Skinny man movin on up

[MazdaMatt]

Hey, i just read your whole log. Great progress! You seem to be doing it right, so far. I started out at 5'11" and 148lbs last year. I goofed around with bad programming before finding SS and it has been wonderful. I'm about 205lbs now.

Oh yeah in the decision between pasta or a burger and fries... I'd take a burger with a side order of another burger. :-)

My general rule for gaining weight was "If I'm not uncomfortably full, it is time to eat till it hurts".

[Leoric]

Got my shoes in! I was excited to get into the gym today whenever my shoes came in. Unfortunately, I only ate twice during my two rest days, and only got in half a gallon of milk. I lost 5 lbs (water loss i'm guessing) and it really affected my workout. dropped the squat weight to 180 to focus on depth. It was pretty tough, and depending on what people say about my video in technique, I might drop it down farther next workout to build back up some hamstring strength. Failed my last rep on bench, I need to order some microloading plates, but i think this was due to bad eats. Failed the shit out of deads today, only got two reps of 220 in, and I think my back was rounding. I'm gonna have to start recording all my workout sessions so that I can see when I'm fucking them up

Squats: 180x3x5
Bench: 165x2x5 : x1x4
deadlift: 220x1x2

[Leoric]

Thanks matt,

I was reading through your log, and you really did start out right where I am. It's pretty motivating to see it done right and to know that it works if you don't fuck up the program

How are you dealing with that shoulder btw? I've always had a bit of an issue with mine as well b/c I fucked it up wrestling in HS. PT didn't really strengthen it up enough because I was a retarded kid who didn't do the workouts when they cleared me for in home workouts.

[Leoric]

Holy shit. I'm almost overweight. I calculated my BMI today just for shits and giggles. I'm now around 170 lbs at 5-11 1/2. This gives me a BMI of 24. If I gain ten more pounds, then I would be considered overweight. If I hit my target of 220 lbs, then I will be obese. I'm so excited

[Leoric]

bad workout today. Not even going to count it. I hurt my lower back on squats and it fucked up the rest of the workout. I finished my press reps of 110. I got dizzy on my first powerclean pull, so i reset and tried again and almost lost my balance and fell. Cleans were easy last workout, and I only added five lbs. I'm guessing that my workout was bad because of a lack of recovery. I'm going to take a day off, and reset my squats to 135 and work back up and try to figure some way to keep my back from rounding at the bottom.

[Leoric]

ok, was rereading the squat section, and saw that a belt was recommended, and that they actually help build ab strength. Sorry that I'm retarded, got one on the way now.

[Leoric]

Ok guys, I had to take a long break from workouts unfortunately. I was up to 180 lbs, and doing fairly well on my novice progression. Then I was hospitalized for stomach pains, and was eventually diagnosed with Chron's disease, which has ended my plans of joining the navy. They put me on pentasa and dicyclomine, and the side effects caused severe nausea and back pain that kept me from eating. I dropped back down to 140 lbs, and whenever I realized this, I stopped taking the meds (I have set up another appointment with the doc to figure out what to do next). The side effects are gone, and I just deal with the day to day symptoms, and I am beginning linear progression again. It's been two weeks so far, and I'm feeling pretty good.

I haven't weighed in again yet, but my current lifts are

Squats: 155x3x5
Bench: 115x3x5
Deads: 150x1x5
Press: 90x3x5
Clean: 105x3x5
pull ups: 8-5-4

Time to keep rolling

[Leoric]

Weighed in at 154 lbs yesterday.

Squats - 165x3x5 (knees were caving in on the last two reps of each set. Will do weight again friday to get the proper form down)
Press - 95x1x5, 95x1x4 (failed) didn't attempt another set
cleans - 110x5x3

[Leoric]

squat 165x3x5
bench 120x3x5
deadlift 165x3x5

[Leoric]

Deloaded a bit wednesday to work on my squat form, and b/c i failed my last press workout.

Squats: 155 x3x5
Press: 75x3x5
Cleans: 115x5x3