At the moment I am making progress towards reducing my body fat (now just over 15 %) and increasing strength, but not particularly size. My idea of the kinda size I want to be is one man — Jean-Claude Van Damme (Universal Soldier era); this man is a famous martial artist and actor, who has impressive strength but has speed, proportion and agility; he managed to bench 160 kg at his peak so I may have to adjust some of my targets upwards, making sure to keep all of the exercises at the same strength level.
When you look at Bruce Lee, after learning about the body and training, you realise that his level of conditioning was astounding: he must have had about 2 % body fat, one of the best power to weight ratios ever and been totally packed with muscle and little else. Some of the amazing things he managed to do include:
- exploding a 100 pound punching bag with a massive sidekick while training
- collapsing steel reinforced head protection gear
- have an inch punch that could send 200 lb men flying for 15 feet
Anyway, my current achievements follow, taken from the mass that I can lift confidently for one repetition in these exercises, not my one-off achievements:
| Exercise | Mass lifted /kg | Current lift /kg |
|---|---|---|
| Clean and press | 77 | 80 |
| Bench press | 122 | 117.5 |
| Power clean | 114 | 95 |
| Deadlift | 192 | 180 |
| Squat | 167 | 115 |
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