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It has been 20 years since I lifted free weights. Back in April of 2020 I had enough. I was almost 300lbs of pure fat slob. At 5 ft 8 I looked like a weeble people. Anyways fast forward almost a year. I was told I would never lift free weights again, much less walk without a limp for the rest of my life after an bad accident when I was 25. I foolishly believed that. It ruined my self esteem. It was a long road to ruin and even longer road back.
Anyways these are my first free weight lifts in 20 years. I am down to 225lbs and I put on a good 15 lbs of muscle at least in that time frame all on Bowflex. (Hey it got me started)
Bench 225 for 6 reps(could have done more but ya know not gonna push myself too much first day back)
Dead lifts I maxed 315lbs for 1 rep. I could have gotten 2 maybe 3 reps and 245lbs for 7 reps.
Squats I did 245 for 6 reps and I am talking ass to ankles none of those pussy squats.
Again I could have pushed and done more but I want to be able to walk the next day.
I know they are nothing special but I will take what I can get at soon to be 44 years of age, coming back after 20 years.
I hope to make massive gains over the next year. My personal max on all three main lifts are
Bench 355lbs x1
Deadlift 505lbs x1
Squat 515lbs x1
I weighed 185 to 205 lbs. during that time.
I plan on starting a training/progress thread after I get another month to 2 months under my belt to get in a rhythm and work out my program.
Any advice is welcome
Anyways these are my first free weight lifts in 20 years. I am down to 225lbs and I put on a good 15 lbs of muscle at least in that time frame all on Bowflex. (Hey it got me started)
Bench 225 for 6 reps(could have done more but ya know not gonna push myself too much first day back)
Dead lifts I maxed 315lbs for 1 rep. I could have gotten 2 maybe 3 reps and 245lbs for 7 reps.
Squats I did 245 for 6 reps and I am talking ass to ankles none of those pussy squats.
Again I could have pushed and done more but I want to be able to walk the next day.
I know they are nothing special but I will take what I can get at soon to be 44 years of age, coming back after 20 years.
I hope to make massive gains over the next year. My personal max on all three main lifts are
Bench 355lbs x1
Deadlift 505lbs x1
Squat 515lbs x1
I weighed 185 to 205 lbs. during that time.
I plan on starting a training/progress thread after I get another month to 2 months under my belt to get in a rhythm and work out my program.
Any advice is welcome