54 year old mom just starting my training journey :)
A little about me: Previously sedentary all my life, very overweight, I have broken my left elbow and shoulder in the past 5 years, and have been diagnosed with arthritis in my c4 and c5, and have had a really painful pinched nerve there a few years ago, caused a lot of numbness and weakness in my arms but I’m all better now. My doctor told me to walk more haha. I thought the barbell might be more useful than walking 
I’m a few weeks into Starting Strength… well mostly, more like a variant of it! Deadlifts still scare me but I am trying to get over that fear. I do 3x5 with less weight instead of one heavy set of 5, it makes each set more manageable for my psyche. Trying out 3x a week schedule now and seeing how the old body likes it.
March 15 2018
SSB Squat
3x5x60#
Shoulder issues have been preventing me from normal back squats so I use a safety squat bar. I have probably a good 50 pounds of belly fat that make squats much heavier lol!
Bench Press
3x5x60#
Yikes! The last set was very hard.
Lat Pulldowns
3x10x35#
Tricep Pushdowns
3x12x20#
Bicep Curls
3x12x12#
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Happy St Paddy’s Day everyone!! :p
March 17 2018
Deadlift
3x5x100#
Do not like these but I will stick to it 
Overhead Press
3x5x42.5#
Wow! I get to use the big boy bar next time
Ssb squat
3x5x60#
Tricep Pushdowns
3x12 20#
Bicep Curls
3x12x12#
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You are sooo awesome… proud of you girl!!!
Wow I left for a long time but I will be back!! Had some surgery for gall bladder and some other issues come up but I will be back to it soon!!
Hi everyone. I am back to training. I had been away from training for 10 months but I am back at it with the help of my son. A little recap of me … 55 years young mom, sedentary my whole life except for a little bit of training last year. I have weight I need to lose and painful joints I need to strengthen. So here I am forcing myself to try and enjoy this barbell world 
This is my 6th week back and I will start logging from here. I have had some really bad knee pain in my right knee for many months now so I have been trying to rehab it. Deadlifts do not seem to bother it much…but squats are a different story. I am just now getting to be able to do body weight squats with tolerable pain levels. It is progress I guess!
Week 6
Day 1
Box Squat
body weight x 10 reps x 3 sets
Overhead Press
35 x 4 reps @ 7
40 x 4 reps @ 8
42.5lbs x 4 reps @ 9
37.5 x 4 reps x 3 sets
Pendlay Row (myorep)
60 x 14, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Day 2
Romanian Deadlift
55 x 8 reps @ 6
60 x 8 reps @ 7
65lbs x 8 reps @ 8 x 3 sets
Bench Press
50 x 4 reps @ 7
55 x 4 reps @ 8
60lbs x 4 reps @ 9
52.5 x 4 reps x 3 sets
Lat Pulldown (myorep)
50 x 13, 5, 5, 5 ,5 ,5
Day 3
Sumo Deadlift
75 x 4 reps
85 x 4 reps
95lbs x 4 reps @ 9
85 x 4 reps x 2 sets
Incline Bench
40 x 6 reps @ 6
42.5 x 6 reps @ 7
45lbs x 6 reps @ 8 x 4 sets
Box Squat
body weight x 10 reps x 3 sets
Week 7
Day 1
Tempo Box Squat
body weight x 15 reps x 3 sets
Overhead Press
35 x 4 reps @ 7
40 x 4 reps @ 8
45lbs x 4 reps @ 9
40 x 4 reps x 3 sets
Pendlay Row (myorep)
65 x 12, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Day 2
Romanian Deadlift
60 x 8 reps @ 6
65 x 8 reps @ 7
70lbs x 8 reps @ 8
65lbs x 8 reps x 2 sets
Bench Press
45 x 4 reps @ 7
47.5 x 4 reps @ 8
52.5lbs x 4 reps @ 9
47.5 x 4 reps x 3 sets
Lat Pulldown (myorep)
52.5 x 12, 5, 5, 5 ,5, 4
Day 3
Sumo Deadlift
80 x 4 reps
90 x 4 reps
100lbs x 4 reps @ 9
90 x 4 reps x 2 sets
Incline Bench
40 x 6 reps @ 6
42.5 x 6 reps @ 7
45lbs x 6 reps @ 8 x 4 sets
Tempo Box Squat
body weight x 15 reps x 3 sets