My gym journey so far

87.5kg squats
52.5kg bench
110kg deads

Still feeling good at the moment deads are slowing down a little and I feel I might have to move back to mixed grip soon but hoping to hold out till 115kg before changing.

Increased calories a bit to around 2400 and I'm feeling a lot better about my lifts and energy scales have gone up a bit but trying to ignore that while lifts are increasing summer will bring a nice steady cut anyway due to the increased amount of golf ill be playing and as long as I stay under 20% ill be happy.
165lb bodyweight is for girls right?
 
Back in the gym again today wasnt really feeling it was a bit tired and generally meh but went in anyway

90kg squats 3x5 wasnt easy but was happy with that considering my physical and mental state
37.5kg ohp I cant believe how easy these felt previously this weight felt really tough and the bar went up quite easy
Tried out power cleans today time was a littler tight but got all 5x3 in at 40kg. These are a lot harder than some guys make them look, all about the timing here much more practice needed to get it right
 
So 92.5kg squats due today.

Never done this weight at full depth for reps before exciting and nervous times. Jumped on the scaled this morning at 75.4kg so seem to be putting on around 1kg per week with 2500 cals bodyfat has gone up a bit to 19.5% but I'm really not sure about the accuracy of my scales, I put on half a kilo last weekend by going for a pee. I am lifting more than I ever have so focussing on the positives
 
92.5kg squats done and done :D
52.5kg bench sorted
42.5kg power clean was much better form today much less arms still worried im gonna smash my jewels at some point though
 
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Hi Steedie

I know you said I should look at cutting but i'm finding that if I eat a cutting amount of food around 15-1800 cals as per your calculator it really stalled my lifts and killed my energy and recovery so I increased to a more sensible 2500 cals but im finding im putting on around a kilo a week. Lifts are going great though.

Its really annoying that the only way I seem to be able to break 90kg with squats is by eating but everything is telling me I should be trying to lose fat the only way to do that is lose weight but when im only 75kg I dont really want to lose weight as anything towards the 65-70kg mark I look really skinny and underweight

What should I be concentrating on and how should I be eating?
 
All ive really done is increased my amount of food

My breafast for exapmle has gone up to a 50 gram bowl of cereal with 200ml of full fat milk Ive also changfed my lunchtim yoghurt from a greek style one to a proper greek and honey one for a little extra cals and protein

All Ive added is a pint of milk at lunch time and a couple of tablespoons of peanut butter before bed which when adding to the slightly bigger breakfast is accounting for the extra 500 or so cals a day.
 
Had a week off from the gym last week was fighting off a cold and kept waking up with leg cramps in the night that took ages to clear up so skipped everything last week

Went straight back in at 95kg squats and surprisingly managed to grind them out 3x5
ohp at 40kg wasnt great though 4,3,3 and deadlifts at 112.5 only managed 2 straight reps with a straight grip but I did go back a couple min after to pull another 2 to try to keep the reps going.
 
Legs were still shot today after monday so went in feeling relaxed

started with bench at 55kg which was no problem
45 kg power clean was blasted through next
for squats I did 3x5 40kg front squats which seriously stung after monday but powered through anyway.

Im off work next week so hoping the relaxation will push me into 100kg squat for 3x5 just got to get legs working now
 
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