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This challenge is inspired by the 70's big article The Revolutionary Guide to Manly Short Shorts. I, unfortunately do not have a low enough body fat percentage to properly rock them, though I am not too far off. During the last challenge, I lost a little wait and noticed some definition in my quads that wasn't there before and I seek to further increase it. By the end of the challenge, I hope to be down into the 240's again (weighed 259.5 lb this morning) and hopefully able to rock some short shorts, feeling free to break out The Great Whites and make them The Great Tans. I'll be watching my diet, though not counting calories, and running where I can fit it in, but neither of those are challenge goals as I don't want to track them. The goals below are based on building a base to hit some personal goals later in the year for the most part or just improving everyday life a little bit in area's I don't excel in. Fitness Goal 1: 100,000 lb a week +2 STR +3 STA The German Panther tank above weighs just shy of 100,000 lb. Last challenge I wanted to lose weight and tried to focus on running to do it. In the process I ignored lifting, only averaging something like 1.5 times in the gym a week, and have shriveled into a weak husk of what I was. I hit some big PRs at SSS, but the weights I'm lifting now are nowhere near what would be needed to do it again. I want to improve all my lifts by 10-20 lb minimum when I do my first competition in December, and after this second cut challenge will be running Texas Method for at least 1 challenge to get ready. I'm not used to the volume in that program and need to prep for it, that's what this is all about. I need to average 100,000 lb a week of volume. Final Volume: A=600,000+ B=525,000 C=450,000 D=375,000 F=375,999- Fitness Goal 2: Mobility +2 DEX +2 CON The opposite of how I look whilst mobilizing 20 minutes mobility 3 times a week I learned a lot last challenge and want to work toward making mobility a part of my everyday life. It's gonna be one of my goals in each challenge for awhile. Graded on % complete. Fitness Goal 3: 8 Chin Ups +1 STR +1 CHA +1 STA What I expect to happen... In the words of the great Mark Rippetoe, "Every man should be able to do some chins.", and he's right. I can only pull my weight up 3-4 times, I wanna hit 8. I'll be running the program below that is based on Greyskull with my own twist. It involves a bunch of chins and I'll hopefully be greasing the grove on off days with at least 5 sets at 1/2 my max. One nice thing about this is that it'll help the guns meet the sun as well. A=8 B=7 C=6 D=5 F=4 or less Day A Squat 2x5, 1x5+ Press 2x5, 1x5+ Front Squat 5x10 Chins 2x6-8 (16 total minimum, add sets if needed) Press 5x10 (if time is left) Day B Bench 2x5, 1x5+ Power Clean 5x3 Deadlift 1x5 Sumo 1x5 Curl 2x10-15 Close Grip Bench (if time is left) Life Goal: Check Yourself +1 WIS +2 CHA Hey look! It's Seth! I'm a terrible typist and for a long time relied on autocorrect or the red squiggles in the browser. I need to start paying attention and proof reading posts as well as focusing on improving my typing skills. Other mods have been directed to edit my poor posts to chastise me. This one will be graded subjectively.