edit (as of June 2011): i'm now running Greyskull LP.
Hey,
my name is Matthew, but everyone just calls me Matt. I've been doing SS for the past 2, almost 3 months now. I got sick somewhere in the middle and reset practically all my lifts by a bit just recently because I realized I was using bad form. I'm 14 years old, 5'8ish and 178ish pounds. At the beginning of this school year (September) I was like 130 pounds, and couldn't bench the bar once in the school gym. Went on vacation last week for a few days and didn't eat anything but junk food and slept pretty horribly so that screwed me over.
my previous PR's before vacation were:
squat 195x5, bench 135x5, deadlift 225x5, press 105x3 I think, row 135x5 (moved my hips a lot though. needs another reset).
my numbers are really bad regardless though because I don't have 2.5 or 1.25 pound plates in my gym. I've been having to make 10 pound jumps, and it usually takes me 3 sessions or so to get up to 5 reps. I ordered 2.5 and 1.25 pound plates though.
i've been sleeping probably 7 hours a day at this point and maybe a little bit more on weekends. I have to start getting a lot more. as for my diet, I used to count calories but I no longer do as I eat practically the same thing every single day, except for weekends. this is what my diet usually looks like:
as for todays workout:Quote:
breakfast (meal 1): 3 fried eggs, 2oz italian bread or hero roll, 1 cup of milk. I take 3 opti-men multi's with breakfast.
lunch (meal 2): wrap with a few slices of ham and turkey, 1 cup of fat free chocolate milk (note: this is school food, would definitely have something better if I had the option).
meal 3 (after I come home, around 4:00pm): 2oz italian bread or hero roll, few slices of ham, turkey, chicken breast, and/or salami, 2 cups of milk, usually some fruits.
meal 4 (dinner): 1 pound of meat before cooking (steak, chicken breast, etc..), 1 large sweet potato, some veggies, 1 cup of milk
preworkout (only on workout days): 1 cup of juice, 1 banana, 1 scoop of whey with milk.
postworkout shake (only on workout days): 2 cups of milk, 1 banana, 2 scoops of whey, 40g of dextrose.
meal 5 (on non-workout days): 2oz of italian bread/hero roll with a can of fish (sardines, tuna, etc.).
on weekdays I also have a scoop of casein with milk before bed.
workout A.
Squat:
- 45x5
- 75x5
- 115x3
- 155x1
- 195x4/4/3
bench press:
- 45x5
- 65x5
- 95x3
- 115x1
- 135x4/3/4
deadlift:
- 95x5
- 135x3
- 195x1
- 225x5
dip machine (parallel bars were all taken):
- 185x8
- 185x6
- 185x6
NS situps (5 count holds @ parallel on a decline bench):
- 25x8
- 25x8
- 25x8
terrible workout overall. my regular workout partner couldn't go with me so I went with this other kid that recently signed up, just so he could spot me. was shaking a lot more than usual when benching. did not get all my reps throughout all my sets for bench or squats. got them last week, not sure why I couldn't today. I took 3 minutes in between sets plus the time it takes me to get set up, which is like 30 seconds. My grip was really bad today, maybe I was really sweaty. I was able to do a double overhand last week with the same pull weight, had to switch to mixed grip for the first time today though. I'm gonna blame it on bad diet over this past weekend and not enough sleep this previous night.
wow, what a long first log post.