Day 39

Squat: 45 - 2x5, 135 - 2x5, 230 - 3x5
Bench: 45 - 2x5, 135 - 2x5, 175 - 3x5
Power Clean: 45 - 1x8, 95 - 1x5, 135 - 1x5, 165 - 5x3
Dips: Bodyweight +25 - 2x8

Another great workout. I've shifted the bar a little lower on my back for squats and can definitely tell a difference. It's a lot easier to keep my back upright, I don't feel myself collapsing forward as much as I start to fatigue. The bench was hard, I started at 180 thinking I could get it but after 1 rep I could tell it was too much. I'll get it next workout though. Power clean was better than last time, same weight but I felt like my form was a lot better and my grip wasn't giving out as bad.

Day 18

Squat: 45 - 2x5, 95 - 1x5, 135 - 1x5, 220 - 3x5
Press: 45 - 2x5, 75 - 1x5, 110 - 1x5, 105 - 2x5
Power Clean: 45 - 2x5, 95 - 1x5, 135 - 1x3, 155 - 5x3
Dips: Bodyweight +25 - 8, 8

Squats were extremely heavy, probably going to need to drop back down next workout and build back up. The presses were by far the worst though, didn't think 105 was too bad last workout, but this time I couldn't get up 110 without a bit of a push towards the end, and had to drop down the last 2 sets. For some reason this is just my worst lift, but that just means I've gotta work even harder at it. Power clean was difficult but not too bad, and the same with the dips

Day 13

Workout 6

Squat: 45 - 2x5, 95 - 1x5, 135 - 1x5, 210 - 3x5
Press: 45 - 2x5, 75 - 2x5, 105 - 3x5
Power Clean: 45 - 1x5, 95 - 2x5, 150 - 5x3
Dips: Bodyweight +25 - 8, 8

Felt surprisingly good for this workout. Didn't get a lot of sleep last night and felt it during the day, but once I got into the gym I was able to get in a good zone and put up improvements on all my lifts. The press was extremely hard...this just isn't a lift I'm very good at, which means I really need to work at it. Other than that nothing was particularly hard. 210 went up easier today than 205 the other day, and the power cleans felt great now that I've re-read the chapter out of Starting Strength and have been focusing on my form more strictly. The dips were pretty hard too, but I'm chalking that up to being tired, and tricep/shoulder fatigue from the presses. We'll see how they feel next workout

Day 8

Workout 4

Warm-up: 1000m Row: ~4:45

Squat: 45 - 2x5, 95 - 1x5, 135 - 1x5, 200 - 3x5

Press: 45 - 2x5, 75 - 1x5, 100 - 3x5

Power Clean: 45 - 2x5, 95 - 1x5, 145 - 5x3

Dips: Bodyweight +20 - 2x8

Rowing workout: 20:10, 8 rounds (forgot to check overall distance...somewhere around 720m, average 90m/6 cal per round)

Got a lot of sleep this weekend so I felt really rested in the gym today. All the weights were hard, but everything went up fairly easy. Press was definitely the hardest, need to work on keeping my core tight during this so my back doesn't arch excessively. Felt good for the first 2 sets but as I got fatigued I could feel it arching more than I wanted. Power cleans went great. I've been concentrating on my form more than usual, trying to squat under the weight rather than opening my feet up more (what I used to do). This takes some getting used to but it definitely feels more natural and is easier to move the weight.

I'm going to practice my rowing some more, I feel like I'm working a lot harder than I should be for how hard/fast I'm going. Doing some research on rowing form the next couple days.

Bodyweight: 159 (up 5 pounds since last Monday)

Day 3

Long day today. Perfect timing on the GOMAD, it's really convenient while I'm working because I can just chug a few cups of milk whenever I get a little hungry.

Diet: fairly good, still training myself to eat more food

Sleep: 6 hours

Starting Strength Workout 2

Squat: 45 - 2x5, 95 - 1x5, 135 - 1x5, 190 - 3x5

Press: 45 - 2x5, 95 - 3x5

Power Clean: 45 - 2x5, 95 - 1x3, 135 - 5x3

Dips: Bodyweight +15 - 2x8