I play soccer and lift for fun. I’ll be lifting three times per week with the main exercises being: Bench, Squat, Dead-Lift. I’ll also be eating bellow maintenance as to lose some fat and get ready for the soccer season.
I was thinking about doing Westside for Skinny Bastards but it looks like too much volume since my calories will be bellow maintenance.
I’ll pretty much be doing Rippetoe’s Starting Strength:
Workout A
3x5 Squat
3x5 Bench Press
1x5 Deadlift
Workout B
3x5 Squat
3x5 Standing military press
3x5 Pendlay Rows
I should change the tittle of the log. I’m most definitely not strong.
I wonder how much the Olympic Bar weights( I estimated 40lbs)
Session 1
Squad:
205x5
205x5
205x8
Bench:
165x5
165x5
165x6
Dead-lift:
265x6
o-bar 45lbs
Thanks man I’ll update the weights. An extra 5 pounds are an extra 5 pounds.
I played soccer the day before and barely had any sleep and not enough food the day of the workout which is probably why my squad didn’t go up even though I got 8 reps on the last set the previous session with 205lbs.
Session 2
Squat:
205x5
205x5
205x5
Military Press:
85x5
85x5
85x5
Penlay Rows:
115x5
115x5
115x5
hey dude looking good,
im a soccer player too and im doing wsfsb3 speed and conditioning template for next 2 months. Starting strength is more for once the seasons over to build a solid strength foundation.
Preseason is time to gain endurance and maintain strength(sub max lifts), and if you keep doing this program i can just see you burning out early in the season and quiting lifting. You can keep doing this program just lift at 80% 2x/week, and add in 3 days of conditioning, sprints, hills, intervals, tabatas, etc.
[quote]Revolutionite wrote:
hey dude looking good,
im a soccer player too and im doing wsfsb3 speed and conditioning template for next 2 months. Starting strength is more for once the seasons over to build a solid strength foundation.
Preseason is time to gain endurance and maintain strength(sub max lifts), and if you keep doing this program i can just see you burning out early in the season and quiting lifting. You can keep doing this program just lift at 80% 2x/week, and add in 3 days of conditioning, sprints, hills, intervals, tabatas, etc.[/quote]
Yea I’m thinking the same thing. Today’s session wasn’t too good but I would definitely not quite lifting. We’ll see how it goes in the next week or so. Thanks for stopping by.
Where do you play?
I felt shaky today, probably because I only had one meal in me before hitting the gym. Played Soccer a few hours after the weights.
Session 3
Squat:
205x5
205x5
205x5
Bench:
165x5
165x3
165x4
Dead-lift:
270x5
I’m changing things up a little for next week.
Monday:
Squat=3x(4-6)
3 supplementary exercises
Wed:
Bench=3x(4-6)
3 supplementary exercises
Friday:
Dead-lift=3x(4-6)
3 supplementary exercises
I want to gain some size. I’m tired of being skinny.
I’m too lazy to post my training.
Hit a PR on the squat
Squat=225x5 PR
So as of today my “best” lifts are:
Squat= 225x5
Dead-Lift= 315x1 (maxed out a few days ago)
Bench= 175x5