Larry's Training Log

[Larrynjr]

Hi Everyone, a new to lifting 51 y.o. young man...a friend from college kept posting SS articles and video's to FB and at first I was "I don't want to get bulky" (bet no one's heard that before, lol) but the more I read and understood the concepts, it just makes sense. Enough that after my wife read the articles, she is going to start training too. We purchased a lifting cage and Olympic bar with 400lbs of steel plates. While there are gyms in our area, none of them seem to be SS gyms or have any SSC's. I work at our local school district and I started lifting in the HS weight room but none of the PE teachers is familiar with SS or Rip. So I've been reading the book and watching all the video's over and over (and I'll continue doing that) I've been following the plan for almost a month. As question come up I've been searching the forums for answers and discovered training logs and thought I should start posting. As I have been lifting for a month, I'll start by posting the previous weeks lifting all in one post and starting with today's lift, just post day by day.

Male / 51 years / 225 lbs / 6 ft.

started lifting bare foot (padded floor in weight room) now using "flats" originally golf shoes but with little heal lift and no cushioning. Use belt only for deadlift work set.

[Larrynjr]

4/12 (1st session!)

Squat
bar x5x2
65x5x1
95x5x3
115x2x1
135x5x1

Press
bar x5x2
65x5x1
75x3x1
85x3x3 (should have done 5x3 here but didn't)

Dead
75x5x2
125x5x1
145x3x1
195x2x1
225x5x1

[Larrynjr]

Squat
55x5x2
65x5x1
75x3x1
85x2x1
105x5x2

Bench
55x5x2
75x5x1
85x3x1
95x2x1
105x5x2

Dead
95x5x2
70x5x1
120x3x1
195x2x1
235x5x3

[Larrynjr]

Squat
65x5x2
75x5x1
85x3x1
105x2x1
125x5x3

Press
65x5x2
75x5x1
85x3x1
105x2x1
85x5x2

Dead
105x5x2
125x5x1
195x3x1
215x2x1
245x5x1

[Larrynjr]

Hmmmmmm, just looked again at others logs and realized that people are only posting their max lifts.....guess I'll start using that format!

[Larrynjr]

squat
Monday 125x5x3
Wed. 135x5x3
Friday 145x5x3

Press
M. 40x5x3
F. 50x5x2

Bench
W. 125x5x1
115x5x2

Dead
M. 245x5x1
W. 255x5x1
F. 245x5x1 (I decided to reset on my dead's as I wasn't feeling in complete control and using good form)

[Larrynjr]

Added cleans to my routine (not sure if it's a good idea given my novice level and only source of training from Rip's video) but I'm starting super light weights and mostly focusing on not hurting myself.

Squat
M. 155x5x1
W. 165x2x1
F. 155x5x1

Bench
M. 125x4x1
F. 130x5x3

Press
W. 100x2x1

Clean
M. 85x5x1
F. 90x4x1

Dead
W. 175x5x1 (was having a very weak lifting day and everything felt super heavy, I'd been lifting about 2 hours after lunch but this day it was 5 hours after lunch and before dinner, had nothing in the tank)

[Larrynjr]

Squat
M. 135x5x3
W. 140x5x3
F. 145x5x3

Press
M. 100x5x3
F. 105x5x1, 95x5x1, 85x5x1

Dead
M. 235x5x1
F. 240x5x1

Bench
W. 140x5x2

Clean
W. 75x5x3

[Larrynjr]

I golf in a local men's league on Tuesday nights and feel like doing that during a "rest" day isn't helping me. I'm thinking of switching to W, F, Sunday as my lifting days. Giving me 48 hours of rest before golfing. I'll see if that helps me feel less tired on golf day.

[Larrynjr]

I did not stop lifting but I kinda let this thread stagnate. Time to update!