AJ Finally Starting Strength - first run through SSNLP
Hello, my name is Andy, I am finally Starting Strength!!!
My first experience with lifting began my sophomore year high school. I was a decent athlete in high school, and spent quite a bit of time in the weight room. I learned all the stupid shit they teach you in a HS weight room; incorrect high bar squats, 10 ways to curl, and upright barbell rows. Post HS, I lifted on and off throughout my 20’s, mostly with all the same bad habits and no log book. About a year ago I wanted to start lifting again, and decided to do some research. I searched the Inter-webs for the best program to gain strength and size and found Starting Strength. Due to personal circumstances I was unable to get access to gym. So I studied the lifts and consumed the awesome content produced by the Aasgaard company. This spring I got a home gym together (luckily just before 'rona hit) and in April started my first NLP!
I was completely de-trained (desk job), and to my best guess about 25 lbs overweight, also guessing my BF% somewhere in the low to mid 20% range. A great place to start the NLP.
Starting a log thread seems like a good way to get more involved in the SS community.
36 years old
6’ tall
208 lb Starting body weight.
Current Goals:
-See how strong I can get
-500lb DL by Christmas 2020
following a Sunday-Tuesday-Thursday 3-day/week lifting schedule.
All weights are in pounds.
I have only been logging work sets.
Log so far:
Date |
Squat |
Press |
BP |
DL |
PC |
Chins |
04/02/20 |
185x5x3 |
95x5x3 |
|
255x5 |
|
|
04/05/20 |
195x5x3 |
|
185x5x3 |
265x5 |
|
|
04/07/20 |
205x5x3 |
105x5x3 |
|
272x5 |
|
|
04/09/20 |
215x5x3 |
|
195x5x3 |
285x5 |
|
|
04/12/20 |
225x5x3 |
115x5x3 |
|
289x5 |
|
|
4/14/20 |
235x5x3 |
|
201x5x2
201x4 |
295x5 |
|
|
4/16/20 |
245x5x3 |
120x5x3 |
|
300x5 |
|
|
4/19/20 |
250x5x3 |
|
200x5x2
200x4 |
|
115x5x3 |
|
4/21/20 |
255x5x3 |
125x5x3 |
|
305x5 |
|
|
4/23/20 |
260x5x3 |
|
200x5x3 |
|
120X5x3 |
|
4/26/20 |
265x5x3 |
130x5x3 |
|
310x5 |
|
|
4/28/2020 |
270x5x3 |
|
205x5x3 |
|
125x5x3 |
X6
X5
X2 |
4/30/2020 |
275x5x3 |
135x5x3 |
|
315x5 |
|
|
5/3/20 |
280x5x3 |
|
210x5
210x4x2 |
|
130x5x3 |
X6
X4
X3 |
5/5/2020 |
285x5x3 |
140x5x3 |
|
320x5 |
|
|
5/7/2020 |
290x5x3 |
|
210x5,4
190x5 |
|
135x |
X6,5,3 |
5/10/2020 |
295x5x3 |
142.5x5x3 |
|
325x5 |
|
|
5/12/20 |
300x5x3 |
|
210x5x3 |
|
140x5x3 |
X8,6, |
5/14/20 |
305x5x3 |
145x5x3 |
|
330x5 |
|
|
5/17/20 |
310x5x3 |
|
212.5x5x3 |
|
145x5x3 |
X8,4,3 |
5/18/2020 |
|
|
|
|
|
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5/19/20 |
315x5x3 |
147.5x5,4,4,2 |
|
335x5 |
|
|
5/21/20 |
320x5x3 |
|
215x5x3 |
|
150x5x3 |
X8,4 |
Notes: yesterdays workout 5/21 Squats felt heavy AF, glad I get a two day rest before lifting Sunday. Thinking about moving DL's to 1/week with 10 lb jumps. Every other workout might be a bit much on the DL frequency.
I am quite pleased with my progress so far. I am pretty close to as strong as I have ever been, after training for < 2 months on SSNLP. I have never really trained Deadlifts before.
I have videos of my last 10 squat work sets, posted one squat form check to make sure I was not completely off base.