That what I felt.. After readind the starting strength Wikia, it looks like he just rehashed most of what Rippetoe said, right down to Gallon of milk a day
Help me get back into working out.
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That what I felt.. After readind the starting strength Wikia, it looks like he just rehashed most of what Rippetoe said, right down to Gallon of milk a day
It's not a terrible beginner program. I admit that it is basically Starting Strength with cleans swapped for rows though, which IMO isn't a bad switch - as I've yet to see any person doing starting strength clean properly.
In fact I rarely see people clean properly in the gym in general, my clean is pretty shit too - it's almost something you need a coach for to master properly.
Stronglifts doesn't say 1 rep I don't think? It says 5 reps.
I'd do 1 workset of 5, but ramp up to it.
For example last session I did a workset of 150kg x 5. Did something like: 97.5x5, 115x5, 132.5x5, 150x5. I did light squats at the beginning of my session though, which act as a warm-up [madcow 5x5 is the routine I'm doing - he has tons of good stuff written about training here: Madcow Training - Table of Contents, 5x5 Programs, Dual Factor Theory, Training Theory I'd recommend any lifter reads that if they haven't already.. Parts I found particularly useful are: http://madcow.hostzi.com/Topics/Training_Primer.htm and http://www.higher-faster-sports.com/PlannedOvertraining.html ].
If I was going straight into deads without squats first, I'd do something like 70x5-8 before the other sets.
What's with oats? I eats Muesli or Oats.. Mostly Muesli... Steel cuts better than Muesli?
Good complex carbs basically. Effective way of gaining mass - shit tons of oats and protein.
Nah, not trolling.
I just don't know all the terms and lingo for stuff and it's been so damned long since I've regularly exercised that I need some guidance.
Like, for example: no clue what 5x5 means, or what a deadlift is, etc
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My deadlift started at a weight slightly above yours and trying to do lots of reps didn't work for me as far as gains go.
Check out tnation.com and search for deadlift articles.
Deadlift progresses FAST if you are listening to your body and loading up the weight.
I liked to mix in speed/snatch/raised platform deadlifts once a week and then do a heavy day of normal deadlifts.
Don't overtrain deadlift though as your back takes quite a while to recover especially when you're squatting or doing cleans during the week.
For me, deadlifts progressed the fastest and I'm pretty skinny (6ft, ~170) and was able to get up to 405 lbs in 5 months. Stick with it and train smart and you'll get it.
That's above average progress you've got there, most people won't be able to add 5kg a week to their deadlift consistently for 5 months without a reset or two. Depends how much you're eating and stuff too of course, if you can gain lots of weight without it being an issue then it's less of an issue than if you've got to keep an eye on your bodyfat.
I could add 5kg a week until about 120-130kg for 5, at which point progress was more like 2.5kg a week. It's definitely something that'll vary a lot person to person.
Up at 405lbs is pretty respectable (assuming a 1rm), I've only managed 185kg (~408lbs) and I've been training on and off a couple years, although I've never been properly gaining weight because my BF% is high.
If you lost 5lbs you'd be verging on "advanced" on the exrx strength standards, and this table speaks for itself:
I found doing stronglifts/ss/general 5x5 with just the bar helped a ton because by the time it got heavy/stressful I was already used to going to the gym at a set time 3x a week and it was never stressful because the weights were so light. So I just kept going. I also second the tracking of every workout you do. The key thing is to make going to the gym a habit.
