you should add yoga to your weekly routine, it will help your joints and overall flexibility.
Hey, guys, I had a W-O-R-K-O-U-T. You know, when you go to those places with shiny machines and pretty people at one end and ugly weights with big ugly people at the other. I at least know which end I belong in, but I went to the machines several times to check out the pretty people.
After a month layoff due to minor surgery on top of my other miseries, I thought I would be weak as a kitten, but my Red Bull and ipod kicked in and so did my muscle memory. Got into a great "zone" and did four heavy sets of benches, pulldowns, curls, military presses, skullcrushers and some cardio and abs. Was benching reps with 245 and db curls with 50 which had to be totally on muscle memory and being fired up because I now weigh only 225 and I aint cut.
Yoga and OL, man, I get so many recommendations there's no lack of ideas for what Dr. Powerclean should do. Just gotta stay off my fat ass and out of my head for at least a few hours a week, and whatever workout I do at this point is a good workout. Once I'm in a gym, being mentally tough comes easy, its the other 23 hours a day where I've been having some problems.
Never givin' up, Doc
Nothinh like an hour in the weight room to work out life’s stresses. Glad you are getting back in the “swing”
[quote]Dr.PowerClean wrote:
Hey, guys, I had a W-O-R-K-O-U-T. You know, when you go to those places with shiny machines and pretty people at one end and ugly weights with big ugly people at the other. I at least know which end I belong in, but I went to the machines several times to check out the pretty people.
After a month layoff due to minor surgery on top of my other miseries, I thought I would be weak as a kitten, but my Red Bull and ipod kicked in and so did my muscle memory. Got into a great "zone" and did four heavy sets of benches, pulldowns, curls, military presses, skullcrushers and some cardio and abs.
Was benching reps with 245 and db curls with 50 which had to be totally on muscle memory and being fired up because I now weigh only 225 and I aint cut.
Yoga and OL, man, I get so many recommendations there's no lack of ideas for what Dr. Powerclean should do. Just gotta stay off my fat ass and out of my head for at least a few hours a week, and whatever workout I do at this point is a good workout. Once I'm in a gym, being mentally tough comes easy, its the other 23 hours a day where I've been having some problems.
Never givin' up, Doc[/quote]
I had a string of funerals interrupt my life, two things that helped were mild aerobic exercise (walking, roller blading, that sort of thing) which seemed to bleed off tension and set my mind right, and “social” exercise (in my case, a small Shotokan karate club) were I worked out with other people.
For some reason, that really helped put me back into reality. Went well with the lifting I was doing then.
Your a professional in the area, but I thought I’d add my two bits in from experience and a lot of time in compassionate friends.
Glad you’re back in the weight room. Time to hit the weights again. Bench looking good. Tried getting back into the Oly lifts yet?
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Glad you’re back in the weight room. Time to hit the weights again. Bench looking good. Tried getting back into the Oly lifts yet?[/quote]
For right now, I am rearranging the pieces of the puzzle of my life, and working out fits, OL doesnt. That kinda sucks, but for me doing OL is either something you really devote substantial time and energy to or you are wasting time and risking injury for nothing.
You guys can slam me for this comment, but I have just started this one year serious job committment and I am also committing myself to at least getting my strength and muscle mass up while dropping some bodyfat. I want to totally rehab my sub-par joints and get back into flexibility work more seriously also.
This way, I will be at least in training shape to go for another serious OL comeback in 2009. I loved my comeback so much, I still want another shot at it if my life circumstances allow for it…I still would love to break at least the American record for Masters C&J (308).
Still 90% crazy, Doc
Hey wacko!!! I’m with you and behind you all the way. It may be scary with me behind you, but I’ve had my shots. The best to ya from the Missouri Mule.
Odd, probably nobody (including me) knew May was Mental Health Month (HAHAHA). I guess I was too depressed to notice. I actually gave a speech about it this week, the tagline for this year is “Stay Connected”. Meaning, to family and friends, to community, and to professionals if necessary. Decent message actually. Staying connected here matters to me.
I worked out, but at a clubhouse gym, which is not post-worthy to me anymore. I am moving, again, to a new apartment and new area, and we will see about facilities. There is a decent clubhouse gym there with lots of machines and space. No free weights though, the cardinal sin of most clubhouse gyms. I have a secret plan to buddy up with the manager, maybe he’s got a messed up son or wife who needs counseling, and in return he might let me put free weights in there. There is plenty of space, so much so I immediately envisioned a platform with a bar and several hundred pounds of bumper plates. I guess no matter what I convince myself my new priorities are, I keep going back to dreaming of “real” lifting. Doc
Rock On Doc. The best to ya.
[quote]Dr.PowerClean wrote:
There is plenty of space, so much so I immediately envisioned a platform with a bar and several hundred pounds of bumper plates. I guess no matter what I convince myself my new priorities are, I keep going back to dreaming of “real” lifting. Doc
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There’s the old Doc. Grip and rip. Always glad to hear from you.
Rehab is rehab. Hope you make your goal to break a record one more time.
I caught a break. I think I found a real life training partner. There is a guy I know from work, goes about 6-2, 250, strong bodybuilder, a couple years younger than me.
He’s coming off injuries also, and we are in the same place mentally, wanting to get back in the swing of regular hard training but a lot of shit in the way. We trained today at Worlds, man it was fun, trained chest, lats, bi’s and tri’s and after some initial chit chat we had that silent your turn my turn rhythym going. Used the same weights too so that makes it work better. We hope to train together about four nights a week.
I have only had about four really good training partners in my whole life, that gelled with me and we pushed each other to be our best. Looking back, I was probably too hard on some of them, too intense and serious...I'll make sure and enjoy the ride with this guy.
Doc
[quote]Dr.PowerClean wrote:
I caught a break. I think I found a real life training partner. There is a guy I know from work, goes about 6-2, 250, strong bodybuilder, a couple years younger than me.
He’s coming off injuries also, and we are in the same place mentally, wanting to get back in the swing of regular hard training but a lot of shit in the way. We trained today at Worlds, man it was fun, trained chest, lats, bi’s and tri’s and after some initial chit chat we had that silent your turn my turn rhythym going. Used the same weights too so that makes it work better. We hope to train together about four nights a week.
I have only had about four really good training partners in my whole life, that gelled with me and we pushed each other to be our best. Looking back, I was probably too hard on some of them, too intense and serious...I'll make sure and enjoy the ride with this guy.
Doc[/quote]
Awesome! Makes for some great training.
“EH, WHAT’S UP, DOC?” A training partner may be just the Rx you need; probably beneficial to both partners! By the way, welcome back from your brief hiatus, you were certainly missed by all the gang! HAPPY MEMORIAL Day!
FUCK FUCK FUCK
The Doc is PISSED.
My short sale house deal to save me from bankruptcy which I have been working on for the last half year fell through today.
And tonight, I had my first scheduled workout with this new training partner. I'm so pissed from the bad news I really just want to crawl inside a bottle of booze, but a workout "date" has always been sacred to me. So I drag my pissed off out of shape ass to Worlds, right on time. He aint there.
I stretch ten minutes. Still not there. I do cardio, ten, twenty minutes and counting. Right in front of me I have to endure watching a gym weenie “bench” 355, an amazing feat of bridging, bouncing and bent over rowing by his spotter, followed by his proclamation “IT’S A PR!!”
Ten more minutes of cardio, now this dude is STILL not there. FUCK. This is not cool. Now I'm extra pissed and actually pretty tired from 35 minutes of cardio. What to do? Still recovering from arthroscopic surgery on my leg (long story), I aint supposed to do lower body stuff yet. But I have not power cleaned in six FUCKING months and when i am this close to the edge there is nothing better in the world for me to do. So I go power clean. 135 feels like 250, until I realize I am reverse curling it. So I slap myself in the face and start explosively lifting. I go into some zone, crank out lots of reps and sets, and the next thing I know I have 245 on my chest, and pain from all sources finally knocks me out of my zone and I decide to call it a day.
I look down and my thighs are blood red from the sharply knurled bar which I obviously pulled too close on my reps. Course I didnt have chalk or tape or anything for that matter, not even my belt.
Am I now feeling any better off after this particular passionate insanity of mine. HELL YEAH! Where the FUCK have i been?
And btw, I think my real training partners will remain guys I hold in high respect like the last two posters, Jimmy T and QT, as long as you guys dont throw in the towel on this nutcase, and I guess you would have already after the shit i have been posting. Doc
As a tribute to you doing some hang clean presses. Pretty light, never done them before. I lack focus right now, I just go and lift. No throwing in the towel here, as long as you read this I’ll haunt you.
Never wait on a partner, may have a sick kid, a psychotic wife,a hang nail, a woody,a chance to get their horn honked, a meeting with their shrink, etc… If they show up start from there. Partners are great but they hate it cause they have to repeat all conversations cause my music is more important than any partner. Take care and train hard.
doc, am following your saga.
Real estate market is crap all over–hopefully you’ll get another shot at the short sale to avoid BK.
I’ve been looking for a real job but have come to realize that few are willing to hire the 57 year old (out of the tons of apps and networking I haven’t had one nibble) so I am piecing together various part time to commission jobs to try and stave off BK also. But it is getting tighter and tighter as I try and juggle all this baggage left over from the days when I could afford it.
Doc,
From a swamp rat, with a questionable education. You ain’t crazy, it’s the rest of the world that is f*@ked up!
Great training, no matter what the motivation. Damn I wish I had a guy like you to work with! I agree with Mr. Jenkins’ assesment.
Of course my opinion and $6 will buy you a nice cup of Starbucks…
[quote]j_willy3 wrote:
Doc,
From a swamp rat, with a questionable education. You ain’t crazy, it’s the rest of the world that is f*@ked up!
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It's posts like this that will keep me on this site forever. Doc
Doc,
I am new to the forum, but I know that everyone thinks very highly of your input to the group. Welcome back and look forward to following your progress. I hope you get back into the OL at some point. I’ve always been impressed with the combination of strength and athletic ability that olympic lifters possess. Maybe someday, once I build a better foundation of strength, I will give it a try.
mday