Started a new routine this week.
Found this on the Starting Strength Wiki, the original is mainly 3x5 for most exercises (plus a couple of warm up sets) and meant more for strength gains. So, I tweaked it to higher reps for endurance/stamina training, since I'm not really looking to put on more mass, rather lean out. Obviously meaning I'm going to be using a smaller percentage of my 1RM per exercise.
Wichita Falls Novice Program
Monday
Squat 2x10 warmup 3x10 working
Bench press/press 2x10 warmup 3x10 working (alternating)
Chin-ups: 3 sets to failure
Wednesday
Squat 2x10 warmup 3x10 working
Press/bench press 2x10 warmup 3x10 working
Deadlift 1x5/Powerclean 5x3 2x10 warmup 1x15 working
Friday
Squat 2x10 warmup 3x10 working
Bench press/press 2x10 warmup 3x10 working
Pull-ups: 3 sets to failure
It doesn't seem like much, and compared to what I used to do, I thought I would breeze through it. Thought wrong, that is killer!
Also added cardio 3x a week, doing HIT on the treadmill, also sucks, but feels like its working.




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