Been lurking here long enough. Time to start the log. I decided to post under General Training, as I am not exactly DTP as written right now. Let's go back in time, shall we?
Ahh, the fall of 2012. I remember it well... I was skinny as fuck after a strict paleo diet with caloric restriction. Not that I've ever counted calories, but rather that I gave up my membership in the 'clean your and everyone else's plate club'. The main goal was to stop snoring all the damn time, and it worked. My wife greatly appreciated it. She did not, however appreciate my aforementioned membership lapse. This was just not me.
Stats October 2012:
Male, 37
5' 9 1/2" (I add the 1/2" because of my latent Napoleon Complex)
190#
BF: 15 - 20%?
Lifts:
Kettlebell stuff, yoga, & pushups
so maybe not skinny as fuck, but after being a total ball of pudge at 230#, it was a definite transformation. I had visible abs, but didn't 'have an ice chest to put them in'. I was also getting hungry, and wanted a lifestyle to match my appetite. After copious amounts of internet research, I realized lifting was the way to go. I'ts the safest, it's the most controllable (titrateable), unlike other sports, it's something you actually get better at as you age, and, surprise! - it makes you strong. Like many skinny-fat desk jockeys, I found Stringlifts and started that way, then soon after, found StartingGodDamnStrength.Fuckingcom, and never looked back. Ordered SSBBT:3 right away and sponged it all up. Just ordered Practical Programming today, as a matter of fact.
So, the lifts. From 10/29/12 to 1/29/13, I ran Stringlifts blending into Starting Strength:
Squat: 45 --> 225, 5x5
Deadlift: 90 --> 265, 5x1
OHP: 45 --> 95, 5x5
Bench: 45 --> 130, 5x5
weight: 190 --> 199.5
moderately successful as far as the numbers go. judging from how my wife sees me, it's highly successful. not a lot of hypertrophy other than the legs, hips, and butt, but I'm looking pretty dang solid, with just a little fluff around the middle.
2/01/13 to 3/02/13 is dedicated to fucking around. lifting 2-3 times/week. lifts of note are:
Squat: 235, 3x5 --> 239, 1x5
Deadlift: --> 283, 4x1
OHP: 100, 5x5
Bench: 135, 5x5
Power Clean: 110, 2x5
No real change in bodyweight or composition noted.
3/04/13 to 5/04/13, I switch to a TM template. ID lifts:
Squat: 245x3 --> 280x3
Deadlift: 298x5 --> 335x2 (I remember the day I pulled the 335. did one more rep after those two, and experienced VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE, beeyatches! I squatted atg as soon as my vision got gray & tunneled. I credit this with preventing me from crossing over into la-la land. After a minute of just breathing, I felt like I was a grizzly bear with giant eagle wings and laser beam eyes, and proved it by doing two farmer's walks around the circumference of the gym with a 50# DB in each hand. I want to bottle this up somehow and sell it.)
OHP: 110 x5 --> 120x5
Bench: 140x5 --> 165x5
Power Clean: 121, 3x5
Bodyweight still at 199.5. When will I be a real man?
5/17/13 to 6/18/13 Not proud of this particular period. Got caught up in some kind of bodybuilding, fat shredding, 8x3, AMRAP thing with lat raises and curls.
Squats: my AMRAP sets top out at 240 x 8, 9, 10. I get to 205 for 8x3, and 225 for 5x5.
Deadlifts: last DL day was 140x5, 195x5, 225x3, 275x5, 275x1
Chinups: I get to 4, 3, 3. I've never been any good at these, so it's something.
Bench: AMRAP at 140x x 8, 5, 5, 120 for 8x3
OHP: AMRAP 100 x 5, 5, 5, 90 for 8x3
BB Curls: 55 for 2x15, 70 x 5
I added LTEs to balance out the curls, and grew my arms a bit. I have visible shoulders now, so I regret (almost) nothing. Didn't weigh myself during this time, but now when I flex, my abz bubble up a little from under my armor (fat layer).
The way I see it, all the science and empirical evidence in the world don't mean diddly if it don't apply to you, the n=1. So, I consider this my n=1 experience. What did I experience? I was sore all the time, and getting weaker. Fuck this noise; I wanna go back to real lifting.
So, we're all caught up to the present day. If anyone has taken the time to wade through any of this, thank you. I've never blagged before.