Hi carson. There is no SS coach in my area (Montreal), or I surely would have. I'm not going to travel to another country, rent a hotel room, and end up paying $1000+ to learn how to squat 2-3 times. But if ever I happen to be in the same city where a coach is available, I will see one.
I've had 5 1-hours training with an olympic lifter that was also an olympic weightlifting teacher, that was maybe a decade ago. I'll tell you I get some compliments from random people including the trainers at my gym like "wow those were perfect squats", or "you go real deep". I've read both books several times. I'm not currently following the program for a few reasons.
Diabetes is Type 2. I had an abdominal echography last week, just for that. I guess some of the blood work is a bit abnormal so they want to be sure they haven't missed anything. Otherwise I'm currently off the insulin and just managing with 2 drugs (metformin and gliclazide).
I'm 5'11", current weight about 278 lbs. 39 years old, male. Started training July 6th or so this year, previous workout before that was in 2019.
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Today's workout:
October 3rd, 2022
Squats:
Warmups: 5x45, 5x45, 5x45, 3x45, 2x45
Worksets: 8x135, 8x135, 8x135, 10x135
Overhead press:
Warmups: 5x45, 5x45, 5x70, 3x90, 2x115
Worksets: 2x135, 2x135, 2x135, 1x135, 2x135
Chin-ups on lateral pull-down machine:
Warmups: 5x40, 5x40, 5x70, 3x100, 2x140
Worksets: 5x160, 5x160, 5x160, 5x160, 10x160 (a lot of cheating, swinging my back)
Deadlifts
Warmups: 5x135, 5x135, 5x160, 3x185, 2x210
Worksets: 8x235, 8x235, 8x235