In summary, I used to do judo and kickboxing back in high school, but later, during the uni I was struggling with no time to train, no money, some health issues etc. and I lost all my condition and a lot of weight (about 25lbs in last 2 years).
So now, I’m like 160lbs. I’d love to put on plenty of mass, not necessarily ripped. I’ve always admired huge physiques of strongmen and powerlifters, so I’d love to get to about 220lbs, maybe somewhat above, if possible.
But realizing, that’s an extremely long-term perspective, now I’d like to simply get mobile and fit, for the beginning.
14/6/2019 Evening training:
I found some notes from my last year rehab, so I’ll use them also to get back some core strength.
“Rehab” exercises to strengthen my abs (20min)
4 x 15 reps push-ups
4 x 15 reps squats
While it sounds funny, I felt totally wasted already after the core training. Push-ups and squats done with huge pauses, I really needed to catch my breath.
Also, every time in the lower position (both during push-up and squat) my joints are cracking, which made me quite nervous. But, let’s continue and hopefully it will be gone in a while.
Yeah getting back to it is always hard the first few times. My knees are cracking loudly also when I do when bodyweight squats but they don"t when I put on some weight (got ACL surgery on both) you shouldn’t worry about it.
15/6/2019 Afternoon training
A little of free time, so it’s here:
Core exercises
2 x 15 normal push-ups
1 x 15 push-ups on fists
3 x 15 squats
Feeling very tired even after this, but squats are much better, legs seem quite strong still. Also, if I’m not squatting “not top of my heels”, but just under horizontal position, the cracking vanishes completely.
17/12/2019 Morning
A little of time in the morning:
1 x 15 push ups
1 x 20 squats
Evening
Core exercises
4 x 15 push ups
4 x 20 squats
Legs are ok (surprisingly), but upper body feels terrible - huge pecs asymmetry and the whole upper body feels overtrained. Abs feel much better now, seem to be much stronger and also firmer than a few days ago…
Well guys, I’m back! I had no time to write here, because of me moving back to my home country, dividing things with my ex and undergoing a minor surgery this week. That said, I’ll be back into training (and a real gym finally) in the end of July. I’m looking forward!
Ok, now I got back after a loong time, trying to train back after Corona and so on… Current weight is about 183lbs, albeit both muscle and fat were gained.
After 2 years of studying, moving from apartment to apartment and many other things I’ve decided to get back to the gym with the very same motivation as before - get above 220lbs if possible with no real motivation to get really jacked.
My bodyweight is 85kg (~187lbs) now, feel kinda small… That said, during the last two weeks I’ve lost like 1-2kg (~2-4lbs), probably not eating enough. Also, kinda stressed consistently due to several long-term personal problems, hopefully will deal with them in the following months.
Also, I always feel, that no matter how much I do weight, my chest looks really flat (at photos especially) compared to the rest of my body - is it simply the matter of size or should I employ some “shaping” exercises like peck-deck later?
Considering, that the lifts are quite under my 1-rep maxes, so far it goes well, aside from quite an exhaustion after squats - I suppose it’s due to not eating enough and not sleeping very well in the last few months.
Also, typically, I feel weakest at benchpress and overhead press - thus I expect the plateau to exhibit in these exercises pretty soon. Considering my chronically weak benchpress (all time max being only ~95kg with bodyweight around 90kg), I’ll probably post videos of my technique during the week for you to judge me and hopefully provide some advice
I’ll provide new photos and videos to check the technique soon.
Also, the training was quite easy weight-wise, but after eating almost nothing today and sleeping really bad I felt terribly tired for the first half of it. Also, my muscles are not sore at all after trainings - can it be by too low weights so far?
I’m quite content with the back, but the front of my body looks terrible - basically no volume and looking flabby, albeit it doesn’t feel like that on touch…
Squats felt really easy, a little struggle with overhead press due to a not very good technique in the beginning - I’ve improved it a little bit in the last two series. Deadlift ok.
With slightly improved overhead press I felt upper chest after a really long time - that’s new
Today it felt really easy, on the other hand, no significant change in bodyweight so far… Probably will have to log my food too, to see, if I’m eating too little…
