Toasteh does StrongLifts

toasteh · 27 Apr 2014 at 18:06

Went to the gym for my first stronglifts session today. Did alright on the squats and bench, not sold on the barbell row, think I may have been doing the wrong style. Will get one of the trainers to help with form next time I go.

TheCenturion · 27 Apr 2014 at 18:08

Chances are that the trainer won't know. Better to have someone on here check your form out.

toasteh · 27 Apr 2014 at 18:28

Actually I know one of the guys that works there and he lifts, so if he's in when i'm back i'll try to find out then.

icecold · 27 Apr 2014 at 18:57

I still wouldn't be confident that he knows what good form look like or how to coach it. It's unfortunate but it's the way it is.

Read the form thread on here.

toasteh · 27 Apr 2014 at 19:44

Maybe it's just me, but as a sports science graduate I'm willing to give it a go. Obviously taken in tandem with form advice here and elsewhere I might get some benefit out of it

icecold · 27 Apr 2014 at 20:10

That degree doesn't mean he is a good coach

Of course, it doesn't mean he isn't a good coach either.

toasteh · 28 Apr 2014 at 11:30

ugh, I know 20kg isn't much but my god are my quads sore today D: hopefully it's just cos my body's not used to the exercise

mrthingyx · 28 Apr 2014 at 11:37

Probably. Welcome to a whole new world of pain and performance.

Make sure the weight stays over your heels, so you should be bringing your posterior chain into the play...

toasteh · 29 Apr 2014 at 14:53

quads are less sore today, which is nice. arms feeling it now though D:

Dis86 · 29 Apr 2014 at 18:50

Toasteh, hope you enjoy it! I've been doing stronglifts now since the end of Jan and it's been great. Lifting far more than I've ever done in the past and it's a much better routine.

I found that after ~2 weeks the pain pretty much disappeared and only became the dull 'I know my muscles have worked' pain which I quite enjoy.

toasteh · 30 Apr 2014 at 21:45

Turns out they were relaying the floor at the gym tonight so all the free weights were crammed into half the usual space. didn't want to faff about trying to learn deads and ohp when it was that busy so just did loads of curlzz instead. better than nothing i guess

mrthingyx · 30 Apr 2014 at 22:15

Curlz are better. This is science.

toasteh · 2 May 2014 at 22:11

2nd SL sesh today. squats were ok, ohp was alright, last set i could feel it in my arms. not sold on deads, never tried them before so guess that's just a form thing to work on.

AndrewNR · 3 May 2014 at 15:28

Any chance of elaborating on your lifts? We can assume you're doing 5 x 5 but what about weight etc?

toasteh · 3 May 2014 at 19:53

last night was:

squats 5x5 22.5kg
ohp 5x5 20kg
deads 1x5 20kg, didn't add plates as I wanted to get the form right from the rack first. next B sesh I will work on form more and try to start using 5kg plates.

TheCenturion · 4 May 2014 at 15:31

For deadlifts you should be okay to start yourself off at 60kg.

toasteh · 4 May 2014 at 15:36

today's sesh

squats 5x5 25kg
bench 5x5 22.5kg
row 5x5 15kg used a barbell cos i wasnt sold on form, was hoping there'd be someone about but no dice. will try pendlay next time.

toasteh · 9 May 2014 at 22:31

tonight:

squats 5x5 27.5kg, big boy plates next sesh woo
ohp 5x5 22.5kg, arms started to go on the last set again
deads 1x5 20kg, 2x530kg just hte bar to get the form right, then 2 sets with the plates to nail it. feelsgoodman.jpeg

toasteh · 11 May 2014 at 17:15

Today:

Squats 5x5 30kg, bit tough towards the end
Bench 5x5 25kg
Row 5x5 25kg, bit tough but did it

TheCenturion · 11 May 2014 at 23:09

I'd say doing deadlifts at less than 60kg is pretty useless. The plates are too small meaning that the bar must be too far down, unless you're doing rack pulls?