So last month, after having investigated for months before, I went ahead and ordered a Power Rack, Weight Set, and Weight Bench from Amazon. So it took a few weeks to ship the weight set because at the time, there were major blizzards in the east coast, from where it shipped. Once I got it and built the power rack, I realized that I had to re-arrange my room to fit it, so I did and it actually feels a lot more spacious now haha.
So anyways, the routine that I am following is the StrongLifts 5×5 Beginner Strength Training Program. It consists of two work outs, A and B, which are alternated.
Work out A consists of 5×5 Squat (5 sets, 5 reps, of course), 5×5 Bench Press, 3xF Inverted Rows (3 sets, rep till failure), 3xF Push-Ups, and 3×12 Reverse Crunches.
Work out B consists of 5×5 Squat, 5×5 Overhead Press, 1×5 Deadlift, 3xF Pull-ups/Chin-ups, and 3x30sec Prone Bridges (To think I used to do these for one full minute each lol).
There’s more information on that page, such as the benefit of each and how to do each of them with proper technique, it’s a great reference by the way, though the author (Mehdi) used to be a lot more active in the past years, it seems he has slowed down the activity on the site because he is writing a book of his own for now.
Today I completed the third workout (Workout A). I am doing Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday (At around 6pm). For the first week (First two workouts), I only did the bar (A 7 foot, 45 lb. Olympic Bar I might add haha), cause I’m weak sauce for now. Actually I’m sure I can do some good amount of weight, but I want to do this gradually, as is my technique which I’ve learned from personal experience. I’ve just been trying to be positive that I use proper technique, referring to reference pages and videos as required.
Today I added an extra 10 lbs. It definitely felt a lot more…well, like a workout, haha. By the way, I just recently realized that pull-ups and chin-ups are distinct, pull-ups being a bit more difficult in my opinion, so I am planning on doing more pull-ups :) The next workout scheduled for Saturday.