Lbs for Lbs - A fat man's 85Kg/188lbs long term log

[acybnsonick]

Hello all that read, this is my Log for my long road to being a competitive olympic lifter in the 85kg/188lbs weight catagory. This log is more for me to keep myself motivated, so I'm sorry if it's not a good read.

Personal History
I have just moved back to sunny Croydon, England after having lived for 2 years in Long Beach California with my wife, I am English and she is American. I have a year living with my parents while my wife is away doing more education before we set up our permanent home together, so what better time to hit the iron!

Why my goal?
I like to box and I like to take part in distance/endurance events, so keeping the weight down is a big plus for me. I was also the fat kid at school so being smaller has that "wanting to be something I'm not" quality for me.

The Plan
I am starting from scratch, and by scratch I mean I haven't been inside a gym in over a year and I am 12lbs over my goal weight. So while I would like to do starting strength properly I have to begin with a cutting phase.

I will be attempting starting strength while eating at a calorie defecit until I hit around 185lbs. From there I will evaluate whether I should continue cutting/go into starting strength/go for a higher weight class. I hope I will hit that mark in October and start the proper Olympic training.

For now I will be working out 3 times a week
-Squats every workout
-Alternating Press and Bench Press
-Cycling Deadlift/Power Clean/(Chins/Pullups)

I am currently 23 years old,
5ft 10,
200lbs,
around 30% body fat,

Will post stats the evening of every workout and weight on mondays. Also hopefully some anecdotes too. Oh and I work out at FX Power Gym, Croydon, England.

Thanks for reading, Nick

[acybnsonick]

First workout,

Squat: 60x5x3
Bench: 55x5x3
Dead: 65x5x1

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Monday weigh in: 199.4 lbs

Squat: 70x5x3 kgs
Press: 40x5x3 kgs
Power Clean: 40x3x5 kgs

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Weds June 6 2012

Squat: 75x5x3
Bench: 60x5x3
Chins: bodyweight5x1

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Sat June 9 2012

Squat: 80x5x3
Press: 45x5x3
Deadlift: 90x5x1

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Monday June 11 2012
Weigh in: 196.2 lbs

Squat: 85x5x3
Bench: 65x5x3
Power Clean:50x2x5

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Weds June 13 2012

Squat: 90x3x1, 87.5x2x1, 85x5x1
Press: 50x5x3
Pullups: Bodyweight, 5x1,4x1,3x1

So today was my first fail on the squats, big fails, i went down and then i just couldn't get back up. I'm not sure if i just need to slow down the weight added, or i was tired, or my aggressive 1500 calorie a day diet has caught up with me. I suspect the diet very heavily but am unsure.

[acybnsonick]

Fri June 15th 2012

Squat: 90x5x3 (got you you bastard)
Bench: 70x5x3

No deads as had to do squats after bench

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Mon June 18th 2012

Squat: 92.5x5x3
Press: 55x5x3
Power Clean: 60x2x5

Squat is only going up 2.5 a workout now, I had a bad time last week that I don't want to a repeat.

[acybnsonick]

Mon June 18th 2012

Squat: 92.5x5x3
Press: 55x5x3
Power Clean: 60x2x5

Squat is only going up 2.5 a workout now, I had a bad time last week that I don't want to a repeat.

Weigh in: 196lbs