Do you guys remember your first week in the gym and can you remember how weak/strong you were. We're always chasing that extra rep and that extra weight when we're training now and often forget how strong we are compared to what we were before we took up this lifestyle.
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WarbyD
Cant Squat Kunce
Yup.. At 18 when I first walked into the gym at Sunrise Dam Gold Mine I distinctly remember struggling to do OHP with 8kg dumbbells and bench press with a grand total of 30kg. I often reflect on that when I'm getting pissed with a shit session
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I have plenty of weak memories. I know in high school I was curling dumbells that must have been 3.5kg or something. At basic training I couldn't do a single pullup (though I'm not much better than this now but working on it). I also have in my log when I was squatting 20kg and had to lift the bar over my head to do it because I had no rack.
Keeping a log is the best bit though, it shows where I started and where I got to after consistent training, motivating me to get back there.
Keeping a log is the best bit though, it shows where I started and where I got to after consistent training, motivating me to get back there.
Breadcooker
New member
Can't remember my first bench session exactly, but I know 60kg was too much.
I might have got about 50kg out maximum, probably only 40kg and that would not have even been 3 sets of 8.
I think I was about 19 at the time.
I could not dead 60 for a set and squatting was just as poor...probably about 40 - 50 kg for all lifts.
I might have got about 50kg out maximum, probably only 40kg and that would not have even been 3 sets of 8.
I think I was about 19 at the time.
I could not dead 60 for a set and squatting was just as poor...probably about 40 - 50 kg for all lifts.
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<ULTRA-MEGA>
F.U.B.A.R.
i can't even bench 60kg nowadays due to triceps tendonitis and a fucked left shoulder.
i've had to go all the way back to the start on every exercise, re-learn proper form and start the long road all over again. i guess sometimes thats a good thing.
did 3 sets of 50kg for 16-17 reps today on bench press. i will be keeping my reps higher and moving up in smaller increments. my goal is 3 sets of 20 reps with 60kg and near perfect form.
reading the book "beyond brawn" has changed my approach and outlook on training.
i've had to go all the way back to the start on every exercise, re-learn proper form and start the long road all over again. i guess sometimes thats a good thing.
did 3 sets of 50kg for 16-17 reps today on bench press. i will be keeping my reps higher and moving up in smaller increments. my goal is 3 sets of 20 reps with 60kg and near perfect form.
reading the book "beyond brawn" has changed my approach and outlook on training.
S
Sydneysider Scott
Guest
I trained on and off (more off than on) from my teens into my late 20s. Did nothing but a bit of cardio here and there until January 2013. When I started lifting in January I couldn't do a single wide grip pull up and I steered clear of the squat rack completely. Last time I tried pull ups I managed to push 9 reps out and last week I did squats at 145kg for 5 reps. Pretty happy with that progress but always aiming higher.