Tuesday 5/24
Warmup, then barbell flat bench 2 x 8 @ 135, 185, 225 wouldn’t budge off supports; incline dumbbell bench 3 x 8 @ 45, 55, 65; low cable chest press 3 x 10 @ 55, 65, 80; pec deck 3 x 8 @ 150, 160, 170; dips 3 x 10. Ok but for flat bench. Today I’m 68, still feel about 50.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY young man ! I enjoy reading your log
Happy belated Birthday! I missed it yesterday, when I read your log I was thinking…I just wish I could do his warm up! Hope you had an awesome day.
OG, your log is more interesting than mine. I like your attitude.
ChickenLittle, you’re a good lifter. Your warmups and your lifting are both fine.
Wednesday 5/25
Shoulders
Warmup–or wakeup-- then OHP 2 x 8 @ 95, 115, 1 x 6 @ 125, 1 x 0 @ 135; seated dumbbell press 3 x 8 w/45s, 55s, 65s; seated shoulder machine w/free weight 2 x 8 w/90, 180; front raises 3 x 10 w/free weights 25s, 35s, 35s; side lateral raise w/cables 3 x 10 w/35s, 25s, 25s. No strength today.
Yesterday I sold the house and also spent 3 hours with 5 lawyers trying to settle a real estate division. That’s where the strength went.
Five hours with lawyers… you didn’t kill any of them, did you?
I’m just catching up. Happy Birthday!!!
Canada K, I didn’t kill any of them. Lawyers can be like teenagers. You didn’t DUDE me.
Thanks Crippler. Good weights with your easy squats today.
I continue to be impressed by your seated dumb bell press numbers. Love to look in here. 68 and still representing. Keep going forever,
Strong work as always Biker. Happy Birthday!
Yesterday I finally finished our move which started day before birthday. Truly a near death experience. Good thing I work out; just not lately. Monday will start shopping for gym with suddenly new choices. Wife loves new house; I haven’t evolved yet. Feels like I’m in limbo and and sleeping in a large storage unit. Wife spent young fortune on packing boxes, soon to be eclipsed by curtain costs. Dog is trying to adjust to an 18 x 18 walled yard, after 13 years in nonfenced fields.
Downsizing is truly for someone younger. I gotta get to a gym.
I hope you adjust to your move and that it soon feels like home. On the plus side, sounds like your wife is happy.
Monday 6/20
Legs
New gym, exploratory workout. Squats 3 x 8 @ 135, 225, 225 on somewhat dated squat rack; hack squats 3 x 10 @ 295; leg press 3 x 10 @ unknown weights so experimented for heaviness. Same gym Saturday morning arms: cable rope curls 3 x 10 @ 130, 150, 150; preacher curls 3 x 8 @ some unknown machine weights (relying on feel since weight indicators are somewhat complicated); dumbbell curls 3 x 8 @ 35, 45, 45. Gym is 5 minutes from house, some really advanced machines, adequate free weights, so I’ll probably adjust in time despite no cage squat stations. 5 am not crowded today.
New residence still feels alien.
I feel your pain. The one thing that keeps me at my gym is the people I know, and I am familiar with the equipment. As much as I complain about it, it’s home. Good luck adjusting to the new environment.
Getting back to the gym…FTW… getting comfortable in the new shack will happen. it takes me some time as well…
OG I’m patient if anything. So far it only feels like nice hotel. Granddaughter and Co. come today so that’ll help. No going back.
Tuesday 7/21 Chest
Warmup, then flat bench 1 x 10 @ 135, 2 x 3 @ 225; dumbbell incline bench 3 x 8 @ 45, 55, 65 (left arm w/70 wouldn’t go up high enough); 3 x 10 parallel cable flyes with maybe 100, 150, 175 (still acclimating); seated angled chest press like upright bench press, 3 x 8 (free weights) @ 90, 140, 160; pec deck 3 x 8 @ 100. Gym starts filling up about 5:15 am, and traffic is manageable at 6:30 am when I leave.
Bunch of 40ish doctors working out were laughing while looking at cellphone photo of guy who’d survived been pinned under a RKV (?) where its manifold burned through guy’s body as far as a lung. This gym is different.
Oh wow! I bet the guy didn’t think it was funny at all!
Thursday 6/23
shoulders
Warmup then OHP 1 x 10 @ 85, 2 x 8 @ 105, 115; seated dumbbell presses 3 x 8 @ 45, 50, 60; machine shoulder presses w/free weights, 1 x 10 @ 90, 1 x 8 @ 160, 1 x 4 @ 180; machine presses with cables 3 x 10 @ 70, 80, 90; then lateral raise machine 3 x 10 @ 45, 60, 70. Gym adjusting w/o coffee and month off. Several older guys there have personal trainers who look like string beans. Comical. No doctors today.
Saturday back
rows, shrugs, SGHPs, dumbbell rows
Monday 6/27
squats & arms
Warmup, then squats 3 x 8 @ 135, 225, 225; front squats 2 x 8 @ 135; machine squats 3 x 10 @ 225, 225, 315. Dumbbell curls 3 x 8 @ 45, 55, 60; 3 x 8 preacher curl machine, weights up to 135 lbs; cable curls 3 x 10 @ 120, 130, 150; tricep machine 3 x 10 up to 130; overhead cable tricep extensions 3 x 10 @ 120,130, 150. Still adjusting to gym.
Really heavy looking arm work, db curls w/60 is really good.