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AFI82 · 01-09-2009, 01:11 PM

Glaring weakness of the numbers aside, here's where I finished out with Starting Strength 5 months ago.

Squat 5x193
Deadlift 5x280
Press 5x110
Bench 5x190
Bent over Row 5x160 (instead of power clean)

Here's what I plan on starting with.
Squat 5x160 - Going up 5lbs per day, that'll give me 7 workouts (about 2 weeks) till I start moving into heavier weights.

Deadlift 5x250 - Going up 10 lbs each time (deadlift is every other workout) I'll start moving into new weights the same time as squats do.

Bench - 5x170 - Going up 5 lbs each time

Press - 5x90 - 5lbs each time

Power cleans - Not sure where I'll start on these, I'll think on it this weekend.

Anyone see any issues with these starting weights? I don't want to go too heavy straight off and sabotage myself, but I don't want it to take 4 or more weeks just to get back to where I was.

When I peaked out before, I was pretty depressed about it. I wasn't sure why I couldn't keep adding weight to the bar, and I tried a bunch of different stuff that didn't help much.

I'm starting to think that my weight loss last year was more of a drain on my strength gains than I originally thought. I was in a calorie deficit for about 10 months and lost 33 lbs. Maybe I was overly optimistic to try and accomplish both goals at the same time.

01-09-2009, 01:11 PM	#8 (permalink)
AFI82 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 489	Glaring weakness of the numbers aside, here's where I finished out with Starting Strength 5 months ago. Squat 5x193 Deadlift 5x280 Press 5x110 Bench 5x190 Bent over Row 5x160 (instead of power clean) Here's what I plan on starting with. Squat 5x160 - Going up 5lbs per day, that'll give me 7 workouts (about 2 weeks) till I start moving into heavier weights. Deadlift 5x250 - Going up 10 lbs each time (deadlift is every other workout) I'll start moving into new weights the same time as squats do. Bench - 5x170 - Going up 5 lbs each time Press - 5x90 - 5lbs each time Power cleans - Not sure where I'll start on these, I'll think on it this weekend. Anyone see any issues with these starting weights? I don't want to go too heavy straight off and sabotage myself, but I don't want it to take 4 or more weeks just to get back to where I was. When I peaked out before, I was pretty depressed about it. I wasn't sure why I couldn't keep adding weight to the bar, and I tried a bunch of different stuff that didn't help much. I'm starting to think that my weight loss last year was more of a drain on my strength gains than I originally thought. I was in a calorie deficit for about 10 months and lost 33 lbs. Maybe I was overly optimistic to try and accomplish both goals at the same time.