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Quest to be the strongest guy in boot camp, from DevilPup to DevilDog
So I enlisted in the Marine Corps and that woke me up to the fact that I am not as strong as I want to be. I'd say for the past six months I've been working out sporadically with constantly changing goals. Strength, looks, gaining weight, getting lean I hopped around, never really measured results and wasn't consistent. Through all that though, there was the squat and the dead lift which I think are the best things since sliced bread. I just purchased Starting Strength after looking at a lot of Rippetoe on youtube and I can say I'm starting my program and am ready for some gains.
Stats
Age:22
Height: 6'
Weight: 185
Weight on last work set (Note: On some of these I don't have the form where I want so I've been taking it a little cautious.
Squat: 95
Deadlift: 199
Bench: 135
Press: 75
Powerclean: 45 Definitely want to learn and use this exercise but it's a lot going on. Got some good practice in today though.
I would love to DL 400, SQ 300 and Bench 200. Plausible?
Last Initial Strength Test (IST for bootcamp)
1 1/2 Mile Run: 10'20''
Chins: 9
Situps: 60
Looking for 9 minutes on the run, 20 chins, and 100 situps as a goal, already meet minimums but who stops at minimums.
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2/11/12
Was short on time so I went to this little weight room at my job that has two benches and no racks. All I did was deadlift and got a PR after a few warm-up sets.
1x5@199 JACKED! but still haven't broken 200 lol
2/13/12
Warm up sets for everything
Squat
3x5@115 These were a little shaky but I feel like I'm getting there
Press
3x5@75 These were really tough and I think I'm going to repeat these next time I do them
PowerClean
Just kind of practiced the jumping but I'm a little afraid of hitting myself in the throat. This is going to need a form check fairly soon.
Dead Lift
1x5@185 I couldn't resist doing them even though I know I should have rested. The guy in the rack next to me was curling in the squat rack, with a belt and a spotter, then proceeded to dead lift 95. I couldn't resist.
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2/12/12
Squat
3x5@135 I need more weight! I'm embarrassed, at least 160 on Friday
Bench Press
1x5@135
2x5@155 Why am I benching more than i'm squatting?
Power Cleans
2x5@95
I deadlifted on Monday so i was afraid to do it again so soon but some successful power cleans today.
Pull-Ups
BW 664, then 5 assisted.
Gotta stick to the program!
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2/17/12
Deadlift
1x5@223 Damn 44 pound plates! I did these at my job around 1100 then went to the gym that night around 2100
Squat
3x5@155 Tough, but I guess they're supposed to be. My friend took a video.
Bench Press
3x5@135 My hands have been too close together when I bench, I can't pick up as much weight when I spread them out. So I slight setback, but I feel really good about my DL and SQ.
Here's me squatting 155, I feel really good about my form. There's slight lean forward on the way up that got a little bit more pronounced on the later sets.
Last edited by DevilPup; 02-21-2012 at 10:13 PM.
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2/21/12
Lots of bike riding this weekend and lots of basketball yesterday so I pushed everything up one day.
Squat
2x5@165
1x5@135 Switching to low bar and it's very different. Need to work on that.
Bench
3x5@155
Dead Lift
1x5@235
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