My Anti-Beer Gut Crusade!!!
First post, here's hoping it's in the right place. This is a log of the inexorable decline of my beer gut.
Stats:
5'10"
205-210 pounds (it varies by the day)
23% bodyfat (Navy circumference method)
Protein per day: minimum 175g
Even though I've lost about 10% bodyfat, I still look like I'm pregnant while being male. This is a problem that SHALL BE FIXED. My goal is to be strong, but I really, honestly, and truly just want to have my shirts hang flat from my chest to my belt. Don't give a damn about a six-pack, I just want a flat-ish stomach instead of a beer gut.
Lifts (5RM):
Deadlift: 230
Squat: 190
Bench: 120
Clean: 95
Press: 90
I started the program itself in May 2016 when I finally got sick and tired of the fat, gelatinous mass in my computer chair. My stats then were roughly:
220 lbs
32% bodyfat
Deadlift: 130
Squat: 75
Bench: 75
Clean: N/A
Press: 65
I trained for about a month, then I got it into my head that I should be reducing fat first, then worrying about building muscle. This was after I got stuck at 145 on the Squat. I restarted SS completely in August 2016, so I've essentially been doing SS for two months.
A potential complication is the fact that I have severe scoliosis of my chest. When I stand up and look forward, chest up, good posture, my shirt doesn't touch a fist-sized depression in the dead center of my chest right between my nipples. It's about a 2" deep valley between my pecs where it's literally skin on bone, no muscle. It literally looks like someone punched a hole in my chest, and it's been there as long as I can remember. I'm noting it simply because I don't know if it changes the mechanics of my lifts; I'll leave that analysis for the people who know what the hell they're talking about.
I work out Mon/Wed/Fri around 5-6pm, sometimes as early as 4pm. I'll update this log tonight with today's results.