NeverGiveUp Training Log

[NeverGiveUp]

Because of the advice of someone else I decided to come over here and make a training log....

So here we go.
I am a 21 year old male, who weighs 200 lbs. I am 6' 2" tall and thanks to SL am starting to have a very athletic looking build.

I started stronglifts 1 month, 1 week, and 3 days ago. In the past I have tried to do the muscle mag thing for awhile and also tried the men's health hard body plan for a bit. I have never seen such good progress as I have with stronglifts after just a month. I am very happy with my results so far.

My goals are a mixture of "tryin ta ghet ta r1ppzzor3d" and basically getting very strong and being able to lift really heavy stuff.

Strong Lifts has proved to be pretty clear cut and straightforward. I have not yet stalled on any of the exercises and am feeling stronger every workout.



As for where I'm at right now, today was workout A. I chose to do dips/barbell rows as they seemed to be tougher and therefore I sould do them more.

Todays workout looked like this:

Squat : 140
Bench: 110
BRow: 110
Dips: not yet weighted, just starting to do full dips.
Reverse Crunches: yes I do the ab exercises

Todays workout felt great, I was blasting some metal and I really pushed the intensity. Yesterdays workout wasn't so great as I was feeling kinda weak, but we all have those days once in a while.

Yesterdays workout looked like this

Squat :135
OHP:80
Dead 135
Pullups: just started being able to do pullups instead of chinups
Prone bridges:)

My overhead press is so low b/c I started with 45 unlike the other exercises which I started with 70.


Well that was probalbly longer then anyone cares to read so I'll leave it at that until next time.

NGU

[NeverGiveUp]

Today: Rest and Hiit for 20 mins.

Btw to clarify... in last post when I say yesterdays workout I mean the day before that.

[NeverGiveUp]

Today :Workout B

Squat: 145 : 55555
OPress: 85 : 55555
Dead : 145 : 55555

I was about to fail on the last rep of the overhead press... and I'm still at a pretty low weight, so I'm going to start eating more to see if that helps. Also today while doing squats I kept my muslces really tight and it seemed to make a big difference in my strength.

[NeverGiveUp]

3/29 : Rest and Recovery

3/30 : 2 rounds tabatas ... 1 bw squats 1 burpees
Glute Activation ....
Prone Bridges and turkish get ups

3/31 : Workout A : Squat 150, Bench 115, BRow 115 : all 55555, Dips 643

[NeverGiveUp]

Today :

1 round tabata= burpees (quads are seriously sore)
glute activation
prone bridges and turkish get ups

[atypical1]

Burpees suck! Great job and you're a glutton for punishment.

james

[NeverGiveUp]

They sure do suck... thats why I do them, but I dont do them with a pushup yet since i'm doing them for tabata and i wouldnt be able to finish half a 4 minute cycle if I did.

Yesterday, 4/2 :
Workout B :Squat 155 Overhead 90 Dead 160 Pullups: just started greasing the groove for these.

I am excited because I thought I was gonna stall for sure on OHPress at 80 and 85, but then i nailed this 90 and could have done more.

I also have just been advised to drop the weight on squats to work out my form so if I can't fix it next workout then I will drop the weight and work on really strict form.

Today I did Glute activation and Some bridges and turkish get ups.

[NeverGiveUp]

4/4 Workout A

Squat 160
Bench 120
BRow 120

Squats werent perfect so next workout I will drop the weight as per some peoples advice.
Rows feel strong ... I didnt feel like I was going to stall which I have felt like previously.


4/5 Rest and Recovery

4/6 Tabata Burpees 1 4 min round.
Hit on treadmill 8 mins of 1 min intervals
Posture exercises/Glute activation
Prone Bridges

[NeverGiveUp]

Well Guys as my name suggests I have not given up, I just haven't been able to use a computer. As discouraging as it was (yes I know I'm a baby) I had to drop my squat way down to perfect my form. Since then Ive started feeling more even and think I am making progress. Anyway starting from where I left off...
4/8

Workout B Squat 120 55555 Overhead 95 55555 Deadlift 170 555

4/10

Workout A Squat 120 55555 Bench 125 55555 BRow 125 55555

4/12

Workout B Squat 120 55555 Overhead 55555 Deadlift 180 555

4/15

Workout A Squat 120 55555 Bench 130 55555 BRow 55541 STALLL!!!!!

I experienced my first stall on this workout on the Bent over Row, I was so pissed.

4/17

Workout B Squat 125 55555 Overhead 105 55544 STALL!!!!! Deadlift 200 555 BODYWEIGHT DEADLIFT 3X5!

I stalled again today, this time on overhead press. After this workout I realized that I need to eat more complex carbs because I had been sapping out during workouts. I then realized I need to eat more in general. I did however get a bodyweight deadlift and I'm pretty happy about that even though deadlift is the exercise where you can lift the most weight.

4/19

Workout A Squat 130 55555 Bench 135 55555 Overhead 130 55555 ( got the overhead after stalling last workout )

I can't wait for my squat to go up to bodyweight and then even higher!