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Joshuaousley · 06-23-2009, 09:07 PM

First and foremost, this forum is amazing with the wealth of information that I can get a hold of at my fingertips. It is truly places like this, T-nation, and Stronglifts that is turning me into a health freak and for a deeper love and possible career in the health field, but onto my problem.

I have been active for all my life. I have played basketball in grade school to middle to high and now college. I picked up Soccer in high school and now play it in college. I have always sort of watched what I eat and now more than ever reading nutrition articles from here and Stronglifts (I eat for general health.) I've "lifted" in high school and this is in quotation because I had no clue what I was doing and went with a few friends who just wanted to try it and we did it off and on with no consistency or real progress. I truly didn't start strength training until college and I knew I what I was doing was wrong and Stronglifts 5x5 program really helped me gain much muscle and more importantly to me strength.

(1RM)
Squat before = 145
Squat After = 200
Bench before = 135
Bench After = 180
Deadlift before = Created back problems (rounded back and didn't know it was bad)
Deadlift After = Fixed back problems and 200
Overhead Press before = 70
Overhead Press After = 135
Pullups before = 2
Pullups After = 6

As you can tell, I gained a lot from being on the program and believe that I could gain a lot more if I stayed on it. I had to quit because my workout buddy just couldn't take any more of the hard lifting (I loved it) and I moved back home for the Summer.

Now to my question. Is there a workout where it could involve heavy lifting with complex exercises (without squats because of lack of power rack in home town), running (which I love), and where I won't get bulky-fat (I mean this in the nicest way, but I like being my lean self: very useful in athletics)?

Thanks for anyone that reads this ridiculous post.

From a Newbie

P.S.- Nutritional information is welcomed information, but I can read further into the forums for this.

06-23-2009, 09:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Joshuaousley Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2	A Cross-Trained Beginner First and foremost, this forum is amazing with the wealth of information that I can get a hold of at my fingertips. It is truly places like this, T-nation, and Stronglifts that is turning me into a health freak and for a deeper love and possible career in the health field, but onto my problem. I have been active for all my life. I have played basketball in grade school to middle to high and now college. I picked up Soccer in high school and now play it in college. I have always sort of watched what I eat and now more than ever reading nutrition articles from here and Stronglifts (I eat for general health.) I've "lifted" in high school and this is in quotation because I had no clue what I was doing and went with a few friends who just wanted to try it and we did it off and on with no consistency or real progress. I truly didn't start strength training until college and I knew I what I was doing was wrong and Stronglifts 5x5 program really helped me gain much muscle and more importantly to me strength. (1RM) Squat before = 145 Squat After = 200 Bench before = 135 Bench After = 180 Deadlift before = Created back problems (rounded back and didn't know it was bad) Deadlift After = Fixed back problems and 200 Overhead Press before = 70 Overhead Press After = 135 Pullups before = 2 Pullups After = 6 As you can tell, I gained a lot from being on the program and believe that I could gain a lot more if I stayed on it. I had to quit because my workout buddy just couldn't take any more of the hard lifting (I loved it) and I moved back home for the Summer. Now to my question. Is there a workout where it could involve heavy lifting with complex exercises (without squats because of lack of power rack in home town), running (which I love), and where I won't get bulky-fat (I mean this in the nicest way, but I like being my lean self: very useful in athletics)? Thanks for anyone that reads this ridiculous post. From a Newbie P.S.- Nutritional information is welcomed information, but I can read further into the forums for this.