merlin6014
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Been training for 5 months now. However only started Rippetoes SS program 2 weeks ago. Been seeing decent strength gains (though coming off a very weak base).
Squat went from 30kg to 60kg at present
Bench went from 40kg to 60kg at present
Military Press went from 20kg to 40kg at present
BB Rows went from 45kg to 60kg at present
Deadlift went from 40kg to 100kg at present
Chins went from zero to now can do 2 sets of 8.
Dips went from zero to now can do 2 sets of 8.
All of these numbers are still increasing each session though I am really struggling getting above 60kg with squat which from what I read is very weak compared to my other numbers.
Now on to my pregnancy...I started at a bodyweight 65kg (yes tiny) and 22% body fat gone to 73kg and 19% body fat since starting weights. I am only 5"7' and 31 year old male. If you saw me in the street you would describe me as "skinny short dude".
My problem is (when I take my shirt off) I literally look about 5 months pregnant - just have this huge mass of fat around my waist (aka spare tyre) however I can suck it in and look great! But if you saw me in any form of clothing I look like a little skinny dude and people will not believe me when I tell them I am obese! I have seen decent muscle increases in my chest, arms, neck ect since starting training but my belly just grows.
My goal is to weigh 80kg with 15% body fat or less and a 34 inch or less waist (currently 37 inch waist!) - and obviously have big muscles too...dar.
I am just very confused with my diet at the moment. If you read the Rippetoe stuff and listen to the internets I should be eating say 5000 calories a day. But with my belly is this wise? Could not the workouts themselves simply be powered by my pregnancy?
A typical day looks like 5 weetbix for breakfast, 40g of WPI shake for morning tea, 2 wholemeal salami sandwiches for lunch, 40g WPI milk shake afternoon tea, steak and veggies for dinner.
What say you?
Squat went from 30kg to 60kg at present
Bench went from 40kg to 60kg at present
Military Press went from 20kg to 40kg at present
BB Rows went from 45kg to 60kg at present
Deadlift went from 40kg to 100kg at present
Chins went from zero to now can do 2 sets of 8.
Dips went from zero to now can do 2 sets of 8.
All of these numbers are still increasing each session though I am really struggling getting above 60kg with squat which from what I read is very weak compared to my other numbers.
Now on to my pregnancy...I started at a bodyweight 65kg (yes tiny) and 22% body fat gone to 73kg and 19% body fat since starting weights. I am only 5"7' and 31 year old male. If you saw me in the street you would describe me as "skinny short dude".
My problem is (when I take my shirt off) I literally look about 5 months pregnant - just have this huge mass of fat around my waist (aka spare tyre) however I can suck it in and look great! But if you saw me in any form of clothing I look like a little skinny dude and people will not believe me when I tell them I am obese! I have seen decent muscle increases in my chest, arms, neck ect since starting training but my belly just grows.
My goal is to weigh 80kg with 15% body fat or less and a 34 inch or less waist (currently 37 inch waist!) - and obviously have big muscles too...dar.
I am just very confused with my diet at the moment. If you read the Rippetoe stuff and listen to the internets I should be eating say 5000 calories a day. But with my belly is this wise? Could not the workouts themselves simply be powered by my pregnancy?
A typical day looks like 5 weetbix for breakfast, 40g of WPI shake for morning tea, 2 wholemeal salami sandwiches for lunch, 40g WPI milk shake afternoon tea, steak and veggies for dinner.
What say you?