Sagan's log

Carl Sagan

Well I thought I'd start a log because I've been given the all clear to train properly and as often as I want. I did Starting Strength sometime last year and got very sick and stopped for a good 5 months. Since then I was told to keep my sessions short and fairly easy so gaining strength was pretty difficult. All of this was on top of having untreated low test (:() but I love training so despite having pretty much no success, I've kept it up :pac:

As of this post, I'm 19, 5' 10" and 78Kg. I'm doing Starting Strength on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and will be adding a short metcon into the weekend somewhere. I'm not too pushed about what weight I am as I just want to lose excess fat for now and then I'll concentrate on gaining strength etc later. Diet wise, I'm eating Ketogenicly (:cool:) for now as I'm not a big fan of carbs anyway and I like how full it makes me every day.

Today I did:

Squats:
10 x 30kg
8 x 40kg
6 x 50kg
5 x 60kg
4 x 70kg
2 x 75kg
3 x 5 x 80kg

Press:
8 x 20kg
6 x 30kg
4 x 35kg
2 x 40kg
3 x 5 x 42kg

Pullups:
3 x 7 (The last 2 or 3 reps of the last set were a bit ropey)

So yeah, basically this is just a way for me to keep my own progress and hopefully will keep me motivated.

Carl Sagan

Squats:
10 x 20kg
5 x 30kg
4 x 40kg
3 x 50kg
3 x 60kg
1 x 70kg
1 x 80kg
3 x 5 x 82.5kg Form was pretty good on this set. Was really out of breath though so I guess that's indication I need to start doing some jogging or cycling.

Bench:
8 x 20kg
5 x 30kg
3 x 40kg
2 x 50kg
1 x 60kg
2 x 5 x 62.5kg
1 x 3 x 62.5kg
Hands slipped on the very last set and I stupidly kept going. Couldn't seem to get my lats going during these.. can normally feel them doing something during it.

Deadlifts:
6 x 50kg
4 x 60kg
3 x 75kg
3 x 85kg
2 x 95 kg
2 x 100kg
2 x 105kg
1 x 5 x 110kg
I love deadlifts

Started out the day with a bunch of dynamic stretches I found on the stronglifts site and I'm gonna do some of the stretches from one of Transforms' videos.

Carl Sagan

Squats:
8 x 20kg
5 x 30kg
4 x 40kg
3 x 50kg
3 x 60kg
2 x 70kg
1 x 80kg
1 x 82.5kg
3 x 5 x 85kg I was leaning forward a bit too much and letting the hips rise too fast on a couple of reps but they were a lot easier than I thought. My shoulders and arms are sore from benching and I felt like I was supporting the bar too much with my arms.

Press:
8 x 20kg
6 x 30kg
3 x 35kg
3 x 40kg
4 x 43.5kg
5 x 42.5kg
4 x 42.5kg Held my breath to get the last rep. The tightness helped but I immediately felt like I was gonna faint.

Pullups:
1 x 9
1 x 6
1 x 5

Then 3 chinups.

Carl Sagan

Lower back was really sore all day today and I only got 4 hours sleep, so I wasn't sure whether or not to lift today. Went ahead with it - glad I did.

Squats:
10 x 20kg
5 x 30kg
4 x 40kg
3 x 50kg
3 x 60kg
1 x 70kg
1 x 80kg
1 x 82.5kg
3 x 85kg
3 x 5 x 87.5kg Felt easy enough although the elbow area of my arms was killing me during and it kept up during benching.


Bench:
8 x 20kg
5 x 30kg
3 x 40kg
2 x 50kg
2 x 55kg
3 x 5 x 57.5kg Decided to drop the weight. Last bench day was full of **** form and my arms were killing me by this time.

Deadlifts:
6 x 50kg
4 x 60kg
3 x 75kg
3 x 85kg
2 x 95 kg
2 x 100kg
2 x 105kg
1 x 110kg
1 x 5 x 112.5kg
I love deadlifts

Surprised my squat is still going up considering I'm on a deficit.

Carl Sagan

Squats:
8 x 20kg
5 x 30kg
4 x 40kg
3 x 50kg
3 x 60kg
2 x 70kg
1 x 80kg
1 x 85kg
1 x 87.5kg
3 x 5 x 90kg Hips were rising a bit too fast but that stopped by the last set. Elbows are killing me from it :mad:

Press:
8 x 20kg
6 x 30kg
3 x 35kg
3 x 40kg
3 x 5 x 42.5kg

Decided to stay at the same weight because my elbows/shoulders are sore. The bar went up easy enough.. it just felt uncomfortable.


Pullups:
1 x 10
1 x 7 Closer grip
1 x 5
4 chinups.

Felt wrecked. Probably due to being back in college and not really eating. I keep lifting on an empty stomach despite knowing it's not a good idea.

Carl Sagan

Squats:
8 x 20kg
5 x 30kg
4 x 40kg
3 x 50kg
3 x 60kg
2 x 70kg
1 x 80kg
1 x 85kg
1 x 87.5kg
1 x 90kg
3 x 5 x 92.5kg

Bench:
8 x 20kg
5 x 30kg
3 x 40kg
2 x 50kg
2 x 55kg
3 x 5 x 60kg

Deadlifts:
6 x 50kg
4 x 60kg
3 x 75kg
3 x 85kg
2 x 95 kg
2 x 100kg
2 x 105kg
1 x 110kg
1 x 5 x 115kg

:pac: Squat's still getting better despite a calorie deficit. Slowly losing bodyfat

Carl Sagan

Not gonna be able to lift properly. Gotta find a bodyweight metcon so.

Carl Sagan

My lower back was sore all week and despite the gainz I didn't wanna risk making it worse.

Squats:
8 x 20kg
5 x 30kg
4 x 40kg
3 x 50kg
3 x 60kg
2 x 70kg
1 x 80kg
1 x 85kg
3 x 5 x 87.5Kg Dropped the weight back a bit. After video taping it I noticed that I'm 'tucking' in my lower back at the bottom of the lift. Have to do a lot more stretching to fix it. Depth is good and they're fairly solid otherwise.

Press:
8 x 20kg
6 x 30kg
3 x 35kg
3 x 40kg
4 x 5 x 42.5kg

Was able to do 4 sets so that's an improvement.

Barbell Row:
3 x 5 x 60kg

Carl Sagan

So I had a session with a PT today and apparently my lower back is rounding during squats. So I'm pretty much gonna stick to really light squats to practice form and do a lot of flexibility stuff for the next couple of weeks. It's good to know someone will be keeping an eye on what I'm doing.