Nick Bare

I was training anywhere from 18 hours at the minimum to 22 hours per week between the run, the bike, and swimming.

And I wasn't strength training much at all.

So I lost a lot of weight, lost a lot of size, a lot of strength.

I'm rebuilding right now.

But throughout 2026, what I want to do is I want to pack on size again.

I want to pack on strength.

I want to get stronger.

I'm spending more time in the gym.

I'm still running, but I'm running less.

And I want to be in a caloric surplus of

to assist in that gaining phase and goal of getting stronger, putting on more muscle, getting bigger, building.

I'm in a building phase in this next year.

And to be honest, I'm really enjoying it.

After the Ironman, right now at the time of the recording, like I've said, I finished the Ironman about eight weeks ago.

That first month after the Ironman, weight came back on pretty quickly.

I was still consuming a lot of calories because I was recovering from the prep and the race itself.

My training volume decreased significantly, literally overnight, the day after the race was over.

So weight started to come back on pretty quickly.

And then my weight plateaued and I'm in a slight surplus, so I'm gaining very slowly.

I mean, I might be gaining at this rate, maybe half a pound a week, half a pound every two weeks.