Here is a pic from my skiing holiday in the alps. I’m smoking a cigar and looking like I own the world…
Another picture. I’m bigger now.
Grey,
Your back looks great bro!The picture of your ski trip says you had fun.My weight is at 185 and holding.I get a true gauge of my strength there.My bench is coming along now that my shoulder feels better.Glad to here your back at it hard.My best to you.TRAIN HARD! Jimmy T
A small update.
Down to about 212.
Just finished some deads.
Haven’t done them for a while because of some back issues so I started out slow today…
225 x 6
265 x 6
310 x 4
350 x 3
400 x 3
350 x 3
310 x 3
265 x 5
Felt pretty good so I’m gonna be hitting them regularly again and upping the weight. 400 actually felt pretty easy but I didn’t want to push it the first time out. I don’t do singles…us old folks have a lot of wear and tear already. Good form and even speed is the ticket.
[quote]grey wrote:
A small update.
Down to about 212.
Just finished some deads.
Haven’t done them for a while because of some back issues so I started out slow today…
225 x 6
265 x 6
310 x 4
350 x 3
400 x 3
350 x 3
310 x 3
265 x 5
Felt pretty good so I’m gonna be hitting them regularly again and upping the weight. 400 actually felt pretty easy but I didn’t want to push it the first time out. I don’t do singles…us old folks have a lot of wear and tear already. Good form and even speed is the ticket.
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Grey,Thats a great deadlift workout!The old folks part I can relate to.We need to train smart in the big lifts as we get older.TRAIN HARD! Jimmy T
An update. Just finished some shoulders consisting of 6 sets of seated presses and 5 sets of cleans.
I am happy to say that my weight is around 215 and I seem to be leaning out.
Now it’s time to add in the cardio and lose the rest of the extra fat.
I keep cardio for the last month when cutting. My diet is pretty good and the end of this month I should be where I want to be more or less.
I would like to come in around 210 at 10%. Thats lean enough for me. I’m not gonna be putting on posing trunks and walking around with my butt sticking out so sub 10 isn’t really my bag.
Update. Slowly losing fat. Happy to say that left bi is still 18inches.
Right is somewhat smaller because of old injuries. Posted an update yesterday but it seems to have dissapeared.
Workouts are right on again and diet is good. Weight still up around 215-218.
Starting cardio now to kick into high gear.(no pun intended)
I’m going to Turkey next Sunday for 10 days with the family. They have two good gyms at the hotel and I’ll have the time to really concentrate on working out.
The only trouble is it’s an all inclusive eating and drinking thingy and I’m gonna have to sew my freakin mouth shut.
Another update.
Did a good arm workout this morning,
(of course it was not up to high school standards but it worked for me).
Got home this afternoon and had a crazy urge to do some pulling.
did.
10 x 225
10 x 265
8 x 310
6 x 350
5 x 396
2 x 418
I’m on really low carbs and just started losing the power pretty fast but i’ve gotta say that it felt real good anyway.
Damn I’m falling in love with deadlifts lately.
On another note after my arm workout this morning and having exhausted my tri’s on close grip bench my 4 year old started loading up the bar with 5 pound plates. Meticulously adding one to each side to help daddy with his workout then telling me to go ahead and lift it.
I thought I’d just lift it off the pegs and drop it back on. Instead when I had the weight up i felt strong and did an easy rep. I don’t usually bench alot because of a torn pec but here after a heavy tri workout I benched 310 with no trouble.
It felt like I had a lot more left in me. In retrospect my daughter has helped me to break a barrier in my mind that didn’t allow me to push myself over 300.
Pretty funny.
[quote]grey wrote:
Another picture. I’m bigger now.[/quote]
I sure hope so.
[quote]Ryu13 wrote:
grey wrote:
Another picture. I’m bigger now.
I sure hope so. [/quote]
So do I. It was a cut gone wrong.
190 in that pic.
[quote]grey wrote:
Another update.
Did a good arm workout this morning,
(of course it was not up to high school standards but it worked for me).
Got home this afternoon and had a crazy urge to do some pulling.
did.
10 x 225
10 x 265
8 x 310
6 x 350
5 x 396
2 x 418
I’m on really low carbs and just started losing the power pretty fast but i’ve gotta say that it felt real good anyway.
Damn I’m falling in love with deadlifts lately.
On another note after my arm workout this morning and having exhausted my tri’s on close grip bench my 4 year old started loading up the bar with 5 pound plates. Meticulously adding one to each side to help daddy with his workout then telling me to go ahead and lift it.
I thought I’d just lift it off the pegs and drop it back on. Instead when I had the weight up i felt strong and did an easy rep. I don’t usually bench alot because of a torn pec but here after a heavy tri workout I benched 310 with no trouble.
It felt like I had a lot more left in me. In retrospect my daughter has helped me to break a barrier in my mind that didn’t allow me to push myself over 300.
Pretty funny.[/quote]
Grey,
congrats on your steady progress… are you keeping your cal intake at a maintain level or are you still below?
and how does your cardio routine look like?
I too am falling in love w/ deads lately, but it wipes me out, leaving very little for anything else…
[quote]SilentQuest wrote:
grey wrote:
Another update.
Did a good arm workout this morning,
(of course it was not up to high school standards but it worked for me).
Got home this afternoon and had a crazy urge to do some pulling.
did.
10 x 225
10 x 265
8 x 310
6 x 350
5 x 396
2 x 418
I’m on really low carbs and just started losing the power pretty fast but i’ve gotta say that it felt real good anyway.
Damn I’m falling in love with deadlifts lately.
On another note after my arm workout this morning and having exhausted my tri’s on close grip bench my 4 year old started loading up the bar with 5 pound plates. Meticulously adding one to each side to help daddy with his workout then telling me to go ahead and lift it.
I thought I’d just lift it off the pegs and drop it back on. Instead when I had the weight up i felt strong and did an easy rep. I don’t usually bench alot because of a torn pec but here after a heavy tri workout I benched 310 with no trouble.
It felt like I had a lot more left in me. In retrospect my daughter has helped me to break a barrier in my mind that didn’t allow me to push myself over 300.
Pretty funny.
Grey,
congrats on your steady progress… are you keeping your cal intake at a maintain level or are you still below?
and how does your cardio routine look like?
I too am falling in love w/ deads lately, but it wipes me out, leaving very little for anything else…[/quote]
Below. I have really cut out most carbs again. I do eat a ton of eggs and red meat and have noticed that I’m losing almost no weight while leaning out nicely. It’s those damn carbs that are responsible for all the obesity in the world. I love them but hate them.
[quote]grey wrote:
Another update.
Did a good arm workout this morning,
(of course it was not up to high school standards but it worked for me).
Got home this afternoon and had a crazy urge to do some pulling.
did.
10 x 225
10 x 265
8 x 310
6 x 350
5 x 396
2 x 418
I’m on really low carbs and just started losing the power pretty fast but i’ve gotta say that it felt real good anyway.
Damn I’m falling in love with deadlifts lately.
On another note after my arm workout this morning and having exhausted my tri’s on close grip bench my 4 year old started loading up the bar with 5 pound plates. Meticulously adding one to each side to help daddy with his workout then telling me to go ahead and lift it.
I thought I’d just lift it off the pegs and drop it back on. Instead when I had the weight up i felt strong and did an easy rep. I don’t usually bench alot because of a torn pec but here after a heavy tri workout I benched 310 with no trouble.
It felt like I had a lot more left in me. In retrospect my daughter has helped me to break a barrier in my mind that didn’t allow me to push myself over 300.
Pretty funny.[/quote]
Thats the positive power our children bring to our lives.Good to hear your training is going well!
[quote]grey wrote:
Good to hear you Devildog.
We will all be happy to have you post here. Having only a bench and dumbells does not present too many problems for upper body workouts.
Chest is no trouble because (I’m assuming your bench is adjustable) you can hit pecs from all angles with a pair of dumbells. That’s an easy one.
Also a good chest excersise is back on bench in a bridge position with a straight arm single dumbell two hand extension behind the head as far as you can go making sure you drop your rear as low as you can to the floor when the weight is at it’s lowest on the opposite side of the bench. Super stretch and stretch and grow go together we all know.
Triceps; lying on back tricep extensions.
dips on bench with legs up on a chair and weight on thighs.
seated overhead behind the head tricep extensions.
The infamous kickbacks.
Back is a bit more difficult. You can do one arm rows hitting different parts of the back using varying starting and finishing positions. Closer to the chest as opposed to closer to the hip.
You have got to find yourself a chin up bar…that will be a big help for back as well as bi’s.
Incline bench dumbell rows…flat bench dumbell rows (you will have to find a way to raise the bench off the floor so as to get a good stretch) .
Shoulders are also a very easy one.
Flies, presses, arnold presses, front alternating raises, rear delt seated and bent over flies etc. etc.
Biceps are also a no-brainer. hammer curls, alternating db curls, with a twist without a twist, concentration curls with elbow on the knee, 21s, etc. etc.
Traps you have your db shrugs.
Legs? Hmmm. Not an easy one. Lunges will be your friend here.
Stiff legged deads. Squatting will be a bitch but holding a heavy dumbell in each hand you can get a pretty decent workout. Use straps because you don’t want your gripstrength to be the determining factor for your leg workout.
You could also try holding them at shoulder height if you find them getting in your way. Depends on the width of your stance. Like I said…not easy but It will definately make you strong and super balanced using dumbells.
You will also experience an increased ROM stretch and flexibility.
Thats just off the top of my head for now. I’m sure i missed a lot of stuff.
The other guys should help out as well.
Good luck and tell us how it goes.
[/quote]
learn to formatt the sentences and paragraphs properly.
[quote]PNP wrote:
grey wrote:
Good to hear you Devildog.
We will all be happy to have you post here. Having only a bench and dumbells does not present too many problems for upper body workouts.
Chest is no trouble because (I’m assuming your bench is adjustable) you can hit pecs from all angles with a pair of dumbells. That’s an easy one.
Also a good chest excersise is back on bench in a bridge position with a straight arm single dumbell two hand extension behind the head as far as you can go making sure you drop your rear as low as you can to the floor when the weight is at it’s lowest on the opposite side of the bench. Super stretch and stretch and grow go together we all know.
Triceps; lying on back tricep extensions.
dips on bench with legs up on a chair and weight on thighs.
seated overhead behind the head tricep extensions.
The infamous kickbacks.
Back is a bit more difficult. You can do one arm rows hitting different parts of the back using varying starting and finishing positions. Closer to the chest as opposed to closer to the hip.
You have got to find yourself a chin up bar…that will be a big help for back as well as bi’s.
Incline bench dumbell rows…flat bench dumbell rows (you will have to find a way to raise the bench off the floor so as to get a good stretch) .
Shoulders are also a very easy one.
Flies, presses, arnold presses, front alternating raises, rear delt seated and bent over flies etc. etc.
Biceps are also a no-brainer. hammer curls, alternating db curls, with a twist without a twist, concentration curls with elbow on the knee, 21s, etc. etc.
Traps you have your db shrugs.
Legs? Hmmm. Not an easy one. Lunges will be your friend here.
Stiff legged deads. Squatting will be a bitch but holding a heavy dumbell in each hand you can get a pretty decent workout. Use straps because you don’t want your gripstrength to be the determining factor for your leg workout.
You could also try holding them at shoulder height if you find them getting in your way. Depends on the width of your stance. Like I said…not easy but It will definately make you strong and super balanced using dumbells.
You will also experience an increased ROM stretch and flexibility.
Thats just off the top of my head for now. I’m sure i missed a lot of stuff.
The other guys should help out as well.
Good luck and tell us how it goes.
learn to formatt the sentences and paragraphs properly.
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Uhhh, Ok.
By the way…is there any reason why you sent me 46 pm’s asking me to “chat” with you?
Don’t really have the time or desire to “chat” with a fuckhead like you so piss off.
Oh and have a nice day.
Stop lying, I have no idea what you are talking about.
Now go eat a pizza.
I read somewhere that skinny people are supposed to be happy people.
I also know by experience that people who consider themselves bodybuilders actually has a decent physique.
Now what i know about you is that you are a skinny man who claims to be a bodybuilder and by the content of your posts, is neither happy nor has a decent physique.
What you seem to enjoy is making crude insults and one line pot shots.
I would focus that anger in the gym.
It has always helped me.
So either start being jolly or gain some weight. You are confusing people in a big way.
Cheers. PNP.
PNP,
What’s up with pissing in the guys thread? Stop being an ass.
[quote]vroom wrote:
PNP,
What’s up with pissing in the guys thread? Stop being an ass.[/quote]
I’ll second that!
Looks like someone dedicated a part of his Easter holiday to bringing down the thread’s rating to one star as well.