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@lazarus_come_forth Awesome. You're getting fitter. 20 pounds in 4 months is also great progress, particularly when you're gaining strength at the same time. Forget about the Vo2 max measurements. Keep doind what you're doing, and good luck!

@lazarus_come_forth For your cardio (1) is your pace improving? (2) do you feel less tired? (3) is your resting heart rate stable or decreasing? Vo2 is a great measure of fitness, but it's not always consistent and it's not always assessed acurately. In general, people underestimate the value...

@jake99901 You could try upper body 3 times a week and lower body 2 times a week, or 3 and 3 if you have the time. In all likelihood, the pear shape will go away when you lose weight (more of a diet thing than a lifting thing).

@jake99901 Continuing to progress after you hit an "advanced but not elite" level is challenging and does, in fact, usually require some real micromanaging unless you're really genetically gifted. I used 12-15% as shorthand, but I could have just as easily wrote "3-4-5," as in 3 plates bench, 4...

@mynamechef Absolutely. But at a certain point, you start to love fitness. Compliance goes from a chore to an obsession.

@mynamechef Mirror, weight, waist size, and lifting progression. It's free and you can measure it every day (keeping a running average is best practice, imo)!

@jake99901 I was basically you 10 years ago -- same age, similar height, but a little bit fatter (I was about 220 pounds). If you really want to lose weight and see results, consistency with diet and exercise is way more important than whose specific lifting program you're following. Some of...