strengthforall's Training Log

[strengthforall]

hello there everyone i am 16 i weigh like what, 140. im 5'6 in height and ive been on stronglifts 5x5 since december but ive now decided to start logging (better late than never right?)

Well here are what my lifts look like since well today

Squats 5x5- 195lbs.....after lots of deloading finally got here now form needs some tweaking
benchpress 5x5- 160lbs......squat stalls=no increases on other weights
Barbell Rows 5x5- 135 lbs......started a month ago
Pushups 3xF- 30 lbs in a backpack and it looks like this 15/12/11
Reverse Crunches 3x12- i use a 20lb dumbell as the counter weight


Overhead Press 5x5- 105 lbs.....damn that was tough
Deadlifts 1x5- 170 lbs.....stalled a lot at squats then stalled at deadlifts and had to correct form
Pullups 3xF- just BW and it looks like 7/7/6
Prone bridges 3x60- i do it with a 25 lb weight in a back pack


well i might workout today not to sure yet but i'll keep you all posted.

[strengthforall]

hello there worked out today no spotter jsut my trusty web cam

squats-195 finally getting form down
OHP-115 terrible man. tough as heck
deadlifts 185- heavy grip almsot gave out
pull ups-did them with leg momentum man am i sore
prone bridges- smoothj sailing as normal with 25 lbs

thanks for reading
keep you all posted
ill have my diet up in a bit

[Shox]

keep up the good work, just keep at the stronglifts and u'll get there

[strengthforall]

Yes someone has actually replied lol

thanks man hoping to be able to squat at least 270 before the years over

what are your goals man?

[Shox]

well my short term goals are an 80kg squat, 34 inch waist, 60kg bench (by short term i mean next 2 month).
Your progress is looking good, keep adding weight to that squat bar and you should hit your 270 in no time I personally find squat the easiest lift to progress on, although one of the toughest lifts to execute! (One of the few lifts that actually makes me sweat like a pig lol)

[strengthforall]

nice

man i woke up today and my lower back feels funny. i think i might need to drop the squat weight by 20 lbs, fine tune my form before i move on to intermediate(im really starting to peak like i can only increase every 3 workouts)

what do you think shox?

[Mouse]

Take care of your back - maybe if you're still tweaking form you shouldn't be looking to switch to intermediate in a hurry.

Worry about that when the time is right and you are happy with your form.

[strengthforall]

yeah thats why im dropping down to 170 tommorow and building back up
thanks for the tip man

im almost there jsut that 195 lbs jsut gets tough at the 4th and 5th rep

[Shox]

yeh, great thing about the body is you can often tell if any pain you get is 'good' pain (i.e doms/feeling of muscle building), or 'bad' pain (i.e form needs fixing). My form is pretty good i think, although i think i curve my back out a bit (As in i try so hard to keep my back straight and puff my chest out that it actually curves out rather than under the weight).

[strengthforall]

i agree with that man

you mean like your back pops out?

yeah my back still has a bit of a curve at the bottom which i think is pretty much unsolvable without a lot of experience squatting, which i dont have


my problem is that sinced the weights are heavy and by the 3rd set in 4th and 5th rep coming back up from the down position results in me doing soemthing like a good morning. like my knees dont roll foward or anything just that i end up doing soemthing like a good morning so lowering weights is my best bet.

[Shox]

Try pushing up from your heels when this happens (curl your toes up and push off your heels)