My Journey to Get Stronger
Hello everyone,
Here's some background on me. I'm a 22 year old male 6 ft 0 inches tall. I have run the LP a couple of times. The first time was a couple of summers ago. The last time was last summer. Both times, I did manage to make a lot of good strength gains but then I stalled out because of school and life and ended up losing a lot of hard earned weight and strength. I know how to eat and gain weight but it's hard for me to, but I know it's worth it to get stronger. Needless to say, I've been a bit of a yo-yo-er in my strength training endeavors but I feel that is about to change.
I've learned from a lot of the mistakes I made in previous LP's. I've been in the process of cleaning up the form on a lot of my lifts and it has gotten better. My presses are solid, my deadlift is pretty solid, and my squat is getting there. Last summer, I made some PR's on all my lifts but the form was questionable on some of them to say the least. I managed to bring my bodyweight from about 175lbs to about 205lbs. Mind you, I was also working two jobs doing landscaping and worked for a moving company. Needless to say, my recovery wasn't great, but I put in effort and managed to hit PR's. Being a young male, I can beat the crap out of myself and still get decent results. I squatted 265lbsx5x3, benched 195x5x3, deadlifted 295x5 and pressed 125x5x3. I definitely felt that I left some gains on the table but the reason I stalled out was because I got too busy with school.
Alright, I know this is turning into a long rant, but I thought it was important to tell you guys my story. I lost a lot of weight and all my strength because I let myself go so I could focus on school and I wasn't eating enough. Hopefully, now that I'm done with school and I'm taking some time off, I will have a chance to build some momentum and hopefully sustain it for a few years.