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Posted at April 29, 2014, 2:46 pm: Hi, I used to be a regular lurker on this forum a long time back, I had even posted pics and stuff asking for advice [I don't remember about what :/] Anyways I recently joined a gym with one intention - To improving my raw strength However I am kinda light [55kg] so the trainer at my gym said to stick to hindu push ups, pull ups, machine bench press, cable pull downs, rows, machine military press, leg press [the one where there is a smith machine kinda and you lie on your back and push the weight towards the wall] kinda exercises before I move onto bench press squats etc It's been about 4 months since I joined, the first 2 months I was doing the same routine over despite him saying at max it'll go for a month. However The stuff I read in multiple books\sites etc suggest there's no reason to postpone compound exercises if you start out with light weight and have a good spotter around to check your form... Anyways at one point I stopped asking him for advice and got one of my friends to join too and watch over my form etc and now I am lifting 3 days a week with these lifts - Hindu push ups Pull ups Clean and Press Squats Bench press Deadlift 15 mins Gripwork n stomach However I have a few questions regarding the exercises and my growth... So it's been 2 months since I have been doing this, the problem is, I am still not able to do any of these lifts to my own weight, as in in CnP I started out doing 15kg, onto 20kg now doing 25, squats I started with 30kg, now doing 50, Bench press I started at 25kg onto 30 now doing 35, deadlift from 25kg onto 35kg I do 2 sets of 6-8 reps with each of them. Is it normal? I heard most people are able to squat\press more than their own weight, I try to gobble up every remaining scrap of food in my house :P But I think I am coming slowly towards a point where I feel I won't be able to improve further [My bench press is especially horrible, last I increased weights in my lifts my bench press was the worst and decided to use the same weight for another week] I just want to know if this is normal for everyone to go through, or is it I am just not working hard enough....should I go to the gym more days a week? Or simply wait and give it more time before I start lifting my own weight? or change my workout and use different lifts? About the exercises - Shouldn't the deadlift be easier than the squat? yet I am stuck to 35kg on the DL and yet, 50kg on squats :/ For max strength should I use the normal deadlift where I lift the weight while going down, bending my legs, keeping my back straight looking front[doing this...], or should I keep my legs stiff and move my back in a good morning way? [I think they are called Stiff legged deadlifts or sumthin...] For squats should I go full ass to grass or the one I am doing the one where my thighs are a bit below parallel to ground level? That's all the questions I have...for now :P Thanx. Original of the message was taken from http://forum.bodybuilding.com/ Replies:it sounds like you are making normal progress.You said you are eating a lot, but are you gaining any weight? If so, ... Other Topics of Body Building:whats this guys stats?Milk X-Factor plus Leukic or Anator beneficial? Good Bench Press goal? how to cut? 5x5 strength, Ripptoes mass/strength, then? Beginner routin Tyrbolift Knightowl's **Head to Head ** Optimum 100% VS. Dymatize Elite whey review Has anyone ever seen some of the metal militia videos? Fish and Flax Seed Oils Harmful when mixed w/ supplements?? how many forms of the bench press do you do per week? npp My progress so far Should I wrap my knees for squats? Powertec WB-BRS Question What Would U Do To Keep Results??? Toremifine profile Is Spring Break/Cancun/Panama City what it's cracked up to be? Easy ass, etc.? Crunch Time(season coming up) Stimulant-Free NO products food combining Upper back routine using stabilizers Rebound Xt or Rebound Reloaded? Testosterone and DHT Who's from Columbus, OH? Hot-rox capoeira [b] IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE ONE MARTIAL ART???[/b] lower back Q regarding belt Need help from Big Eaters! Friend is on a diet.... not growing David Robson - Posing To Perfection: All About Perfect Onstage Presentation. 4 weeks out cardio? first comp pic Day Nine mixed pairs division? Diet help for begginer Cytoplex vs Nlarge II Guess my BF% -pics- Slimmers Journal vegetarianism good or bad? what do you think of gatorade during workout while cutting? Clients calling and cancelling? whats up with it?? clean bulk diet w/ injury (5 more weeks!!!..hopefully) |