5 rep Back squat, definitely getting weaker.

So yesterday we found our 5 rep back squat max, and although it felt good, I only got up to 225#. This is not my best, not by far. One and a half years ago my five rep max was 250. After a year and a half, I would expect my strength to be going up, not down. So I must be doing something wrong, and I believe it's my diet. I'm must simply not be eating enough. I'm doing my damnedest, but it's just not working. In one day I'll have chicken, salmon, turkey, ham, and possibly steak. That's like a whole freakin' farm right there! The only thing that makes sense is I must not be eating enough.

I also think this because I do experience hunger a lot of the time. When this year started I joined a paleo diet challenge, and I've been doing a pretty good job of sticking with it. I've noticed I've been losing fat, and at a pretty high rate. Appearently, this comes at the price of losing strength.

The whole reason why I joined crossfit was for looks, I've always been pretty unabashed about this. I've never, ever, had a six pack, and I want one. I have a theory that if you've ever been muscly, strong, or ripped you can get back there fairly quickly. However, if you're like me and have never been muscly, strong, or ripped it is much, much harder to get there. I think this is why I see people who's only change is doing crossfit and they get a six pack, while I change what I eat, what I drink, how long I sleep, doing some form of massage every day and I still feel like I've got a way to go.

But back to my point: I joined crossfit because I wanted to look a certain way. Jerry has said a couple of times that you start working out for looks, then performance, then longevity. I am still in the looks category, especially since I'm so freaking close to my goal of having sweet, sweet abs. However, the fact that my lifts are going down substantially is really starting to annoy me. Now if you excuse me, I need to go eat some smoked salmon, an apple, and some almond butter.