The clock upon the wall, has struck the midnight hour!

[Budgie Smuggler]

She finishes her call; Her girlfriend's in the shower

Practisissing, Practiss, Practicing!

Half a dozen provocative squats!

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I'd always enjoyed free weights, but fell into the trap of over-complicated bb type programmes that changed every month or so (gotta shock those muscles!), but the best results I ever got was doing squats, deadlifts, bench, press, bent over row and pull-ups, usually 3 reps across 3 sets, as heavy as I could manage.

That was 10 years ago before I damaged a rotator cuff and became sedentary for the next decade.

Around August last year I decided I'd had enough and started walking daily, eventually started to run and by December I was running about 30 miles a week.

In January I realised that between calorie restriction and all the running I was getting into skinny fat territory and started searching for a decent gym close to home and the right programme.

First of all I found Stronglifts, but looking into it further found an article about Rip; I bought the book there and then and spent a week or so reading through it.

First session(s) stats:

Weight 90kg

Squat 60kg
Bench 40kg
Deadlift 85kg
Press 30kg

Most recent:

Weight 92kg

Squat 97.5kg
Bench 62.5kg
Deadlift 112.5kg
Press 42.5kg
Chin-ups 3x3 (bw)

I added power cleans in the last session but couldn't get the hang of the technique at all.

That's all for now, looking forward to my next session tomorrow 👍

[BenM]

Great log title and nickname. Following!

Good luck with your progress.

[carson]

Welcome: Age and height, please.

[Budgie Smuggler]

Thanks guys.

I'm Male, 38, 5'10.

Currently following the TBAB recomp macros, seeing my bw increase slightly while my waist is shrinking and feeling "bigger" across the shoulders.

I used to blame my bad knees and back for the lack of training, truth be told they've never felt better since starting SS.

[Budgie Smuggler]

Weight 92kg

Squat 100kg - 5, 5, 5
Press 42.5kg - 5, 5, 5
Deadlift 112.5kg - 5, 5, 5
Chin-ups bw - 3, 3, 2

Squat was fine, press feels more stable and I'm starting to worry less about my shoulder every time, deadlift felt reassuringly hard.

Chin-ups - Same old shit, just need to keep trying.

[Budgie Smuggler]

Weight 92kg

Squat 102.5kg - 5, 5, 5
Bench 70kg - 3, 5, 4
Deadlift 115kg - 2
Chin-ups bw - 3, 3, 3

Bad day today. Squat felt harder than it should have, upped my weight too much on the bench and had my arse handed to me accordingly (3 on the forst set was partly due to poor set-up).

Failed on third rep of my deadlift work set, so yeah, a pretty shitty day.

No real reason I can think of other than a poor nights sleep due to the storm, but I wouldn't have thought it enough to cause this clusterfuck.

Hey ho, onwards and upwards, Saturday will be a new day.

[Budgie Smuggler]

I already had the Kindle version of SS:BBT, but much prefer a physical copy.

That's me sorted for the weekend with a whisky and a good cigar.


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[Budgie Smuggler]

Weight 92kg

Squat 105kg - 5, 5, 5
Press 47.5kg - 5, 3, 4
Deadlift 115kg - 5
Chin-ups BW - 3, 3, 2

Squat was fine, no easier/harder than it should be.

Press is still a bit of an issue, this time partly because I wasn't allowing enough rest so I'll address that going forward.

I cut my index finger on a kitchen knife yesterday and this opened up again with a pop on deads, had to use straps on my last two reps.

Chin-ups - Almost got 4 reps on the first set and the others felt better than usual, so they're improving.


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[Budgie Smuggler]

Weight 92kg

Squat 107.5kg - 5, 5, 5
Bench 70kg - 5, 5, 5
Deadlift 117.5kg - 5
Chin-ups BW - 4, 3, 3

Felt a lot better today, bench was a lot more stable having switched to 2.5kg jumps, was still a little shaky on the last set but my shoulder is definitely better than it has been since the injury.

Really concentrated on form with the deadlift and it helped when paying closer attention to my head position and I think I could have potentially lifted more on the squat.

4 consecutive chin-ups, woo! ��

[Budgie Smuggler]

Weight 92kg

Squat 110kg - 5, 5, 5
Press 47.5kg - 5, 4, 4
Deadlift 120kg - 5
Chin-ups BW - 4, 3, 4

My struggles with the press continue; while I'm strict and ensure I don't push press, I do find I'm leaning back on the last reps.

A guy remarked on the fact I was "training legs" again and just looked puzzled when I told him I squat every session.

Saw a guy in the gym I haven't seen before, big bloke (about 6'5") wearing Adidas Power Perfects, a proper belt, knee sleeves and wrist wraps. He was push pressing 110kg and did deadlifts afterward but I couldn't see how much.

He's the only guy I've ever seen doing similar lifts, so I guess I've got something to aim for.