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Restarted working out as it's summer and have free time- 3 weeks into program and my bench and overhead press are almost back to where they were/improving much more rapidly than last year-is it because I did a lot of dips/push ups during wrestling (in wrestling coach makes us do 5 x 10/ 10x 5 dips or chins [I can't do chins so I do dips] after the workout and between 50-200 push ups in a session (either we wrestle or do push ups for X minutes or alternate between the two). My leg strength is not as strong as it was- last year I could Squat and Deadlift 185lbs (85kg),my Bench was only 120lbs (55kg) and Shoulder Press 88lbs (40kg) after 14 weeks of training; three weeks in this year my Bench is already 110lbs (50kg) and Shoulder Press 77lbs (35kg) but my Squat is only 135lbs (62.5kg) and Deadlift 120lbs (55kg) but i'm adding 5lbs per session for Squats and 10lbs per session Deadlifts (if it's only 1x a week I add 10lbs, if it's 2x a week I add 10lbs the first session and 5 the next). I'm still VERY flabby though (basically my 'progress' pics) and last year although I was much stronger,I was still flabby. I'm eating cleaner this year round and am aiming to lift 100kg/220lbs on Squat and Deadlift though-will it work better this time around?
I'm tired of being in bad shape andat least the past three years i've seen sense and started doing sets of 5/strength programs and moved gyms to one with a Squat Rack.
Just wanted to know what to expect physique-wise after 10 more weeks and eating better than last year (my profile pics-the ones with a later date in 2010 show me at my best-I haven't put up the 2011 ones but they're not much better). The problem with last year is I stopped martial arts training around 8 weeks into the program (no classes) and went on holiday after the program-when I finally got back to martial arts at University, the lack of conditioning in Judo and not wrestling until December meant I lost a lot of strength. Even the year before that my push ups I did in kickboxing were less than my peak (although this is endurance rather than max strength) and I had trouble lifting up the mats in kickboxing and judo. Most importantly, is it much harder to get back leg strength.
I'm tired of being in bad shape andat least the past three years i've seen sense and started doing sets of 5/strength programs and moved gyms to one with a Squat Rack.
Just wanted to know what to expect physique-wise after 10 more weeks and eating better than last year (my profile pics-the ones with a later date in 2010 show me at my best-I haven't put up the 2011 ones but they're not much better). The problem with last year is I stopped martial arts training around 8 weeks into the program (no classes) and went on holiday after the program-when I finally got back to martial arts at University, the lack of conditioning in Judo and not wrestling until December meant I lost a lot of strength. Even the year before that my push ups I did in kickboxing were less than my peak (although this is endurance rather than max strength) and I had trouble lifting up the mats in kickboxing and judo. Most importantly, is it much harder to get back leg strength.
