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And fuck me it's hard. I've been reading and watching Mark Rippetoe (thanks YB for the tip) and using his theories and techniques, but also throwing in some extra routines.

I'm starting very slowly and with low weights. Feel a bit of a tit coz I'm 34 years old and 240 pounds and there are 18 year olds that are about 125 pounds that are watching me lift these small weights and thinking what a gayer I don't give a fuck though, I just need to take it easy to start. The guys I go down the gym with are benching 130Kg, reps of 10, I am doing 40Kg
ignore it, bet most of those are cheating - you just watch their form as they start to lift heavier - especially biceps swinging them about thinking they're lifting em. Those are gayers.
Easy way to stop cheating regarding that, is do lying cable curls. Or put the bench at a certain angle, and do dumbbell curls off the chair.