Bum Cheeks

Bum Cheeks  

I tell thee what - PR squat and deadlift sessions within a few days of each other equal some seriously sore bum cheeks.

An odd way to start a blog I'll admit, but as they say, you have to start somewhere.. In researching about blogging when considering starting my own, I got trawling the net for advice, and found myself on a forum with a lengthy string from a single bloke. This bloke was relatively new to the blogging scene, and was complaining because he had 'writers block'. He gave every reason under the sun as to why they thought this could be, and also 50-odd different techniques they used to try to get going, from laying on the ground to listening to classical music in the dark.. then after all the whining I saw a one liner response that sealed it for me.. 'Shut up writing about not writing - just write'. Easy enough. Hence the relatively odd start to my blogging - rather than sit on my hands waiting for a bolt of lightning to strike and spark some magical moment of genius, I thought I would write about what is going on right now, and right now, I have sore bum cheeks.

In a nutshell, this blog will be a place to dump a load of boring numbers from my escapades in the gym and to get some opinionated rants out about current topics in the fitness and nutrition world, personal development (ridiculous term), and general life lessons.. and probably a far too in-depth view to my personal life.. we'll just have to see what my brain decides to vomit onto the net. Currently, I am planning blog posts surrounding the madness people come to the world of fitness with when it gets closer to summer, diet fads, why you should bin off your personal trainer (touchy!) and why you are still fat.. but until then.. I need to foam-roll my glutes..

I thought it would be a good idea to give a quick intro for myself, so we have a starting point for the onslaught of 'dear diary' type articles surrounding my training and have a little structure in this mess of brain leakage that is this blog..

..I am at a point in my training career, where I am recovering from a knee reconstruction after destroying the ACL in my left knee. I have just recently started being able to load my leg again in terms of lifting heavy. First, I suppose, it would be good to give some stats as to where I am at the moment. 

I'm 25, 5'9, sitting at about 74kgs, and around 11% bf.
My 1RM lifts are Bench: 107kg, Squat 124kg, Deadlift 133kg and Overhead Press 52kg. 
Goals: Bench 121kg, Squat 161kg, Deadlift 194kg and Overhead Press 72kg.

These goals are set to be hit through natural progression rather than a set date, using basic progressive overload techniques, lifting 3 times a week.



Ohhhhh hold on.. I am meant to be telling you about my new site where I am documenting the training of a client. You can follow the progress live week by week for 10 weeks - I will post the links to the site once it goes live in the next few weeks.. Until then I'll just keep in touch with a couple of the mentioned articles I am writing, and I'm sure some musings from my own lifting and the usual stories of numpties curling in the squat racks and how much it infuriates me blah blah..

End of first blog.. keep em peeled for the next in a the next few days. Toodles.