Squats
5x285
465
465
2 singles at Max!
Deads
5x315
505 miss
505 miss
2x3x405
Max squat singles and then max dead attempts! hardcore!
Still dodging the Man(ager)
Squats
5x285
DL
5x315
495
495 Miss!
Squats
5x285
3x3x375
Deads
5x315
495 miss!
3x3x405
shrugs (testing the 6-8 week Doctor’s requested layoff)
5x105
3x3x285
F’n hurts…
Nice Day…
Time to pass the torch.
BIke ride with son. 27.5 miles 12.7 mph average. Blew out trying to keep up with son first half ride. Limped it home. He beat me home by like 5 minutes.
Right quad hurts like hell, lower inside part by the knee.
squats
5x3x375
dl
5x3x405
–break–
First time back to upper body lifts since pec strain / shoulder issues… A bit tight, a couple light tweaking.
decline bench had to close grip.
5x3x245
upright row
5x3x105
shrugs
5x3x375
ez-bar curls with yoke…
5x5x67
Got 2 possible new gyms… Both more then twice what I was paying at PF…
Went to look at gold’s and Lifestyle.
Neither has a proper cage, just rack with legs to catch the bar before it hits the floor. But no front riser to catch if you fall forward…
Toured Gold’s (lots of Hammer Strength, pin selector and plate load) Even a pull over machine (read it is as close to the old nautilus pull over as one can find. drool, drool)
didn’t see a whole lot of plates, I may have missed the trees, but they seemed scattered all over… (hmmm, might be a hassle)
Lots of people at Golds, mostly Middle-aged business types, Some trendy types, some people of decent size, few sizable dudes…
Toured and lifted at Lifestyle.
Less Hammer strength, mostly pin selector, a few plate loaded, no pull over machine)
Plenty of plates…
A LOT OF HUGE DUDES…
I would say most of the lifters were larger to MUCH larger then me. Couple seriously large, like over 300 with decent to excellent body comp.
Either of these places are worlds away from PF…
REAL Squats
2x5x135
3x5x225
Dead’s
3x5x405
Lungs still haven’t healed… SUCKS…
Sorry to hear about the gym, but hopefully Lifestyle will work out better for you.
As far as Planet Fitness goes, I really don’t get it. I’m 46 years old, fat, and I sit at a desk all day, yet I can deadlift 3 plates on a side (barely). So, I must represent the upper limit of how “fit” you are supposed to get at their gym?!? Just wrong.
Great training Null. I bet your dead would do better if you only did it once every week or two. Deads burn the body out quickly.
Remember 45,35,35,35,35,35,5,2.5 on each side equals 500 lbs. Only one 45 on each side. No rules broken.
Thats damn fine pulling Null.
Thanks Joe, still recovering from acute allergy induced asthma attack. I was doing 5x5x405. 5x3x405 is the best I can do now. Bothers me, still ingesting too many chemicals,but it’s not that, damage might not fully heal.
DB Rows
5x5x90
DB Shrugs
5x5x90
Ez-Bar Curls with yoke…
5x5x67
Pullovers
3x10x77
Arnold’s
3x10x40
db Decline Bench
3x10x40
Yoked - Ezb-ar Curls (don’t know what else to call them…)
3x10x77
Lift at Gold’s got sorta screwed on the 7 day trial… They started it when I first talked to them, as I was out most of the week, didn’t get a lift in except tonight with Son.
Much less crowded, as it is late, started lift at 7:30… Damn hot, didn’t know if it was my messed endocrine or the temperature until on the way out noticed the thermostat (downstairs) set to 73, so MUCH warmer upstairs where the weights are.
Getting there for lunch lift should be no problem as they showed me short cut from parking…
Son like Golds much better, I kind like the Lifestyle better as it is cooler, less people, but it better services at Gold’s.
Oh, and really liked pull over machine, think it is safer/more stable then bb pullovers for my shoulders…
It’s going to come down to $…
Squats
3x5x225
DL
3x5x405
Pullovers - Hammer strength machine
3x10x180
Big DLs.
Is there a big price difference in the gyms?
I have two gym memberships. Total monthly bill for both? $23.
Gyms: buying for 2…
My 14yr old son lifts with me about 6x/month. We don’t have enough weight at home for squats and deads…
Both are about $50-55 for the both of us. Gold’s being more, but we’d have the run of the place… pool, hot tub pool, sauna’s, most classes. Lifestyle was limited to weights and cardio machines, they charge extra for the rest… I love soaking in hot water when sore…
Went for Gold’s though it was more and had sign up fee… Boy liked it better. Me, could take either, but Gold’s has plate loaded Hammer strength and pin select, as well as a, drool, drool, pull over machine. With my shoulder injuries, much safer then free weights when going heavy on pull overs.
$23, don’t I wish…
2 lifts today!
dayside: first push on upper body since injury. Some pain in shoulder, sometimes, bad…
Hammer Smith pin select (will record totals)
MP
10x100
5x5x200
decline bench
10x100
0x200
5x5x140
flat bench
10x80
5x5x100
resisted crunch
3x10x150
preacher ez-bar curls
5x20x40
Lost a lot of strength and work capacity during layoff.
second work out…
Squats a2g —next to guy hogging squat rack to… wait for it… curl…
5x135
5x5x225
My boy hit 2 prs! squating first was 185 single, second was 225 single… at 152 body weight, not bad for 14 year old!!!
lungs dying – got some albuterol…
DL
2x5x405
405
405
405 (penance singles, cause I didn’t have lungs for my planned 3 remaining sets of 5)
Pullovers
5x10x270 --gonna be sore tomorrow!
shrugs
5x10x70
Too tired, too spent for Squats/Deads…
Pin select Hammer Strength
Some sort of Rows?
2x10x240
3x10x200
Incline Rows
5x10x200
Pulldowns
5x10x240
ez-bar preacher bench curls
5x20x40
MP
3x10x100
Decline bench
3x10x100
Pullovers
3x10x270
creatine causes lungs to not work so well, and blood pressure. Damn, and I had hopes…
Squats
5x225 a2g
3x3x315
DL
3x410
500 Miss
500 Miss at least they got off the floor.
HS pin select
MP
5x5x210
Decline Bench
5x5x150
Flat Bench
5x5x150
[quote]Null wrote:
creatine causes lungs to not work so well, and blood pressure. Damn, and I had hopes…
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Really? I’ve never noticed any effects from taking creatine. Except for giant muscles.
Not really.