Bench
45 x 10
65 x 6
85 x 5
95 x 8
95 x 8
95 x 8
Squat
115 x 6
125 x 8
125 x 8
125 x 8
Pec dec
leg extension
Tri pressdown
real hard, struggled to get through it
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Did some back work last week, rows and stuff.
Today did push day.
Bench
45 x 10
65 x 5
85 x 5
95 x 8
95 x 8
95 x 8
really straining on those. It’s light day and still very stressful. How is it possible to weight 200 pounds and still have skinny arms? Somehow that’s how it’s always been. Benching just crushes me.
Squat
115 x 6
125 x 8
135 x 7
135 x 7
got back to my regular level
Dip half dip, only 2 or 3 reps barely
Last year I weighed 20 pounds less, could knock out a few dips and a couple pullups. Now I weigh more and strength is same so bodyweight exercises kill me. They say you want strength, gain weight. I put on weight, strength stayed the same. Muscle didn’t grow at all.
Tri pressdown
Pec dec
This was my light day and was still half torture.
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First of all, thanks everyone for the support.
Deadlift day, doing it light
115 x 10
115 x 10
155 x 8
155 x 8
165 x 7
Leg curl
Seat Row
Arm curl machine
was going to do hyperextend, but couple people using it and my lower back was pretty sore as it was
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Not much time, was in a rush.
Squat
115 x 9
115 x 8
135 x 7
135 x 7
145 x 6
Bench
65 x 8
65 x 9
95 x 7
95 x 7
95 x 7
man, it takes real effort to bench that much for so many reps
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Deadlift
115 x 10
115 x 10
165 x 8
165 x 8
165 x 8
arm curl
leg curl
hypre extension
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That looks good.
Those are pounds not kilos.
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Squat
115 x 9
115 x 9
145 x 7
145 x 7
145 x 7
Outer thigh aduct or abduct
Leg extension
standing calf
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Bench
45 x 10
65 x 8
100 x 6
100 x 6
100 x 6
pretty hard but got through it, next time try for 7 reps
tried dips, could only get one out
Pec dec
Oh press machine
Tri pressdown
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I started with 0 dips during this current journey. You will build them up.
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See you’re back. Glad you’re still in the game.
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Deadlift
115 x 10
115 x 10
165 x 8
165 x 8
165 x 8
Arm curl machine
Leg curl
Hyper extension 25 lb plate
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Um, I’ve been posting for the past few years.
I must’ve started on a post a ways back. Still getting use to the new format.
The new format sucks. Takes a while to get to the Over 35 people.
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Gym closed for easter. I stayed home and did some band work and some sortof dips on the counter tops.
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So been doing something different. When out for a walk, been trying to speed up. Been unhappy with just the slow going I’ve been doing. Pick up the pace till I’m panting. Well, today’s workout saw my conditioning much better, hardly breathing.
Squat
115 x 9
115 x 9
155 x 6
155 x 6
155 x 6
Outer thigh machine (the other machine is busted)
Leg extension
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Bench
45 x 10
65 x 10
100 x 7
100 x 6
100 x 7
Pec dec
OH press machine
Tri pressdown
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Deadlift
115 x 10
115 x 10
175 x 8
175 x 8
175 x 8
while I was doing this, friend was next to me, doing OH. We got talking, he had never done deadlift. I mentioned him before, I was doing hex bar lifts 235 pounds. He was curious and lifted it 3 times with no problem. He had never deadlifted before. So today I’m doing regular deads. I showed him the right way to do it, feet close to bar, arch back. He tries 175 and says it feels better when you do it right. Maybe he’ll actually start deadlifts, I don’t know. He’s one of these guys who’s just gifted and can lift anything without trying. When I started deads about 20 or 30 years ago I could barely do 65 or so.
arm curl machine
Leg curl
Hammr pulldown
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When my father was young he was like that. He walked into my brother’s weightlifting session at the high school one afternoon to pick his son up. “Come on Mr. Friedrich! Bench this!”. So they loaded six plates. He proceeded to assume the position. It was not a cake walk, but according to legend he put it up. He became inspired and proceeded to lift Nautilus for a year. He loved it, he would HIT, then drink beer with the owner. The legend grew.
Some folks are like that. Not me…