Hello sir Mark and everyone,
Good day!
My name is Chris, Filipino, 31 years old, 5'5" in height, currently weigh at 123lbs.
I'm a novice and I just started the Starting Strength program 3 weeks ago.
Please I need some advise or guidance with my workout / loads cause I've been stalling.
I always make sure I get a good 8 hours sleep everyday.
I make sure I execute the proper lifting technique and breathing.
Here are my workout logs for the past 3 weeks.
Week 1 (Monday Body Weight: 118.00 lbs)
Mon (Jan 20)
Squat - 40 x 5 / 40 x 5 / 40 x 5
Bench - 50 x 5 / 50 x 5 / 50 x 5
Deadlift - 50 x 5
Wed (Jan 22)
Squat - 50 x 5 / 50 x 5 / 50 x 5
Press - 35 x 5 / 35 x 5 / 35 x 5
Deadlift - 70 x 5
Fri (Jan 24)
Squat - 60 x 5 / 60 x 5 / 60 x 5
Bench - 60 x 5 / 60 x 5 / 60 x 5
Deadlift - 90 x 5
Week 2 (Monday Body Weight: 119.20 lbs)
Mon (Jan 27)
Squat - 70 x 5 / 70 x 4 / 70 x 6 (with spot on the last 2 reps)
Press - 35 x 5 / 40 x 5 / 40 x 5
Deadlift - 110 x 2 (too difficult) / 100 x 5 (difficult)
Weds (Jan 29)
Squat - 70 x 3 (too difficult and deloaded to 60) & 60 x 3 / 60 x 5 / 60 x 4
Bench - 60 x 5 / 65 x 5 / 65 x 5
Deadlift - 100 x 5 ( a little difficult)
Fri (Jan 31)
Squat - 60 x 5 / 60 x 5 / 60 x 5
Press - 40 x 5 / 40 x 5 / 40 x 5
Deadlift - 100 x 5 (a little difficult)
Week 3 (Monday Body Weight: 121.80 lbs)
Mon (Feb 3)
Squat - 65 x 5 (difficult) / 60 x 4 (difficult) / 55 x 5 / 55 x 5
Bench - 65 x 5 / 70 x 5 / 70 x 5 (difficult last rep)
Deadlift - 100 x 5
Weds (Feb 5)[/B]
Squat - 60 x 5 / 60 x 5 / 60 x 5
Press - 45 x 5 / 45 x 5 / 45 x 5 (difficult last rep)
Deadlift - 110 x 5
Fri ( Feb 7)
Squat - 65 x 5 / 65 x 5 / 65 x 5
Bench - 70 x 5 / 70 x 5 / 70 x 5
Deadlift - 120 x 5
Week 4 (Monday Body Weight : 123.00 lbs)
Mon (Feb 10 - Yesterday)
Squat - 70 x 5 / 70 x 5 / 70 x 5 (difficult, last rep with spot)
Press - 45 x 5 / 45 x 5 / 45 x 3 (last rep too difficult) / 45 x 3 (last rep too difficult)
Deaflift - 130 x 5
I think I found the problem.
It's my diet.
Upon digging more with my diet, I found out I'm only consuming around 2,300-2,500 calories per day with low protein.
My Marcos were Carb 60% / Protein 17% / Fat 23%.
I should be eating atleast 2800 calories per day.
Carb - 55%
Protein - 25%
Fat - 20%