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I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
"Focus on making the 5 lifts stronger and getting enough food. There will be plenty of time to worry about glycemic indexes, PERs, and Bulgarian Split squats later. Much later."-Mark Rippetoe
Deadlift
1x3x135
1x2x225
1x1x245
1x1x275
1xFx315-moved an inch
1x2x275big PR for a double
2x1x285
1x1x290
1x1x275
7 lifts at 90%
Front Squats
3x10x140+5
Good Mornings
2x15x100+5
BB Shrugs
4x10x140+5
Comments:
-pretty good workout, given that I was very tired.
-deads were good, alltough 315 only budged an inch. Not a big deal, if I keep lifting heavy it will come.
-front squats were hard as hell. These always leave me out of breath.
-GM's are looking better. From has improved a lot.
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"Focus on making the 5 lifts stronger and getting enough food. There will be plenty of time to worry about glycemic indexes, PERs, and Bulgarian Split squats later. Much later."-Mark Rippetoe
Barbell Back Squat
201lbs x 9
201lbs x 9
201lbs x 9
201lbs x 9
Going for deadlift 289lbs x 6 x 4sets tonight, as i said before grip is the weakest link, hope to hold onto the bar.
Ok, time for a rant:
Today my dad told me my ideal weight for my height was 156lbs!!! then i told him he was crazy(im 178 now), so he said 165, which is still crazyyy...
I am not allowed to drink milk, eat ice cream, eat after dinner(7pm, hard to get around this, floorboards-can't sneak). I'm just gonna eat a bit more at school
My whey protein, starting strength book, practical programming book are all in the bin.
None of my friends who lift weights are allowed to come over and lift(or do anything else), and I'm now not allowed to go to their houses.
I will soon be forced into doing tennis(which i don't mind) and karate, which i quit a couple years ago after being forced to do it for years.
And.... that's it, ///end rant////
I guess i might take a picture of myself some time, just to confirm I'm not a crazy fat kid
Barbell Back Squat
201lbs x 9
201lbs x 9
201lbs x 9
201lbs x 9
Going for deadlift 289lbs x 6 x 4sets tonight, as i said before grip is the weakest link, hope to hold onto the bar.
Ok, time for a rant:
Today my dad told me my ideal weight for my height was 156lbs!!! then i told him he was crazy(im 178 now), so he said 165, which is still crazyyy...
I am not allowed to drink milk, eat ice cream, eat after dinner(7pm, hard to get around this, floorboards-can't sneak). I'm just gonna eat a bit more at school
My whey protein, starting strength book, practical programming book are all in the bin.
None of my friends who lift weights are allowed to come over and lift(or do anything else), and I'm now not allowed to go to their houses.
I will soon be forced into doing tennis(which i don't mind) and karate, which i quit a couple years ago after being forced to do it for years.
And.... that's it, ///end rant////
I guess i might take a picture of myself some time, just to confirm I'm not a crazy fat kid
Starting shooting H, drinking rye and leaving bottles in your room and cigerettes on the floor, and make your parents realize that their biggest concern is that their son is a 'lifter'. Unbelievable.
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5'8" 153 lbs 29 y/o male from Canada, eh?
BP: 145x4, DL: 355x1, Squat: 235x1, Front Squat 185x1
Barbell Back Squat
201lbs x 9
201lbs x 9
201lbs x 9
201lbs x 9
Going for deadlift 289lbs x 6 x 4sets tonight, as i said before grip is the weakest link, hope to hold onto the bar.
Ok, time for a rant:
Today my dad told me my ideal weight for my height was 156lbs!!! then i told him he was crazy(im 178 now), so he said 165, which is still crazyyy...
I am not allowed to drink milk, eat ice cream, eat after dinner(7pm, hard to get around this, floorboards-can't sneak). I'm just gonna eat a bit more at school
My whey protein, starting strength book, practical programming book are all in the bin.
None of my friends who lift weights are allowed to come over and lift(or do anything else), and I'm now not allowed to go to their houses.
I will soon be forced into doing tennis(which i don't mind) and karate, which i quit a couple years ago after being forced to do it for years.
And.... that's it, ///end rant////
I guess i might take a picture of myself some time, just to confirm I'm not a crazy fat kid
Good PR. The ideal weight thing sucks and is completely ridiculous. As your parents to take you to a doctor. If he's any good, he'll explain that weight means almost nothing and that BF is a better indicator. Also, you may want to get your BF checked so you can prove to your parents that youre healthy. Judging from your pic, you're definitly not fat.
BTW, how tall are you?
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"Focus on making the 5 lifts stronger and getting enough food. There will be plenty of time to worry about glycemic indexes, PERs, and Bulgarian Split squats later. Much later."-Mark Rippetoe
I don't think its possible to prove anything to my parents
I'm 5.9.5ish also,
you're defintily not fat. Would your parents take you to a doctor?
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"Focus on making the 5 lifts stronger and getting enough food. There will be plenty of time to worry about glycemic indexes, PERs, and Bulgarian Split squats later. Much later."-Mark Rippetoe
Oh, I'm actually not allowed to use the internet now. Meaning I have restricted access, and can only use it when parents aren't home, so i might not be checking in here as often as i like.
They are trying to make me study more now, and its true that i should study more, and am doing so now, but they think they need to control and manage my study time, which is pissing me off. My dad is telling me that i should be doing 5-6 hours a day, and that when he was in school he did 10 hours a day all the time. It's week 7 of the school year here, in year 12(final year), have only had 2 assessments so far, both chemistry, both A's. I think i can manage myself, and hopefully they will let me, but I think I'll have to wait for the mid year report before they stop hassling me.
That's messed up man, I'm sorry. I can't believe parents try to mold their kids into what they want. Let your kids be what the want to be (as long as they're not breaking laws, doing drugs, etc.). I can't believe they threw away your books too, I'd be pissed. Just suck it up, til you can move out, then blow up to about 230lbs of muscle, and then explain to your parents you're still healthy.
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I do not eat. I FEED.
I do not sleep. I RECHARGE.
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Haha, yeah i think i can move out after this year, ill turn 18 in march 2008, move into University campus or something, its gonna be sweeeett
230lbs! err... maybe 200 max, I'm not sure i want to get that big! I'm thinking maybe 190 but LEAN, that sounds good.
have you already gotten into uni? If so, why the hell do you parents want you to work?
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"Focus on making the 5 lifts stronger and getting enough food. There will be plenty of time to worry about glycemic indexes, PERs, and Bulgarian Split squats later. Much later."-Mark Rippetoe
I haven't got into uni yet, i pick preferences in august i think, and get my scores in november, uni offers are in january i think. long way to go haha.
I don't remember i said that my parents want me to work though?
"Focus on making the 5 lifts stronger and getting enough food. There will be plenty of time to worry about glycemic indexes, PERs, and Bulgarian Split squats later. Much later."-Mark Rippetoe
thats sucks. Here, you basically slack off for almost your entire senior year.
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Only the final year counts here, at the end of the year they rank all the students in the state, and give you a score which i think is from like something(maybe 0) to 99.95.
I need 90.35 for one course i want, another needs something like 96. I think i can get into the first university...
"Focus on making the 5 lifts stronger and getting enough food. There will be plenty of time to worry about glycemic indexes, PERs, and Bulgarian Split squats later. Much later."-Mark Rippetoe
Sorry bout the parents man. That is rediculous. This article comes to mind though, check it out. Really, weight has nothing to do with it. There is no standard "ideal weight."
Plugged in my stats real quick into a teen BMI calculator, got this:
Quote:
Results
Based on the height and weight entered, the BMI is 26.9, placing the BMI-for-age at the 92nd percentile for boys aged 16 years 7 months. This teen is at risk of becoming overweight.
Clearly I'm overweight. I'm in the best shape of my life, bigger, faster, and stronger than ever. Yet, according to the BMI I'm in the worst shape of my life.
If they won't let you lift anymore stick with the body weight stuff to keep the strength up. Pushups, pullups, inverted rows, single leg squats, lunges, etc.
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"You're a mutant, like a snake with two heads or a cat shy one nipple. Be thankful that your mutation is helpful." - LD
Maybe tell them about me. Borderline alcoholic, getting into shit that I dont even want to talk about on here. If I continued down that path who knows where it would have have led me.. I know it wouldnt have been good. Getting shit grades too.
Started lifting, started trying to get results (so, got diet and rest in check). Bam, instantly no more partying, drinking etc. Now my grades are fine, I have an awesome girlfriend, and I live the whole lifestyle.
The BMI thing is not right, it even says right on most of the charts its for people without lots of muscle.
It sounds like they want you to take some sort of academic 'high road'. And lifting = meathead. The amount of people who have degrees, phds, whatever on here is probally higher then most sites.
The only thing I regret about lifting is not starting earlier in life. I feel bad for saying this, because I feel its 99% the right thing to do what your parents say, but they are uneducated. Show them this site, show them what it means, the health benifits, the quality of life increasing, the list goes on.
one more thing...they may not say this, but they may just associate heavy lifting with steroid usage. I know it sounds ridiculous, when I told my dad I wanted to weigth 200, he freaked out and told me I didn't have the genetics. Seemed he was just concerned about me juicing.
Maybe tell your parents that you don't plan to take steroids?
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"Focus on making the 5 lifts stronger and getting enough food. There will be plenty of time to worry about glycemic indexes, PERs, and Bulgarian Split squats later. Much later."-Mark Rippetoe
I didnt feel like lifting today, lots of shit going on right now and lifting is just not a big concern, oh well.. Just felt like throwing around some weight for reps on stuff I havnt done in a while. It ended up being not a bad workout.
olympic style squats (damn low)
140lbs x 10
230 x 10
300 x 10
Stiff leg deads
140 x 10
300 x 15 (way up? who knows)
Underhand Grip Rows
160 x 25
1 arm Curls
42.5 x 10
My mother has asked me on a few occassions if I take steroids.
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"You're a mutant, like a snake with two heads or a cat shy one nipple. Be thankful that your mutation is helpful." - LD
Mobility
Ab Stabilization
Hip Flexor Stretch / Bird-Dogs
90-90 Stretch / One-Legged BW GM's
*Key - Weight x sets x reps
(Sorry, posted it backwards last time, I like this way better)
a) DE Box Squat
205 x 10 x 2
225 x 1 x 1
255 x 1 x 1
285 x 1 x 1
315 x 1 x 1
Surprised I felt good enough to work up today, when I work up on DE day I go until I slow down or until I hit a rep over 80%, whichever comes first, today both happened at the same time, 315 was a little slower than all others, but still very fast, felt strong. I work up once in the 3-week cycle, whenever I feel good.
b) DE Deadlift:
315 x 4 x 3 (step back from bar b/t sets)
405 x 1 x 1
275 x 1 x 10 (kept hands on bar, but no bouncing)
Tried something new today, was training with a couple guys I met a couple weeks ago, both powerlifters. The older guy powerlifted for about 9 years and squatted 800+, benched 500+, and pulled 700+, and he's not that heavy, he's a strong dude. So he's showing me some stuff
c1) Back Ext. GHR:
light band x 3 x 12,12,8 c2) Hanging Leg Raise:
BW x 3 x 10,10,8
d1) Cable Dimel DL:
190 x 1 x 15
200 x 1 x 15 d2) Side Cable Oblique Crunches:
120 x 1 x 15
130 x 1 x 15
d) Corrective Stretches
What I learned today:
1) Turning my feet out slighty on deadlifts helped me drive my feet into the floor and use my hips more.
2) I wish we had a heavier cable stack for those cable Dimel deadlifts.
Quote of the day:
"...easy and strong are usually opposing concepts." - Mark Rippetoe, Starting Strength
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I do not eat. I FEED.
I do not sleep. I RECHARGE.
My greatest fear in this life is the fear of being ordinary.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! 
I'm in the best shape of my life, bigger, faster, and stronger than ever. Yet, according to the BMI I'm in the worst shape of my life.
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