Thread: AlphaSaiyan's journey to strength

Sup everyone, I'm a 15 year old guy living in the United States and a long time lurker. I educated myself first and decided to make an account, and I'm ready to start training. I'll be bulking up on the Starting Strength program. Besides lifting I'll be doing parkour and martial arts, my two favorite things to do. My first lifting day's tommorow, wish me luck.

In on this, best of luck brah

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Thanks for the comments everyone, and kinda ironic my journals rated 5 stars and this is the first entry.

Squat 185 3x5
Bench press 115 3x5
Deadlift 215 x5
Pull up 3x5

Not too bad considering the last time I stepped inside a weight room was middle school when the bar was a challenge. While the weight wasn't bad, I need to focus on going deeper on squats.

Squat 185 3x5
Military press 90 3x5
Power clean 135 5x3
Dip 3x5

I noticed a few things. One, two days wasn't enough recovery time and I was sore coming into it. Two, I need to squat deeper. Hopefully after Friday I'll stop getting sore and I'll be below parralell.

Originally Posted by ArnoldS1995

What really made me realize what my problem was with squatting, was that I felt that I was reaching parallel when I really wasn't. It wasn't until one day where I decided to video my max that I realized I was way off.
I used to have flexibility issues on squats, where I couldn't go to parallel or else I would feel really uncomfortable.
But what changed it all was a little stretching here and there on off days, and doing body weight squats below parallel when legs aren't sore, or maybe as a warm up.
Hope I helped.

Thanks man, your a big help. Im going to record my squats untill they're below paralell, and I'll stretch every day.

Squat 185 3x5
Bench press 115 3x5
Deadlift 215 x5

Pretty sore coming into this workout, hopefully with this 3 day break I'll have enough recovery time. I did break parallel on squats however. Technique is good enough that I'll be able to move the weight up next time, also up to 175 pounds.

I'm thinking I should lower the weight alot and focus on technique so I don't stall early.

Squat 170 3x5
Military press 90 3x5
Power clean 135 5x3
Dip 3x5

Pretty out of it right now, I felt like I was dissconnected to my body. I should be able to do more weight anyways I guess.

Legs were sore from pulling an all nighter and eating nothing, just did bench press 115 3x5

Squat 170 3x5
Military press 95 3x5
Power clean 135 5x3
Dips 3x5

Finally got the power clean technique down, so I'll add 5 pounds next time. Adding weight on squat too, but not military press. Dips, I'll start doing weighted. Or maybe wait untill Friday.

Squat 175 3x5
Bench press 120 3x5
Deadlift 215 x5
Pull ups 3x5

in on this. what type of MA are you training in?

Originally Posted by ArnoldS1995

Until when you planning to stop SS?

I'll probally stop it when I can't make fast gains anymore, then move on to an intermediate strength routine. I'd say SS is going pretty well so far

Originally Posted by Kenjisama

in on this. what type of MA are you training in?

I got my black belt in TKD as a kid, now I train in Muay Thai and Brazilian jiu jitsu, but not as consistantly as I'd like. I also do some boxing/wrestling and krav maga.

Squat 175 3x5
Military press 95 3x5
Power clean 140 5x3
Dips 3x5

Pretty good workout, felt good. I'll move up on squats and military presses next time but power cleans were hella hard.

Damn, I've missed two workouts! Starting monday, I'm going to start cracking down hard on my training intensity and make sure that I get 4,000 calories with enough protein.

Squat 180 3x5
Bench press 125 3x5
Deadlift 215 x5
Pull up 3x5

Squat 185 3x5
Military press 105 3x5
Power clean 140 5x3
Dips 3x5

Back to 185, but instead of quarter squats I'm well below parallel.

Squat 185 3x5
Bench press 130 3x5
Deadlift 215 x5
Pull up 3x5

Great workout, ready to move up squats again. But three times a day is killing me.

My shipment from bodybuilding.com came in (custom pre-workout blend) and I took it before school to test it out. I never thought a supplement would give me too much energy but oh my god... I can't keep still, even five hours after taking it. It's like I did four lines of coke this is insane. My workout tomorrow is gonna be epic.

Forgot I was keeping a log!

Squat 190 3x5
Military press 105 3x5
Power clean 140 5x3
Dip 3x5

I was able to get all my reps in, but **** felt very heavy.

Squat 190 3x5
Bench press 130 3x5
Deadlift 225 x5
Pull ups 3x5

im gonna move up on squats and stay the same on deads but deload the rest

Squat 195 3x5
Military press 100 3x5
Power clean 135 5x3
Dip 3x5

I had to lower the weight on military press and power clean as I was stalling. Squats went well but I'm unsure as to whether or not to raise the weight next time. A couple questions-

1. How can I recover faster? Squatting three days a week is killing my legs and also my muscles don't seem to be able to recover.

2. When do I complete SS? I've already stalled on some lifts.

Originally Posted by ArnoldS1995

1. I'm squatting 2x a week now, The soreness seems to kill a lot of time. Somethings I do to at least try to make a difference is stretch on off days. Make sure your getting your protein in, and then sometimes I take a brisk walk to ease the pain. Other than that, unless you got a little "help" there's nothing much you can do about it.

2. Like you said up to you. If you're stalling I think the nooby gains are over and it's time to kick some ass, don't you think so?

Allright, thanks man. What would you reccommend as a new routine? I've heard about the texas method?

Just an update to share something. When I started lifting my target was 190 at 6'1, which I just reached. Unfortunately I don't look nearly as good as I thought I would at 190, but I'm looking pretty solid. This is probably due to my body fat changing from 10% to 13-14%, which sucks but hey it's just part of bulking so it's fine. I'm going to continue bulking until the point I can get down to 190 shredded. I'm also pretty weak for my weight, but that's mostly due to my age and lack of training experience. Soon I'm stopping starting strength as I've already stalled and I'm likely going to run the Texas method to get stronger.

Everyone, thanks a lot for your support so far