Progress.

Alright! Thanks guys.

Will try and get my shopping list up tomorrow night (along with a meal plan!?), that way I'll hopefully be able to work from feedback. I'm also going to be ordering a big bag of Impact Whey from MyProtein, I have a small bag downstairs but it's almost gone!
 
Squat : 85kg 4x5, 75 5x1
OHP : 35kg 5x5
Deadlift: 60kg 5x1

Reps x Sets, right?

On the last set of Squats I managed to do 1 rep at 85kg and then failed on the 2nd rep. On the fourth set of OHP I failed the last rep but managed the last set. I was disappointed. :(
 
Today was the first time I've failed a rep, let alone a set! I'm thinking when I next do the exercises I should stick to the same weight as today?

/needtogetthatfoodsorted
 
I really do hope this whole food things gets easier with practice, got this at the moment:

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Not sure if I'm making it too complicated, over the week it averages out at about 2675 Calories a day. Any pointers or anything I should change? Not quite sure I'm going about it right.

This will only get harder if I go to Uni! :(
 
What are the pink highlighted bits?

Would you find it easier to eat the same amount of calories every day?

Are you tracking your portions/macros accurately and consistently too?
 
Maxeh said:
What are the pink highlighted bits?

Would you find it easier to eat the same amount of calories every day?

Are you tracking your portions/macros accurately and consistently too?
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Ideally, yes. But I'm having difficulty getting everything right, I'm also not 100% that the numbers I worked out are correct.

The pink just shows the meals I'm eating at college.

I'm going to be using CalorieCount to track everything, though I haven't actually started using it yet.
 
mrthingyx said:
First off, don't worry about fitness for the military: they are a bunch of overweight, fat slobs that sue the MoD if they are asked to do anything strenuous! ;)
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Your one cheeky kermit mate!


Ref your diet, I'd say that looks pretty good! What is your BMR, how many calories are you close to it per week?
 
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That's good then! I suppose I can make improvements and changes as I go along if and when need be. Trial and error I suppose.

My BMR works out at about 1656 calories I think. That's using the Katch-McArdle method (18% bodyfat, 165cm, 171kg, 18 years old). What do you mean by how many calories am I close to it? If you mean currently, I'm not sure, as mention in a previous post I haven't actually been tracking my food intake. :/

Thanks for the help, it's much appreciated!
 
So it's the first day following my meal plan and according to Calorie Count I have eaten 2,759 calories. The extra 300 calories come from me estimating the pasta when I originally made the plan.

Back in the gym tomorrow, let's see if I manage squatting 85kf 5x5 this session!
 
Change of plans, had a seizure this morning which has left me feeling drained and with a headache/out-of-it all day. Feel a lot better now but not sure if it's a good idea to head to the gym.

I'm thinking I can either go to the gym tomorrow and do the session I was supposed to do today, or I could continue as normal Wednesday.
 
I don't know what was wrong with me today but I didn't feel like myself. During the squats I swear I felt like I was going to spew up my lungs and the exercises felt more difficult than usual. I even had me and my partner trying to lift more on the rows than we should (he'd finished his 5th when I caught on)! Today was torture.

Squat 85kg 5x3
Bench 55kg 5x5
B.O.R 47.5kg 5x2 42.5kg 5x2 37.5kg(correct weight) 5x1

Uploading Squat and B.O.R form videos to Vimeo, will post once they're converted!
 
Was left on my own to train today and I've got to say I think I preferred it. May train on my own from now on! Only downside to this is it being harder to record myself.

Squat 85kg 5x5 (Woo!)
OHP 35kg 5x2, 4x1, 5x1, 4x1
Dead 65kg 5x1
 
Squat:
87.5kg 5x2
85kg 5x1
82.5kg 5 x 2

Bench:
57.5kg 5x1
55kg fail
45kg 5x4
40kg 5x1

Row:
35kg 5x5

Chose to train on my own again today. Squats went well, though I'm wondering whether I should stick to what I'm doing or whether I should deload?

I asked a stranger to spot me with the benching and I think he did a better job than my training partner, I couldn't manage the weight! My partner must be taking weight off of me, though he says otherwise. Going to have to drop the weight back down I think.
 
Today went quite well I think! I seem to be weakest when it comes to chest and BOR though I reckon my deadlifts and BOR form needs improving a lot.

Squat
87.5kg 5 x3
85kg 5x2

OHP
35kg 5x5

Deadlifts
70kg 5x1
 
Today went well! Quite happy with myself to be honest, when doing the BOR I took on board the feedback I was given.

Squat
87.5kg 5x5

Bench
35kg 5x1
50kg 5x2
42.5kg 5x3

BOR
30kg 5x3
32.5kg 5x2

I never mention the warm up sets when updating here, should I?
 
Quads feel sore today as do my calves and my glutes a little. I think I'm going to drop to 80kg tomorrow as a little bit of a rest. I'm happy sticking to this program for now but I'm wondering at what point would you recommend switching to something else or 3x5?

Something I've been thinking about lately is my back, I've had a sort of back ache since before I even started training in where I'd describe as the centre of my back, if I bent over too long it'd ache more and I can sort of make it crack by pulling my shoulders back and pushing more core forward. Ideally I'd like to 'fix' this and get a stronger back in general, but I'm just wondering if there's a chance lifting is going to make it worse?

Yesterday went as follows:

Squat
87.5kg 5x5

OHP
37.5kg 5x5

Deadlift
75kg 5x1
 
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