My New Years Resolution - Gain 5 Pounds of Pure Muscle
Monday, January 6, 2014 at 2:41PM 
So I mentioned a couple of videos ago some tips on how to keep your 2014 New Years Fitness Resolutions, but I did not mention what mine where. Perhaps because I was not sure at that point? Well I have a plan now for 2014 and my new goal for the first 3-4 months is to put on some muscle mass. This is not something my body is prone to doing, I'm pretty good at shredding up and sure I can gain fat easy juts by eating but adding muscle mass quickly is not something I have been able to do easily in the past.
As you know I have been doing a lot of CrossFit over the past 6-7 months and it has been really greta for me in many ways. In some ways it may have limited me to add muscle since most CrossFit workouts are heavy on the high intensity which in a way is like cardio but with the benefit of more of a cardio workout. But the fact of the matter is by doing the high intensity training you do rob your body of some of its ability to put on pure muscle because it is multitasking and needs some of the energy to go towards the high intensity effort you are performing and then some of the energy goes into building muscle.
My goal is to gain between 5-8 pounds of solid muscle while maintaining a lean body mass, I plan to do this by cutting down on my CrossFit workouts to about 3 days per week and ramping up my Isolation body building style workouts to at least 3 days per week. I will be eating slightly more calories than I need so I can gain the additional muscle mass but my food intake will be very regulated with a lot of protein with some carbs and lower fat.
During my "transformation" I plan to "keep the shirt on" until I get to my final target weight what ever that turned out to be ;) Right now I am 182 pounds at about 8% body fat, I want to be at least 185 pounds at 6% body fat or closer to 190 pounds at 7% body fat when all is said and done.
So keep posted and I would love for you to share your Fitness Goals for 2014 with me so we can work towards them together.
Reader Comments (1)
Hi Mike,
Glad you're able to formulate a resolution. I just recently purchased a bodyfat caliper. So, hopefully once I'm able to determine where I'm at-- I'll make a goal from there. An interesting thing I've come across in my recent Crossfit/ exercise journey is, having lost about 35-40 lbs (down to 206).. I find I weigh myself everyday. I think I've reached a plateau and know I'll probably not be losing a bunch more weight and therefore I need to find another avenue to harness my motivation.. Anyway good for you. Would love to see a video on bodyfat measurements, if you've ever used calipers or not.
Take care,
Greg