rippetoe journal, new to this, please comment and advice.

[lanny]

ye, got exams, and i'm sick. i'd get back tmr. after my exams. sorry, never notify.

 

[carlsuen]

hey, use the 0.5kg plates for your OHP and Bench man.. or u'll stall on ur progress very soon.. 5 lbs increment a week is alot for those 2 pushing exercise..

great progress so far! nice squats!

 

[lanny]

well, when i stall, i just maintain the weights. but is that bad? maintaining the weight? cuz i find after i maintain the same weight, next time i push, i can push more.

 

[Sculelos]

well, when i stall, i just maintain the weights. but is that bad? maintaining the weight? cuz i find after i maintain the same weight, next time i push, i can push more.

No maintaining is actually fine. I usually reset around 10% or so if I can't push after I try maintaining for a few workouts. I am getting stronger over time to... but my progress is definitely not linear, some months I have a huge strength spurt and other months I don't increase in strength at all. Just keep pushing and eventually the weakpoints that are holding you back will be strengthened and you will get stronger. I went from Barley being able to Dead 75lbs 11 months ago and now I can do 250lbs for a decent amount of reps. I know that not impressive but it's a huge change in daily lifting strength.

 

[carlsuen]

i know what u mean by maintaining the weight when u stall.. if u can search for madcow's site, enter your details on your max lifts in the excel file and u'll see that the increase percentage for bench and OHPs are very low.. that their increment can be 2lbs per workout.. so if u increase 5lbs per workout, u'll stall very soon.. and u would not have taken full advantage of your beginner gains from rippetoe.. your bench and OHPs will be the first lifts to stall as compared to squats and DLs..

trust me..

 

[lanny]

woo.. ok. but where to get that brown leathers straps u used for the 0.5kg weights? it just feels nice having to push extra 5 lbs.. the gym doesnt have 1.25 lbs..!@#$!@#

 

[lanny]

Hey dudes!! its been a long long LONG time! stoped for 4 months, just restarted today. shifted to another gym which is as old as me.

so here it is.

Weight: 60kg
Day 21(of entire life's work out )

Squats:
Bar x 1 x 10
42lbs x 1 x 5
64lbs x 1 x 5
108lbs x 3 x 5

Bench Press:
Bar x 1 x 10
42lbs x 1 x 5
64lbs x 3 x 5

Dead Lifts:
bar x 1 x 10
42lbs x 1 x 5
64lbs x 1 x 5
86lbs x 1 x 5

Chin up:
5 x 1
5 x 1

Sit up:
20 x 1

Note: its all funny numbers, because all the weights in the gym for barbell are in Kg's. The person at the gym said to multiply by 2.2 per kg to get it in lbs.

Great work out!

 

[lanny]

Day 22 : 60 kg

Squats:
bar x 10
(bar + 10 kg)x 1 x 5
(bar + 30kg) x 1 x 5
(bar + 45kg) x 3 x 5

Over Head Press
Bar x 1 x 10
(bar x 5kg) x 3 x 5

Pendley Row
bar x 1 x 10
(bar + 10kg) x 1 x5
(bar + 20kg) x 3 x 5

Sit ups
20 x 1

Chin Ups
5 x 1
5 x 1

Hyper Extension
20 x 1

Notes: I got lazy to multiply to lbs.

 

[lanny]

Day 23 : 60 kg (i'm not increasing! LOL!)

Squats
bar x 10
42lbs x 1 x 5
86lbs x 1 x 5
130lbs x 3 x 5

Bench Press
bar x 10
42lbs x 1 x 5
64lbs x 1 x 5
69.5lbs x 3 x 5

Dead Lifts
bar x 10
42lbs x 1 x 5
64lbs x 1 x 5
86lbs x 1 x 5

great work out!

Note: Weights were in KG's, i multiplied by 2 to get the lbs.

 

[lanny]

Day 24 : 60.4kg! (Yay!)

-Squats-
bar x 1 x 10
42lbs x 1 x 5
108lbs x 3 x 5

Note: Doing it light today, because i was lazy yesterday, and did not got my lazy @rse to the gym, so i'm going in tmr to keep my work out "normal"

Over Head Press
bar x 1 x 10
31lbs x 1 x 5
42lbs x 3 x 5

Pendley Row
bar x 1 x 10
42lbs x 1 x 5
69.5lbs x 3 x 5

Note: DO i de-load the bar before lifting it up on the 2nd rep? kinda lost.. =.=

Hyper Extension
2 x 20rep

Chin ups
2 x 5rep