I'm a 31 year old male, 6'3", and weighed around 335lbs when I started doing the Starting Strength Novice Program.
In high school, I spent a good deal of time at the gym running on the treadmill, screwing around on the weight machine circuit, and getting a whole lot of nothing done fitness-wise other than wearing myself out. In college, I would occasionally go to the campus gym and try to act out the dumb gym-bro wisdom I picked up by osmosis, doing sets of 10 for no particular reason (other than that's what people did), doing as many sets as I could without dying, and being generally disappointed with my total lack of progress. This was the extent of my weight training experience.
Last February, I weighed 370lbs. I decided it was time to do something about it. I stuck to a rowing regimen from March to December last year and lost around 40lbs, but plateaued and couldn't break past the 330lb mark. I gave up on any sort of workout for a couple of months, gained some weight over the holidays, and then decided in March of this year to do the Starting Strength Novice Program. I put together a home gym and did my first workout March 28th. I've been using the Strong app for Apple Watch to track my workouts. I measure body weight and body fat (approximately) using a resistance-measuring scale at the same time each morning. My body weight started at 336lbs on March 28th and increased to around 345lbs by May 1st, but has held steady since then. My body fat averaged 44.7% in the month of March, and averaged 43.23% in the month of May. I may look into finding a way to do more accurate body fat measurements periodically.
I was able to add 10lbs to my squat and deadlift each workout for the first several workouts, but I overzealously did one too many 10lb jumps on my squat and had to reset after a failed set. I got one 10lb jump on my bench and press, and switched to 5lb jumps after that. I'm probably going to have to move to 2.5lb jumps now, as I failed the last rep on my last set doing bench. My deadlift has progressed steadily, outpacing my squat. I just added the power clean. I plan to check in and update my latest numbers every week or so. I might go back and add my whole workout history later.
I'm attempting to eat 1gram of protein per pound of lean body mass (roughly 200lbs), but it's tough some days.
My ultimate goal is to keep getting stronger while gradually losing fat mass. If gradual fat loss proves to be difficult to manage, then I plan to squeeze everything I can out of my novice phase and worry about the fat loss after that.
Initial
Squat: 135lbs
Press: 75lbs
Bench: 85lbs
Deadlift: 135lbs
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May 28
Squat: 225lbs
Press: 110lbs
Power Clean: 105lbs
May 30
Squat: 230lbs
Bench: 165lbs
Deadlift: 280lbs