Zero to Hero: My Journey

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Hellooo everyone! Figured this would be a great way to track my progress overtime. Currently almost one month into Reg Park's 5x5 Beginner program. Previously was dicking around on Stronglifts and really got nowhere. This time around, I'm getting my chit together! Diet and consistency.. I'll probably continue this routine for about 4-5 more months, or how many more I get out of it, and switch to a routine focusing on more hypertrophy, as my overall goal is to ultimately improve my physique.

Will definitely get some progress pics up, hopefully some videos for periodic form checks.
Oh, and for those of you who aren't familiar, it's more of a 3x5 since the first two sets are warm-ups.



Workout A:
Back Squats 5×5 (170lb x 5)
Chin-Ups 5×5 (BW - 5,5,5,4,3)
Bench Press 5×5 (105lb x 5)((lol))
Barbell Curls 2×10 (50lb x 10)
Wrist Work 2×10 (60lb x 10)
Standing Barbell Calf Raises 2×20 (140 x 20)


Workout B:
Front Squats 5×5 (105lb x 5)
Rows 5×5 (95lb x 5)
Standing Press 5×5 (75lb x 5)
Deadlifts 3×5 (215 x 5)
Wrist Work 2×10 (60lb x 10)
Standing Barbell Calf Raises 2×20 (140 x 20)

5'7, 135lb, skinny as fuk, lets see how this goes

Today is a rest day for me (4/27), so tomorrow I will log Workout B.

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4/28
Horrible day as a whole! Such a shame, day after I start my log I'm all fukd up. Had a headache and some stomach discomfort all day. We also ran the mile in gym, dont even get me started on that... School was just a drag, couldn't focus or anything lol. took like a 4 hour nap (I usually NEVER take naps), woke up at 8:30, went to lift thinking that I'm all good. Front squats went by fine, on rows things got iffy. Started getting that pounding headache and gas from earlier. Went to OHP, warmups felt like working sets, couldnt even get 5 reps, and was about to pass out. Wondering wtf is going on.

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4/30
Pretty good day. Finally back to normal lol. No headaches and stomach pains nd chit.
Morning weight:135.6lb
Before sleep:137lb

Today I kinda just worked on form and whatnot. Especially since I didnt even manage half of tuesdays training.

Squats: 5x100lb, 5x135lb, 3x5x170lb - seem to be getting my form down. May post vid soon.

Chin Ups: 5xbw, 5xbw, 5xbw, 3xbw, 0xbw - first three sets were a breeze, last two idek what happened lol. May have been caused by my lack of eating while I was sick. Shooting for 2-3 more total reps next time

Benchpress: 5x60lb, 5x80, 3x5x105 - bench today was pretty good. Moved fast, but form could use a good amount of work. Seem to have trouble stabilizing the bar. Feet are firm on the ground, natural arch, traps engaged. Probably post vid next time I do bench.

Curls: 10x50lb, 5x50lb - last set was pretty much cheat curls lol. Got a solid pump though. I'll try and do like 2-3 more reps next time.

Behind back barbell wrist curls: 10x65lb, 10x65lb - nothing special here, got a good pump.

Standing barbell calf raises: 10x140lb, 10x140lb - nothing special either. Toes were about 4 or 5cm higher than heels.

All in all, today was pretty solid. Nothing that cant easily be fixed by getting back on track with my eating.

Also sorry if my format is confusing, anysuggestions to improve it would be appreciated

On a side note: I feel like the working sets on the compound movements are a little low. 3 working sets compared to others like stronglifts where you have 5 working sets and the warmup is separate. Hell, strength really isn't even my goal. I feel like all pro would suite my wants better. Anyone have insights to if I should stick with the 3 working sets or go up to 5?

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5/2
Long day yesterday so I'm posting yesterday's lifting today. I'm pretty sure I sprained my wrist or something. Just put some biogel on it but I can move it back and forward (hyper extending i think it's called) without much pain. However, I can barely rotate my wrist without having a sharp pain almost like someone is stabbing it. Same goes if it try moving it from side to side. Unsure of what to do now. I'm gonna be pretty damn depressed if this keeps me from upperbody for over 2 weeks.
Input anyone?

Anyway here's yesterdays log.

Front squats: 3x5x110lb. No problems

OHP: 3x5x80lb. No problems

Deads: 5x135lb, 5x185, 5x225

Rows: 2x5x85lb. Dropped the weight to work on form. Reason I did only 2 working sets is because of the intense ****in wrist pain I had. Thought I broke something so I skipped wrist work.

Calf Raises: 2x20x145lb. No problems here but some major wrist discomfort lol