Mightymice's starting strength journal

[mightymice]

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.

[mightymice]

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.

[infiNatey]

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. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=106781721

[mightymice]

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

[mightymice]

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.

[infiNatey]

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.

[mightymice]

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

[mightymice]

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.

[mightymice]

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.

[mightymice]

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?

[mightymice]

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.

[mightymice]

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.

[mightymice]

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.

[mightymice]

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.

[mightymice]

Weight: 195.0 lbs

[RenaissanceBrah]

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.

Great job adding 20lbs to your squat in 5 years! Mirin incredible gainz

[mightymice]

Great job adding 20lbs to your squat in 5 years! Mirin incredible gainz

Hard work and dedication.

[mightymice]

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