Shades Jr (howelad)- Linear/Single Factor 5x5 Progess

[howelad]

So taking after big brother (Shades McCool), I am going to try a linear 5x5 program. When i looked at the progressions and lifts, it reminded me a lot of my college s&c workout. Minus the conditioning.

My goal is to gain about 20-25 pounds over the course of the summer by eating everything in sight (including little children), and sticking to this awesome workout regiment.

My stats, as i know, are:

Weight - 167
Height - 5'8
Bodyfat - 6%

Main goal - Get to atleast 190

Also - Since i recently decided to walk away from football here, i will not have to do any sort of conditioning, yet i still carry my drive for working out with me. I will be eating my meals during the weekdays at the Fiji Frat house here in Auburn. Its actually quite amazing. For $400 you get 14 meals a week, in buffet portions. Which means i can take a to go plate with me if i want. And these meals are big. Dinner is usually a main dish with 2 sides (ex. Fried Chicken, green beans, and ocra) and lunch is usually a good deal too.

So if anybody has any suggestions, or comments please feel free to help me out! I would love to hear from everybody, because i have heard how awesome yall knows yalls stuff!

 

[howelad]

So yesterday i had my first workout.

And considering this was my first hard lift since walking away from football, i could definitely feel it.

I started off with Squats, which i personally love. And of course they were Butt to Heel squats.

5x5
1 set- 130
2 set- 160
3 set- 195
4 set- 225
5 set- 255

Honestly, since i had done legs on thursday, i could really feel it. But getting that 5th set easily really pumped me up.

So then to bench, which really is not my favorite, but i managed to tear up my weight

5x5
1 set- 105
2 set- 130
3 set- 160
4 set- 185
5 set- 210

Felt pretty good after that, so on to Rows.

1 set- 80
2 set- 100
3 set- 115
4 set- 135
5 set- 155

WOW. My back was definitely getting a pump after this. But it felt great, haha.

So i did my aux. lifts which consisted of 4 sets of weighted situps and 2 sets of weighted hypers. And my back was completely shot. But i expected this to happen.

I really like the way this workout is set up and I cant wait until Monday so i can lift again!!

 

[BiggT]

I'll be following along.....I love buffet style meals too, so post what you eat.

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

I'll be following along.....I love buffet style meals too, so post what you eat.

Lord don't tell me you're gonna be wacking off to that shit.

 

[Shades McCool]

Good lifting bro! Just keep up the good work and keep it updated on here. The people here are amazing and will help you out bigtime!

 

[*Bunny*]

Good lifting bro! Just keep up the good work and keep it updated on here. The people here are amazing and will help you out bigtime!

Hi Shades little bro You've come to the right place

 

[Shades McCool]

How was the workout today?!?

 

[howelad]

So definitely had a GREAT day yesterday in the gym..

To start off with, I got to the gym and weighed myself and to my shock i weigherd 175.. This goes to show that if you eat non stop that you will definitely put on some pounds..

So my lift today consisted of..
Set of Weight
Squat 5 127
5 159
5 191
5 191
Incline Bench
5 107
5 129
5 150
5 171
Deadlift 5 191
5 229
5 268
5 306


So when i started to do my squats i saw a pretty big black guy walk up to me and ask me if i was using the rack.. I told him he could work in with me and he agreed.. No lie, the boy was 6'5 270.. He said he was walking on in the fall on our football team and i told him my background with football so he definitely was nice.. So my squats went very easy, just because i love squats.. Then we moved on to Incline where i actually did more weight than the big guy..

THEN came the fun part.. Deadlift.. Me and big boy start to do our deadlifts. The student ACT that we work out in is where any auburn student can go lift for free. So most of the time its pretty packed. The funny part is, is that people freak out when they hear weight dropped. So when me and big boy start dropping our last rep on deadlifts, everybody just turns and watches us. By my 4th set I was really feeling how hard my weight was. And big boy was barely keeping up with me on my weight. So the last set comes up. I get 2 reps and i hear big boy say "alright, lets get one more". And i say right back "naw i got 3 left in me". So i get to my last rep, BUST it out, and drop the weight as the entire weight room just looks at me and the weight i just threw down. Definitely a great feeling!!

So i ate a huge meal of meatloaf and greens beans afterwards at the Fiji house. Followed by some KFC later that night.

This workout and eating is really making a difference and i LOVE it!!

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Nice... good luck with the program Shades Jr!

Remember that if u weight yourself in the a.m. after you take a leak and midday with food in you you'll weigh more... not to put down your weight gain, just a reminder to try and keep variables consistant.

6% ... yeah... eat all ya want lol

 

[djeclipse]

Nice lifts.

My gym is the same way, no one deadlifts and I usually get a few people looking at me when I do my heavy sets. Feels good, especially when you get in all your reps.


So is that guy going to run the 5x5 with you, or was he just shadowing you for the day?