How did you start out?

weak and afraid

>>39177998
Advanced mode cause my gennys are god level

70 pound squat

>>39177998
Weak and driven

>>39177998
I've been browsing /fit/ for 6 years and I still haven't started out.

as a fetus

an accident

>brosplit
>smith machine quarter rep squat
>55lbs bench

>>39177998
I started out from literal nothing, like empty bar as a work set nothing. I was a real skinny dude.

Now I'm slightly below average.

Progress!

65lbs bench, couldn't squat my own body weight without falling over. I hit the ground running, and I can't imagine ever stopping

>>39178047
Remember bros, this is 90% of the people giving you advice on here.

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>>39177998
Pair of dumbells my moms psycho ex bf gave me. Started with dumbells curls and lateral raises. Had the biggest arms of any 14 y/o in high school.

startingfag here

running on elipticals and doing pushups and situps is miserable but I'm going for it every day with one break day a week. Still haven't figured out a good diet plan yet.

>>39178343
dude use free weights
never machines

>>39178359
Any recommendations? I don't have many good places to run outside since I live next to a dirt road and it's muddy as shit 80% of the time.

First time I benched I did 250 for 10.

Now I'm old, retired and do 250 for 10 again

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Started out by adding weights to bodyweight stuff by putting heavy things in backpacks. Eventually started buying cheap plates whenever they were on sale. Mostly did weighted pull-ups, push-ups & dips. My strength kept increasing so I finally decided to buy some damn books and a barbell and do something balanced.

The first year was a continuous process of adding/subtracting various lifts to see what worked with my frame and what didn't. Experimentation is fun but the routine I stuck with was all fundamental compound lifts anyway. Took a few years but I have squat stands, two benches, three barbells, two dumbbells and about 500 pounds in Oly plates. Home gym master race

>>39178371
Read the fucking sticky.

>>39178460
I was asking about free weights you mongoloid.

>>39177998
at the ripe young age of 13 doing 35 lb bench press with a fixed bar.

>>39178467
Again , read the sticky you retard, dumb, weak and stubborn is one hell of a combo.

>>39177998
>>39177998
5ft8 @ 95lbs
Now im 5ft8 and 125lbs with a 245lbs dead & 115lb bench

I have 5 inch wrists and a girly body, even when making progress i'm still a failure in my own eyes

>>39178562
>96lbs
>progress
Jesus Christ, for most people it's a dumb meme, but you have to GOMAD immediately.

6 years old
6'4
235@8%bf
2/3/4/5

If you didn't start at this just don't bother lifting

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>>39178047

What the fuck? What the fuck are you doing here? Get out

Earliest video of myself squatting that I found showed 1pl8 squat for reps. But I'm certain I was much weaker. Probably a 25 pound plate each side

>>39178562
That's pretty good for a girl desu. You're not a failure, you've made it.

5'9" 135lb skelleton

>>39177998
>13
>finally old enough to work out
>captain of my dad's boat/ 'uncle' Hakan is gonna take me to his gym
>ripped ass manlet still hella muscular from his navy days
>takes me to sketchy Turkish hole in the wall gym
>shows me how to do an appropriate full body machine circuit
>wasted 5 years doing that bullshit till I found SS on /fit/
>2 years SS on and off (had to stop for 8 months due to labrum tear surgery, really fucked my shit up)
>been back in SS for 3 months and I'm currently in the best shape of my life (although my bench is a measley .5 pl8 for 10 reps. I don't know if I'll ever be able to go past 3/4pl8 without sharp pain in my shoulder again :( )

>>39178467
> free weights
> not in the sticky
Lmao. SS+gomads

>>39177998
I went on a [spoiler]gay trap image board[/spoiler] and got jealous because of how fat I am so I wanted to do cardio. I was afraid of doing so though until one day, a friend in highschool walked up to me and said "you're skipping your next class, meet me in the weightroom"and then he made me run on the tread.

>>39178631
I'm a guy though

>>39178678
Don't worry, you can be my GF regardless.

>>39177998
>>39177998
Pretty much like this.
Now I can lift two marshmallows

>>39177998
I start Monday.
>24, 5'10'' 138lb insecure /v/irgin
Its definitely easy to get laid if your super /fit/ right? If I do all this work and everything is just the same that is going to be absolutely crushing. I swear I'm not a huge sperg with a speech impediment or anything, and people generally like me. I'm just super naive about romance and generally lack confidence.

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>>39179146
>Its definitely easy to get laid if your super /fit/ right?
hahaha
i remember when i was like you.
young, naive, full of dreams

>>39179146
No, if you pull in amazing work for three years you start getting undesirable, nasty, looks aside just shitty people, bottom tier fatties hitting on your, but besides that it's business as usual.

>>39177998
10lbs OHP
40lbs Bench
25lbs Squat
2pl8 Diddy

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>>39178635
That's not a skellington
6' 115lb is a skellington
Also 14lb dumbbells for curls and flys
35lb barbell for The Bench Press™
Could do maybe 2 pull ups and less than 10 push ups
Could run a mile below 8 minutes though

>>39178618
Kek

>>39179198
5'9, 113 lbs skeleton.

Still not even close to fully recovering from it.

>>39179231
Didn't mean to quote, fuck.

>>39179162
>young
I feel like I am rapidly running out of time and it is really scary.
>>39179179
Then why would anyone give a shit about lifting unless they are super fat or something? Why should I care about getting big?

I had problems benching the bar, last week i benched a whole pl8 for reps, that isn't much for most /fit/izen, but it was a huge milestone to me

>>39179256
We were scrawny or fat and hated ourselves.
So we started lifting.
Now we're /fit/ and hate ourselves.

>>39177998
Way too heavy on ohp and rows. Average for a beginner on everything else.

>>39179256
Pussy isn't the center of the world, looking thick and juicy makes you feel like a man and lifting is a really fun hobby.

You're 24, you should be getting out of your internship and into a nice cushy but upwardly mobile job by now, stop thinking like a 14 year old teenage comedy horndog nerd stereotype.

>>39179267
Progress is progress, just don't slack off and keep progress steady my dude

22, 5'7 170lb and maybe 30% body fat
Dropped 30lb and went to 5'8" somehow

>>39179295
>you should be getting out of your internship and into a nice cushy but upwardly mobile job by now, stop thinking like a 14 year old teenage comedy horndog nerd stereotype.

>talks about "nerd stereotype" when he is talking about his "hurr durr muh engineering internship now, 100k a year job starting" meme

>>39179299
Thanks now that i have lifted a pl8 i can stop thinking about 2pl8s, it actually seems plausable now

>>39179320
Maybe not engineering, but even if you went to something stupid and shitty like marketing or whatever, you should still be getting that check. Are you a NEET virgin, anon?

by reading the sticky

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>>39177998

>>39179368
that projection god damn

>>39177998
When I first started lifting I was in high school and thought once my arms where big enough girls would finally like me. I kept lifting more and more. I thought they just didnt like me because my arms werent big enough. So i lifted harder. I started wearing tanktops to school and staring at my crush hoping she will know that i like her and will approach me after class. She never did.
It got to a point where i would do some curls before school every day hoping that my pump will last till 3rd period and she would notice and approach me. It didnt work. So i lifted harder before school hoping the pump would be bigger and longer so that she could finally approach me. She never approached me. I never approached her.

Im glad everything is over now and im in a better mental state.

Also after writing all this out i just read a couple replies and realized the thread is about weight. I think i was doing about 115 or so on bench when i was going through this crazy period.

>>39179368
>>39179320
That guy wasn't me, but for real dude? Your going to feed me this typical life path normie bullshit? First off If I followed this stereotypical white picket fence crap I would have already gotten laid awhile ago. Second, I'm coming here trying to improve my life, and you're telling me to just not worry about it, because other aspects of my life totally compensate for my shortcomings. What If I don't want to compensate? What if I don't want to compromise? What if I want to be just as good as everyone else? I want to win! I don't want to accept. Why should I pretend being some 30+ virgin is OK? You know it's not healthy and so does everyone else. Nobody thinks this shit is ok, they think it's fucked up. They laugh at it. They think it's pathetic and sad. I don't want to be pathetic and sad, and I don't want to feel pathetic and sad anymore, so I'm trying to figure out wtf I need to do about it and do it. Why is this wrong? Why am I being shot down? When have you ever met some deep web wizard who was just ok with it?

6'2" 124lbs skellington in January
Started doing pushups, planks and lifting 100lb on a cheap barbell at home, and doing DB curls with 5lb weights
Now 165lbs

>>39179231
We're all gonna make it brah

>>39177998
3 weeks ago and I'm already starting to give up, I see no progress whatsoever aside from lifting more.

>>39177998
with the bar

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>>39177998
>>39177998

Military really only requires you to run fast, shoot good, do pulls up and do sit ups. Really not much need for an excellent physique.

Well, then I realized how shitty life was in the Military and depression started to kick in and my buddy saw that and started dragging me to the gym, even though I constantly told him I didn't know how to lift weights and I didn't want to look stupid. I couldn't even press the bar on bench without it being super unstable...

I by no means have Made It, but I've grown tremendously from when I started.

>>39178648
Pics? 5 plate bench I need to see what a man look like with that

>>39179853
he said .5, not 5

Lost about 40 pounds with the help of my mom in like 2012, but slowly gained it all back over time and we all just quit working. But I don't consider that my start.

My actual start was last year in December. Wanted to start in time to not be a total NYRfag. Was doing SL 5x5 3 times a week, but I was a fucking idiot and only did the A workout routine and never the B routine. Then I fell out of the gym life for a few months due to getting caught up in moving and some other shit. Going to get my membership back tomorrow if someone's there working the desk. Need to get in better shape (put on 15 pounds) to fit into my tux for a wedding I'm gonna be in. The place I moved to is like 5 minutes from my gym, vs my old place being nearly 30 minutes away. Feelsgoodman.

/blog

>>39177998
>middle school PE
>NFL combine style bench press contest
>lmao 1 bar (45lbs)
>couldn't even do it once
>tfw chad benched the bar like 20 times

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>>39177998
fat, optimistic, hopeful.
People would deny the machines from me.
Laugh when I'd fail my reps on bench and squats.
But now 40lbs gone, and at 15% bodyfat.
I can say it was worth it.
My gym buddies are gone.
It's just me left.
But the dream lives on.

started lifting at 15 when i was skinnyfat and 4 inches shorter.
Back then i remember i benched the bar for 3x10, often couldnt even do the 10 reps. I was weak, my face was round and i was a yawlet.
Been lifting quite consistently now for 7 years. In that time ive grown to 6'1, got braces and am no longer yawlet. I used to weigh 75kg when i was 15 and all fat. now i hower around 80kg and keep the bf really low. now i can bench 2pl8 for 5.
Am happy with my results. When i see people i knew back when i was a fat manlet kid they are absolutely amazed at what i look like now.
The fatness related self esteem issues are still there. I sometimes dont get that a woman is attracted to me despite obvious signs because of that.

Started out unable to squat full ROM because I was so inflexible. Took 2 months until I could do 95lbs. That was about 1 year and I'm at 3x6 for 265 and I hope to get up to 3 pl8 for 5 by summer.

Started with benching 10kg DBs.

>>39179191
what

>>39178371
> implying the sticky has a list of parks near anon

>>39178460
>>39181873

Replied to wrong person>>39

>>39181663
Brah. Recently bought a 20kg bumbell set.

> mfw can barely curl 8kg for reps

i started at 90lbs at 5'8, i couldn't deadlift the bar

now at 160lbs at 5'8 and at 1/2/3/4

>>39177998
60lb ohp
60lb bench
60lb squat
100lb deadlift

those were my 1 rep maxes when I first started. ~130lbs 6'0 at the time.

>>39181909
>i couldn't deadlift the bar
not possible

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>>39177998
>In for 1 month now
>Can finally do parallel bar dips
>Hit 80 kg DL on friday
Small steps for /fit/ but big steps for anon. Can't wait to do proper pull ups and squat my bodyweight through

Started with the bar on everything about 2 months ago, I remember when I skipped bench for the first few sessions because I tried benching the bar and got stuck under it, never wanted to bench again until I finally decided to just do it. Magically was able to bench the bar with ease, then just upped the weight from there on. Now at a little over .5pl8 which is poverty as fuck but it's still progress, aiming for 1pl8 by the end of the year and hopefully a 2pl8 squat and 2.5pl8 dead. Also couldn't do a single pushup/pullup when I started, now I can do like 15 pushups in a row and 8 strict neutral grip pullups, maybe a bit more if i'm fresh, just keep at it lads, we're all gonna make it.

>>39181969

Good job senpai I remember those feels

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>>39183490
accurate as heck, always felt like my arms were gonna rip off my torso when I deadlifted for the first time

>>39183460
just started this week and am at the 0 dips 0 chins point. pretty embarrassing as I could do like 15 no problem when I rowed in HS.

>>39178047
2 heres for me desu
im really thinking about it though
i like your memes here

>>39178371
Don't do cardio, if you want to lose weight stick to a deficit
Do weights to get muscle

>>39177998
I had no confidence and I was a loser pussy who couldn't protect myself. All I used to do was get drunk and play vidya games. I got my haircut short and decided to take step into a boxing gym where my older brother trained.


8 years later and it was the best choice I ever made. I got /fit/, I got confidence, I stopped being lazy and got a work ethic. As time went on I was confident enough to truly be myself, I wasn't scared of "not fitting in" because I knew I could protect myself if things got physical after a lifetime of being bullied.

As time went on I started dressing smart and dancing with girls in clubs, developing chat up lines etc. Starting boxing was the biggest thing that ever happened in my life and I will always praise it. No matter how shit like gets boxing is always there.

Right now I have no friends because of shit happening,I don't drink alcohol or do drugs, I don't enjoy video games or anything. I'd be truly lost right now if it wasn't for boxing; I just go training 4 or 5 nights a week and socialize down the club.

>>39178631
>>39178678
>>39178755

Fucking hell I'm in keks. I love you /fit/izens

>>39177998
3 x a week full body workouts. Unable to bench or squat the bar. Literally did 0 shoulder exercises or any barbell exercises.

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>mfw looking back on doing reps with 5 gallon buckets and metal bar stools

I also thought that triceps were forearms so I'd do skullcrushers with said bar stool and wondered why I only felt it in the back of my bicep.

>>39177998
5x5 SL for like 2 months before switching to 3x5 for all lifts.

55lbs OHP, 65lbs Bench, 110lbs Squat, 135lbs deadlift

Feels like I never started. Been lifting for two years and gained 20 kilos. When I first squatted I squatted about 30 kilos. Now I'm at 140. Took me two years though and I'm really disappointed in my progress. Can't deadlift 180 yet or bench 100. Can Ohp 60 though.

>>39183741
Keep going onii-chan

>>39183507
Just keep it up man, you'll get there in no time. I found having a pullup bar at home really helped because whenever I walked past my doorframe i'd crank out a couple of reps.

>>39177998
at home, squatting a 10kg bar. For up to 40kgs linear progression worked even without eating properly.

I did calisthenics for about 3 - 4 months, to get me ready for the gym, both mentally and physically.

It really did improve my physique and mood, people would comment and say that I now had pecs etc.

It was generally:

5 days a week (didn't know about recovery)
3x20 Pressups
3x20 Crunches
3x20 BW Squats
1x8, 1x6, 1x4 Pullups

>>39183883
Thanks will do, those were my starting numbers though. I'm at 125/190/245/280x5 now. Still doing the same routine 5 months later but added some assistance work for arms and shoulders. Thinking about switching to Texas Method eventually, but I still am getting linear progression on some lifts so I'll be sticking with this for a little longer.

>>39178005
same here, feelsgoodman

13, 4 sets of 30 pushups every other day, started doing every variation of curl, raise, and and bench with dumbbells (largest I had was 20), signed up for the weightlifting class in 9th grade.

Pretty cool cause in almost a year I went from twig arms to actually outlifting football players.

>>39183502
>Heck
>Emojis
Bench 405 without a spotter for me.

>>39183502
>he listens to getter and is ironically stealing his bit