Gabe's Weight Gaining Log

[Crucible135]

Hey guys, so here's a bit about me first and foremost: I am a 20 year-old university student who is really, really, REALLY underweight. That is not an exaggeration. When I left high school about three years ago, I was around 85 lbs. Although I am short (5 foot 1), my BMI was and still is much lower than it should be. So, I really just want to get past 110 lbs. Anything after that is bonus.

For the longest time I thought that my metabolism was too fast and that's why I couldn't gain weight. That may be true, but what's also true is that I simply wasn't eating enough! A year ago, I attempted weight lifting and eating more, but since I wasn't accountable to anyone, I stopped and started over and over, leaving me right where I started. The only good thing that came out of it was that I improved quite a bit in squats. I am now ready to try this again, and this time, I'm going to update this workout log to add some accountability to the mix.

I am following All Pro's beginner routine. I started on January 8th, and now ten days later (Jan. 18), I have gone from 87.2 lbs --> 90.5 lbs, eating ~2400 calories a day. Currently, I have just finished week 2 of cycle 1 (for those who don't know, this routine involves cycles of 5 weeks).

Here are my starting weights:

Squat: 95 lbs
Bench Press: 50 lbs
Barbell Row: 45 lbs
OH Press: 30 lbs
Stiff-Legged Deadlift: 65 lbs
Barbell Curl: 25 lbs
Calf Raise: 55 lbs

Today up until Monday are rest days for me, so on Tuesday, I will be starting week 3. I only take weight measurements on my workout days because the gym I go to has a scale, and I don't have a scale at home.

I'll be updating this log daily starting tomorrow, so...here it goes!

[Crucible135]

Ok, so today was my heavy workout for Week 3 of Cycle 1, so I needed to do 2 sets of 10 reps for each exercise. The good news is that I managed to get all my reps in! All except the calf raises - I ran out of time and needed to get to class.

Squat: 2x10 warm-up (45 lbs), 2x10 work (95 lbs)
Bench Press: 1x10 warm-up (45lbs), 2x10 work (50lbs) --> I only did one warm-up set for this one
Barbell Row: 2x10 warm-up (25 lbs), 2x10 work (45lbs)
OH Press: 2x10 work (30lbs)
Stiff-Legged Deadlift: 2x10 work (65lbs)
Barbell Curl: 2x10 work (25lbs)
Calf Raise: I missed this one completely, so I will do the 55 lbs calf raises during my next workout

In terms of body weight, I neither gained nor lost weight over the weekend. Sucks, because I thought I was eating enough...this probably means I should be eating even more, now!

All-in-all, a successful day. My next update will be on Thursday after my medium workout.

[Crucible135]

Today was a medium workout - pretty much the same thing as before, but with 10% less weight (except for the calf raises, since I skipped it during the last workout and I needed to make it up):

Squat: 2x10 warm-up (45 lbs), 2x10 work (85 lbs)
Bench Press: 2x10 work (45lbs)
Barbell Row: 2x10 warm-up (25 lbs), 2x10 work (40lbs)
OH Press: 2x10 work (25lbs)
Stiff-Legged Deadlift: 2x10 work (55lbs)
Barbell Curl: 2x10 work (20lbs)
Calf Raise: 2x10 work (55lbs)

And also: success! My weight increased from 90.6 lbs to 92 lbs. Here's hoping I'll see another increase by Saturday.

[Crucible135]

Light workout today - same thing as before, but with 20% less weight.

Squat: 2x10 warm-up (45 lbs), 2x10 work (75 lbs)
Bench Press: 1x10 "warm-up" (45lbs), 2x10 work (45lbs)
Barbell Row: 2x10 warm-up (20 lbs), 2x10 work (35 lbs)
OH Press: 2x10 work (20lbs)
Stiff-Legged Deadlift: 2x10 work (50lbs)
Barbell Curl: 2x10 work (20lbs)
Calf Raise: 2x10 work (45lbs)

On Tuesday I will begin Week 4 of cycle 1. Also, my weight has increased to 93.4 lbs! Looks like I'm making progress.

[Crucible135]

Today was the heavy workout for Week 4 of cycle 1. I managed to get in all my reps, so that's good.

Squat: 2x11 warm-up (45 lbs), 2x11 work (95 lbs)
Bench Press: 1x11 warm-up (45lbs), 2x11 work (50lbs)
Barbell Row: 2x11 warm-up (25 lbs), 2x11 work (45lbs)
OH Press: 2x11 work (30lbs)
Stiff-Legged Deadlift: 2x11 work (65lbs)
Barbell Curl: 2x11 work (25lbs)
Calf Raise: 2x11 work (55lbs)

Over the weekend I wasn't feeling that well, and I ended up eating less than I was supposed to. So my weight decreased to 92.8 lbs. That's not too bad, actually - I was expecting it to be lower than that. But anyway, time to get back on track.

[Crucible135]

I was supposed to do this workout yesterday, but my stomach was acting up over the past few days, and I decided to rest. But anyway, today I did a medium workout:

Squat: 2x11 warm-up (45 lbs), 2x11 work (85 lbs)
Bench Press: 3x11 work (45lbs)
Barbell Row: 2x11 warm-up (25 lbs), 2x11 work (40lbs)
OH Press: 2x11 work (25lbs)
Stiff-Legged Deadlift: 2x11 work (55lbs)
Barbell Curl: 2x11 work (20lbs)
Calf Raise: 2x11 work (50lbs)

Miraculously, I managed to maintain my weight over the past few days, even though I was eating less than what I was supposed to eat due to my stomach problems. That said, I'm still going to build myself back up to ~2400 calories a day, since that was working for me before.

[Crucible135]

Yesterday was my light workout (this is getting repetitive, haha):

Squat: 2x10 warm-up (45 lbs), 2x10 work (75 lbs)
Bench Press: 1x10 "warm-up" (45lbs), 2x10 work (45lbs)
Barbell Row: 2x10 warm-up (20 lbs), 2x10 work (35 lbs)
OH Press: 2x10 work (20lbs)
Stiff-Legged Deadlift: 2x10 work (50lbs)
Barbell Curl: 2x10 work (20lbs)
Calf Raise: 2x10 work (45lbs)

I lost a bit of weight since Friday (I'm at 92.6 lbs), but it's not too drastic of a drop, so it can be easily fixed. Anyway, the day after tomorrow will be my final heavy workout for Cycle 1. If I get all those reps in, I get to increase the weights. Just gotta eat and rest for now.

Speaking of which, time to sleep...