Potz
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- Sep 8, 2021
Hey guys
I, Ryan, commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously.
Background:
Software engineer/Technical Lead at a startup, 35, 173cm, overweight (have been my whole life). Finances in good shape, love my job, own a 3 bedroom apartment in a secure complex. I was married, my wife passed away last year and I'm getting back into dating, been on a self improvement journey with lots of ups and downs for the last 12 years or so. I was 115kg, got down to 79kg, met the woman who became my wife, got comfortable and gradually got back up to 96kgs at the time she died. Now I'm back down to 79kgs with some muscle, but not satisfied yet, still have fat to loose and muscle to gain. Committed to never getting fat for the rest of my life, going to be that ripped 80 year old dude in the gym smashing out sets no matter what.
Goals:
Have a fulfilling life which includes:
1. Regular, fulfilling sex for both me and my partner(s)
2. Get an athletic body that I can be proud of (11-13% body fat) and the following lifting goals to start with:
Squat: 3×5 @ 1.25x body weight
Deadlift: 1×5 @ 1.5x body weight
Press: 3×5 @ 0.70x body weight
Bench Press: 3×5 @ 1x body weight
3. Keep building passive income, investments and my side business so that I don't have to work should my situation change
4. Determine a life mission to help guide my decisions
5. Find a woman that I would like to have kids with
6. Emigrate from South Africa to a safer country
7. Spend less time working for money
Currently hitting the gym 4-5 days a week, 4 being strength(5/3/1 Building the Monolith program), 0-1 being cardio. Eating a mostly carnivore diet, with intermittent fasting, generally OMAD, but some days I eat lunch too.
Currently on tinder/bumble but getting poor quality matches, so have put this time waster on pause until I have a better body to take professional photos with. Focusing on my body fat % for now
I, Ryan, commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously.
Background:
Software engineer/Technical Lead at a startup, 35, 173cm, overweight (have been my whole life). Finances in good shape, love my job, own a 3 bedroom apartment in a secure complex. I was married, my wife passed away last year and I'm getting back into dating, been on a self improvement journey with lots of ups and downs for the last 12 years or so. I was 115kg, got down to 79kg, met the woman who became my wife, got comfortable and gradually got back up to 96kgs at the time she died. Now I'm back down to 79kgs with some muscle, but not satisfied yet, still have fat to loose and muscle to gain. Committed to never getting fat for the rest of my life, going to be that ripped 80 year old dude in the gym smashing out sets no matter what.
Goals:
Have a fulfilling life which includes:
1. Regular, fulfilling sex for both me and my partner(s)
2. Get an athletic body that I can be proud of (11-13% body fat) and the following lifting goals to start with:
Squat: 3×5 @ 1.25x body weight
Deadlift: 1×5 @ 1.5x body weight
Press: 3×5 @ 0.70x body weight
Bench Press: 3×5 @ 1x body weight
3. Keep building passive income, investments and my side business so that I don't have to work should my situation change
4. Determine a life mission to help guide my decisions
5. Find a woman that I would like to have kids with
6. Emigrate from South Africa to a safer country
7. Spend less time working for money
Currently hitting the gym 4-5 days a week, 4 being strength(5/3/1 Building the Monolith program), 0-1 being cardio. Eating a mostly carnivore diet, with intermittent fasting, generally OMAD, but some days I eat lunch too.
Currently on tinder/bumble but getting poor quality matches, so have put this time waster on pause until I have a better body to take professional photos with. Focusing on my body fat % for now