[Globemasta III]

hey man never feel guilty if u miss a week or two in the gym fyi! school always comes first and cuz ur starting so young u can afford to skip weeks with football and still be jacked as hell by 16/17 when girls start getting hot haha just dont waste ur time on girls now hahahaha trust me!!!!!!!! ur doing good so far and will def be stronger than me at my age..

[The Bacon Man]

Yeah even though I can barely gain muscle at my age I look 5x better than 3 months ago. I'm actually pretty proud that I have a legit six pack now. My calfs look like thighs and my thighs are huge. There is literally more fat on my stomach than my thighs and they are still huge.

Chest looks less bony as with my arms. My back is still bad though haha. It's gonna take 50 LB of muscle to hide those shoulder blades.

[Woodyballer29]

The Bacon Man, on 21 October 2012 - 10:51 PM, said:

Yeah even though I can barely gain muscle at my age I look 5x better than 3 months ago. I'm actually pretty proud that I have a legit six pack now. My calfs look like thighs and my thighs are huge. There is literally more fat on my stomach than my thighs and they are still huge.

Chest looks less bony as with my arms. My back is still bad though haha. It's gonna take 50 LB of muscle to hide those shoulder blades.

Bowflex, my friend.

[Globemasta III]

The Bacon Man, on 21 October 2012 - 10:51 PM, said:

Yeah even though I can barely gain muscle at my age I look 5x better than 3 months ago. I'm actually pretty proud that I have a legit six pack now. My calfs look like thighs and my thighs are huge. There is literally more fat on my stomach than my thighs and they are still huge.

Chest looks less bony as with my arms. My back is still bad though haha. It's gonna take 50 LB of muscle to hide those shoulder blades.

make sure that you dont get cocky now and wuts ur workout like now

[The Bacon Man]

The same 5x5 with 2 different workouts and I'm adding 30-100 pushups and a few pullups to them. I also do core strength 1-2 times a week. Lots of crunches and 3 2 minute planks.

[The Bacon Man]

110 LB Bench

[The Bacon Man]

Bench my own weight: Check
10 Pullups: Check

Need to start running now that football is over.

[Globemasta III]

how much do u weigh

[The Bacon Man]

112, I put some of those 1 LB bracelets on it to make sure I could.

[Globemasta III]

The Bacon Man, on 25 November 2012 - 07:43 PM, said:

112, I put some of those 1 LB bracelets on it to make sure I could.

honestly quit maxing out hahaha that sounds just ridiculous once every 2 months or so is much more satisfying and reduces potential injuries

[The Bacon Man]

I've done pretty much nothing up until this week. Now that it is too cold to play football a lot I am starting to get back on track with weights and running. Over the summer, 1 month of interval running dropped my mile time by 4 mins. I downloaded the Couch to 10k app today. It is all interval running, reviews say it works. My New Years Resolution is to finish this. I want to run a 5k without stopping, I'd be amazed if it actually worked well enough for me to run 10k without stopping.

[The Bacon Man]

120 LB bench, testing my OHP and Deadlift tomorrow because I got more weights. 1 and 1/2 a month without maxing, Globe.

I started getting back in the swing a week or two ago and have gained 10 LB on my bench since. What I've done is added body weight to my workouts. I was stuck on 85/90 5x5 and couldn't get over it, now I'm doing good again. I've been doing this:

5x5 of whatever exercise, run to my pull-up bar and do 6 pull ups, run to an open area on the floor and do push-ups to failure. Shit gets you SORE. Sore is good though... I've also ordered fractional 1.25 LB weights because adding 5 LB every workout got too much a while ago. They only gave me 1 so I have to deal with amazon now...

[The Bacon Man]

With the new weights I have I now have a total of 165 LB. I deadlifted 165 (and recorded it, my form is flawless). It wasn't even that difficult... I'd say my max is somewhere near 200. Is that good for 5'5" and 115 LB?

[Globemasta III]

The Bacon Man, on 16 January 2013 - 10:34 PM, said:

With the new weights I have I now have a total of 165 LB. I deadlifted 165 (and recorded it, my form is flawless). It wasn't even that difficult... I'd say my max is somewhere near 200. Is that good for 5'5" and 115 LB?

ya thats great man try to rep 165 if u think u can do 200 max

[The Bacon Man]

I'm soon investing in a squat rack because my back is weak compared to the rest of me - cutting out the squats wasn't a good idea. I am also gaining about .5- 1 LB per week, so I'm at the stage where I can actually gain muscle mass. Starting up the squats at 65 5x5 while I wait to get a rack. That's the weight you are supposed to start out with squats in stronglifts and being I never really squatted, why not start over?

I also tried repping my rows just to get a feel of what I can do. I got 105 x7.

http://www.amazon.co...ords=Squat+rack

That looks like a good rack, it is individual stands which means it is very adjustable and I can use it to make benching that much safer. I won't have to go in an awkward position to squat and OHP either.

This post has been edited by The Bacon Man: 20 January 2013 - 05:29 PM

[Globemasta III]

I like rogue stuff a lot so i'd check them out. You know its quality when its from them!

[The Bacon Man]

I checked them out and it's a little pricey... Haha.

http://www.amazon.co...ords=squat+rack

Getting this. It's a sold rack and it safely holds 400 LB.

[Globemasta III]

ya but ur at 65 and for 100 more u can get something that will last you years and be safe

[The Bacon Man]

You know what, you're right. Weights have become a hobby for me and I want to be able to be safe. I'll save up for a power rack. The PPR200X seems to be highly recommended and under $400. I also want to upgrade to an Olympic weight set because standard weights are expensive as hell.

[The Bacon Man]

155 x8 Deads. Enough for 200?