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Lbass, training log
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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