No.84010
Alright resolutioners and other noobs. Its almost been a month since the new year started. Start posting your Noob Gains. I'll go first.
Program: SL 5x5
When I started out, all lifts were just the bar. Now
Squat: 140lbs, going for 1pl8 tomorrow.
Bench: 105lbs
OHP: 85lbs
Row: 105lbs
Deadlift: 185lbs
Noob gains rule. My first day in the gym (a few days before new year's) I squatted the bar for about five sets of five and was wrecked. It was almost a week before I went back because the doms was so intense. I could barely get out of a chair on new years.
Now I'm about to squat 135. So good.
No.84011
>>84010
>OHP: 85lbs
I'm calling bullshit on that if it was just the bar on new years'.
You're probably doing a push press without realizing.
No.84014
>>84011
That's an absolutely realistic 1RM OHP for one month of lifting.
>>84010
> My first day in the gym (a few days before new year's) I squatted the bar for about five sets of five and was wrecked.
I remember I couldn't walk properly after my first leg day. I miss DOMS
No.84017
>>84014
He specified he could 5x5 that much for OHP (and all the others) though, not 1RM.
No.84020
No.84022
>>84020
>Program: SL 5x5
Yeah he did brah
No.84026
>>84010
Good progress, you glorious faggot.
>>84022
It was ambiguous, now shut the fuck up.
No.84029
>>84022
Where does he specify that he does these for 5x5?
No.84032
>>84029
I did SL 5x5 too, but constantly deviated and did singles at the end of my workout. So I'm gonna second this.
No.84041
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>84029
The weights are all 5X5. I haven't tried out any 1rm yet.
>>84011
I had to look up what a push press is, and that's not what I'm doing. I do swing my hips forward a little bit as rippletits says to in vid related, but there is no knee bending.
No.84067
I started in November, the increases on my main lifts are as follows (3x5,starting to fail on squats)
Squat: 52.5kg to 95kg
Bench: 50kg to 67.5kg
OHP: 30kg to 42.5kg
Deadlift: 55kg to 77.5kg
Pull ups: 4 to 8
No.84071
>>84067
Nice progress, just one thing. How come you're not even deadlifting 1.5pl8 yet? Seriously, your progress there is shit and your deadlift routine is probably shit, too. You're not reaching into even half your potential with it.
No.84076
>>84010
Muh noob gains here b0ss:
Program: Not an specific one, just a scheme of reps 3x8 then 3x5 and linear progression.
2 Months of Lifting in a couple of days, Started pretty much everything with only the bar minus the deadlift which was 40kg I could deadlift 1pl8 after 1 week, kek
Bench Press: 62kg
Squat: 2pl8
Deadlift:2pl8 I'm a couple of days without adding weight because my old gym wasn't proper equipped and I could add just 80kg to the bar.
OHP: 44kg No Push-press, failing at reps when adding weight but I can do proper sets after 2 or 3 days after proper rest from the Bench
Rows: 40kg
Stalled a couple of times in the bench, the rest is upping properly.
No.84088
I should preface with that I did SL last summer from July through September. Did no lifting in October. In November i was only working out maybe twice a week, basically get doms one day come back a week later to get doms again. Got serious on Dec 22 working out 4/5 days a week.
Dec 26
Squat 195x6
DL 195x6
My grip a shit. Anything over 200 and the bar would roll in my hands and my forearms hurt at more than 3 reps completely compromising my form. So I've been doing high volume the whole month to train grip.
Dec 28
BP 105x5
OHP 65x5
ROW 95x5
Jan 18
Squat 225x6(265x1)
DL 225x6(240x3 again grip issue)
Jan 19
BP 130x5
OHP 85x6
ROW 120x5
My current lifts are exactly where they were at the end of September with the exception of the BP and row back then I rowed more than I could press.
That's 6 months of attempting to be /fit back in July I was 230lbs down to 205lbs.
fucking kikewheels
No.84092
>>84088
Get some chalk or use a mixed grip on your higher lifts. Your forearms should never hurt when deadlifting since you shouldn't be using your arms at all.
No.84093
>>84092
Your forearms are keeping your hands closed with a lot of weight trying to pull them open. They are involved.
No.84119
Started in July.
Currently:
DL 215
BOR 175
squat 185
bench 125
OHP 115
All for reps, haven't tried 1RMs recently. I feel like my grip strength is holding me back on the deadlift so I got the strongest grippy thing I could find locally which is an adjustable P90X one that goes up to 90lbs. Gonna start doing some farmers walks or something on my not-DL days I guess.
No.84146
No noob gains because I have shitty eating habits and I still squat 70kg for 5 reps.
No.84172
No.84384
>>84071
I started lower because I've done some lifting in the past and was taught how to squat properly, but not how to deadlift. I'm doing SS style squats every time, deadlift half the time, so it's progressing slower. That, and my grip strength is really poor.
No.84475
Stopped lifting for a while and started back up again like 3 weeks ago.
Started with
>Squat
100kg (220)
>Bench
70kg(155)
>Deadlift
120kg(265)
>Overhead Press
45kg(100)
Currently, I'm at.
>Squat
120kg(265)
>Bench
70kg(155)
>Deadlift
140kg(310)
>Overhead Press
50kg(110)
All for 5 reps
Always struggled with bench. Gonna deload on it down to 60kg and try again, I guess. Very disappointed with that. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I can never seem to progress properly on bench.
Next week on, I'm gonna deload my squat to 110kg and switch to high bar. I've been trying it out a little, and it feels way better. I can actually feel it properly in my adductors and it's awesome. Gonna suck to have to lower the weight, but I'll just have to bite my ego and do it. Not like I was lifting much in the first place, anyway.
Doing a slightly modified SS(PP version) with ABA always instead of alternating with BAB. Did this to try to get more benching in, but it doesn't seem to help.
I don't know what I'm to do about my bench, man. Maybe I'll have to try to go for more reps or something. My all time PR for it was 75kg which isn't very impressive when I can come right back in to the gym after half a year of inactivity and do 70kg for 5.
No.84483
>>84475
Nice deadlift. I can deadlift the same, but only one rep. Your bench press really is lagging behind, though. I increased my bench press in a relatively short time by just doing it with very high volume, switching to singles and doubles once I got tired. Worked wonders for me.
No.84515
>>84483
I've been thinking of switching over to 3x8 instead of 3x5. I really do not know why I'm struggling so much with it, I've tried countless things.
No.84518
>>84515
Just try and stick to 5x5, check your form and get psyched up for benching. Always strive to increase the weight and push for failure sometimes.
No.85074
OP here
I'm having a bit of a problem. It seems my bench and OHP are already starting to stall. What the fuck do I do? I haven't been able to progress in either lift since I started this thread, even though my other lifts have kept on climbing like clockwork.
What do?
No.85077
>>85074
Deload, work back up. It will bruise your ego but its a necessary step.
No.85113
>>85074
>>85077 (checked)
So after I posted that I started watching a presentation Rippletits gave. Near the end he talks about kids coming to him complaining that their press and bench have stalled after five weeks… which is pretty much exactly where I am. He said its because you need to progress slower than five pounds a workout.
Well, I'm a dumbass. I though when he said to add five pounds he meant five pounds to each side. That's not what he means though, he means 2.5 pounds on each side. So I've been progressing all my lifts in ten pound jumps. When we say we lifted 'one plate' we mean one plate on each side, I figured 'adding five pounds' worked the same way. My bad.
Anyway, I'm going to deload a bit, and start progressing slower on press and bench.
No.85190
Don't know if it counts, but I finally went to the gym for the first time in my life yesterday at 19 years old (yes I'm getting a membership, one year contract to make sure I keep going). I'm too new to know jargon, so feel free to shit on me for that, it's the best way to learn, after all.
I could only lift 75lbs on the bench with my arms far apart, 55lbs on the inclined bench, and barely 45lbs with my arms closer together (the bar is 45lbs). I have zero triceps, sue me.
Had loads of trouble with all the machines, especially the dip machine, but then again it was the end of the workout and as I said, my triceps don't exist yet. Literally. And I'm a bit of a fat fuck.
Going again Friday, I can hardly wait.
No.85208
>>85190
>one year contract to make sure I keep going
Pay month by month. That way you feel the sting each month. If you get a one year contract, the sting wears off after only a month or two, and the cost is already sunk.
>I could only lift 75lbs on the bench with my arms far apart, 55lbs on the inclined bench, and barely 45lbs with my arms closer together (the bar is 45lbs). I have zero triceps, sue me.
Had loads of trouble with all the machines, especially the dip machine, but then again it was the end of the workout and as I said, my triceps don't exist yet. Literally. And I'm a bit of a fat fuck.
Cut this bullshit out right now. Do Starting Strength or Stronglifts. You'll hit triceps just fine. Trust me. TRUUUUUST ME.
Here's a link to stronglifts http://stronglifts.com/5x5/
Its the simplest and the little bit of extra volume from 5x5 instead of 3x5 will build a little mass along with that strength.
No.85241
>>85113
>He said its because you need to progress slower than five pounds a workout.
Wasn't that complete bullshit?
>>85190
Don't waste your time with machines and do 5x5 as >>85208 says
No.85256
>>85208
>pay month by month
It's a one year contract as in I have to pay for a year, no less, and if I stop at any point I pay for the whole year, but normally I'm paying biweekly.
>>85241
I'll avoid the machines from now on then. I was kind of just following my buddy's routine until I could find a good one for myself.
No.85263
>>85241
>Wasn't that complete bullshit?
He seemed pretty serious. He said progress slower and to rest a full 6-7 minutes between sets.
No.85305
>>85263
I think the answer is in video related, but i'm not sure, i think i remember him saying that progressing like that was counter productive, if you can add more than 2,5kg then you should go ahead and do it, you'll plateau for other reasons.
No.85306
No.85317
>>85305
I'm still progressing in 10 lb jumps on squat deadlift, and rows.
That vid is already posted because I posted it. I shouldn't be experiencing a plateau this early. If it happened in a few weeks I might switch up my training, but I'm just over one month in. I haven't maxed out my noob gains yet. This is literally almost the exact question rippletits answered.
I'm five weeks into my program, and I've already stalled on press and bench. In this video I watched Rippletits said, "I have kids come to me telling me they've stalled on press and bench when they're only five weeks into the program." He goes on to say to progress slower and rest up 7 minutes between sets.
Like I said, I still have great noob gains on all the other lifts. Only two out of five lifts have stalled, the others are going strong.
No.85391
>>85317
Well do whatever you want, i still think it's pretty stupid but if rippletits says it then it might have some truth to it.
No.85712
No gains because I can't keep a routine for more than a week at a time
help
No.85722
>>85712
Just fucking do it, faggot.
No.85731
your "gains" are just fixing noob bottlenecks or picking low hanging apples like learning to recruit muscle
its not gains in the sense of actually changing your chemistry or the like, the amount of chemistry you change and the amount a pro changes i think are about the same give or take , pro proablby breaks and rebuilds more muscle no real way you count it though.
but if pro was to detrain he wouldn't treat what you call "gains" as "gains"
No.85741
>>85731
What are you trying to say?
No.85764
>>85731
Shoo shoo gains kike. Get in the oven where you belong.
No.85860
>>85764
Did you know that Jews started the "throw money in a well to make a wish" thing, precisely so they could make money?
No.85862
No.85868
>>85862
They're worse than how they are portrayed in the propaganda they spread about anti semitism. They're actually worse in real life.
No.85869
i started with weightloss last year in march, i lost 29kg so far
i started working out in the middle of december
since i don't have much space and i don't like being amongst people, i don't use a long bar, but 2 dumbbells and a bench. my progress:
start: bench presses: 2x15 @ 7,5kg/hand
Overhead: 2x8@7,5kg/hand
squats: 2x15 @ 7,5kg/hand
row (one armed) 2x15@7,5kg
curl: 3x5@7,5kg/hand
now:bench presses: 4x12 @ 10kg/hand
Overhead: 3x8@10kg/hand
squats: 4x12@10kg/hand
row (one armed) 4x12@10kg
No.85870
>>85869
>curl: 3x5@7,5kg/hand
forgot to add curl: 4x5 10 kg/hand
No.85912
>>85869
>bench presses: 4x12 @ 10kg/hand
I started in march and I can bench press with 24kg dumbbels for sets of 8. And I've just started to bench with dumbbels.
No.85914
>>85912
>i started over 6 months earlier than you and i bench more
no shit
i started weightloss in march, i started lifting in december
No.85916
>>85914
Oh, I misread your reply.
No.85929
No.85934
>>85869
Looks to me like you're not progressing fast enough. In over one month, your lifts barely improved by 5kg.
Get a gym membership, you faggot.
No.89066
Sup fagets. OP here.
All lifts 5x5
Squat: 225lbs
Bench 155lbs
OHP:105lbs (progress has been slow)
Row:135lbs
Deadlift:275lbs (I feel 315 closing in)
No.89389
Been doing SL for almost a month now.
They want you to start at %60ish of your 5 rep max which was way too easy. After fudging it a little bit and working my way up, I'm finally getting to the challenging weight levels for me.
Weight: 170
Height: 5'11"
SQ: 145 lbs
BP: 125 lbs
Row: 115 lbs
OHP: 85 lbs
DL: 180 lbs