Mike's Quest to Weight 200 lbs
Hi,
I have been 90's small almost my entire life but would now like to become a decently strong 200 lb. male. Although a cervical injury that has caused 24/7 tension headaches has kept me out of the gym for the past two years, my pain has subsided enough for me to now pursue this goal. However, this has an implication for my training: knowing full well the benefits I am missing, I am going to be a pussy and not power clean (unfortunately, at least not at the moment) because the impact and explosive nature of this exercise serves as a trigger that exacerbates my headaches. As such, I am following the novice routine laid out in the 1st edition of PPST with pull-ups and chin-ups. I began the program a couple of weeks ago. My beginning stats are:
Age: 22
Height: 5'10"
Body-weight: 138 lbs
Squat: 3x5 95 lbs
Bench: 3x5 65 lbs
Press: 3x5 55 lbs
Deadlift: 1x5 115 lbs
Tragic, I know. A couple weeks in I am now at body-weight 148 (I already feel much better).
1/17/10:
Squat: 3x5x145 lbs
Bench: 3x5x105 lbs
Dead-hang Chins: 6, 4, 4 x BW
Everything felt pretty easy today. I am hopeful that I can sustain some more 10 lb jumps on the squat and bench until slowing down to 5 lb jumps.
I also plan to increase my milk intake linearly by a gallon a week until I achieve GOMAD. This past week I did 2 gallons so now I will do 3.
Training Productively Again
After dealing with some personal issues, I have since hit the grindstone again.
Workout 4/5/10:
Squat 3x5x185
Bench 3x5x130 (both these barbell lifts felt relatively easy today)
Strict chins x BW 7,6,5