45yr Old's Second Run at LP

[ScottyDavo]

An Introduction and a little about myself.

My name is Scott, I live in Sydney Australia.

I am 45 yrs old, 175cm and tip the scales at an incredible 70kgs!
I've always been skinny, was one of the smallest in class all the
way through school. An active job,plenty of beer and never eating
enough have left me skinny with a bit of a belly for most of my Adult
life!

I was diagnosed with stage4 bowel cancer at 27, underwent major
surgery plus chemotherapy and somehow managed to survive.

At 38 I became a father to a beautiful little girl, who I began having trouble
picking up and throwing around a couple of years ago and during my search for
a solution to that problem I came across Starting Strength.

I ran through an Initial LP without power cleans for the first 6 months of 2016
My totals were

Squat 102.5kg 3x5
Bench 59kg 3x5
Press 46kg 3x5
D/Lift 120kg 1x5

Basicaly I did it wrong and burnt myself out, didn't eat enough, poor recovery due to a physical
job, adding too much weight and lack of sleep(the chemo left me with some
nerve damage which causes permanent twitching in my calf muscles,which
wakes me during the night).

I'm blaming the piss poor bench number on the fact
that I have no chest!

Anyway, I am going to run through it again, using smaller increments sooner,
2 days off between training, bringing a light day in sooner on the squats and
trying to eat more. Can't do anything about the job or sleep so will just have
to put up with that.

Happy Lifting,
Scott

[ScottyDavo]

All weights will be in kg's

3/4/17 Bw 70kg

Squat 50x3x5
Press 30x5x3
D/Lift 70x5

6/4/17 Bw 70.3kg

Squat 55x5x3
Bench 40x5x3
D/Lift 75x5

10/4/17 Bw 71.2kg(looks like the creatine kicked in)

Squat 57.5x5x3
Press 32x5x3
D/Lift 80x5

13/4/17 Bw 71.5

Squat 60x5x3
Bench 42x5x3
P/Clean 40x3x2

16/4/17 Bw 71.8

Squat 62.5x5x3
Press 34x5x3
D/Lift 85x5

19/4/17 Bw 72kg

Squat 65x5x3
Bench 44x5x3
P/Clean 40x3x3

[ScottyDavo]

22/4/17 Bw 72kg

Squat 67.5x5x3
Press 35x5x3
D/Lift 90x5

Extra Bench Volume
27.5x8
25x10
22.5x12

Notes:
Dropped the Press down to 1kg increments
Added extra volume for the Bench, will add extra
pressing on Bench day.

All going along well so far.

[ScottyDavo]

25/4/17

Squat 70x5x3
Bench 45x5x3
P/Clean 40x3x3

Extra Press Volume
25x8
22.5x10
20x12

Notes:
Dropped Bench to 1kg increments
Trying to sort form out on P/cleans, not sure I'm flexible enough to rack them properly. Will persevere for another couple of weeks and drop them if I can't sort it out.

[ScottyDavo]

29/4/17 BW 72.1kg

Squat 72.5x5x3
Press 36x5x3
D/Lift 95x5

Extra Bench Volume

30x8
27.5x10
25x12

Notes:
Squats flew up
1st set of press was a bit of a grind,
Last 2 sets went up easy
Had to use alternate grip on last rep of Deadlift
Was hoping to get to 100kg before that happened

[ScottyDavo]

4/5/17 72.2kg

Squat 75x5x3
Bench 46x5x3
P/Clean 40x3x3

Notes:
Been sick most of the week, some kind
Of cold.
Squats felt really heavy
Bench form was poor but still got them up
Power cleans remain shit.

Extra Press Volume

27.5x8
25x8
22.5x8

[ScottyDavo]

7/5/17 72.3kg

Squat 77.5x5x3
Press 37x5x3
D/Lift 100x5

Notes:
Cold is still hanging around
Squats were a mess but got em up
Slight twinge behind right knee cap during
Last set of squats
Press is starting to feel heavy

Extra Bench Volume
32.5x8
30x10
27.5x12

[ScottyDavo]

10/5/17 72.3kg

Squat 80x5x3
Bench 47x5x3
Chins 2,1,0

Notes:

Can't kick this bloody cold!
Squats went up well, felt lighter than
the previous 2 workouts, twinge in right
Knee cap was present for the 1st set then
disappeared.

Bench went up well

Ditched power cleans, going to do chins instead.

Extra Press Volume
27.7x8
25x10
22.5x8