road to the stage in 2012

[youngster13]

The tittle says it all, I will be stepping on stage in a local show in april of 2012 if all things go according to plan

History
I started lifting on the 1st of july in 2008, I weighed 55lbs and was around 5 feet tall give an inch or two. In other words i was anorexic, That summer I gained 22lbs of lean muscle and I had just started wrestling. My lifts at the start of my training were PATHETIC, and thats an understatement. Over the course of the past two years and 10 months I have gained around 85lbs, which brings me to now.


current day
I currently have some outstanding lifts mainly in the squat and bench, I Hold a record for the 135 weight class at my school of a 350lbs squat freshman year and last semester 405lbs. Bench I havent been quite as accomplished in but i have gotten up to 235lbs before my torn labrium due to wrestling. I weigh in around 140lbs-142lbs at around a 10-15% bf and I'm almost 5'6" tall.

Long term goals
Win my first contest before i graduate from high school, get a pro card by the time I'm 25.


Short term goals

weigh 160lbs before my contest prep, and walk on stage about 150lbs


Current training

Bill star 5x5, Was like the 3rd program I did and it helped me gain well over 25lbs in 3 months and while noob gains are gone, I'm trusting this program for the next 4-5 months to help me add 15-20lbs.


Current lifts
after a torn labrium and a knee injury I have had to recover practically all my lifts, squat and deads are still no where near what it used to be but here we go

bench- 195x5
squat- 225x5
deadlift- 245x1 (i think)
military- 145x1


diet

I will consume around 4250 calories a day, due to my high metabolism It's the base rate for me to gain weight. I will be amping up my calories as soon as a stall after the weekly weighing is present. As of 1 minute ago I weighed 138.4lbs I will weigh myself everyday before consumption of food/drink and on an empty blatter, The most I have ever weighed was 141.8 I hope to be past that weight by tuesday next week.


lets go

[youngster13]

got called into work right after I got done at the gym didn't get home until 2am So I'm posting now fuuuuuuu


Military press
barx10
95x5
115x5
135x5



Deadlift
135x5
225x5
235x5
245x5 PR



Leg press (subed for squat)
135x5
315x5
405x5
495x5


notes; was a pretty good workout. Leg press is subbed out for squats so I can still do a movement that engages the calfs, quads, hams, etc. and Still put some weight up. next time will probably finish at 7 plates Since it's only 5 reps. Would like to start doing a video at least once of week that has to do with some aspect of my training. Cardio wat done today walked lol easing into the cardio because I would like my weight to hit 141 before I start doing an actuall session of it.

[youngster13]

bench
135x5
155x5
175x5
185x5
200x2 +1 forced rep PRRR
155x8


bb row
135x5
145x5
155x5
165x5 PR


Notes; didn't get to do a whole workout or even squat because the gym was closing this week was pretty ****ed up any way. BB rows are now done from the floor and every rep is a dead weight rep and because I'm new to this style I counted 165 as a PR. Ready to squat monday!

[youngster13]

Squat
barx5
135x5
185x5
195x5
215x5
225x5 PR



Bench
135x5
155x5
175x5
195x5 Rep PR



Bent BB dead rows
135x5
145x5
155x5
175x5 PR


Assistance work
skipped and will be done on wensday with deadlift, due to lack of energy and legs killing me



notes;
wasn't feeling myself today, little less energy than normal. So i skipped a set on Bench and rows to get to my heaviest set. Some good PR's and considering this was my first time squating in 4-5 months since the injure I'm somewhat satisfied with my squat. It is to below parallel, so it's ALOT harder than before and I feel it in my legs pretty good. Looking to squat maybe 315 by the end of this program. And maybe deadlift 340? idk we shall see

[youngster13]

Military press
barx5
95x5
115x5
135x5
140x5 PR



Deadlift
135x5
225x5
250x5 PR
265x5 PR



notes; was too tired to do anything else and my legs were still sore from squat. Deadlift went great today!

[youngster13]

Squat
135x5
185x5
225x5
235x3 PR



Bench
135x5
155x5
175x5
185x5
200x3 PR
135x8


BB Dead rows
135x5
145x5
155x5
165x5
185x5 PR


Assistance work
Db concentration curls 3 sets 8 reps
Tricep pressdown 3 sets 8-10 reps with 1 drop set
Hammer curls 2 sets 10 reps



notes; Didn't get to post for a while due to constantly working. Will be working out tuesday, wendsday and friday this week because of work schedual!

[youngster13]

Bench
135x5
155x5
175x5
185x5
200x5 PRRRRRRRR




Clean (because squat racks were all in use and were taking to long to free up)
135x5
145x5
155x5
165x3 Felt wierd so i stopped, little did i know i had an un even amount of weight on each side



Bent Dead rows
135x5
145x5
155x5
175x5
185x5 PR



Assistance work
hyper extensions with 45 plate x 3




notes; Good workout. Need to start working my core like it sais... just too lazy.

[youngster13]

Military press
95x5
115x5
135x5
145x5 PR



Deadlift
135x5
225x5
235x5
275x5 PRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR



Assistance
Seated calf raises 2 45 plates x 3 sets last one was a burnout



notes; Great day on deadlift, the weight felt extremley light so i wanted to push a 10lbs pr and it came pretty easily. Didn't squat again because my knee was feeling tweaked and rather get more out of squating once than 3 ****ty times.

[Unoriginality]

Do you have a vid of the 4 plate squat @ 135lbs?


Getting PR's every workout. Keep it up bro, strong for your age/weight.

[youngster13]

Do you have a vid of the 4 plate squat @ 135lbs?


Getting PR's every workout. Keep it up bro, strong for your age/weight.

Nah I have one of something pretty close I believe I'll link it when I can.

[youngster13]

Bench
135x5
155x5
175x5
185x5
205x5 PRRRR had a light spot on 3 reps soo i'm gonna stay at that again for my final set on friday.




squat
135x5
185x5
225x5
235x RIP haha ripped my boxers.. I really need some briefs. I tried to finish my workout but it was just too annoying

[youngster13]

Bench
barx5
135x5
155x5
185x5
210xDidn't have a spot so I didn't want to risk injurie


Squat
barx10
135x5
185x5
225x5
235x5
245x5 PRRRRR


Rows
135x5
135x5
135x5



notes; Kept rows pretty short due to spinal pain will be going hard this friday though. Squat had an amazing day bench was ight. Will be attempting 225 for 3 friday... errr should be interesting.

[youngster13]

After taking a week off due to sickness I still feel ****ty but I'm not throwing up anymore so thats a start. I had alot of time to think about my program and I was considering switching it to WS4SB and leaving it there for 4-5 months and letting that take me where ever it does. I just feel like I need just a bit more volume and squating three times a week after comming back from a knee injurie is too demanding. Hitting up the gym later today/tonight will post with the new program

weight update as of 5 seconds ago...139lbs. in a matter of two days or so I should be back to 140-141 and then the real gaining starts. I'm going to try and start getting videos from my workouts but I do not own a video camera so As soon as I figure something out we should have some vids up.

[JEpst]

Good stuff bro. Ill defenitely be paying attention. I'm training for my first show as well. Check out my log sometime.

[jamesGarlington]

Do you have a vid of the 4 plate squat @ 135lbs?


Getting PR's every workout. Keep it up bro, strong for your age/weight.

It either:

- never happened
- was a quarter squat

[youngster13]

It either:

- never happened
- was a quarter squat

It happened No I do not have a vid of 405x1 it was slightly above parralell I will admit. The closest thing I have to it on video is 345x4 but I tweaked my knee squating and after doing more research going to parrallel/Slightly above parrallel causes stress directly on the knee so know its ass to grass and I can only do 245x5

[jamesGarlington]

u have Bo clue what ur Talking about. That is 40lbs over an elite squat you would've broken several records for basically any raw age group for 132.

405 at 135 is not an everyday thing, being reality ur nothing special, no videos, no happen.

So I'll repeat myself

It either

- never happened
- was a quarter squat

345x5 is also basically repping what is considered an elite squat for 132...

[jamesGarlington]

also your only 16 so u couldn't have been lifting long, no way you can progress that fast. You also said you did this at school, and in school u basically dip down an inch and it's considered a "squat"

[youngster13]

u have Bo clue what ur Talking about. That is 40lbs over an elite squat you would've broken several records for basically any raw age group for 132.

405 at 135 is not an everyday thing, being reality ur nothing special, no videos, no happen.

So I'll repeat myself

It either

- never happened
- was a quarter squat

345x5 is also basically repping what is considered an elite squat for 132...

also your only 16 so u couldn't have been lifting long, no way you can progress that fast. You also said you did this at school, and in school u basically dip down an inch and it's considered a "squat"

lol the whole point of this log is to go over my progress, I don't care if you believe what I have done or haven't done. So if you're going to bitch at me GTFO

[youngster13]

Bench
barx8
135x8
155x5
185x5
225x3 PR (had a spot he touched the bar but said it was all me, dude was huuuuge so I guess we'll go with it and trust him)


Incline BB bench
barx5
135x6
135x6
135x6


BB rows
135x10
135x10
135x10


Rear delt machine
110x15
120x12
100x15 Was burned out so went down to 100


Hanging leg raises
1 burnout set



Notes; Was too tired at the end to finish 2 more abb sets, Weight should be back up to 141 tomorrow considering how much I have eaten today. Good day for bench skeptical about the PR but hey I should eventually be able to do it on my own and thats all that matters after all my focus is SIZE

[youngster13]

Long week, had a lot of family stuff since my brother was leaving for the airforce a this tuesday morning. It doesn't bother me too much that I didn't get to workout because I wont really start gaining till school starts anyway. Current weight isn't bad though 142 as of yesterday. Strength is good as well, all while remaining pretty lean. Can't wait to really get serious when school starts in a few weeks. Hopefully I can put on a few more lbs before it hits. will post workouts here and there until I have school.

[wumbology]

lol the whole point of this log is to go over my progress, I don't care if you believe what I have done or haven't done. So if you're going to bitch at me GTFO

Exactly, it never happened.

Good luck with your lying goals in 2011

[youngster13]

I have people who have vouched for my squat on here, and everyone realised I wasn't completely full of ****. But I don't really need to prove anything to someone without a picture ahaha

[youngster13]

Worked out for the first time monday was a pretty decent workout, still nothing worth posting. Bench i got 225x3 with a spot. My shoulder was sticking again. And my triceps and biceps are weak due to not training for 2 weeks. So once I get back to normal then the real progress starts

[youngster13]

Finally back after a **** ton of health problems; Possible tumor, fractured elbow, stomach flu, and so on. Glad I'm finally back in the gym I'm a little more religious about eating again and my weight is back up to 139 so I'm not too bad. Still not even close to seeing the 160 yet though but I hope to get there sometime within the near future