumpet and i also really enjoy jazz, which i did play before). the last option i came up with is to learn a martial art. that is something that i have thought about numerous times and also something that i think i can enjoy. as far as which martial art i chose, i am still a bit indecisive, but it will either be ninjitsu (dux ryu), or jujitsu/judo.
i am a bit leaning away from the powerlifting route at the moment for a few reasons. for example, i am reaching a size which is definitely larger than the norm and i already am bigger than i initially set out to be, and i don't necessarily want the natural progression of powerlifting towards getting bigger in order to get stronger.
well, i guess i'm just looking for some insight/advice/input/suggestions/etc on the matter. i consider this somewhat serious as it concerns what i choose to do with my time for the next few years.
j2da2
well, i used to think a 300lb bench was pretty awesome. now that i can do it, it's nothing. with the sub-cultural aspects of strength/fitness/bodybuilding that i immerse myself into, it's nothing. by the end of the semester, i expect to bench 350 lbs, and by my birthday (1 month or so after the end of the semester) i expect to squat 405 and dealift 475. at least.
but i've been recently thinking that those are, in reality, fairly impressive benchmark goals. i mean, the average person would never expect someone to be able to perform lifts like that. for the past three solid years i've been lifting (since i started), i've been fairly focused on weightlifting. more so than the majority of the people i've seen in the gym. the last option i've come up with is to learn a martial art.
before weightlifting, it was trumpet playing. i did that for a solid 8+ years starting in 5th grade. from the beginning i was fairly absorbed into learning to play the trumpet, but back in highschool i was a hardcore band-geek, a rebel one albeit.
now, i'm thinking i might want to choose something other than weightlifting to focus on starting next semester. don't get me wrong, i won't ever stop lifting weights, but it will lose it place as a main priority (i'm thinking 2, maybe 3 short 20-30 min workouts a week).
starting the fall semester, i've been thinking about what i might focus on next and i've come up with a few options. one is to continue with weightlifting, or more specifically, i would be training with the intent on competing in powerlifting contests. another option i've been contemplating is picking my horn back up and getting in shape to play in a big band (i truely did enjoy playing trumpet and i also really enjoy jazz, which i did play before). the last option i came up with is to learn a martial art. that is something that i have thought about numerous times and also something that i think i can enjoy. as far as which martial art i chose, i am still a bit indecisive, but it will either be ninjitsu (dux ryu), or jujitsu/judo.
i am a bit leaning away from the powerlifting route at the moment for a few reasons. for example, i am reaching a size which is definitely larger than the norm and i already am bigger than i initially set out to be, and i don't necessarily want the natural progression of powerlifting towards getting bigger in order to get stronger.
well, i guess i'm just looking for some insight/advice/input/suggestions/etc on the matter. i consider this somewhat serious as it concerns what i choose to do with my time for the next few years.
j2da2