Mightymice's starting strength journal

A little about me.. I'm an 18 year old male. I'm a senior in high school. My reasons for working out is i want to get stronger, i want to have a better body, and i'd like to wrestle in college and am very weak for my weight class (152). I haven't really ever worked out, i messed around in the weight room when i had bodybuilding class, but nothing serious.

Although I dont have the book "Starting Strength" because im broke ( i plan on checking the library) I have read every online resource pertaining to it that I could find. I have read various workout journals of people doing it and I feel that it is best for me. I'm going to dedicate myself to working out 3 days every week, getting 8 hours of sleep, and eating 2500 calories and at least 180g of protein.

Only supplement I will be taking is a whey protein shake after I workout. I will be posting some measurements and hopefully a picture as soon as i get them done.

I worked out in our highschool's weight room during my gym class. Today was really my first time doing most of the lifts, so I used just the bar to practice the technique the best I could going by videos and descriptions i found online. I'm happy with my squatting technique, but I think my deadlift is pretty sloppy, I had slight lower back pain after the workout. I wasn't sure what weight to start at so I just started low and worked my way up.

I did the following:

Squats:
Bar 1X15
95 1X10
135 1X8
175 3X5

Deadlift:
bar 1X10
135 1X5

Benchpress:
Bar 1X15
95 1X10
115 1X6
120 1X5

The bell rang after i did the 120 set on bench press, because we had a shorter class period today. I'm happy with all those weight to start off for my working sets though and will be using them next time I workout.

Impressive starting squat numbers, no doubt your deadlift will skyrocket once you get the form perfected! I'm also doing SS, check out my journal if you want. [url]http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=106781721[/url]

Did some measurements today

L. Bicep - 12.5 inches
R. Bicep - 13 inches
Quads - 19 inches

Also i weighed 161 lbs with 14% BF
cant wait to get in the gym tomorrow

I had trouble sleeping and only got about 6 hours, but had a good breakfast and was feeling good when I got in the gym.

Squat- 185lbs. 3x5: [5,5,5]

Military Press- 85lbs. 3x5: [5,5,5]

Pendlay Row- 135lbs. 3x5: [5,5,5]



I got all my sets in, on the last set of squats the right side felt heavy for some reason, and when i was taking the weight off the bar I noticed some1 put an extra 10 on the 1 side, I guess thats the problem with working out in a high school. I'm going to keep squats the same on Friday to work on my form more, I think I need to go a little lower. The military press was pretty easy, I'm going to increase it 5 lbs. next week. I'm going to drop pendlay row's to 125 next week, even though i got all my reps, my form was sloppy. Hopefully going a bit lower will allow me to use better form. Overall I'm very happy with the workout.

I'd be so pissed of someone messed with my weight during a set/when I was resting or whatever. My workout partner once applied some downward pressure to the bar when I was doing bench press, when I finished the set I got up and roundhouse kicked him in the ribs. He hasn't done it since.

lol ya, I was watching some kids play basketball for a couple minutes while I rested, so no idea who did it.

I'm thinking about adding an ab workout: air bike, 3x25 crunches, and knee raises to my workout . I would do them on mon, wednes, and friday. Any opinions on this would be appreciated.

I got a solid 8 hours sleep, the fridge was pretty bare so I just had a protein shake and oatmeal for breakfast. I felt good when I got in the gym.

Squat- 195lbs. 3x5: [5,5,5]

Bench Press- 125lbs. 3x5: [5,5,5]

Deadlift- 145lbs. 1x5: [5]

My form on my squats is looking alot better, I'm getting pretty deep. The bench press was really easy, I only rested 1 minute in between sets and had no difficulty. My form on Deadlift is getting alot better, gonna keep raising that. Good workout overall.

Been getting 9 hours sleep every night so far this weekend, I'm eating good. 4 eggs and a bunch of steel cut oats with applesauce at 10:00am. 1 can of tuna on whole wheat toast at 1:00pm, chicken breast and a salad around 4pm, Cereal(very low sugar) and 2 eggs at 7pm, 2 chicken breasts, a small portion of mashed potatoes, and broccoli at 9:30pm.


Also, I weighed under 160 this morning. It may just be water but I feel like im slimming down, even though its hard to see a difference after 1 week. Should I up my calories or just keep it like this, as I'm steadily increasing my weights?

Today didn't go well at all.. I got in a car accident with my girlfriend, and was in the hospital with her all day, so I didnt get to work out and probably ate under 1000 calories. We're both fine, just needed to go to the hospital because she was dizzy and couldnt stand.

Managed to get in the gym today

Squat 205 3x5 [5,5,5]

Bench press 130 3x5 [5,5,5]

deadlift 155 3x5 [5,5,5]

The squats were extremely difficult, i had trouble with all the sets, as was the bench press, I will probably raise by 5 next time. The deadlifts were easy, I'll keep raising them by at least 10, maybe 15.

I recently decided to start working out again. I figured I would pick up on here from where I left off. I don't remember why I quit working out so abruptly. I think it was probably due to getting broken up with around that time, but I vow to never stop again. It is now 5 years later and I'm 23. I will be following nearly the same routine, and my starting numbers seem to be right around where I left off on here. I bought a power rack, bench, barbell, and 300 lbs of weights that I will be using. I will be deadlifting three times per week instead of alternating that excercise, until I'm comfortable doing power cleans. My numbers when I lifted yesterday were as follows:


Squat: 190 lbs [5,5,5]
OH Press: 105 lbs [5,5,4] :(
Deadlift: 210 lbs [5]

My current weight is 193.6 lbs. Supplements I take will be protein powder, multivitamin, fish oil, and creatine. I will try to start keeping track of my macros to the best of my ability as well.

Today's workout:

Squat: 195 [5,5,5] +5
Bench: 155[5,4,4] +0 ( I'm going to reset this to 135.)
Dead : 220[5] + 10

Food today:

I woke up and had breakfast burritos with 3 eggs, 3 sausage links, cheese, and 2 tortillas. I had a protein shake along with my other supplements post workout. I will update this with my macros for the day later on.

Weight: 195.0 lbs

[QUOTE=mightymice;1078919611]I recently decided to start working out again. I figured I would pick up on here from where I left off. I don't remember why I quit working out so abruptly. I think it was probably due to getting broken up with around that time, but I vow to never stop again. It is now 5 years later and I'm 23. I will be following nearly the same routine, and my starting numbers seem to be right around where I left off on here. I bought a power rack, bench, barbell, and 300 lbs of weights that I will be using. I will be deadlifting three times per week instead of alternating that excercise, until I'm comfortable doing power cleans. My numbers when I lifted yesterday were as follows:


Squat: 190 lbs [5,5,5]
OH Press: 105 lbs [5,5,4] :(
Deadlift: 210 lbs [5]

My current weight is 193.6 lbs. Supplements I take will be protein powder, multivitamin, fish oil, and creatine. I will try to start keeping track of my macros to the best of my ability as well.[/QUOTE]
Great job adding 20lbs to your squat in 5 years! Mirin incredible gainz

[QUOTE=RenaissanceBrah;1080153591]Great job adding 20lbs to your squat in 5 years! Mirin incredible gainz[/QUOTE]

Hard work and dedication.

I got about 6 hours sleep each the last two nights.

Todays workout:

squat: 200 [5,5,5] +5
OHP: 105[5] 100 [5,5] -5 (I felt my form was pretty bad the first set and I was using my back too much, so I backed this down a bit and really focused on good form.)
Deadlift 225 [5] +5