Hey guys what's going on, I didn't disappear or anything, I've just been focusing on fitness and figured i'd post here when I had results/questions, and now that I'm going on my 3rd week (or 4th?) I'd post some things in here along with some of the questions I had for Starting Strength.
First off in 3 weeks I've gone from
Squats: 200, up to 230
Bench Press: Failure at 160, to Failure at 170 (couldn't push last rep on last set)
Deadlift - 175 up to 205
Thats with the 3 major things..... now to the questions when it comes to form/exercise.
1. Are there any replacement exercises for Power Cleans? I try to do them but I seriously think something is wrong with my form, and I've various people at the gym, including the "trainers" and no one seems to know the right way to do them.
2. I don't go all the way down on squats, as some of you might remember the knee doctor told me I had Osteocandidas Dissecans which basically means i do NOT trust it at all. So when I do squats I do what are "bench" squats, meaning I set up a bench underneath me, and try to keep my back vertical, go down to the bench level and come back up. I'm doing squats 3 days a week and am pretty much on my own here so finding a spotter is pretty much nil, and this way if my knee does give out/I can't squat the weight I can sit on the bench and then put it on the rack.
3. I've avoided cardio for this long, just because you guys said to, well now that I have and don't feel completely exhausted yet from squats, should I just do a half hour in between workout days? I'm just saying I'm trying to lose fat and it couldn't hurt right?
4. On starting strength what exactly is deloading, for example when I worked out yesterday I did
5 x 170
4 x 170
3 x 170 for bench press
would that mean that I deload now, or at the end of the week if I can't do it 5 times, go down a weight next week, and work back up to it? This also ties in with my triceps. They are the weak point in my body, I KNOW they are, my bench press fails because of my triceps, I know you guys say "follow the program exactly" so you probably don't recommend it but shouldn't I add an extra day for triceps other than on friday (arm day + SS)
I started tracking my food/calories THIS week, and so far my daiily output has been.
Totals 1,663 94 35 122 1,695 42
Your Daily Goal 1,820 250 61 68 2,500 36
Remaining 157 156 26 -54 805 -6
Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar
Totals 1,610 237 40 108 2,978 118
Your Daily Goal 1,820 250 61 68 2,500 36
Remaining 210 13 21 -40 -478 -82
Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar
Totals 1,128 104 34 82 1,903 51
Your Daily Goal 1,820 250 61 68 2,500 36
Remaining 692 146 27 -14 597 -15
Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar
Totals 1,642 153 65 106 2,735 20
Your Daily Goal 1,820 250 61 68 2,500 36
Remaining 178 97 -4 -38 -235 16
Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar
Totals 1,850 139 68 76 2,931 86
Your Daily Goal 1,820 250 61 68 2,500 36
Remaining -30 111 -7 -8 -431 -50
Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar
As you can see most days I hit around the 1800 mark, but I'm constantly going over on the sugar, mainly because I drink a lowfat chocolate milk after the gym, is going over on the sugar amount that much bad/negatively affect the weight loss?
Also this is 1800 calories but I don't think its taking into account the fact that I'm working out at all (myfitnesspal) so I don't know if I should actually be getting more???
I would post updated pictures but they don't really look all that different, when I got back from my dad's i was 241 (ate alot of junk food that weekend), and now I'm down to a more normal 234.
Goal is around 210 - 215 just to see what I look like there!!
Any answers would be mucho appreciated
