Age 43
Male
Weight 345
Height 6'1"
My 5 year old son asked me "Daddy, who's the strongest man in the world?" This, I knew, was a job for the internet and a few minutes later my kids were watching Episode 1 of "The Strongest Man in History." One of the participants weighed 342 and my 7 year old daughter excitedly yelled, "that's what you weigh!" 10 minutes later, she asked me why, if I was the same size as these guys, I wasn't strong. I did not have an adequate answer.
So here I am, a month later with a rack in my garage, a barbell, 370 pounds of plates (half of that is 10# plates because that's all I could find) and a copy of "Starting Strength."
Starting lifts:
Squat: 145
Bench: 150
Press: 105
DL: 155
I just finished session #3:
Squats: 165x5x3
Bench: 155x5x3
DL: 175x5x3