Did anyone catch that article on warm-ups killing your workout by Thibaudeau? You know, do too much and it’s not only a waste of time but actually hurts your workout? Well, under The Thibaudeau Warm Up he mentions some warm ups we should do, like the Wenning Warm-Up. Excuse me? Matt Wenning’s warm-up??? Folks, I spent a whole year training under Wenning and his idea of warm-up is. Load up a sled with 300 lbs. Drag sled up and down the sidewalk for 20 minutes. Drop at the end and gasp and hyperventilate for 10 minutes. And then the workout starts. And Thibaudeau uses this as an example of “don’t do too much”? Seriously???
This is why I say the bigger and stronger they come, the dumber they are.
Did some benching. Did some dips.
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So lost about 8 pounds in the last week or two. Surprising, was keeping eating up.
So did some seated rows. Some hanging and dips.
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Did some heavy eating and got much of the weight back.
Did some deadlifts. Got up to 205 for a single. Wasn’t too bad.
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Did some squat thingies, getting low
Did some DB OH pressing.
Some dips.
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Did some bench press stuff.
And some hanging.
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Some deadlifting. Got up to 195 x 4, not bad.
Some dips, surprising good.
Leg curls.
Been eating, sleeping a little better than usual. At my age, any sleeping is good.
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While I’m in a good mood, I want to thank everyone for their support.
Did some squat thingies today. Working through the sticking point at the bottom.
Did some dips, surprised at how many reps. Also some hanging.
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Did some bench stuff. 65 pounds, 95 pounds, 115. Tried a 125 for a single, felt pretty good. So put on a plate for 135 pounds. Got it down, touched chest, lifted off -
and it stopped.
I strained at it. Barely moved, then stopped. Gave it more than I had. Barely moved, then stopped. Kept pushing, finally got it on the rack.
Nobody around, no spot, came this close to everything dropping on my face.
Did some machine rows, then went home.
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But you DID get it! Way to go!
Maybe so, but Chicken after 45 years of lifting to get as strong as possible I really shouldn’t be having this trouble with one plate. If I was struggling with 400 pounds, I’d feel great, but this is all I’ve ever got in my life.
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Did some deadlifting. Got up to a 205 single, felt good.
Some arm curls, 60 pounds
Some leg curls.
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Did some squats. Not too hard, got up to 3 sets of 135 x 6.
Some dips.
Some hanging, getting stronger on that.
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Well, another pointless session. Bench. Got up to 115 lbs. Could barely do 3 reps. Rest, do another 3 reps. Lost count of how many sets, just kept at it. Really straining.
Also did some leg presses.
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Gym was busy. five deadlift stations, 4 in use. Walked to the empty and 10 feet from it another guy got to it first. So waited and waiting. Finally another one opened up, and as I walked to it, my bladder started yelling. (Jeez, I hate old age). Waited more.
Finally got to one. Good workout. 185 lbs x 8. 205 x 4. Wanted to do arm curls or something but ran out of time.
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Squat day.
135 x 8
155 x 4 got all the way down
135 x 8
did some hangs, some machine benching
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Bench day
several sets of 115 x 5
a couple of 120 x 3
felt good
did some seated rows to balance out the benching
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Deadlifts. Got up to
205 x 5
205 x 4
205 x 3
in the middle of this, the gal in the next station came over and said I was doing them wrong. I said my scoliosis makes me do these things funny. “Well, I don’t want you to get back pain” Maybe I should go around and criticize everyone, seems to be the hot thing.
Also did some dips.
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Squats. got up to
135 x 9
155 x 6
135 x 8
did some leg presses to near failure. legs are toast
Did some arm curls and leg curls.
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Bench. got up to 125 x 2. Did 120 x 5, then 120 x 4, 120 x 3.
Did some leg extensions, high reps, burned
Some hanging.
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