[quote]pkoad wrote:
Don’t take my word for it, but it looks like you’re flexing your arms a little bit at the top of your deadlift, particularly on the fourth rep. You’d want to keep your arms straight throughout the entire pull.
Good on you for not letting that hemorrhoid slow you down.[/quote]
Thanks for the feedback… I rewatched and I see some definite elbow flexion… I’m unsure if it’s natural to me or not (ie bar speed, inertia pulling my arms up) or if I’m truly pulling with my arms. I’ll try and pay more attention to it when I do the A workout again.
And hell no, that hemorrhoid slowed me down enough I had to come back in and kick it up a notch “BAM!”. haha.
Weight: 180.6lbs again today… 3 weeks in after 1 week recovery from last week.
Won’t measure today… doesn’t seem right since I took a week off. I’ll measure at my “4 week” mark next Monday. Still trying to figure out my “official” diet ugh so much work!
Doing the B workout later today, I have orientation at a new job early this morning… lets see how this goes!
So um yeah, no workout today. New company had me runnin’ around town doing semi-random things until I had to actually go into work for said company.
Decided to move my workouts 1 day over fro M-W-F to T-Th-Sa … seeing that I work Sun-Tuesday this will work out better for me. Very anxious to keep putting up the weight… and ending my first month on Starting Strength. I think I’ve made some pretty good progress so far and can’t wait to compare numbers from Week 1 days 1 and 2… to week 4 days 2 and 3. (covers all exercises).
Squats : 3x5 : 220 lbs
Standing Military Press : 3x5 : 90 lbs
Pendlay Rows : 3x5 : 140 lbs (apparently i’ve been doing these the whole time)
Workout Notes
First workout of week 4. Felt great… 220 on the squat, another PR. Felt amazing, I think I’ll still be able to progress for awhile on that. Mil Press felt good first set, started to get tough but finished the rest. The Pendlay Rows were fun… still getting a weird tingle on my right arm… maybe weird position i dunno.
Drank a half gallon with the workout. Nearly done with 1 month of SS!
[quote]Monopoly19 wrote:
Dude, I watched that deadlift video. You can pull 315 right now. That weight is FLYING up, does not even look like a strain. [/quote]
While I feel that you’re 100% correct in this. That video shows me lifting a weight I’ve never tried. And my Thursday workout again will be a weight I’ve never tried. Going from 225 to 250 is understandable but for me to try to go from 225 to 315 would be a lot different.
I think I could do a 1x5 set of 315, but I think I’d rather do small jump ups to it than just take it all in one fell swoop. I think it’s much safer for me to do it this way too.
Nearly forgot to mention. When I am doing my lifts (Bench and military press) My left arm hurts somewhat during the lift. It’s bearable but a little bother as it’s JUST my left arm. It hurts below the deltoid and into the bi/tri. Like a warm stinging almost like bone pain but I don’t think that’s it. Not really sure how to describe it really.
[quote]mpenix wrote:
And here’s my deadlift from earlier today… I may have been rounding my back too much but during the lifting I felt pretty solid. Last rep was a slight pause to readjust grip.[/quote]
I just want to say first off: awesome job so far! That before and after picture is great, and you’ve definitely gotten stronger.
However, I’m watching that video, and there’s one little thing that made me cringe. See how your elbow joint flexes? [i]Don’t. Do. That.[/i] That is, unless you want a bicep tear. Keep your elbows locked. Your arms are just hooks.
As far as adding weight each workout, just take it “slow.” 5 lbs to your bench each workout is 260 lbs added a year; that is absoloutely amazing progress. You’re better off leaving room to progress than making huge jumps.
I also think you’re trying to gain weight a bit too fast.
[quote]goochadamg wrote:
mpenix wrote:
And here’s my deadlift from earlier today… I may have been rounding my back too much but during the lifting I felt pretty solid. Last rep was a slight pause to readjust grip.
I just want to say first off: awesome job so far! That before and after picture is great, and you’ve definitely gotten stronger.
However, I’m watching that video, and there’s one little thing that made me cringe. See how your elbow joint flexes? [i]Don’t. Do. That.[/i] That is, unless you want a bicep tear. Keep your elbows locked. Your arms are just hooks.
As far as adding weight each workout, just take it “slow.” 5 lbs to your bench each workout is 260 lbs added a year; that is absoloutely amazing progress. You’re better off leaving room to progress than making huge jumps.
I also think you’re trying to gain weight a bit too fast.
And do some damn curls. ;)[/quote]
Gotcha. I’m doing deads tomorrow I’ll record it again and repost for added comments/corrections. The only reason I’m jumping up weights on bench is because I started really low and would like to get to a “stall” quickly so I can slow it down to that 5lb increases.
My arms are skinny as hell huh? I was thinking of trying to do just HST set/rep scheme for arms just on fridays but not really sure exactly what to incorporate.
As for the weight think, I’m using my beginner gains as best I can. I already altered my goals to non-specific dates. Progressing in small steps… first 170ish to 180(done) then 180 to 190. Thought that was a lot better than saying 175 to 225!
[quote]mpenix wrote:
Gotcha. I’m doing deads tomorrow I’ll record it again and repost for added comments/corrections. The only reason I’m jumping up weights on bench is because I started really low and would like to get to a “stall” quickly so I can slow it down to that 5lb increases.
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Er. You’re really better off trying to avoid stalling as much as possible. 5 lbs a workout is already insane progress.
[quote]mpenix wrote:
My arms are skinny as hell huh? I was thinking of trying to do just HST set/rep scheme for arms just on fridays but not really sure exactly what to incorporate.
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Well, all of you is skinny. But there’s no point in “waiting” to do curls, or what have you. Just do 'em. 3x10.
[quote]mpenix wrote:
As for the weight think, I’m using my beginner gains as best I can. I already altered my goals to non-specific dates. Progressing in small steps… first 170ish to 180(done) then 180 to 190. Thought that was a lot better than saying 175 to 225!
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Oops. I thought you were going to 220 by the end of the year. 200’s a bit better. Just be careful with the carbs. Less carbs. More fat. Lots of protein.
gooch, what would you recommend for weight? like % of max on those curls… 80%? 90%? I’ll be doing tri work too maybe in circuit fashion. I’ve gotta order some OLY handles cuz noone carries them around here.
As for the carbs? Stay away from them on a bulk? I’ve been a “hard gainer” most my life and my body responds well to carbs (so far at least). My off days have lower carbs on days are higher.
You sure nowhere around you carries oly DB handles? Every Sports Authority, Play It Again, and similar stores I’ve been in had them tucked away somewhere in the freeweight section. I think even Wal-Mart has some.
[quote]mpenix wrote:
gooch, what would you recommend for weight? like % of max on those curls… 80%? 90%? I’ll be doing tri work too maybe in circuit fashion. I’ve gotta order some OLY handles cuz noone carries them around here.
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3x8? Uhm, 70%-75%. Are you really going to find your 1RM for curls?
Just pick a weight and do 3 sets aiming for 8-10 reps. Get more reps? Up the weight. Get less reps? Lower the weight.
[quote]mpenix wrote:
As for the carbs? Stay away from them on a bulk? I’ve been a “hard gainer” most my life and my body responds well to carbs (so far at least). My off days have lower carbs on days are higher.[/quote]
I’m probably not the best person to be talking about diet, frankly. Carbs make me fat. I now generally consume them in the morning, and around my workout. Carbs make a lot of people fat. But if you don’t think that’s an issue, then all right.
[quote]goochadamg wrote:
mpenix wrote:
gooch, what would you recommend for weight? like % of max on those curls… 80%? 90%? I’ll be doing tri work too maybe in circuit fashion. I’ve gotta order some OLY handles cuz noone carries them around here.
3x8? Uhm, 70%-75%. Are you really going to find your 1RM for curls?
Just pick a weight and do 3 sets aiming for 8-10 reps. Get more reps? Up the weight. Get less reps? Lower the weight.
mpenix wrote:
As for the carbs? Stay away from them on a bulk? I’ve been a “hard gainer” most my life and my body responds well to carbs (so far at least). My off days have lower carbs on days are higher.
I’m probably not the best person to be talking about diet, frankly. Carbs make me fat. I now generally consume them in the morning, and around my workout. Carbs make a lot of people fat. But if you don’t think that’s an issue, then all right.
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NO smartass I was going to find my 5 RM and guesstimate using some fancy shmancy calculator!
Hey man… I saw your training log just now, reminds me of my goals.
I just recently started deadlifting and squatting about 2-3 weeks ago. At first I tried doing 3 sets of 8-10 but now I think i’m just going to do 5-7 (after getting the form down, I went up from 135 to 225, at least thats what it appears to be on the smith machine).
I’ve also been doing 225 for deadlift as well, but that seems to kill my back, so I think I’ll either lower my reps to 5-7 or go down to 205.
Couple months ago, I was sitting at a comfortable 180ish. Now I’m at 192 lbs and appreciating the gains in strength (I surprised myself when I did progressive sets of flys, and on my 3rd set did 190 lbs x 10 reps). I was never able to go that high last time I remember, which was like months ago.
Good luck to you man, let me know when you hit the 190s. And hopefully its a clean gain, I think I picked up a few lbs of fat, but the gain in muscle makes up for all that.
I originally planned to stop at 190, but I think that at 200 lbs I will stop. My biceps are 13/14.7 inches unflexed/flexed, 34 hips if that helps any in terms of relative comparison. I tend to look at training logs of people that are at my weight and height so that I know where I’m lacking in (My bench press is pretty weak, and my excuse is my separated right shoulder lol).
Anyways, good luck to you man. Let me know if you have any questions or even any tips that you’ve found to help. (oh and how many calories/protein are you consuming a day?).
salamando thanks for the input… or backstory i guess. My diet is still a work in progress but I’m eating relatively clean minus a few vices here and there. Nearly 3k cals on my of day and 3.5k on my ON day give or take. I’m still dialing in… I think my body is just reacting cuz i’ve been so sedintary before (i.e. lazy). Now I’m kinda shocking the system.
The only tip I have for you is to stay away from the smith machines… yeah they’re safer but in the long run your gains will suffer because of the lack of ROM (range of motion).
Just be careful with the carbs. Less carbs. More fat. Lots of protein.
I was going to find my 5 RM and guesstimate using some fancy shmancy calculator!