{"id":489,"date":"2015-04-06T19:03:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T19:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/?p=489"},"modified":"2015-06-25T19:04:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T19:04:53","slug":"status-update-2015q1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/status-update-2015q1\/","title":{"rendered":"Status Update 2015Q1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first quarter of 2015 is in the books. Wow, that went fast. In that time, I&#8217;ve continued to chug along at work, settled a little more into my new house and FINALLY straightened out my garage.\u00a0That last point is important because my garage is my gym. I don&#8217;t have or need any memberships to a commercial gym; I have everything I need at home including a power rack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/row.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-494\" src=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/row-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"row\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/row-300x262.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/row.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>So, how has my training been going? Well, good and bad.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">First the <strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00; text-decoration: underline;\">good<\/span><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m finally on a decent schedule. I lift 2 \u2013 3 times a week and when I don&#8217;t lift, have been busy working on my house, walking my dog or just trying to be a little more active.<\/li>\n<li>Strength is coming back. It&#8217;s slow, but progress is noticeable. I&#8217;m sure that most of it is related to the muscle memory phenomenon, but I&#8217;ll take it!<\/li>\n<li>Recovery is finally not an issue. Man, those first few lifting sessions took a while to recover from. I was sore for almost a week after my first few squat and deadlift sessions. Those had me duck walking at work for a while, but I can now recover within a few days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Now the <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">bad<\/span><\/em><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Technique has suffered. Man, I had some of this stuff down, but I&#8217;m struggling with my squat and some of my kettlebell lifts. I have my wife record some of my heavier lifts and I see a lot of no good going on. Which leads me to:<\/li>\n<li>Mobility is a major issue. I need a lot of work in this area. I don&#8217;t want to get hurt again so I&#8217;m working on this.<\/li>\n<li>Diet is still in flux. I know what I need to do \u2013 I&#8217;ve done it before! However, work and life make it hard to stay on track.<\/li>\n<li>I need to be more disciplined going forward. There are no more excuses. I&#8217;ve worked hard to set myself up to succeed and finally feel like I&#8217;m there, so now it&#8217;s time to just do it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So I give m 1Q a passing\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">C+<\/span><\/strong>. Lots to work on, but at least I&#8217;ve overcome the biggest hurtle \u2013 <em>getting started! I<\/em>\u00a0really hope to nail down some of my flexibility, technique and diet issues in Q2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kbs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-493 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kbs-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"kbs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kbs-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kbs-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kbs-144x144.jpg 144w, http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kbs-50x50.jpg 50w, http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kbs.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>So there it is, my little progress report. I&#8217;ll look back on this in a few months and hopefully will have better results to report (even if it is only to myself). In a sense, that&#8217;s why I started writing this blog, bot be accountable to myself. I may not promote this blog much, but I also don&#8217;t hide it, so this is out there for family and friends to see.<\/p>\n<p>Till next time, keep lifting and moving forward!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first quarter of 2015 is in the books. Wow, that went fast. 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