Goal update: spoke with my trainer today, have a consult with him tomorrow, but so far it looks like this:I am currently in an intermediate weight lifting cycle (15 reps every set:  5-count on the lift, 3-count on the negative).  Diet-wise I am on weight-gain until I reach a target weight of 175, so yes, this would be a bulking-up phase.  I will alternate between heavy and intermediate training until March.  In March I will up the cardio to get ready for the Boston - Provincetown bike ride (128 miles), a social event I have done several times before and am looking forward to again (great way to end the school year).  After the ride in June continue muscle-building phase. The eventual target is to have a lean body mass of 150, with a contest weight around 160 by July 2009 (my contest weight in July 07 was 138 at 5.75% body fat).