Thought I should start an online training log. I often have questions that don't belong in their own thread.
Anyhow, background -- I'm 43, 210 pounds, 5'11. I was a long time couch potato until about seven years ago when I started running. I really like distance running -- not fast, not far, but often. At one point I was cranking out 15-20 miles a week, running 5 and 10K's and thinking about doing a half marathon, when I started to be bothered by foot pain. It got worse, despite cortisone, etc, and then I needed to have surgery to remove a broken sesamoid bone and so far my attempts to start running again have failed. That was just about two years and twenty pounds ago.
I started SS in January. Here's my starting and current work sets:
squats: 105, did 185 today
bench: 75, failed at 110 today but did two @ 105 anyhow { more on that below }
press: 55, did 75 saturday
deadlift: 95, did 235 today
I hope that the Novice Linear Progression can get me to something like a 275 squat, a 335 deadlift, a 225 bench, and a 135 press.