my SS progress so far. Question? (no pics)

[aaron501]

so here's what my progress has been so far these are all my 5 rep working weight numbers, not my 1 rep max

before/after
bodyweight weight 145lb/156lb
squat 143lb/175lb
deadlift 165lb/203lb
bench press 110lb/138.6lb
OHP 77lb/101lb
And chin ups have stayed consistent at 8/6/6 reps

i plan on bulking up to 170lb and evaluating from there. would you guys consider this decent progress over a 5 month timespan?. my squat form was always terrible until just recently so i'm having a bit of trouble building my squat weight up. If you were to take a random guess... what stats would you reckon i aim for at the end of my bulk? personally i'll be ecstatic if i can reach 220lb squat and DL with a 160lb bench, is this Too low or high of an expectation do you reckon?


*edit* also i'm a skinnyfat if that makes any difference...

[justroberson]

5 months? Is that a typo? Hate to tell you but if you were doing SS properly you should have been able to add that much weight to your lifts in less than 5 weeks.

http://www.amazon.com/Starting-Stren.../dp/0982522738 - I suggest you buy and read this, and figure out what you're doing wrong.

[TheBeastTyler]

5 months? Is that a typo? Hate to tell you but if you were doing SS properly you should have been able to add that much weight to your lifts in less than 5 weeks.

http://www.amazon.com/Starting-Stren.../dp/0982522738 - I suggest you buy and read this, and figure out what you're doing wrong.

No offense, but, agreed. Anyways, how's your diet? It may be that you're not eating enough. How many calories are you consuming a day?

[aaron501]

i'll admit the first 8 weeks i barely made any gains in weight, i gained about 2lb in that time because i was struggling to get to a good calorie surplus, i used to be very fat so i was scared of getting fat again. now though i'm eating at a surplus to make me gain 0.5lb a week. and also i wasn't giving enough intensity into the workout, this is my first time bulking and first time touching weights so i had to learn everything pretty slowly because i didn't buy the SS Book.

[Jasonk282]

so here's what my progress has been so far these are all my 5 rep working weight numbers, not my 1 rep max

before/after
bodyweight weight 145lb/156lb
squat 143lb/175lb
deadlift 165lb/203lb
bench press 110lb/138.6lb
OHP 77lb/101lb
And chin ups have stayed consistent at 8/6/6 reps

i plan on bulking up to 170lb and evaluating from there. would you guys consider this decent progress over a 5 month timespan?. my squat form was always terrible until just recently so i'm having a bit of trouble building my squat weight up. If you were to take a random guess... what stats would you reckon i aim for at the end of my bulk? personally i'll be ecstatic if i can reach 220lb squat and DL with a 160lb bench, is this Too low or high of an expectation do you reckon?


*edit* also i'm a skinnyfat if that makes any difference...

for 5 months...LOL hell no.

I ran SS for 4 months and went from 145 squat to 275, 95 bench to 195 and 185 deadlift to 330.