Hey guys,
Im a blue belt whos been training for almost 4 years. for about 3 of those years i competed as much as i could and trained about twice a day. In the last of those years, i had to train a bit less, but still almost every day, and I stopped competing. Both because I was a bit tired form competing (specially after I came extremely close to medaling in pans, which would have been a dream for me) but mainly because of work, and life in general. The cycle of life.
Anyway, I came to the conclusion that its time for me to get back on track. After a long due vacation I came back decided to go back to the old twice a day tough training routine (not counting sprints with my dog and some gym) and competing as much as possible (i live in an area where there are many, so thats every other week).
The thing is that i gained about 13 pounds since the last time i competed. I always competed at Heavy. I am not exactly out of shape, but I am not having a completely disciplined diet like I used to. I am eating healthy, always, but its no longer focused on staying "light", since I wasnt competing. I have definitely gained some muscle aswell as fat. Anyway, what I would like an opinion on is whether you think its important for me to get back to heavy? In your experience / knowledge, will I find trouble if I stay in Super Heavy, eating healthy and training alot? Should I actually focus on getting back to heavy?
Its crazy how our body changes, to me i feel like i simply got bigger, heavy seems far away from me because i dont feel fat. Sometimes i think its also age related (I am 27 now)...
Opinions?
thanks
Im a blue belt whos been training for almost 4 years. for about 3 of those years i competed as much as i could and trained about twice a day. In the last of those years, i had to train a bit less, but still almost every day, and I stopped competing. Both because I was a bit tired form competing (specially after I came extremely close to medaling in pans, which would have been a dream for me) but mainly because of work, and life in general. The cycle of life.
Anyway, I came to the conclusion that its time for me to get back on track. After a long due vacation I came back decided to go back to the old twice a day tough training routine (not counting sprints with my dog and some gym) and competing as much as possible (i live in an area where there are many, so thats every other week).
The thing is that i gained about 13 pounds since the last time i competed. I always competed at Heavy. I am not exactly out of shape, but I am not having a completely disciplined diet like I used to. I am eating healthy, always, but its no longer focused on staying "light", since I wasnt competing. I have definitely gained some muscle aswell as fat. Anyway, what I would like an opinion on is whether you think its important for me to get back to heavy? In your experience / knowledge, will I find trouble if I stay in Super Heavy, eating healthy and training alot? Should I actually focus on getting back to heavy?
Its crazy how our body changes, to me i feel like i simply got bigger, heavy seems far away from me because i dont feel fat. Sometimes i think its also age related (I am 27 now)...
Opinions?
thanks
