I have had a few realizations about training the last six months. In no particular order:
- Training after 40 sucks.
- Training after a year of inconsistent lifting with no real direction or planning in 2025 sucks.
- Tearing my adductor late last year and recovering from that has sucked.
With that all said, my adductor is pretty much back to 100% and my time in the gym has been more consistent and productive than it has been in the last two years. I am signed up for a meet on July 25th. All I want to do here is qualify for the Arnold Sports Festival next year and get at least a 1650 total. Anything over 1650 is more than the best 242 masters totaled at nationals this year, so it would be super cool to beat that.
I am only about 5 weeks out now. Intensity will ramp up as beer drinking frequency goes down. This is no simple feat at the peak of porch beer season.