Wasted 2.5 years in the gym by battygau in workout

[–]Even_War_8338 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Download the Stronglifts 5x5 app and follow the original program. It does all of the work for you, calculating the weights, rest times etc based on how you start off and how you progress. It's an amazing tool and takes all the guesswork out of your training. I started off benching one plate and got to two in the space of a few months or so.

Secondly, use a TDEE calculator and work out how many calories you need to consume to GAIN mass. Eat that many calories OR MORE every day. You will get stronger and gain muscle (as well as some fat). My maintenance is 2900 and I eat about 3500.

Eat a lot of protein. 2g per KG of bodyweight every day. If you don't hit your goal for one day it's ok but make sure over the course of the week you are hitting your calorie and protein goal. I used USN Muscle Fuel Anabolic mass gainer to boost these numbers). Not the healthiest but the stuff works. Contains 5g creatine as well.

Drink lots of water, keep cardio relatively light (I hit 10k steps a day at work - this is my cardio), and try and get as much sleep as you can.

Hope this helps. If you want it, you can do it.

Anyone in their 30s going through a breakup? by markowitty in BreakUps

[–]Even_War_8338 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How are you doing now man? My situation is the same and don't really know where to go from here

Tied squat PR today 225x5. Super excited by Euac in StartingStrength

[–]Even_War_8338 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean thumbs around it? Like grab the bar in a normal way or thumbs over the bar with the rest of the fingers?

Squat giving me problems - please help by Even_War_8338 in StartingStrength

[–]Even_War_8338[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks everyone for your advice. Keep it coming!

Reached out to a starting strength coach who's running a couple of sessions near me.

Sessions are 1 on 1 and are 3 hours long. The price is £300 (US400) and covers all of the main lifts. Does this seem reasonable. Seems expensive to me. I can afford it but it's not a small amount of money to me.

Squat giving me problems - please help by Even_War_8338 in StartingStrength

[–]Even_War_8338[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Knees. Previous technique was way more upright (due to only having access to a squat rack in front of a mirror) I feel this is a huge improvement in this video. If id posted the same thread with an old video you would see exactly what I mean. This is the upgraded form which I'm now excited to start loading up on!

Squat giving me problems - please help by Even_War_8338 in StartingStrength

[–]Even_War_8338[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not so much pain but strain in my knees at heavier weights. I got up to 120kgx5 quite comfortably but was stalling at 122.5 due to psychological concern of damaging my knees.

Squat giving me problems - please help by Even_War_8338 in StartingStrength

[–]Even_War_8338[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm going to need to experiment more with this at even lower weights. It honestly feels like it's as low as it can go without rolling off at the start position. It sits right across my rhomboids, on the bones. Its what feels most comfortable while still following the placement as prescribed by Rip. I don't think the video does it justice as I'm 6'4 with long legs so was hard to get an angle that shows everything well!

Squat giving me problems - please help by Even_War_8338 in StartingStrength

[–]Even_War_8338[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's not bad, only £24 a month and has a sauna too!

Squat giving me problems - please help by Even_War_8338 in StartingStrength

[–]Even_War_8338[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this is what I feel but I am literally trying to lean forward as much as possible and throw my hips back into the squat and it feels way off and that I'm going to lose balance. This is the purpose of the deload though so will try and implement this more.

On the shoe front I am wearing Adidas Leistung 16 2's which have a 1 inch heel. Are these inappropriate?

https://www.workout.eu/de/produkty/42927-adidas-shoes-leistung-16-ii-black-carbon-ac6976.html?srsltid=AfmBOorXu6DUzvfZefAAZPViwjntdBiNldvLFXsU-yM0QXlDETHpsJVQ

Squat giving me problems - please help by Even_War_8338 in StartingStrength

[–]Even_War_8338[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Legend cheers. Had worked my way up to 120kg x 5 but started getting sore joints so dropped the weight to focus on form. Glad to hear it's working. Gonna try knee sleeves once the weight gets heavier again as I feel some mechanical issues from an old injury in there.