chrisjs Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Hello everyone! I've been lurking on these forums for many months and finally decided to join and post. I've been vegan for about ten years now but was never really interested in fitness my whole life. Shortly before I was about to get married, I realized I was a tad overweight and decided to start elliptical exercising to lose it. I'm just over 6' and went from 191 lbs on Jan 25 2006 to 174 lbs on Mar 24 2006. I continued to do cardio and got to a low of 163 in Feb 07 but my interest slowly turned into strength. Since maybe late 2006 I just putted around the gym, following friends who really didn't know what they were doing (workouts were filled with too many "back and bi's" isolation days). I started making my own schedule that included squats ("what are those?") but still included a lot of questionable exercises like lateral pull-downs. At the very beginning of August 2007 I started using the madcow variation of Bill Starr's 5x5 workout routine. At that time, I was doing:Squat 130Bench 120Row (upright) 70Press (military) 50Deadlift 120 Nowadays thats:Squat 245Bench 165Row (pendlay) 122.5Press 120Deadlift 270 These are all 3 rep maxes. For reference I'm a 26 year old male and currently around 175 lbs. I'm really happy with my progress but I'm starting to plateau. Bench has always been weak for me and the military presses are coming much slower than before. I've recently switched to Pendlay rows so I'm still working on form there. And I'm starting to regularly fail at my squats (I'll get one or two reps out, then can't get up the next one.) So, while the 5x5 has done wonders, it's time for a change-up. This intro is getting a lot longer than planned so I'm going to cut it short now. But I'm happy to start posting and hope to learn a lot here. -Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaSiren Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Welcome Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Hi Chris, welcome to the forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xveganjoshx Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Welcome! As for the bench and military press, trying switching to dumbells for a bit. I was really stubborn to switch, but I'm so happy I did. Especially for flat bench.There's a lot to learn here, so look around and feel free to ask questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Welcome Chris! Great intro. Awesome to have you here! All the best and enjoy our online community! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessifly Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Hi Chris! Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Welcome to the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Welcome, Chris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeVegan Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Welcome to the forums, Chris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Good Job Chris Keep it up ! Welcome to the form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DV Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Welcome Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lelle Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 welcome aboard great progress! I'm sure you get some hints on the forums to get even stronger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjs Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Thanks for all the replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatman6006 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 hey dude! I guess I should say Welcome to another person from that other forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odidnetne Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hey. I lived up in that area (working and hanging around in Sussex and Morris counties) until about 4 months ago, but welcome to the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flanders77 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Welcome aboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubby2112 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Welcome Chris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveliberate Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Hello & Welcome Chris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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