0skr's Workout Journal: Starting Strength

[Delusional]

Info about me No need to read this

Well, my names Oscar, I'm 13 (in before "You're 13") and I've been lifting for around 4 months. Before I lifted, I was around 95-100lbs (lol) and now I'm 125lbs. I've also gone from 5'2 to 5'3. After my noob gains period, which came with 20lbs or so, everything slowed down and well my strength improved slowly. I had an increase of about 40lbs in most compound lifts during those 2-3 months, after this I was increased 5lbs in a lift every 2 weeks or so.

I decided I wanted my strength to get back on track since, at the moment, I care more about strength than muscle mass. I had also made a bet with a friend that I would be benching 135 by january (he doesn't squat or dl, so no point in making a deal there). I knew that at the rate I was going I wasn't going to win the bet, so I decided to get on a strength program.

My family can't afford a gym membership right now, since my dad has gone to jail and he was the only one that worked, so the economical situation has become horrible. He's been locked up for 2 months and will get out in december, but he will be on probation and since he got sent to jail in Peru he doesn't have a job there since he usually work in USA. Luckily, I have a bench and a barbell. I also have 80 lbs of weight, which I will supplement with gallons of sand and I will continue progressing.

Oh, I forgot to mention the fact that I've been on rippetoes for 2 weeks and this is my third one, I didn't feel like making a log, but I guess it'll be better. I only take whey post workout and a multi vitamin

[Delusional]

Week 3

10/3/08 Workout A

Bench Press.

Warm Up

45lbs x 1 x15
65lbs x 1 x12
75lbs x 1 x8
85lbs x 3 x4

Squat Note: I squat ATG

45lbs x 1 x15
65lbs x 1 x8
75lbs x 3 x5

Deadlift

45lbs x 1 x 8
65lbs x 1 x 8
75lbs x 1 x 8
95lbs x 2 x 8

I need to get the sand in order to up the weight for deadlifts

[crusher777]

Good work so far. Rippetoes is probably the best program you could start out on.

[Delusional]

Week 3

11/5/08 Workout B

Pull Ups

3x8

Military Press

35lbs x 1x12
45lbx x 3x8

I only have two 25's, two 10's and two 5's, so it's hard for me to go from 45 to 65 at once (15lb bar).

Pendlay Rows

15 x 1x8
35 x 1x8
45 x 1x8
65 x 3x5

ATG Squats

15 x 1x15
45 x 1x10
65 x 1x8
75 x 2x5
85 x 1x3

Failed and stopped.

Good workout.

[Delusional]

sigh, I couldn't work out today. I had some teeth taken out and I could barely eat.

[no_one089]

You shouldnt be failing on weights already, that isnt good because it means your gonna stall early. Try a reset and take things slow, it will be better for you in the end. Also your order is a little weird, do pullups/chinups/dips at the end and your bigger lifts(squat/bench/deadlift) first(imo)

Keep working hard and you'll get where you want to, good luck

[Unst0pp4bl3]

Didnt know you started a journal, good luck man!

I wished i had started out on a program like this when i started, itll pay off later.

[Delusional]

You shouldnt be failing on weights already, that isnt good because it means your gonna stall early. Try a reset and take things slow, it will be better for you in the end. Also your order is a little weird, do pullups/chinups/dips at the end and your bigger lifts(squat/bench/deadlift) first(imo)

Keep working hard and you'll get where you want to, good luck

And the fail was on my last set, just wanted to see if I could do it. Thnx for reply

I can't do dips and since I workout at home no dip assist, I just do skullcrushers

Didnt know you started a journal, good luck man!

I wished i had started out on a program like this when i started, itll pay off later.

Well, your strength is good anyways. I wish I started from the beginning, but then again when I started I could barely bench the bar. thanks for replying

[Delusional]

Great workout. Today I picked up some empty gallons of water and filled them with sand. Good replacement for now, they ended up being 15lbs.

Week 3

11/5/08 Workout B


Military Press

35lbs x 1x12
45lbs x 1x8
55lbs x 3x4

Pendlay Rows

35 x 1x12
45 x 1x10
65 x 1x8
75 x 3x4

ATG Squats

15 x 1x15
45 x 1x10
65 x 1x8
75 x 1x6
85 x 3x4

Chin Ups

2x4

Followed your advice, , left chin ups last and ended up w/ 10lbs more in Military and Rows.

[no_one089]

See it helps a lot, gj

Also though imo squats then mp then bb rows would be better but w/e you like best

[Delusional]

See it helps a lot, gj

Also though imo squats then mp then bb rows would be better but w/e you like best

Guess I'll try it next workout. I was too exhausted to finish squats right so I will try it.

[Delusional]

Week 4

11/12/08 Workout A

Bench Press.

45lbs x 1 x15
65lbs x 1 x10
85lbs x 2 x6
95lbs x 1 x3
85lbs x 1 x4

ATG Squat

45lbs x 1 x15
65lbs x 1 x8
75lbs x 1 x7
85lbs x 3 x5

Deadlift

45lbs x 1 x 8
65lbs x 1 x 8
75lbs x 1 x 8
95lbs x 1 x 8
115lbs x 1 x 5

BW Dips

3 x 1

lol, at least I can do one now.

[Delusional]

Today was a pretty bad workout. I didn't have enough time to finish it...

ATG Squats

15 x 1x15
45 x 1x10
65 x 1x8
75 x 1x8
85 x 1x7
95 x 3x4

Military Press

35lbs x 1x12
45lbs x 1x8
55lbs x 3x4

Couldn't do rows or pull ups and when I got back it was raining and since I workout outside I couldn't finish =\... At least my squat improved by 10lbs

[no_one089]

Well atleast you got to do a little bit

Good job.

[sickonstorm]

gl oskr and im on recharge

[Unst0pp4bl3]

at least you PRd in something man..thats one of the best feelings in the world to me lol

[sickonstorm]

at least you PRd in something man..thats one of the best feelings in the world to me lol

cumming is better

[Delusional]

cumming is better

"The greatest feeling you can get in a gym or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is the pump. Let's say you train your biceps, blood is rushing in to your muscles and that's what we call the pump. Your muscles get a really tight feeling like your skin is going to explode any minute and its really tight and its like someone is blowing air into your muscle and it just blows up and it feels different, it feels fantastic. It's as satisfying to me as cumming is, you know, as in having sex with a woman and cumming. So can you believe how much I am in heaven? I am like getting the feeling of cumming in the gym; I'm getting the feeling of cumming at home; I'm getting the feeling of cumming backstage; when I pump up, when I pose out in front of 5000 people I get the same feeling, so I am cumming day and night. It's terrific, right? So you know, I am in heaven.."

lol

I'm going to have to go to the gym today, had homework and my procrastination made it longer...

[Delusional]

Week 5

11/18/08 Workout A

Bench Press.

45lbs x 1 x15
65lbs x 1 x10
85lbs x 1 x7
95lbs x 1 x3
85lbs x 2 x4

ATG Squat

45lbs x 1 x15
65lbs x 1 x8
85lbs x 1 x6
95lbs x 3 x4

Deadlift

45lbs x 1 x 8
65lbs x 1 x 8
75lbs x 1 x 8
95lbs x 1 x 8
115lbs x 1 x 5
125lbs x 1 x 5

Couldn't do dips =\.

Didn't like my workout. I wanted to get a bench press pr so badly and I couldn't... Couldn't do even one dip. If I hadn't PRd in DL it would have sucked. It's really bad that I don't have any 2.5lb plates.

[L-Guidomine]

why did ur daddy goto jail.

[Delusional]

why did ur daddy goto jail.

will sound very stereotypical since i'm colombian but...

he was in peru. In peru the government has the right to lock you up and hold you for as long as they want (my dad knows a guy who didn't have a trial for 20 years and was found not guilty) without trial.

anyways, he was in a pharmacy and he saw a friend. he went to him and talked to him and someone else he was with. The police came and took around 20 people to jail, since the guy he talked to was a big drug dealer. he went to jail with those 20

[Delusional]

11/20/08

Workout A

ATG Squats

45lbs x 1 x 10
65lbs x 1 x 10
85lbs x 1 x 7
95lbs x 3 x 5

Liked the squats, did better form than usual.

Military Press

45lbs x 1 x 10
55lbs x 1 x 6
65lbs x 1 x 1
55lbs x 2 x 6

Rows

45lbs x 1 x 10
65lbs x 1 x 8
75lbs x 1 x 5

It had been raining so the pull up bar was slippery and couldn't do any,

[Delusional]

Week 5

11/22/08 Workout A

Bench Press.

45lbs x 1 x15
65lbs x 1 x10
85lbs x 1 x7
95lbs x 1 x3
85lbs x 2 x6

ATG Squat

45lbs x 1 x15
65lbs x 1 x8
85lbs x 1 x8
95lbs x 3 x6

Deadlift

65lbs x 1 x 8
95lbs x 1 x 8
125lbs x 1 x 5

Was in a rush, couldn't do dips.

Still not hitting that bench press PR, I'm definitely going to look around for some 2.5lb plates.

[Footballx14]

wow those dang peruvians. hmmm you have very good english for someone from Colombia/SA. anyways, how much do gym memberships cost in CLB. very good noob gains.

[Delusional]

wow those dang peruvians. hmmm you have very good english for someone from Colombia/SA. anyways, how much do gym memberships cost in CLB. very good noob gains.

I lived in USA for around 5 years, then moved back to my home town.

Gym membership costs around 40USD, pretty expensive. I can't afford it atm, so I workout at home.

My noob gains have slowed down so much after going from 100lbs to 130lbs wish they were there forever.

[IRockNikes]

Good job so far Oskr, make sure your diet is in check, and you should blast through your plateus.

[Delusional]

11/24/08

Workout B

ATG Squats

45 x 1 x8
65 x 1 x8
85 x 1 x7
95 x 3 x6

Military Press

45 x 1 x8
55 x 1 x6
65 x 1 x1
55 x 2 x5

Rows

65 x 1 x10
75 x 3 x6

I went for 85, on rows, I could do it but my form was getting sloppy and form>weights... (or the other way around, never really learned that lol)

Good job so far Oskr, make sure your diet is in check, and you should blast through your plateus.

I'd say that my diet is ok, I'm still hitting PRs. I'm just not hitting that bench press PR, hopefully i'll do it on Wednesday.

Downside is, my family is in a tough economical situation, so I can't truly choose what to eat. Also, I'm 13. So less choice. However, I do plan going on the anabolic diet around february or so if everything straightens out. I'm not that good at setting diets, unless it's practically templated (sp).

[Delusional]

11/26/08

Workout A

Bench Press

45 x 1 x 8
65 x 1 x 8
85 x 1 x 5
★★★95 x 3 x 3★★★ finally hit it I wasn't really doing full reps before in 95x1x3

ATG Squats
45 x 1 x 8
65 x 1 x 8
85 x 1 x 8


I will update later in the day... It's pouring rain and I workout outside so I had to stop.

[no_one089]

Good job on the PR man, keep up the hard work

[Delusional]

12/1/08

Workout A

Bench Press

45 x 1 x 12
65 x 1 x 8
85 x 1 x 6
95 x 3 x 3

ATG Squats

45 x 1 x 8
65 x 1 x 8
85 x 1 x 8
95 x 1 x 7
105 x 3 x 4

Deadlifts

65 x 1 x 8
95 x 1 x 8
125 x 1 x 5

I'm not sure if I should change my deadlift warmup, whoever is reading, should I, how should it be?

I missed fridays workout, it's that I've been having family issues. My mom came from Peru thursday and she's saying she doesn't want me to workout, she's also saying I should eat less meat since it's unhealthy (lolwut) and should eat more pasta and other carbs.

Does anybody know where that old wives tale that says that the meat you eat should be the size of your hand comes from? It was lean chicken breast and I wasn't really eating that much, but she complained... She was in a good mood so she let me workout...

Oh and I'll soon be adding vids, for form check.