I started strongs lifts on Februry 23, 2009 and ended it about 3 months later on May 13, 2009. Here are the logs of my workouts by day and weight lifted.
All the weights are in lbs. The cells marked with a blue background indicate that I could not do 5x5 and so I had to repeat those weights. As you can see I had some good progress overall. I never did squats and now I know what those are and how much I can squat. Bench press has always been my weakest workout. I could not go over the 100 lb weight (even today). For push-ups I used a weighing scale below my hands and checked how much weight gets exerted on it when I try to do a push-up. The scales showed 70 lb (I weight 120 lb). So I am not lifting my full body weight when I am doing push-ups. I was able to do 3 sets of 5 reps each. Then for my next push-up day I kept a 5 lb plate on my back and did my push-ups. If I was able to do 3x5 then for the next time I added another 5 lb plate and so on. That is how I got those numbers for my push-ups.
More logs here
For chin-ups and pull-ups it is the same thing again. If I could do 3x5 with my body weight then I would hang a 5 lb to my waist and do them. Did not go too far with my pull-ups before I gave up.
That's it for now. Fat and weight numbers in my next blog.
All the weights are in lbs. The cells marked with a blue background indicate that I could not do 5x5 and so I had to repeat those weights. As you can see I had some good progress overall. I never did squats and now I know what those are and how much I can squat. Bench press has always been my weakest workout. I could not go over the 100 lb weight (even today). For push-ups I used a weighing scale below my hands and checked how much weight gets exerted on it when I try to do a push-up. The scales showed 70 lb (I weight 120 lb). So I am not lifting my full body weight when I am doing push-ups. I was able to do 3 sets of 5 reps each. Then for my next push-up day I kept a 5 lb plate on my back and did my push-ups. If I was able to do 3x5 then for the next time I added another 5 lb plate and so on. That is how I got those numbers for my push-ups.
More logs here
For chin-ups and pull-ups it is the same thing again. If I could do 3x5 with my body weight then I would hang a 5 lb to my waist and do them. Did not go too far with my pull-ups before I gave up.
That's it for now. Fat and weight numbers in my next blog.
Wow, thats interesting that you have tried the Strong Lifts 5x5 workout! I am yet to read all your posts but looks like you have gained immense experience in weight training (specific to skinny guys). I am glad to have found somebody who is as much into weight training as I am. And I am actually glad I have found somebody skinny to share my ideas with.
ReplyDeleteHey Skinny Guy, I am glad you found this post interesting. If you are skinny like me definitely give strong lifts a try. It helped me gain some weight and made me stronger.
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