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vktewari's Training Log: Starting Strength
vktewari replied to vktewari's topic in Online Training Journals & Blogs
My thursday training comprised of the following: Squats: 80.5KG 3x5 Bench Press: 45KG 3x5(Earlier I thought I would be able to get to 48.5KG but had to stick to this to maintain my form) Deadlift: 100.5KG 3x5 Chinups: BW+7KG. Now is the two day rest period. Next workout on Sunday, hoping to have: Squats: 83.5KG, Overhead Press: 35KG, Pendlay Rows:50.5KG, And Dips: BW+3.5KG. -
vktewari's Training Log: Starting Strength
vktewari replied to vktewari's topic in Online Training Journals & Blogs
Today was a bad day for me(Or you can call it a good one because I learned something). Today I realized that most of the exercises that I was doing were either in incorrect form or I was just swinging my way through. So today I carried out a major deload in three exercises: Over Head Press: 40KG-->32KG Pendlay Rows: 60.5KG-->48.5KG Bench Press: 55.5KG-->48.5KG. So, my today's workout looked like this: Squats: 78.5KG 3x5 Over Head Press: 32KG 3x5 Pendlay Rows: 48.5KG 3x5 Dips: BW+2.5KG 3x5 @Mini Forklift: Thanks for the reply. And yes I increase the weight every workout(Stronglifts style). Now since I workout in my home gym and I only have 2 1KG plates and 2 2.5KG plates at my disposal, so I have to increase the weight one time by 2KGs and the next time by 3KGs in all the workouts. I am now trying to learn the correct form of doing all the exercises and though I have figured out others, the form of Bench press and overhead press still doesn't work out to be right for me. -
After messing around for the past two years with a lot of split sessions I found Rippetoes Starting Strength program. I have been doing the program since last four weeks and the gains are good. I exercise on Sunday(I personally prefer to have one workout on a day I don't have to go to work), Tuesday and Thursday. Yesterday, I performed: Squats: 3x5 75.5KG, Bench Press: 3x5 55.5KG,(Dunno why but it is lagging behind, I am unable to keep my wrist straight) Deadlift: 2x5 88.5KG(Call it a WarmUp), Deadlift: 1x5 93.5KG. When I had started my stats were Squats: 52.5KG, Bench Press: 35.5KG, OverHead Press: 20KG(Now 40KG) and Deadlifts: 65KG. I think the gains are good, atleast for me. Any comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Bulking at 3000 calories(Age: 23, Weight: 68KG, Height: 5'8"). Now the next one is tomorrow. Hoping to get: Squats: 3x5 78.5KG, Overhead Press: 3x5 42KG(Though I tried 5x5 last workout with 40KG but could get to 5,5,4,2,1 and stalled), Bent over Rows: 3x5 60.5KG. I am having a hard time around with the pressing exercises(Bench and Overhead), any suggestions on how to improve them.
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Hi, everyone on this forum. I am from India and a lacto-vegetarian. I was 87KG at 5'8" and very much of a sedentary type about two years ago. I got fed up of my chubby look, and hence decided to get fit. I started some cardio and some light weight lifting and lost 22KGs since then. But recently I decided to go on a bulk and gain some muscle. The program I am currently using is Rippetoes Starting Strength and have been gaining at a good rate. My current stats are Squats: 167lbs for 5 reps, Bench 129lbs for 5 reps, Overhead Press 88lbs for 5 reps, and Deadlift 205lbs for 5 reps. I want to prove to my mates that even vegetarians can build a whole lot of muscle and reading the articles on this site makes me even more confident. Some info: Age: 23 years Weight: 68KG(On a bulk since 4 weeks)