Starting Strength Week 2

Well i am in the middle of week 2 of my Starting Strength program.  I started out the squat at 185, press at 85, bench at 155 (never have been a good bencher), had 12 unweighted pull ups, and deadlifted 215.  All the barbell lifts were for five repitions.  The bench and press alternate every workout, as do the deadlift and pull ups.  With the pull ups i am suppossed to do weighted ones every other pull up workout.

I’ll be squatting 210 today, pressing all of 100lbs, and shooting for at least 12 deadhang pull ups.  Last workout i deadlifted 225 for five reps, which felt good.  So far the squat feels heavy but not overly impossible.  I think part of it is mentally getting used to working up to squatting some real weight.  Double bodyweight is my eventual goal.  I feel i should have started the bench press a little more conservatively.  160 lbs on the last workout was already giving me some problems for the last few reps.  I was able to complete them, but the bar speed slowed a bit.  I’ll see how it goes.

Food wise i have been eating around 3200 cal per day, sometimes a bit more depending.  Just a note, if you have not drank milk for a few months don’t go and try to drink half a gallon of whole milk in a day.  I was not a happy camper.  I tried to drink some more milk a few days later and just felt all snotty and bloated.  So far i have been getting enough calories and protien from other sources, so i will forgo the milk for now.

I gained a few pounds right away, though its probably just water weight from all the eating.  I am going to monitor my weight over the next couple weeks before deciding if i need to up the calories.

Anton