36 YO Roiling Mass of Flesh Starting Strength

[Isawa_Chuckles]

8/23
Squat: 165 3x5
Press: 100 3x5 (Brought this one down to normal progression rate)
Clean: 85 3x5 (Still learning this, so a lot of incorrect/incomplete reps in there so sticking at 85 until I've got the form cleaned up and safe to progress)

[Isawa_Chuckles]

Things got a little hectic so I missed posting updates for a couple weeks, but I didn't miss my workouts! Finished learning the cleans and got the okay from the trainer to do them on my own, so I'm glad for that! And the 9/4 session was the end of my first 6 weeks on the program, really enjoying it and feeling stronger on most things every day. Definitely still feel like I am not really taxing my legs, but taxing my soft nerd hands as the failure point for things like the Deadlift. Started using chalk on the Deadlift even though I feel a bit silly doing it compared to what other people at the gym are lifting. But that's why you train, to get better, and my grip strength will improve with time and effort.

8/25
Squat: 175 3x5
Bench: 105 3x5
DL: 255 1x5

8/28
Squat: 185 3x5
Press: 105 3x5
Clean: 95 2x5 (Poor form at the end of the second set)

8/30:
Squat: 195 3x5
Bench: 115 3x5
Deadlift: 265 1x5

9/1
Squat: 205 3x5
Press: 110 3x5
Clean: 95 3x5

9/4
Squat: 215 3x5
Bench: 125 3x5
Deadlift: 275 1x5

[Roy Thomas]

This is awesome man. I was using chalk at much lighter weights lol. And for everything, not just the deadlift xD

I noticed you hadn't posted in a little while and got nervous. So glad to see you're still on the horse! Keep it up dude!

[Isawa_Chuckles]

9/6
Squat: 225 3x5
Press: 115 3x5
Clean: 95 3x5 (First two sets going very cleanly, third set need to increase rest time since it keeps getting sloppy/incomplete)

9/8
Squat: 230 3x5
Bench: 135 3x5
Deadlift: 285 1x5 (Failed, grip strength gave out after third rep)

~Traveled out of town over the weekend for a tournament, made sure to do bodyweight exercises every day, but not the same as weight training~

9/13
Squat: 235 3x5
Press: 120 3x5
Clean: 95 3x5 (Still building work capacity for the explosive-strength portion of the lift, as I've basically never had to do anything like that repeatedly before. By set 3 rep 3 I'm half-doing a standing barbell row to get the bar from gut height to chest height, which is bad)

[carson]

I began using chalk at 225. I use the reverse grip starting at 315. I do hook grip between 225 and 315. I never could do the Olympic lifts. Keep up the good work.