Writing this up quite late, starting to slack a bit but can still remember my workout. Workout #7 – Evening workout Warm up 3×5 body weight squats, 1×5 20kg squat, squat stretches, shoulder dislocations, supermans. Work set 32.5kg 3×5 squat 25kg 3×5 bench 52.5kg 1×5 deadlift Squat strecthes in the warm up are getting easier [...]

Workout #5 – Evening workout 5×5 bodyweight squats, 3×10 second squat stretches, 3×10 shoulder dislocations – still widest grip, 5×10 second supermans. Work set 27.5kg 3×5 squat 22.5kg 3×5 bench 47.5kg 1×5 deadlift Squats seem good and getting the bar on my back easier since I sort of fixed the wrist problem.  I think I [...]

On to week 2 and starting to get more used to the weights and looking forward to lifting more.  I decided that I am going to do Rippetoe’s Starting Strength program instead of my originally intended Stronglifts 5×5.  I think the starting strength program seems more simple and efficient and is more targeted at what [...]

Well on Thursday 23 July 2009 I decided to do my first ever weight training workout with a barbell.  This is my first ever post on this blog but I won’t go into detail about myself in this post and my reasons for training as i’ll save that for an about page. In summary, i’m [...]