davidhamilton's Activities

Deadlift on Starting Strength

DirtyD — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:51:41 GMT

I've been doing Starting Strength since October and have made some pretty decent gains on my lower body lifts but am lagging a bit on my upper body.

36 y.o. male
Starting weight: 250
Current Weight: 215

Numbers below are 3 sets of 5, except for dead which I explain below:
Squat: 335
Bench: 220
Press: 145
Dead: 350*

My concern is my deadlift is more of 5 sets of 1 instead of 1 set of 5. My understanding is my deads SHOULD be ahead of my squat, but I don't have the strength to do 5x1. Should I drop the weight on my deads and build that back up? I also don't know that I can continue to recover from squatting heavy 3x/week. I'm typically getting 7-8 hours of sleep per night, but I'm not sure where I should be for calories either as I don't want to get fat again. I got down to a skinny 205, but I feel much stronger at 215. Lots of stuff here... Any advice is appreciated.

What Weight To Use When Starting StrongLifts 5x5

ethan — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:27:54 GMT

I am going to be starting the StrongLifts 5x5 program next week. What is a good recommended starting weight? I see he wants me to start with the 45lb bar..should I really do that?

Weighing meat for P90X

Don — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 20:34:18 GMT

So........I have been working on figuring out weighing my chicken on P90X......Of the seven servings of protein, I am using six in chicken. I weigh it raw to get 6-3 oz servings for 6 days for 7 lbs, after I cook it it only weighs about 4 lbs. so I have calculated that into 2 meals for a total of 11 oz of chicken. Does that sound right to you all?

Can I squat and run for distance?

Dustin — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:59:57 GMT

I want to run a half marathon, but I also want to have some strength. Does squatting play nice with distance running, or am I actually hurting both by trying to do two different things?

SixPackSmackdown

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:48:17 GMT