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    Default Brazilian Skinny Guy - English as second language

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    Hi, I 24 and live in Brazil, english isn't my first language however I will try to do my best.

    Started to train strength just 2 months ago. Currently in progression in press and bench, but I did a reset in squat and dead cause I were not with proper technique. At beginning I did weightlifting squats, second low bar, but now I doing hybrids high bar with a wide stance. Now focused in maintaining the technique instead add weights.

    In the first month I trained in a gym front of my house but they announced that will close. So I decided to do my own home gym using a homemade squat/bench stand and chairs as safety bars. It was a tough decision cause I live in 15° floor, but I want to train and find other gym with a rack, close my house and with conditions of openimg time, weekends and holydays is impossible. In Brazil the gyms are focused in bodybuilding and aesthetic, find a power rack or anything similar is difficult.


    Height: 1,67m or 5'6"
    Two months ago my bw was ~55kg
    Body Weight: 59kg or ~130lb
    Squat: 62,5kg
    Dead: 80,5kg
    Bench: 54,5kg
    Press: 40,5kg
    Power Clean: 50,5kg

    Training 3 days per week, monday wednesday and friday.

    Training A:
    Squat 3x5
    Bench 3x5
    Dead 3x5

    Training B:
    Squat 3x5
    Press 3x5
    Power Clean 5x3

    Diet: I graduating in nutrition, this year is my last and I follow a diet paleo/low carb for 6 months, it's a experiment with myself. Eat protein as much I can, use fat from avocados, cream milk, butter, nuts. My body fat is low in this diet. In the past my weight reached up to 62kg in a hypercaloric high carb diet doing a bodybuilding training, but body fat was the principal net gain.

    This is it!

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    Bem vendo aqui amigo! As pessoas aqui temos muito informacões p'ra voce. Si e posivel post videos of your lifts and many people here will help,

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    I don't know Portuguese so I'm limited to English. You have made a good start. I hope you find a strength gym as soon as possible. There aren't too many in the US either. I'm part of the gym that is fairly new. We focus on strength.

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    Thanks all!

    Saturday 05.30


    I trained calves, abs and did chin ups. I have a ectomorphy body type, think any stimulus can help in the weight gain, so I focused in parts of body that can't disturb the start strength program.
    Standing barbell calf raise: 6x~20(until burn)x50kg
    Hanging leg lift: 3x~20(until fail)
    Chin ups: 3x~10xbw

    I did a little circuit. The sequence was: (calves, chins, calves and abs)x3, no rest.

    Today I felling delayed muscle soreness on calves, abs, little bit in the lats and the bottom chest.

    What you think about this complementary training once per week?

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    Monday - B

    Squat:
    2x5 bar(20,5kg)
    1x5 40kg
    1x3 50kg
    3x5 65kg

    Press:
    1x5 bar
    1x5 30,5kg
    3x5 41,5kg

    Power Clean: 1x5 bar
    5x3 50,5kg

    The last rep of Press was very hard, in the next training will add just 0,5kg(~1lb).

    Rest time is around 5 minutes, except for power clean that is 3 minutes.
    Last edited by ilyashin; 06-02-2015 at 05:20 AM.

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    Hey, I'm Brazilian too, sadly I've been away so long I barely know how to spell in Portuguese. I'll follow the log though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnthonyMakeLift View Post
    Hey, I'm Brazilian too, sadly I've been away so long I barely know how to spell in Portuguese. I'll follow the log though.
    Nice, great lifts at 16y!

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    Wednesday - training A

    Squat - narrow stance
    2x5 bar
    1x5 40kg
    1x5 50kg
    3x5 70kg

    I decided to add more weights and changed the distance cause I felling a hip pain at right proximal femur. Doing a narrow stance is comfortable and can lift more weights than a wide stance.

    Bench
    1x5 bar
    1x5 40kg
    3x5 55kg

    Deadlift
    1x5 40kg
    1x5 70kg
    1x3 84kg
    1x5 95kg

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    Hey man, welcome! I lived in Rio for 2 years and I found exactly 2 squat during that time. The gym fees are expensive pra caralho, probably for paying all those private trainers who spot you/lift with you in the machines. The only good thing I can say about gyms there is leotard fashion.

    You're doing the right thing making a home gym. If you're serious about this you should invest in a good bar with rotating sleeves. Learn low-bar, post some videos and get form checks. And if you want some further advice: fuck the calf raises

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    Quote Originally Posted by sika View Post
    Hey man, welcome! I lived in Rio for 2 years and I found exactly 2 squat during that time. The gym fees are expensive pra caralho, probably for paying all those private trainers who spot you/lift with you in the machines. The only good thing I can say about gyms there is leotard fashion.

    You're doing the right thing making a home gym. If you're serious about this you should invest in a good bar with rotating sleeves. Learn low-bar, post some videos and get form checks. And if you want some further advice: fuck the calf raises
    LOL, I in São Paulo. I get a normal bar of 1,8 meter. I hope one day get a set of plates, an olympic bar and a good rack.

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