weight training!!!

charlotterobson198
charlotterobson198 Posts: 6
edited February 1 in Health and Weight Loss
hey guys i have just began some weight training any tips/hints such as what to eat etc xxx

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  • HappyStack
    HappyStack Posts: 802 Member
    Something with protein, carbs and fats.

    If you're new, you don't need to "optimise" anything, just eat healthily and eat for energy.

    Personally I like heavy compound lifts 3x a week, working the full body (similar to the Starting Strength program). I think for the ultimate newbies, and this is just my opinion, that a program like that is best. Mostly because of the "newbie gains" phenomenon... but do whatever you feel most comfortable with, and do it consistently.
  • jmayerovitch
    jmayerovitch Posts: 71 Member
    Starting Strength is awesome. I did it for about six months and got my Bench + Squat + Deadlift total from a starting point of around 400 lbs to around 600 lbs before I switched to 5/3/1.
  • HappyStack
    HappyStack Posts: 802 Member
    Starting Strength is awesome. I did it for about six months and got my Bench + Squat + Deadlift total from a starting point of around 400 lbs to around 600 lbs before I switched to 5/3/1.

    Have you seen a decent increase in your lifts since switching to 5/3/1?

    I've been doing SS since just before December, and I keep progressing on 3x5. The only difference is I've gone from deadlifting 2x a week to a variation of the PPNP with BB rows and hang cleans instead of power cleans, because my home gym is too small to power clean in.

    My progression is slower than I imagine it would be if I could power clean, but I'm not worried.
  • jmayerovitch
    jmayerovitch Posts: 71 Member
    I haven't done 5/3/1 as continuously/strictly as a did Starting Strength, mainly because that coincided with the same time I started doing Crossfit (which I also really enjoy, but is better for Olympic Lifting rather than Powerlifting). However, my powerlifting total is now up to 620 (140 bench, 175 squat, and 305 deadlift). The thing I did prefer about Starting Strength is how much squatting there was, which I think might be part of the reason my squat really hasn't progressed.
  • EricJonrosh
    EricJonrosh Posts: 823 Member
    Tip #1: I want that puppy!!!!
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