The Road To 315 - Landmarks

With lifting comes landmarks. Landmarks can be just about any goal that you set for yourself! When I started working out my goals were so much different than they are now! In December of 2014 I started my fitness journey with one goal in mind.. Get healthy. I was overweight and had terrible habits. I thought the only way I could do it was with a gym membership and a trainer. Looking back it was an amazing, life changing choice. The trainer was expensive, but it's what kept me accountable! If I wouldn't have been spending the money for a trainer I don't know if I would of stuck with it. They say it takes 60 days to form a habit. I had a trainer for 90 days and by the time I was on my own, I was hooked. Spending more time in the gym than I probably needed! It was nothing for me to go for 2 maybe 3 hours.. 5 days a week!

My goals soon changed from get healthy and lose weight, to get strong! I've had several set backs over the last couple years between injury and just day to day struggles with motivation but I'm back on track now and have a goal! 

My first "landmark" was the first time I benched 225 lbs. For some of you this may not seem huge, and for others you may not see the big deal with this number. But let me tell you this, when you are big it's expected that you are strong. And when I started lifting I was strong, but I was not lifting weights strong. I could only bench like.. 175 lbs but could dead-lift 405 lbs. And I'll be honest it was embarrassing to struggle with 175 lbs being as big as I was, but I overcame that and when I threw on 2 plates for the first time it was an amazing accomplishment!

I'm now starting my journey to 315 lbs because an extra plate is obviously the next goal!! My current 1RM (one rep max) is 275 lbs, and 225 lbs now is a weight that I can push out several reps with but that 315 lbs mark is my next goal. I'm starting a new lifting regiment and will be tracking successes and failures along the way! My hope is that someone will read this and know, you are not the only one that struggles. Everyone starts somewhere and it doesn't matter how far gone you THINK you are. You CAN do it.

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