Hello H+F,
For a much too long time I've been lurking this forum, following many logs & the lc thread. Recently I have finally started lifting.
Stats
1,94m (6'4.5")
84kg (185lbs)
23y/o, soon to be 24
Goals for this log
As you might deduct from my stats I have pretty much no muscle, skinny overall but beer belly that is not very pretty. My primary goal at this moment is to
gain muscle. Preferably with not too much fat added, but I am quite tall so I can definitely carry some extra weight.
Programme
I have chosen to start with Starting Strength, maybe until December. I think it will fit my goal of adding muscle. It is simple and the linear progression should be motivating.
Nutrition
I don't feel like calorie counting. For now I will more or less follow my usual diet with added protein (shakes & meal with 500gr chicken breast after workouts). With this diet I will be getting something like 160-200gr of protein on workout days, probably slightly less 100-160gr on non-workout days, really depends. Will be tracking my weight weekly or so, and might adjust diet if I don't like the results (not putting on weight, or too much).
Past month I have been consuming a lot of alcohol, pretty much every day. Almost all workouts up to now have been hungover, but this will probably be a bit less in August.
Future
In the future I would like to add in some sort of cardio. Maybe after putting on muscle (which will probably bring a long some more bodyfat) I will cut, or add cardio, or both. Maybe I want to do some locotarding, EPOC, hypertrophy etc to have abs and that stuff, but for now no need.
Oh and OLY lifts would be pretty cool. But let's just start with the basics.
Workouts up to today (all weights will be kg, and I am assuming bars at my gym are 20kg, might have to check one day):
Code:
Squat Bench Press Deadlift
13-7-2013 3x5x40 3x5x30 1x5x45
15-7-2013 3x5x50 3x3x40xf 1x5x70
17-7-2013 3x5x55 3x5x40 1x5x80
19-7-2013 3x5x60 5,4x35
21-7-2013 3x5x65 3x5x40 10x1, 1x5x60
23-7-2013 3x5x70 4,3x35 5x90
Workout on the 19th I felt something wrong with my right shoulder, so I cut it short. I'm very afraid of shoulder or wrist injury, because I also play the violin.
I hope to acquire Supple Leopard + some sort of foam roller + ball soon. Oh and I think I need chalk. I think my shoulder mobility really sucks, because it sort of hurts and gets sore (my shoulder) bringing my elbows under the bar with backsquat and I can't really get it very low on my back because of this also.
For some reason I'm an idiot with choosing OHP weights.
I have pretty much no idea what I'm doing on bench and maybe squat, and I find deadlift technique to be very difficult. Still busy with reading the SS book and watching those Rippetoe vids. Next post is today's workout + vids.
Would love to hear your advice, H+F.