Waisting away: Will PL strength + BB looks = more tail for G5.0???

[Guinness5.0]

Journal time once again. And once again I've decided that I want to be lean for the first time in my life. I've had this thought before, but this time I'm a bit more motivated: I'm the fattest I've ever been. I didn't realize it til I took a pic to track progress - I was planning to run WSB and eat like a madman until I saw the pic. It's here at my putfile homepage:
http://www.putfile.com/guinness50

But the good news is that my strength is coming back nicely. My gym attendance was sporadic at best this summer for a variety o reasons, but I never got too far gone. Here are my current bests:
ATF Oly squat: hit 430 the other night. Probably couldn't have got much more though.
Deadlift: Got 495 last night. THRILLED about this, since 500 was my PR after my last drug cycle this Spring. This is going to go up.
Push-press: got 245 last week and I think this will be going up quickly.

I use these lifts as my strength banchmarks. I will use them to see where my strength levels are when I feel the need to test 1rm. Although I'm cutting. I'll be very careful not to butcher my strength.

I will be putting together my initial training regimen and working on food choices this weekend, so no specific plan exists just yet. I'll take some measuremnets as well. I wanted to get back on the board right away though, as having a journal is always motivation for me to stay on course.

Also, I'll try to include some good 'morons at the gym' stories as they present themselves

 

[anotherbutters]

Welcome back porky

What's the starting bodyweight then? Is this the start of more regular gym sessions?

 

[Cynical Simian]

Ugh, another New Year's resolution assclown. This guy's gym card will be collecting dust within a month.

Nice to have you back.

 

[Guinness5.0]

Bodyweight is in the mid 250's. It's strange - my bodyweight is almost always 250-ish whether I'm [relatively] lean or fat. I'm quite pleased that despite lean mass being down 10-15 pounds, I'm still as strong as ever (not counting being 'on', of course). Seriously, I was/am elated that I got my 5-plate deadlift last night.

I'd still really like to run WSB. I may use some slightly bastardized version of it, but HST seemed to work well the last time I leaned out. Training is very much up in the air for now.

 

[anotherbutters]

'grats on the 5 plate dead. I'm not used to numbers that high, so I didn't realise

Do you think there's any mileage in maintaining your current weight for a while, whilst you get back into the swing of things? Lean out and recomp at 250, since you've been there with less fat before.

Have you bought a copy of Practical Programming yet? If not, please, please do.

 

[Guinness5.0]

I do plan on buying that book, yes.

I don't have a focus in regards to recomping or cutting. I would imagine that I'll shed this 'new' fat rapidly and probably regain a litle muscle. then the recomping will taper off and I'll need to focus on losing the fat.

I'm going to do what I did before -- measure the gut and arms. If the gut's shrinking quickly and the arms aren't, I'll be happy

 

[anotherbutters]

In that case, go, go G5!

 

[enigma4dub]

subscribed. welcome back!

 

[blut wump]

Great to see you back, I like the new look. I passed 280 over Christmas and my wife has taken to prodding me in the gut.

Congrats on the DL.

 

[BiggT]

I'm subscribed....nice numbers considering inconsistent training.....and imo, you're not even close to fat. I think consistent training and an ounce of common sense and a little restraint is all you're gonna need with diet.