Re: The Fitness Thread !
I am 5'7", weigh 80 kgs (i measured in november last) I was 75 when i started, rapidly gained 5 kgs in the first two months while my waist reduced slightly,
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Strength stats when I started in July 2010:
Squats: 20 kgs
Bench: 20 kgs
OHP: 20 kgs
DLs: 40 kgs
Chins: 5 (screaming reps!)
Pulls: 4(screaming reps!)
Inverted Rows: 5-6ish.
BW: 75 kgs.
Fat%: 22 %( though I doubt MY fat caliper measurements)
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Stats on December 16th 2010.
Squats: 77.5/80 kgs
Bench: 57.5 kgs
OHP: 45 kgs (almost 5x5
)
DLs: 95 kgs (I can do more but have no weights
Will buy more soon.)
Chins: 10-11
Pulls: 8
Inverted Rows: 8-10.
BW: 80 kgs (gained 5 kgs in the first two months rapidly, no GOMAD!)
Fat%: 18% (fat loss has not been great and it doesn’t bother me) Zero cardio done as I can’t eat enough already.
Could not work out in November 2010.
Lessons learnt:
1) 5 x 5 is very hard and I guess that it why it is so effective.
2) I have to eat MUCH MORE!!
I am low on funds and can't afford whey right now, so i eat whenever/whatever i can. I try to eat more on workout days. I am sure if i take 200 kgs of prots a day things would be very different. What routine are you doing?
OHP can get very difficult, never skip an OHP workout, Press more to get better at as they say. U sure you doing it correctly? 1.5 BW squat and 25kg OHP is very unbalanced unless you mean 25kgs on each side.
damn said:
How much do you weigh? How much protein do you take on workout and non-workout days?
45 kgs ohp is pretty impressive. I'm struck at 25 since a month. Almost 1.5x BW on squats though. ;D