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imported_deolmstead
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I was thinking yesterday about goals - ie, that I didn't have specific ones. I had a generic "gain muscle, try to minimize fat gain" goal, but that's just not something that you can grab a hold of.
When I was losing weight, it was pretty easy as there was only one metric: pounds. I said "190 pounds is my goal," and it was until I got there, and then it was 180. And so on. I see nothing wrong with moving the goalposts once you reach them, but I think it's helpful to have them.
Never having done a lifting routine before, I have little experience in setting goals here and don't really know what's realistic in the short-term, long-term, etc.
So, pretty much totally arbitrarily, I set a goal for myself of 200 lbs, 10% BF. Nice, round numbers. I'm currently at 178lbs, 15%. So a little bit of math tells me I need to gain 28lbs of muscle and lose 6 lbs of fat to get to this goal. 28lbs of muscle seems like an awful lot to me, especially after reading around here, so this strikes me as definitely long-term (ie, a year or more). At least I have my newbieness going for me.
Do you guys set specific goals for yourself? What metric do you use - inches, bf, strength? I'm curious.
When I was losing weight, it was pretty easy as there was only one metric: pounds. I said "190 pounds is my goal," and it was until I got there, and then it was 180. And so on. I see nothing wrong with moving the goalposts once you reach them, but I think it's helpful to have them.
Never having done a lifting routine before, I have little experience in setting goals here and don't really know what's realistic in the short-term, long-term, etc.
So, pretty much totally arbitrarily, I set a goal for myself of 200 lbs, 10% BF. Nice, round numbers. I'm currently at 178lbs, 15%. So a little bit of math tells me I need to gain 28lbs of muscle and lose 6 lbs of fat to get to this goal. 28lbs of muscle seems like an awful lot to me, especially after reading around here, so this strikes me as definitely long-term (ie, a year or more). At least I have my newbieness going for me.
Do you guys set specific goals for yourself? What metric do you use - inches, bf, strength? I'm curious.