A Dog's 531 Journey

Training Over 35 Lifter
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[quote]soldog wrote:
LittleStrick wrote:
Nice work soldog. The squats, among other things, are really coming along.
Like the musical selection too…but I couldn’t lift to it :slight_smile:

Thanks LS - I don’t even hear the music while I’m lifting and don’t seem to gain a benefit from getting fired up, guess I never learned how…[/quote]

I think my deriving “energy” from the music is a throwback to playing football. I used to really get myself almost enraged. I use certain types of music to try to generate a similar, albeit controlled, mindset. On max attempts, be it reps or weight, I actually get angry with the weight. At least when I am feeling normal. That’s just me, though.

As evidenced by the density of my body hair, and frequent guttural sounds, I am not quite as evolved as most of you…

502

[quote]LittleStrick wrote:

As evidenced by the density of my body hair, and frequent guttural sounds, I am not quite as evolved as most of you…[/quote]

Talk to me about body hair - just take a look at my profile pics…

503

Nice work!
those squats looked good, looks like your other work has been even better.

Im going to check in again later after the make up candy and body hair discussions subside.

doing some solid work dog.

kmc

504

Those squats look great soldog, very strong.

505

keep it up!

506

thanks kmc, dz and mj

tonight 30 minutes indoor bike trainer hill intervals

just enough to work some stiffness out of the legs and soak my shirt.

507

Friday night theme song…

[i]
I drink alone, yeah, with nobody else.
I drink
alone, yeah, with nobody else.
Yeah, you know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.

Now, every morning, just before breakfast,
I don’t want no coffee or tea.
Just me and my good buddy Weiser.
That’s all I ever need.

Cause I drink alone, yeah, with nobody else.
I drink alone, yeah, with nobody else.
Yeah, you know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.

Now, the other night I lay sleeping,
And I woke from a terrible dream.
So I called up my pal, Jack Daniels,
And his partner Jimmy Beam.

And we drank alone, yeah, with nobody else.
We drank alone, yeah, with nobody else.
Yeah, you know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.

Well, the other night I got invited to a party,
But I stayed home instead.
Just me and my pal Johnny Walker,
And his brothers Black and Red.

And we drank alone, yeah, with nobody else.
We drank alone, yeah, with nobody else.
Yeah, you know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.

Well, my whole family done give up on me,
And it makes me feel so bad.
The only one who’ll hang out with me
Is my dear old Granddad.

And we drink alone, yeah, with nobody else.
We drink alone, yeah, with nobody else.
Yeah, you know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.[/i]

credit: George Thorogood

508

29 August 2009
w=210
bike 10 min, sh reh, face pulls, pull aparts, lyt
Cycle 4 Week 3 5-3-1
Bench barx10, 95x5, 115x5, 125x5
145x5, 165x3, 185x3 PR

BBB Bench 115x10x 5 sets edit to add this
a1 BO DB Row 55x20 5 sets
a2 Dips 5x5

Bench felt good today. I might have made 4 or 5 reps but called it quits after #3 went up a bit unevenly. Backed off on rows to give that elbow a bit more of a break.

509

Lookin’ great on those benches, soldog! Looks like we’re neck-and-neck on those, since my 3-3-3 week next week uses exactly those weights.

Race you to 225! :slight_smile:

510

You’ve got a really good arch Soldog. I’ll wager your bench will be bigger than you expect in the near future.

511

[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
You’ve got a really good arch Soldog. I’ll wager your bench will be bigger than you expect in the near future.[/quote]

Thanks DCA - I just need to keep building my base and gaining confidence in my abilities.

512

[quote]mcl wrote:
Lookin’ great on those benches, soldog! Looks like we’re neck-and-neck on those, since my 3-3-3 week next week uses exactly those weights.

Race you to 225! :)[/quote]

ah - that means you are already ahead. How 'bout a handicap?

513

[quote]soldog wrote:
mcl wrote:
Lookin’ great on those benches, soldog! Looks like we’re neck-and-neck on those, since my 3-3-3 week next week uses exactly those weights.

Race you to 225! :slight_smile:

ah - that means you are already ahead. How 'bout a handicap?[/quote]

sure thing. You can have a lisp and really bad body odor.

514

[quote]mcl wrote:
soldog wrote:
mcl wrote:
Lookin’ great on those benches, soldog! Looks like we’re neck-and-neck on those, since my 3-3-3 week next week uses exactly those weights.

Race you to 225! :slight_smile:

ah - that means you are already ahead. How 'bout a handicap?

sure thing. You can have a lisp and really bad body odor.[/quote]

hahahahaha you’re sooooo generous

515

Good benchin. My wife suggests, however, that you ditch the one-hole sweats and go with full chaps!

516

[quote]soldog wrote:
DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
You’ve got a really good arch Soldog. I’ll wager your bench will be bigger than you expect in the near future.

Thanks DCA - I just need to keep building my base and gaining confidence in my abilities.[/quote]

If I may proffer a suggestion:

On your BBB assistance, you might consider just doing bench to groove in the bar path and form. I think you’d see good results from that.

517

[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
soldog wrote:
DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
You’ve got a really good arch Soldog. I’ll wager your bench will be bigger than you expect in the near future.

Thanks DCA - I just need to keep building my base and gaining confidence in my abilities.

If I may proffer a suggestion:

On your BBB assistance, you might consider just doing bench to groove in the bar path and form. I think you’d see good results from that.[/quote]

whoops - I missed that when I typed up the session. I did 5 sets of 10 at 115# for the BBB part of the assistance. Good suggestion though - Thanks.

518

[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Good benchin. My wife suggests, however, that you ditch the one-hole sweats and go with full chaps![/quote]

but i like my sweats with the built in ventilation…

alright, I’ll save them for painting. BUT - no chaps!

519

Really great benchin’ soldog. It was obvious that you left some in the tank. I admire your ability to end a set when you feel needed, rather than being bullheaded.

520

[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Really great benchin’ soldog. It was obvious that you left some in the tank. I admire your ability to end a set when you feel needed, rather than being bullheaded.
[/quote]

Thanks LS, I reserve the right to be bullheaded and not wuss out early in the future.