So I'm just gonna go ahead and be that guy that posts in a semi-dead thread and see if it starts anything back up. Been along time since I posted in TB, let alone this thread.... I don't think I've posted here since rep 1!
Just some back ground, I'm 20, 6'0", 245. I don't know what my BF% is. Higher than what it should be either way. Just over a year ago I partially tore my MCL playing college football, so between that, and transitioning right from football into throwing season for track, a lot of my lifts were put on hold; even my upper body (although I attribute that mostly to just being lazy.) Summer rolled around and living in a home town of 800 people, finding a lifting partner was quite difficult. So even tho I was healthy, a lot of my summer lifts I couldn't push myself that hard in due to a lack of a spotter and coming off of injury.
Now I'm a college sophomore, no longer doing football (decided to focus on the throwing) and I've never felt better going and lifting. Numbers were very low to start with, but quickly got back to old form. Just kinda had to remind them what they could do, so to speak. My form in all my lifts has also been better than ever.
Getting into the numbers parts, here's what I'm at as of late. These aren't official max outs, just the heaviest that I've done in recent memory (two weeks):
Squat: 395x5
Bench: 285x5
Power Clean: 205x4 <-- this one's lower than what it should be. Recently transitioned from hang cleans to power cleans and still getting used to it.
Deadlift (clean grip): 365x6
Incline Bench: 205x4 (least favorite lift....)
Those are the big(ger) ones that people tent to look at. I'm not for sure what those come out to for 1RM's and I'm not gonna look into it for now. 10 different charts could give you 10 different answers. All the lifts are in lower reps mainly because we're just in that section of the cycle. My schedule provided by my strength and conditioning coach is 3 days a week - T/Th/Sat and then throwing on M/W, and as much as I hate it, I try to do some form of cardio every day.
I'll be the first to admit that my diet is terrible. I don't track protein or fat or cholesterol or any of that other stuff, just keep it simple and try to have a good estimate on calories taken in. I'm only a sophomore so a lot of my options are limited by what the dining hall offers me. I don't smoke, and I hardly drink. I also take couple supplements to help in recovery, growth, and over all health - Creatine Monohydrate, a form of Whey Protein for post workout, and they Multi-Vitamins, Fish Oil, and Glucosamine for my pills. Considering throwing in some BCAA's as well.
Hopefully that wasn't too long and boring for those that read it! Lifting is amazing; that's about the simplest way to put it.
