Hey all,
Gonna start my first training log; this one's def. a noob log, I'm not real experienced but I'm coming off ACL surgery and had posted a log in the supplement section asking for some help in that area.
After careful review and a lot of considerate replies from other members, I believe that although supps are important my problems are much more basic than throwing a supp at them. This log is going to be a continuation of that thread and may go on for a long time. I gotta lot to learn, a long way to go and a lot of fat to lose!
As of today, this is a recap of progress:
Started: (2/26)
Weight: 192 lb (I'm 5' 11')
BF: 15%
BF to lose: at least 13.5 lb (trying to get to 8%, seems like a good #)
Started with no muscle tone, couldn't get any pump in my upper body muscles and couldn't even lift 135 for flat bench. <--wned2:
Now: (3/31)
Weight: 198 lb
BF: 15.5%
BF to lose: 15 lb
Guess I could be upset about the fat gain, but really it's just the first month and I don't have my diet dialed yet. I'm gonna need advice on this matter and I know it.
However, I have had solid gains in muscle and lifting capacity and more importantly mind-muscle connection improvement. Bench is back to at least 135, I haven't been doing 1RM's yet just building a base. I was able to squat 95 lb, which is only 9 weeks after surgery and felt awesome but gonna have to be careful for a while. Hurt my back on Sunday (3/29), but before that I did seated cable rows at 140 lb.
All of these lifts have been done to at least 8 or 10 reps, trying also to build endurance and to wake the damn muscles up out of their slumber.
That's it for now, sorry for the long post and they won't be this long again. Just had to set a benchmark and will start to get more scientific after this. As with any of my posts, I'm open to any input from anybody who wants to help and I appreciate it very much.
Gonna start my first training log; this one's def. a noob log, I'm not real experienced but I'm coming off ACL surgery and had posted a log in the supplement section asking for some help in that area.
After careful review and a lot of considerate replies from other members, I believe that although supps are important my problems are much more basic than throwing a supp at them. This log is going to be a continuation of that thread and may go on for a long time. I gotta lot to learn, a long way to go and a lot of fat to lose!
As of today, this is a recap of progress:
Started: (2/26)
Weight: 192 lb (I'm 5' 11')
BF: 15%
BF to lose: at least 13.5 lb (trying to get to 8%, seems like a good #)
Started with no muscle tone, couldn't get any pump in my upper body muscles and couldn't even lift 135 for flat bench. <--wned2:
Now: (3/31)
Weight: 198 lb
BF: 15.5%
BF to lose: 15 lb
Guess I could be upset about the fat gain, but really it's just the first month and I don't have my diet dialed yet. I'm gonna need advice on this matter and I know it.
However, I have had solid gains in muscle and lifting capacity and more importantly mind-muscle connection improvement. Bench is back to at least 135, I haven't been doing 1RM's yet just building a base. I was able to squat 95 lb, which is only 9 weeks after surgery and felt awesome but gonna have to be careful for a while. Hurt my back on Sunday (3/29), but before that I did seated cable rows at 140 lb.
All of these lifts have been done to at least 8 or 10 reps, trying also to build endurance and to wake the damn muscles up out of their slumber.
That's it for now, sorry for the long post and they won't be this long again. Just had to set a benchmark and will start to get more scientific after this. As with any of my posts, I'm open to any input from anybody who wants to help and I appreciate it very much.