Hello! I’m new here at T-Nation, I love the site, been following it for months, finally decided to make an acc and a training log.
My goals are to get super strong and stay as light as possible.
My stats(when I started the log) are:
I’m following Starting Strength, and I just started doing PowerCleans, not yet at my max for those yet.
I do not do pullups with SS, I do 1 set of max pullups daily (I read in a Chad Waterbury article that doing 1 max set a day can increase reps, I went from 11-14 so far in about 7 days)
I’ll be off to the gym in an hour or so, going to write down everything that happens in this log!
Squat: 45x5, 45x5, 95x4, 135x3, 185x2, 240x5(not too hard)
Bench: 45x5, 45x5, 75x4, 105x3, 135x2, 165x3(very hard)
Deadlift: 45x5, 45x5, 135x4, 185x3, 225x5(definitely had some left in the tank)
PR of 240lbs in the squat, going to deload on my bench and work up from there… and I felt that my back was rounding on Deadlifts last time I did workout A, so I lowered the weight to 225, and I still felt it was rounding, so I’m going to post a video of it for criticism on my form.
Off too a good start with a great program. I like that you reset between reps on DL. In the video you can see that your shoulders in front of the bar. Try to lean back more until they get either behind or right over the bar. Then keep your ass down and pull it backwards.
I’d like to also point out that at lockout your not pushing your hips into the bar like you need to. Squeeze your glutes as hard as you can and shoot your hips into the bar to lock it out.
[quote]chazdaman wrote:
Off too a good start with a great program. I like that you reset between reps on DL. In the video you can see that your shoulders in front of the bar. Try to lean back more until they get either behind or right over the bar. Then keep your ass down and pull it backwards.
I’d like to also point out that at lockout your not pushing your hips into the bar like you need to. Squeeze your glutes as hard as you can and shoot your hips into the bar to lock it out.
What are your goals? Sports?[/quote]
Thank you! I will definitely try that, I don’t know why but my squat is stronger than my DL, hopefully your tips will help raise my DL a little.
To be totally honest, I don’t play any sports, and I never really have, I just really enjoy lifting weights, and I want to get as strong as I possibly can without gear.
PR in the clean… but squat didn’t get anywhere and neither did military press…
SO, I decided it’s time to move on from Starting Strength, I believe I got quite strong for a 148lb, 15 year old, so I’m moving on to Bill Starr’s Power Routine. It’s basically Madcow’s 5x5, but I’m Powercleaning 3x a week and no Deadlifts, I decided I need to be more explosive, and that powercleans are more important to me than deadlifts. BUT, I plan on increasing my power clean 3x a week still instead of 1, because I’m still not at my max for power cleans yet.
Did I read correctly that you want to get as strong as possible while staying as light as possible? Nothing wrong with that if that’s your goal. But as you may know, Starting Strength at least is designed to be used with a great deal of eating. I don’t know a whole lot about the other routines, but I would guess they’re designed that way too. I don’t have any constructive suggestions as to other routines since I don’t know much about your goals. But just keep that in mind.
Keep it up! You’re about twice as strong as I was when I was 15!
[quote]hastalles wrote:
Did I read correctly that you want to get as strong as possible while staying as light as possible? Nothing wrong with that if that’s your goal. But as you may know, Starting Strength at least is designed to be used with a great deal of eating. I don’t know a whole lot about the other routines, but I would guess they’re designed that way too. I don’t have any constructive suggestions as to other routines since I don’t know much about your goals. But just keep that in mind.
Keep it up! You’re about twice as strong as I was when I was 15![/quote]
Aha, Yes you read correctly! I know these routines are designed to be used with a great deal of eating, usually like a Gallon Of Milk A Day, or something, and I do eat, I eat enough to get stronger clearly because it’s been working… I just wanna be pound for pound the strongest.
Did 14 pullups today… harder than ever, I think I am going to start doing 100 pushups, 50 chinups, and 100 body weight squats every day instead of just doing 1 max set of pullups… I’ll start it tonight…
Just did 15 pullups @ 152.2 lbs . I’ve gained 4 pounds since I started this log, I’ve been making home made weight gainers @ home.
2 scoops of whey protein (35g of protein/150cals per scoop)
1 tbsp of peanut butter (3g of protein/90cals per tbsp)
1/2 banana (1g of protein/ 70cals per banana)
250ml of skimmed milk (9g of protein, 86cals per 250ml)
=82.5g of protein, 511cals
been having 2 of those a day, on top of my regular meals
