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    Before I begin my log, I want to thank everyone who takes the time to check out my log and for any advice that I may get.

    Beginning stats: 35 years old, 5'6, 236#, fluffy rank novice

    Background: Growing up, I was a farm boy who always had good natural strength. This made weightlifting appealing to me. However, I did not have support from my parents. Both grew up in an era that doing any type of physical exertion not related to work was only going to get you hurt. I would get around it by doing "extra reps" when carrying water and feed pails but had no clue what I was doing. Started playing football and track in high school but being it was a small town, there was no weightlifting program. We had a weight room but it was filled with the multi-station machines. There were bench press benches with a few barbells and plates. Played around with this, having no clue what I was doing through out high school. Fast forward to adult life and I get my first set of "true" weights: some adjustable dumbbells and standard 1" bar and plates. Still no clue what I was doing so I bought the "Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding". Learned a few things but didn't take the time to read about the compound exercises. So I became the "brosef captain upper body". Big biceps but couldn't squat to save my life. I started getting interested in tournament arm-wrestling so that fueled that mind set even further. After a few years of this, I "retire" as my shoulders and forearms were getting messed up. About that time, my dad passes away and I fall into a deep depression. I gained a lot of weight going from 150 to 240 in about 2 years. At that time, I realized I needed to do something. Joined a gym and continued with the "bro" work out. Lost a lot of weight going back down to 180. About that time, I stumbled across Starting Strength. I joined an online forum (not this one) and read the posts about it. This made sense to me. I ordered the book and read it. Started doing the program and made great progress. However, after about 4 months, I ended up getting some hip pain (still didn't know about this forum) and went to the doctor. When I told the doctor my program, he told me the problem was that I was squatting too heavy too low (at that time 230# for 5) so I fell off the program. I then took a promotion at work, starting to get more stress and quit working out completely. To "motivate" myself, I signed up for a 5K mud run with a friend. I failed horribly, and ended up tearing my PCL when I couldn't make a jump. During my PT, the therapist told me to strength my quads like hell to make up for my PCL. That's when I joined here to see if Starting Strength would cause more damage to my knee. When I was told it wouldn't, I thought what the hell and started the program again. When I went in to see doc, he couldn't believe how fast my quad and hamstring got. Due to financial hardship, I chose not to get surgery. Due to work adjustments, I again stopped training. Which brings me to now. Back in Dec. I was finally done with being fat, slow, and now weak. I made work adjustments and invested in my own rack, barbell (Olympic), and plates

    Current goal: get as strong as I can without gaining anymore weight until LP stops. I'm going to try to push this for at least 12 months.

    Sorry for being long winded but maybe putting it in black and white will help keep me going.

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    12/16/14:

    Squat:
    work:
    115 x 5 reps x 3 sets
    warm up:
    bar x 5 x 1
    65 x 5 x 1
    95 x 5 x 1

    Bench:
    Work:
    115 x 5 x 3
    Warm up:
    bar x 5
    95 x 5

    Dead:
    Work:
    185 x 5 x 1
    Warm up:
    135 x 5 x 1
    165 x 5 x 1

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    Welcome rogue! Have you started lifting again yet? Keep a log going and DON'T give up this time, good luck man!

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    Your last post popped up as i was typing so ignore the first session question

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    12/19/14:

    Squat:
    work:
    125 x 5 reps x 3 sets
    warm up:
    bar x 5 x 1
    95 x 5 x 1
    115 x 3 x 1

    Press:
    Work:
    70 x 5 x 3
    Warm up:
    bar x 5
    55 x 5

    P. Cleans (I know that deads are to be done each training for a while but wanted to try to get cleans started)
    Work:
    105 x 3 x 5
    Warm up:
    bar x 3 (hang)
    75 x 3 x 1

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    12/21/14:

    Squat:
    work:
    135 x 5 reps x 3 sets
    warm up:
    bar x 5 x 1
    95 x 5 x 1

    Bench:
    Work:
    125 x 5 x 3
    Warm up:
    bar x 5
    95 x 5

    Dead:
    Work:
    205 x 5 x 1
    Warm up:
    135 x 5 x 1
    175 x 5 x 1

    I chose to go up 20 being it felt light and that is what I would do if I didn't do P. Cleans the time before.

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    12/24/14:

    Squat:
    work:
    145 x 5 reps x 3 sets
    warm up:
    bar x 5 x 1
    95 x 5 x 1
    125 x 3 x 1

    Press:
    Work:
    75 x 5 x 3
    Warm up:
    bar x 5
    65 x 3

    P. Cleans (Did same weight to work on form - new to PC)
    Work:
    105 x 3 x 5
    Warm up:
    45 x 3
    75 x 3

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    12/29/14:

    Squat:
    work:
    155 x 5 reps x 3 sets
    warm up:
    bar x 5
    95 x 5
    125 x 5
    Bench:
    Work:
    135 x 5 x 3
    Warm up:
    bar x 5
    95 x 5
    115 x 3

    Dead:
    Work:
    225 x 5 x 1
    Warm up:
    135 x 5
    185 x 3

    I chose to go up 20 being it felt light.

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    1/1/15

    Squat:
    work:
    160 x 5 reps x 3 sets
    warm up:
    bar x 5 x 1
    95 x 5 x 1
    135 x 3 x 1

    Press:
    Work:
    80 x 5 x 3
    Warm up:
    bar x 5
    65 x 3

    P. Cleans
    Work:
    115 x 3 x 5
    Warm up:
    65 x 3 (bought 10 # bumper plates for proper height)
    95 x 3

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    1/3/15:

    Squat:
    work:
    165 x 5 reps x 3 sets
    warm up:
    bar x 5
    95 x 5
    135 x 5

    Bench:
    Work:
    140 x 5 x 3
    Warm up:
    bar x 5
    95 x 5
    115 x 3

    Dead:
    Work:
    235 x 5 x 1
    Warm up:
    135 x 5
    200 x 3

    Went 10 from last time. Starting to feel it.

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