>be me
>decide to get Veeky Forums about two months ago
>diet is squeaky clean, down from 190 to 165 lbs
>planned on adding a lifting program once I moved to school and had access to a gym
>do lots of reading, watch lots of YouTube videos, etc.
>go into gym
>muscular Chads everywhere
>squat the bar for 3x5 (I'm on SS)
>arms are killing me after trying to fold them into a pretzel to do a low-bar squat
>pretty sure every aspect of my form was terrible
>move to bench press
>same deal, bar for 3x5
>each rep is wobbly and uneven
>Chad on the bench next to me is showing his Stacy GF (who is wearing a dress in the gym) how much he can bench
>meanwhile, my pathetic ass is struggling to maintain something resembling proper form with just the bar
>can hear Rip's voice in my head the whole time
>deadlift is next
>take the bar from one of the incline benches and put a pair of 35-lb plates on just to get it off the ground
>fuck up yet another lift with what I assume was abysmal technique
>put my plates and bar back because I'm not a tool
>dips are the last exercise
>program calls for 2 sets of 5-8
>can only manage 1 set of 3, shaking wildly
>leave gym and bike back to apartment
it wasn't pretty, but I did it--I got through my first day
h-hold me Veeky Forums
