So, to make a long story short, I'm slightly overweight and my body isn't the best. I've made attempts before to rectify this but I've gotten sucked into the whole "lifting for numbers" thing and the last time I was 'serious' with my weight lifting, I was doing stronglifts 5x5. For me, the progress was actually really good and the best I'd ever personally done, but the squatting every day was fucking killing me and to be honest, my workout partner at the time has god-tier genetics and never had to worry about bulking, cutting, or if he would make gains. He is 100% natty but is also just a natural chad-tier athlete so even though my body was shit I got sucked into caring about numbers and stats. Then I had nasal surgery which put me out of the gym for a month (it was pretty involved and I didn't want to bust open my nose while trying to do heavy-for-me squats). That + a really shitty commute to a stressful ass job has put me out of the gym permanently.
I'm 5'8 and around ~165-170 lb and honestly, I'm tired of carrying my gut around. It isn't massive but it doesn't look good and I always feel so bloated. I need to get my diet in check obviously but can you guys recommend any kind of good routine for losing weight?
I -seriously- only care about losing weight, looking good/decent, and having a flat stomach. I don't even care about abs really.
Are my goals possible without resorting to killing myself with squats and deadlifts all over again? Because at this point if I have to re-start on them my numbers have literally tanked, hard. Personally (and I attribute it to genetics 100%) I've never been naturally strong. So for me my strongest squat was 315 for 5x5, but I know if I go back in the gym there's no way I could do over 95lb again. And at this point, I just don't care about the numbers. I just want to look and feel good. Could I just take up running?
Any suggestions?
I'm 5'8 and around ~165-170 lb and honestly, I'm tired of carrying my gut around. It isn't massive but it doesn't look good and I always feel so bloated. I need to get my diet in check obviously but can you guys recommend any kind of good routine for losing weight?
I -seriously- only care about losing weight, looking good/decent, and having a flat stomach. I don't even care about abs really.
Are my goals possible without resorting to killing myself with squats and deadlifts all over again? Because at this point if I have to re-start on them my numbers have literally tanked, hard. Personally (and I attribute it to genetics 100%) I've never been naturally strong. So for me my strongest squat was 315 for 5x5, but I know if I go back in the gym there's no way I could do over 95lb again. And at this point, I just don't care about the numbers. I just want to look and feel good. Could I just take up running?
Any suggestions?