Hey ya’ll…new to the forums. love Jordan and Austin’s work, which has inspired me to start a log on here.
Bit of a history about me, I competed in powerlifting from age of 15-18 in the CPU (Canadian affiliate of IPF), I broke the national squat and deadlift record in the 100kg class, 601lb squat and 550lb deadlift at the age of 17. At the age of 18 I squatted 501lb with just a belt along with a 571lb deadlift (belt only) with a measly 300lb ish bench (raw)…
Shortly after all this I hurt my back (fractured vertabrae and several buldged discs) at the age of 19. I took a long hiatus from lifting seriously.
Fast forward to now, I am 27 years old and getting back into training seriously (as in squatting and deadlifting). I am still not as strong as I was 10 years ago at the age of 17 (lol) but I will be soon enough (don’t call it a comeback).
Starting Strength and Barbell Medicine has really motivated me to start training seriously again, I thought I’d never be able to train heavy again after my back injury but after all of the info that Rip, Jordan and Austin has put out, I obviously don’t believe that, and I am freakin’ PUMPED about it.
if anyone wants to check out my old lifting videos there’s a bunch on my old youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/randalltruscot/videos
Here are my workouts for the last week. my body is still adjusting to moderate volume again, it’s been about 8 years since I’ve consistently squatted and deadlifted. Feels so great to do these lifts again 
bodyweight: 195
1/25
beltless squat: 275x5x2
press: 135x5x2
beltless deadlift: 365x5
1/27
bench 265x1, 245x5, 235x5, 225x5
squat: 225x5x3
chins: bw+45lbs x10,8 bwx10
1/29
deadlift (w/ belt) 405x1, 385x5x2, 375x5
Press 170x1, 145x5x3
2/1
Squats (w/ belt): 365x1, 315x5x3sets
Paused Bench: 225x5x3sets
barbell rows 225x5x3 sets
first time having 365 on my back in about 8 years, felt ok I guess… see below for video. any critique ya’ll have for my technique is welcome, in my eyes it looks good but maybe someone see’s something I could improve on??
https://www.instagram.com/p/BerX1D8Fsfq/?taken-by=jrz906
2/3
touch n go bench 225x5x3 (felt weak, guessing cuz I benched only 2 days ago)
incline bench 225x5x2
press 135x5x3
bw dips and chins
2/5
deadlifts 395x5x2 (rpe@7? quite easy) 385x5
chins bw+70lbs x8, bw+35lbsx8, bwx10
seated rows
2/7
Bench 255x5, 245x5, 235x5, 225x5
incline bench 205x3,3,5
dips, overhead tri extensions
ughhh i hate benching. prob since its so damn weak 
2/8
squats 325x5s3
deficit deadlifts (standing on a 45lb plate) 315x5x3
bw pull ups 15,10,10
2/10
press (belt and wrist wraps) 150x5, 160x5, 155x5, 150x5, 135x11
chins bw+70x7, bw+35x10, bwx10
triceps and delt work.
2/12
Deadlifts 405x5x2
pullups, t-bar rows, rear delts
Vday bench day. I hate benching more than I hate vday.
Bench 265x5, 245x5x2, 250x4
hypertrophy work for tri’s chest and lats
2-16
squats 340x5, 325x5x2
one of those days where the warmups felt heavy but working sets felt good. woke up sick this morning, glad I decided to train and not skip it. I smell a 400lb squat 
2/18
press 175x2, 155x5, 145x5, 135x10
pull ups bw 10x3
tri’s and rear delts
2/21
deadlifts
420x5, 405x5
pull ups, 45lbx10,8, bwx10
seated rows, pull downs, bicepzzzzzz
2/22
bench 280x1, 270x3x2sets, 245x5,4
tri’s and fly’s.
2/24
press 165x3, 155x5, 145x7, 135x7
fluff work
2/26
squats 345x1, 315x5,3
playing around with a zero carb diet, 5 days into it and not fully adapted therefore strength was down. hopefully strength returns within a few weeks or I’ll have to go back to adding some carbs. love the way this diet makes me feel so really hope my strength returns lol
2/26
bench 275x1, 265x3, 255x3, 245x3, 225x5x2
incline db bench 80’sx8, 90’sx5x3
seated tricep extensions 90lbsx8x3
flyes and pushdowns
today was day 7 of zero carb diet. expected my strength to be down but I felt great today.
3/2
deadlifts 430x5, 405x5
bb rows 225x6x4
pullups, lat pulls, cable rows
was expecting my strength to be down from zero carbs in 9 days but seems like I’m fully adapted now, feelin goooood. down 7lbs (mostly water) weighing in at 191 now but still just as strong and abs are much more visible. loving this zero carb diet.
3/3
press 175x3 160x5 150x5 135x10
speed bench 165x3x8sets
seated db bench 60’sx15x3
rear delts, pushdowns.
3/5
squats 345x3 335x3 315x5
deadlifts 315x5x3
squats still don’t feel 100% since starting this diet, maybe I need a deload maybe I’m not fully adapted yet.