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A timeline:

• High School Junior: Having just finished cancer treatments, I take a weight training class to gain back some of the strength I lost to the disease.
  • Weight: 135 lbs.
  • Single rep. max on bench: 100 lbs. first semester, 135 lbs. second semester
• High School Senior: I finish cancer treatments for a second time and start lifting on my own after school. I go every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
  • Weight: 140 lbs.
  • SRMB: ~135 lbs.
• College Freshman: After a summer and semester of not working out, I start lifting again halfway through the year with various friends.
  • Weight: 145 lbs.
  • SRMB: 155 lbs.
• Summer between freshman and sophomore years: I join the YMCA and lift three times a week after work.
• Sophomore: During the first semester I lift three times a week, exercizing the whole upper body each time. At the beginning of the second semester, I change my schedule to four times a week, alternating between chest/shoulders/upper back and biceps/triceps/forearms/lower back. The following stats are from this evening's workout.
  • Weight: 148 lbs.
  • SRMB: 185 lbs. Exactly 1.25 times my body weight.
• Future: I hope to have a 200 pound max by the end of the year. After that, I want to bench 1.5 times my body weight.