Hi!
24 y.o
5"10 ft. (178 cm)
178 lbs (81 kg)
I started lifting weights pretty consistently about 2/3 years ago, and although I am still skinny, I got to a point during my boxing training where I was under 70 kg.
I gained the last 5/6 kg in the last year.
I tried doing the program a couple of times, failing for the usual reasons, besides the covid situation didn't make things easier.
So I started back, hopefully with no interruptions this time, on September 7, after working out at a couple of different gyms during the summer, which helped me maintain some of my strenght
The first 2/3 weeks I had a lot of problems with my deadlift technique for some reason (probably developed some bad habit during the summer by going to different gyms?)
So I couldn't increase my DL and my squat was becoming hard to manage.
The difference this time was, instead of making things up about how to solve it, I went back to the book and the videos, I recorded myself, I looked at some form checks and I realized I was basically doing a good morning squat, which was causing a burning sensation between my abs and my left hip on the way up.
And I started deadlifting in weightlifting shoes instead of socks (even though it was never a problem before), also realizing I was keeping my back angle too horizontal and wasn't really concentrating on squeezing the lats and keeping the bar in contact with the leg. I was also having a lot of problems with getting light headed even with light weights, and I found out it was probably because I wasn't taking a big enough breath and keeping it "in my stomach", now it's a little bit better, also cause it's not as hot anymore.
So after making these adjustements session by session, and also buying microplates (0.5 - 0.25 kg) so I could make any increment I needed, I'm finally seeing the results and feel confident that I'll keep making progress.
For example, this week on Monday I only did a 1kg jump on the squat (from 115 to 116)
and 1kg on the press (from 52,5 to 53,5), this allowed me to get to 117,5 on the squat o wednesday and 55 on the press tomorrow, whereas usually I would have increased by 2,5kg on Monday and probably gotten too fatigued failing to recover.
My numbers at the end of this week will be:
Squat 120kg - 264lbs
Bench 82,5kg - 181,5lbs
Press 55kg - 121lbs
Deadlift 135kg - 297lbs
I'll start doing Power Cleans from next week, which I used to replace with chin-ups or barbell rows because I couldn't get the technique down, but this time no excuses will be made and I'll follow the program to the letter. I'll probably start around 40% of my deadlift and work my way up to 50% pretty quickly, and then add chin-ups and back extensions when necessary.
I hope this is useful information for people who get stuck early, just stick to the program, record and analyze yourself, what you feel like when you move can be very different that what you are actually doing, especially if you coach yourself.
I will start posting my workouts here from now on.
My hope is to carry on the LP for at least another 4-5 months and get to a 180kg DL, 160kg Squat, 100kg Bench, 70kg Press.
You guys think that I can get there if I keep i
increasing my weight to about 90kg?