I'm going to try to post my stuff here because I've never charted my weights before and I want to track my stuff for a while if I can stick to it (the tracking part, I've been steady on the lifting part for several years.)
Monday, November 5
Deadlifts
5 x 135
5 x 135
5 x 225
5 x 315
2 x 405
1 x 425
1 x 455
1 x 475 (new max)
3 x 405
WElcome and congratulations on the PR!
What type routine are you following?
What are your goals?
Thanks!
Well, I've made this routine up myself. I just try to be balanced with pushing and pulling. I have a partner most days who's younger and stronger than me and we are on a good run right now where we are trying to get stronger, especially on the 'big three'.
Monday deadlift
Tuesday is centered on flat bench
Wednesday is centered on hang clean and presses
Thursday is squat
Friday we bench and do rows
If I go Saturday I'll maybe do overhead press and lat pulldowns. Most Saturdays I do go. Oh, sometimes I'll do a few rack pulls on a Saturday.
Most workouts are less than 45 minutes.
My goals as I said are to get stronger. I have been on an unending effort to put on weight. I'm 6-4 and weighed 160 10 years ago at age 27. I'm up to 210 and want more.
Welcome! You are already putting up some nice numbers there, so just keep up the good work!
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Welcome to the forum. I think you will find that keeping your training log here will be great motivation for you. It's great to have a place to post a new PR where you know people will appreciate it.
You have already posted some huge numbers, and I know I'll be back to see what you can do on squat day.
Welcome to the forum. I think you will find that keeping your training log here will be great motivation for you. It's great to have a place to post a new PR where you know people will appreciate it.
Thanks. I definitely thought it was a good idea to start keeping exact track of my workouts and this forum is indeed great for that.
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Originally Posted by pjb923
You have already posted some huge numbers, and I know I'll be back to see what you can do on squat day.
Just promise not to laugh!
Squats are just not as good for me, but I'm working on it.
What's your eating plan, to the extent you have one, look like?
Thank you.
I used to pack a cooler every day and take it to work - 2 bannanas, 2 yogurts, 2 sandwhiches, 2 cans of tuna. It was the Noah's Ark of food. Stuff I could eat conveniently and small enough that I'd be ready to eat again in two hours.
After doing that for a long time, my appetite has finally increased to the point where I don't feel like I need to force feed myself. Plus, I now have a fridge 20 feet from my desk, so I just keep leftovers from home, sandwhich stuff, and yogurt in it all the time. I just make a conscious effort to eat a lot. My wife does the shopping, so I eat pretty healthy as well.
Good stuff; thanks for sharing. I think I need to try to increase the amount I'm eating again to see some gains.
Yeah, it's that easy, but so hard to actually do. Work, kids, etc. all can make it hard to really make sure you're getting what you need to improve. Luckily my work is such that I can take a break and eat whenever I want. And, my wife is real good about getting sit-down meals for the whole family that are healthy when I'm home.
I used to use fitday.com to track everything and make sure I was eating 3500 - 4000 calories a day, but I feel like I'm probably getting there without having to track it now.
Sorry for rambling, but I could talk about this stuff all day!
work, wife, and kids are definitely factors. for me, the thought of getting in that many calories in one day seems just huge. I'm 6' and 181 right now. I think the most I have ever weighed is 184.
Were you doing crazy amounts of cardio at the time you were taking in that many cals?
*hey, I can move this to a pm if you don't want your log clogged up with this convesation.
work, wife, and kids are definitely factors. for me, the thought of getting in that many calories in one day seems just huge. I'm 6' and 181 right now. I think the most I have ever weighed is 184.
Were you doing crazy amounts of cardio at the time you were taking in that many cals?
*hey, I can move this to a pm if you don't want your log clogged up with this convesation.
This can stay here, it's no bother.
I don't do any cardio, aside from playing basketball every once in a while. This always makes people mad, but I gain almost no fat at all when I put on weight. I started at 6-4 160 at 27- that's horrific. I was probably skinnier than that in college, but I didn't weigh myself out of embarassment.
I really think that since I was so underweight, I desperately needed what I've put on. I just now, JUST now- can feel a little fat around the beltline if I put on weight too fast, but it hasn't ever stayed.
Since you're 6' 180ish, you're way past where I was when I started and probably have a different body type. Personally, I wouldn't worry about it going on too fast unless you're afraid you'd never work it back off.
As far as getting the calories in, I looked for calorie dense and convenient to eat, and just eat more and more until you can build the appetite up. It's sort of like lifting in that regard- the more you do the more you can do.
when i started lifting my junior year of college, I was 6' and 150, so not quite as skinny as where you were, but I have come a long way in 10+ years. I just feel stuck now so really need to refocus.
10 x 135
6 x 225
4 x 275
3 x 315
365 missed (my buddy talked me into trying)
1 x 315
2 sets of 10 cybex leg press 2 plates on each side.
So, I don't know if I'm more pissed that I tried 365 and shouldn't have or the fact that I missed it pretty badly. I'm really upset about squats- everything moves up so much faster.
One thing I need to do is work on form, so I'll probably back down to high reps and work on keeping my weight on my heels. Whenever I start to put weight on the bar, on the way up my weight gets out over my toes and my back end moves up while I bend forward. Not good.
impressive on the squats, even if you're stressing over the 365.
you find the workout partner to be an asset? I'm struggling now because I miss not having someone to push (and spot) me.
I will credit the training partner for a lot of the success I'm having right now. He is younger and stronger than me and that really helps push me. He squats reps at 405 and that's part of what discouraged me this morning, but at the same time it makes me want to improve.
We started this summer and my max bench has gone from 245 to 260 and the deadlift has gone from 405 to 475. My squat, however dissapointed I may be, is up as well, but I don't know how much because I didn't have a log before.
The spotting on bench is the big thing. I can't push heavy singles without someone behind me and for some reason I never do well in a rack- I think it's mental.
But anyway, I'm lucky to have this guy. He is fired up and has set new maxes for himself along the way. If you can't find someone like that to work with, maybe you could try a personal trainer. I feel like I worked out hard the previous decade, but someone to really push you makes a difference.
Nice and sore from the rows, so no workout this weekend. That brief Friday workout was one of the best I've had for a while.
Two days off has me fired up for deadlifts tomorrow. I can't stop thinking about it. I'm doing a rare after work session, so I'm hoping that by being really awake I can set a new p.r. I'm going to try 485 and if I get it, no matter how hard I struggle, I'm going to try for 5 plates a side.
Hopefully I won't let it bother me if I miss 485, but I'm so fired up for the workout I don't think I can miss it.
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