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    Lonnie, Male, 34, Starting weight 234ish. 5’11”. Machinist for 15yrs. Current work is a Cattle Farm, or Ranch for those of you West of Missouri. Real Estate agent on the side. I will also hire out for framing houses and farm work. You would think I would be stronger with all the farming, but I’m pretty soft.

    Previous work out history is your typical High School weight room, no supervision… so benching. All I really remember was I could do 225x8*2, max at 265. Weight was 180… remembering this has made me wonder just how soft I had gotten over the years. The answer is very soft.

    I began Starting Strength the first time 6 years ago. Reason for starting was I had low grade back pain, a lot of the time. The back pain was gone fast, however the program was cut short by a bad car accident. I ran it long enough to know the program works.

    Fast forward to today, I’ve decided it’s easier on my body to sell houses than to build them. Getting softer all the time, with pain behind my left shoulder blade, right hip and upper back. I do get flare ups of “tennis elbow” in the right arm from the days of packing the nail-gun around. But it’s been awhile.

    I have the 2nd edition of what is now the blue book. I Bought Practical Programming. Started the program again May 2nd with plans to give it an honest go as far as sleeping, eating, not doing extra exercises that affect recovery. Just the program. I do walk a lot as part of the farming and moving electric fences daily for grazing livestock. I try to keep stress down, but some clients are a pain, and the drought this summer hasn’t helped… But progress has continued.

    Original Goals were OHP 155, Bench 225, Squat 315, Deadlift 365. Bodyweight 225-250 as long as I feel good. These goals put me as the strongest I have ever been.

    Who knew I’ld be 4 months in and meeting goals… I thought they were pretty lofty.

    Any questions, feel free to ask. I’m trying to decide how to update the log from weeks past.
    Think I’ll just do 1 week per post.

    Thank you. I'll keep it short and sweet from here.

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    Good on ya, Lonnie. Realizing is half the battle.

    Don't get stuck on the number on the front of the book—get Barbell Prescription, too. That book, along with Practical Programming (and the Blue Book, somewhat) will help everything make a lot more sense, and you'll be looking back in a couple of years and wondering why you set your lift goals so low, all of which are readily obtainable with your current body weight and future body weight goals.

    Keep at it!

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    Week 1
    5/2/2022
    Squat-155
    Press-85
    Deadlift 205

    5/4/2022
    Squat-160
    Bench-145
    Deadlift 215

    5/6/2022
    Squat 165
    Press 90
    Deadlift 225
    Tried to do some chin-ups, band assisted (100#) 5reps, 4 reps, 3 reps, and 3 Negative chins.
    Also some Dips, on a machine to assist. 3 sets of 10, 70# of assistance on set 1-2. 100# on the 3rd
    Just to see where I stand, I plan to test these once a month.

    Now, I started low working up. I picked these weights to avoid Muscle Soreness. It had been 6 years since being in a gym and I remember the first time I tried the program. Still couldn't hardly roll of the couch the next morning. By day 3, all was right with the world.
    Last edited by LJBass; 08-28-2022 at 09:40 PM.

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    2nd edition of the blue book is obsolete, get the 3rd edition

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    Week 2
    5/9/2022
    Squat 170
    Bench 150----I had this highlighted in red, so I failed at least a rep, can't remember. I marked it down as over doing it on the Dips and Chins Friday. Will repeat the weight.
    Deadlift 235

    5/11/2022
    Squat 175
    Press 95
    Deadlift 245

    5/13/2022
    Squat 180
    Bench 150
    Deadlift 255

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    Week 3
    5/16/2022
    Squat 185
    Press 100
    Deadlift 265

    5/18/2022
    Squat 190
    Bench 155
    Deadlift 275, Finished 3 Reps, 4th wouldn't come off the floor. Trying to decide if it was grip or just to much weight.

    5/20/2022
    Squat 195
    Press 105 Something popped in my back, left side, just below the ribs... We'll see if it's a problem before next workout and how I want to address it.
    Deadlift 270 Went ahead and backed off 5 pounds, added lifting straps. All 5 no problem.

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    Week 4
    5/23/2022
    Squat 200
    Bench 160
    Deadlift 275

    5/25/2022
    Squat 205
    Press 110
    Deadlift 280

    5/27/2022
    Squat 210
    Bench 165
    PowerClean 95
    I did decide to add in the PowerClean, Maybe premature, but my back is feeling tight from 1 deadlift workout all the way until the next.

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    Week 5
    5/30/2022
    Squat 215
    Press 95
    Deadlift 285

    I went for 115, 1st set, Something popped in my back, just below the ribs again. I set the bar down and after a break I couldn't perform another rep. Backed the weight down, finished the 3 sets of 5. I will work on form, and start wearing a belt. If I continue to have problems, I'll post a video.

    6/1/2022
    Squat 220
    Bench 170
    PowerClean 100

    6/3/2022
    Squat 225
    Press 100
    Deadlift 295

    It's been a month, Time to test Chins again. Used the 100# band again, 6,6,5 reps. So more reps and more strength.

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    Week 6
    6/6/2022
    Squat 230
    Bench 175
    Deadlift 300

    Deadlift on the wrong day, Failed at the knee on the 5th rep. Just a mistake. I'll up the weight 5# on the next workout with the proper recovery.

    6/8/2022
    Squat 235
    Press 105
    PowerClean 105
    Added some Curls in because I was Talking to a couple guys and it's weird to not do something.
    8*3 75#

    6/10/2022
    Squat 240
    Bench 180
    PowerClean 110
    Curls Again... just to see if the weight goes up. 80# 8,8,4. Won't make a habit of the curling.

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    Week 7

    6/13/2022
    Squat 245
    Press 110
    Deadlift 305

    6/15/2022
    Squat 250
    Bench 185
    PowerClean 115

    6/17/2022
    Squat 255
    Press 115
    Deadlift 310

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