Saturday, July 14, 2012

Learning As I Go

Recently, I posted my A-B-A split workout routine.  I'm going to go with a more traditional approach I've learned about, Starting Strength.  Starting Strength is a minimalistic approach to basic barbell training and centers around four main lifts.  Starting tomorrow, I'm hitting the gym and going with the following weekly set:

Practical Programming Novice Program:

Monday
3x5 Squat
3x5 Bench press / Press (Alternating)
Chin-ups: 3 sets to failure or add weight if completing more than 15 reps

Wednesday
3x5 Squat
3x5 Press / Bench Press (Alternating)
1x5 Deadlift

Friday
3x5 Squat
3x5 Bench Press / Press (Alternating)
Pull-ups: 3 sets to failure or add weight if completing more than 15 reps

(Taken from the Starting Strength wikia.)


As it stands, I can't even do one Chin-Up or Pull-Up.  The page says to stay away from assisted pull-ups and chin-ups, but I'm going to go with them anyway.  Perhaps on Monday, with my Weigh-In, I'll start including where I'm at with lifts.  Or maybe they'll be so pathetic I can't bare to put them on here.  We shall see.

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