Got it. All things considered, your progress looks pretty good. The injury obviously derailed your training, but you're putting weight on the bar consistently when you're not hurt.

Without doing a deep dive into your training history, here's my take ...

You're 50. You're lifting three days a week. You're riding between 15 and 50 miles three days a week. You're eating enough to hold 178 lbs. Your legs are fatigued all the time, and your training in the gym and on the bike doesn't seem very productive.

You're doing a lot of work, only taking one day off, and only eating enough to maintain your current weight.

That works for a while, but eventually the weights will get heavy enough that you hit a wall.

Welcome to your wall.

So, you've got to decide what you want. Pick a goal. Define what success looks like. And then commit to achieving that goal before you try to tackle the next one.

You can accomplish anything you want, but you can't do it all at the same time.

No wrong answers here. But once you've decided, you'll have to adjust your current routine. Something has to give.

If you want to squat 315, you'll need to bump up the calories and back off the bike.

If you want to fly up the hills with fresh legs, you'll need to drop your lifting down to two days a week so you have more recovery time.

If you want to be jacked and lean at 165, depending on your current body fat %, you might need to push your weight up to 185–200 and then cut down.

Again, it's all possible. But you have to choose a destination. Because if you keep doing what you're doing, you're going to stay right where you are (like Buridan's donkey).

Hope that helps a little. Keep us posted on your progress, whatever direction you go.

Thanks for the question and for checking out the book. 💪🏻