SoldierBear

Today's training: Weights: Squat 60x5 80x5 100x5x2 then my knee started bothering me so I dropped the weight to 60kg and done some box squats to practice form. My lower back seems to curl a bit on the bottom of the squat - need to work on hip mobility. Circuit 12 kettle bell swings (24kg) 10 pushups 8 box jumps 6 hang power cleans (50kg) 250m row X5 rounds Training two days in a row seems to be too much for me, weights weren't going anywhere, felt absolutely shattered after two sets of 100kg squats Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Well done! I'm 2 months in, done it the same way after reading the book

Another vote for Nike Romaleos 2. I used converse before I got a pair of those, and have to say the difference in squats and olympic lifts is massive!

This weeks workouts so far: Monday: Squat: 40x5 60x5 80x5 100x5 110x5x5sets Deadlift: 50x5 80x5 100x5 120x5 140x5 Bench: 40x5 60x5 70x5 75x5x5sets Circuit: 12 kettlebell swings (24kg) 12 box jump overs (24inch) 250m row x5 rounds Wed: Front squat: 20x5 40x5x2 50x5x5 Struggling to get my arms in the decent position - need a lot of stretching. Military press: 20x5 40x5 50x5x5 Bend over row: 40x5 50x5 60x5x5 Circuit: 10 dumbell snatches (16kg) 10 pushups 20 bodyweight squats 20 sit ups 30sec rest 30 sec sprint (done 12kph/13/14/15/16) x5 rounds Going to a gig tomorrow, so will be training tonight.

Hi guys, I've been registered and lurking for a while, but rarely post. Now I decided I need to change that! Also, as I got more serious about training I thought I need a battle log, so here goes! For the last couple of weeks I've been getting more and more serious about training and making sure this won't end up like most of my previous attempts to train properly and loose weight. I've joined a new gym where a good friend of mine is working, which helps me push myself as normally I'd get there in time to train with him in the afternoon. Should've done that ages ago, as the gym is great and having him pushing me definitely helps overcome my laziness. In the past I've been way to lazy and given up when things started getting harder. This won't happen this time, as I'm already pushing myself way harder then before. I've also given up smoking few months ago, which helps with training a lot. I didn't even think it makes so much difference! I've always had some kind of excuse for why I fail and none of them were 'Because I smoke'. Anyways, here are some of my stats: Height 5'10Weight 110kgBF level ~30%Lifts: Never really done 1RM, usually do 5x5 so here are the weights I use for that ATM: Squat 120kg DL 150kg (1x5)Bench 80kgPress 60kgBend over row 80kgAlso started training some olympic lifts, but need to work on mobility/flexibility for some of them. Right now I'm getting comfortable with cleans - going up to 70 kg. Tried snatches the other day, but it wouldn't happen even with just an empty bar... I've now added some front and overhead squats to my training to help with that. I train Mon - Wed -Fri on most weeks, if I can't make it any of those days I'll throw in Tue or Thu. Gym is about 30min walk from work, so that gives me a bit of exercise as well:) Usually after weight training I'll do some kind of a circuit, which if I'm honest I'm struggling with because of poor conditioning, but I'm working on it! Diet wise, this is another thing that needs working on. Most days it looks like this: Breakfast: porridge with bananaLunch: Cooked/baked chicken breast/thighs with rice and salad (cucumber, tomato, olives, some green salad mix with olive oil)Protein shake after workoutTuna salad for dinnerI do cook my own food, so no processed crap there but need to concentrate on counting calories more. Obviously every now and then theres some kind of cheat meal but I try to keep it fairly healtish. Goals: Loosing weight. Obvious one here. Ideally would like to see 2 digits on the scale in the next couple of months.Get in the 400 club on the Powerlifting totals in the gym. I could do 300 right now, but want to get my name in the 400 one Do a pull up. That's about it for the opening post, I'll update it with measurements/photos at some point:)

Wait till you do a month. I used to do cardio on Tuesday and Thursday in between stronglifts workouts, but now changed it to hiit after stronglifts workout to have a day off. It gets hard pretty quick. I'm nowhere near my max on squats, but doing it 3 times a week takes a lot out of you.

Hi guys, Been lurking around the site and forums for a few months now, finally decided to register! My story is the same/ similar to most of you guys. Been trying to lose weight a few times already, with mixed results - never really committed to it and it kept coming back. This time I'm determined to make it work! Over the last few months I've cleaned up my diet and started to exercise at the gym. Since last week I'm doing StrongLifts 5x5 on mon/wed/fri and about 45 min of cardio tue/thu. Diet wise I'm about 80% paleo. Will be doing my battle log soon, really need that to keep me motivated! Currently at 5 foot 11 and around 240 pounds. Looking forward to joining my first 6 week challenge!