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Hello here,

This will be my training journal. I decided to train after years of (very) unhealthy habits, having dropped sports nearly totally. I’m 33, from France - there may be some spelling errors here and there.

I only have access to a quite crappy gym but there are barbells and a squat rack, so I guess it will do the trick. My stats are very low :

  • 5’9" (1.75m) / 72 kgs (160 lbs)
  • Bodyfat around 18% but I don’t really care at the moment

1RMs (approx, estimated some weeks ago after some training sessions)

Squat : 190 lbs (90 kg)
Bench : 150 lbs (68 kg)
DL : 210-220 lbs (100 kg)

Based on that I decided to pick Starting Strength, got the book, and will start from there.

08/31/2019 - 11 AM

Shoulder mobility work

Squat :
Warmup
3 x 5 - 60 kgs

Bench :
3 x 5 - 50 kgs

Deadlift :
1 x 5 - 70 kgs

09/02/2019 8 AM

Shoulder flexibility work

Squat
Warm up
3 x 5 x 62,5

Press
Warm up
3 x 5 x 25

Deadlift
1 x 5 x 75

Squat felt very hard even if I can lift much more than that. The deadlift was easy. I usually feel better at squat than deadlift.

My diet is a large issue that I will need to address also, but I will take it one step at a time. I am mostly focusing on getting enough protein and calories right now.

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So, workout #3 of the week was done with 2 days late late because of work constraint, which quite pissed me off but that’s life.

06/09/2019

Workout at 8 AM

Squat rack was taken so I started with bench.

Bench
Warm Up (3x5x 20 + 1 x 5 x 40)
3 x 5 x 52,5

Squat
Warm up (3x5x20 + 1 x 5 x 40)
3 x 5 x 62,5

Deadlift
1 x 5 x 80
1 x 2 x 60 (to check technique, was not feeling it right)

This time squat did not require too much effort. I had a rather good night sleep and good meal yesterday evening so maybe that’s helping also. Probably also because I allowed less rest time between sets. Deadlift felt very weird my setup was probably not good I will have to check that.

Bench was easy, no shoulder pain or whatever.