Let’s see. You’re bout 2x Mr. 24 years old’s age. Hell, I figure you kicked his ass. 275 under competition rules is pretty good. Beside, when’s the last time you competed in something? This was just the beginning of your comeback.
You made me hungry. Ain’t leavin for Zydecko night for a couple of hours and I like to get there hungry. Mama should be giving me my Don’t list soon. “Don’t argue with any of your brothers or uncles. Don’t make fun of anybodys boyfriend/girlfriend. Don’t speak French/Cajun in front of people who don’t. DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT start singing.” Mean woman. Have a beer JW. I’m going too. And I’m a great singer.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
You made me hungry. Ain’t leavin for Zydecko night for a couple of hours and I like to get there hungry. Mama should be giving me my Don’t list soon. “Don’t argue with any of your brothers or uncles. Don’t make fun of anybodys boyfriend/girlfriend. Don’t speak French/Cajun in front of people who don’t. DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT start singing.” Mean woman. Have a beer JW. I’m going too. And I’m a great singer.[/quote]
I wish I was going to be at the Knights of Columbus hall. Have fun big guy.
Assisted pull ups: 1x8
Lat raise machine: 3x90x10
Lat pull down machine: 105x10, 125x10, 150x10
Dumb bell Military Press: 45x10, 45x9, 45x8
Military Partials: 3x70x12
Skull Crushers: 70x10, 2x70x8
Triceps Extension Machine: 2x125x12
Treadmill:20 mins
Slept in this morning, got to the gym at 5:45. Had a nice workout, just me and the cleaning lady in the gym. While the weights were not particularly heavy, I had a good workout. My back is nice and tight now.
What a beautiful morning! It was about 67 degrees this morning. We had a nice clear sunrise. Roumer has it there will be T-Boomers this afternoon. My daughter wants to play softball next spring. I guess we will be off to town and buy a glove. My ballerina wants to be a jock!
No cardio today.Saturday night, during my 2:30 am bathroom pilgrimage felt a twinge down there. Well, not really down there but back there. Seems old Willy has an uncomfortable swelling of hemorrhoidal tissues. And while it didn’t really effect my weight workout Sunday, I was pretty uncomfortable on the treadmill. Damn I was hurting yesterday evening.
So as 4:30am rolled around and the dull ache continued I passed on cardio. The bad thing is my ass hurts and now my psyche hurts because I broke my routine. So I’m getting it in my ass and my head. I guess I’ll try to ease off for a few days and see if this subsides. This all sucks out loud. Here I am sidelined by a hemorrhoid not a sexy torn tendon or herniated disk, or a bad hip. I’m out because my asshole hurts.
My wife is not surprised by any of this. Most times she swears I have my head in my ass.
Sorry for the rant, whine, and the way too much info.
Damn rough night last night. I’m afraid I’m going to have to break down and see a doc to get this ‘condition’ squared away.
It was 63 degrees here this morning. Clear skies and a northwest breeze which is unusual for August. The river water is luke warm here so you could see the ‘steam’ rising off the river in the morning sun. It was one of those I wish I had a camera moments.
Yikes! Sorry to hear you’re a hurtin’ hombre! My baby-making friends say witch hazel helps. You can make a gauze compress kind of thing with it. (Like OTC Tucks) Or maybe look for some kind of suppository with WH in it? Otherwise I guess you may as well go get it taken care of cause it will probably come back to haunt you (again) if you don’t.
The weather has been better here too. Sorta. I’m trying to put it to good use. More on that (later) in my own log.
Try witch hazel wipes They worked for me and believe me I had some bad ones as big as my thumb. Let me know about your next bench meet i may be interested.
Willy, sorry to hear about your “issue”. It might have something to do with the heavy straining during lifting or it might be a diet issue…
Happy to hear that you got 275 on the bench in competition. Did this involve a pause at the bottom? This requirement makes it much more difficult than your usual gym lift.
Mday, it was a pause at the bottom press. But just us guys. Nothing to be excited about. A couple of old farts getting ‘beat up’ by a couple of kids. Still good fun non the less.
Still having a ‘flare up’ but the constant pain isn’t bad. So I think things are subsiding. I’ll lay off the squats, power cleans and power snatches for a while longer. Didn’t push myself too much and I felt good leaving the gym.
The wife and daughter are all in an uproar over teacher and class assignments for the next school year. Oh to be a 5th grader again! Life around here will be interesting to say the least!
Just checking back in. Having some of the same ‘issues’ as you willy. Good luck with the 5th grade. Daughter heads off to EC, tomorrow actually. Each grade brings it’s own drama. But you then wonder what all the fuss was about the previous year because it’s become meaningless. Great job on your workouts, it appears you’ve really improved.
Assisted chins: 1x12
Lateral Raises: 3x90x10
Lateral Pull Downs: 3x120x10
Seated Dumbbell Mil Press: 2x45x10, 45x7
Mil Partials 2x70x12, 80x12
CGP: 3x135x10
Triceps ext. machine: 2x130x12
Treadmill: 20 mins
All felt good, despite my ongoing issues with my ‘condition’. I’m going to change the workout around in a few weeks. I’ll stay with the 4 day stuff. I want to add and drop a few things. Plus I think I’ll work towards a 350# bench press goal, just for giggles and grins.
Interestingly enough, I tweaked my diet slightly. I have resumed training in the morning, after only taking my blood pressure pills and assorted vitamins. I went a period where I was slugging down a cup of skim milk and whey powder before the morning workouts. My weight loss floundered during that period. It hovered around 248-252. In only 2 weeks of training on no pre-workout drink, I dropped to 240.
This may be counter productive to the 350# bench press goal initially, but from a health standpoint being at a 200-210# body weight range is the first order of work.
Off to the beach for a long weekend. Hope y’all enjoy yours.
Willy, great news about the weight loss. If you work the weight down slowly you really shouldn’t have a problem increasing strength. 350# would be a heck of an accomplishment.
350 is a good gaol for you and I think you can get it.
I’ve wrestled with getting my mind around the weight/strength loss thing. If you’re only losing fat, why do you lose strength? I can see if it has to do with with some kind off set like pulling things but why does it effect something like the bench.
Guess I’m just not familiar enough with the science of weight loss to get it. Damn. Something else I’ve got to study up on now.
Assisted chins: 1x12
Lateral Raises: 3x90x10
Lateral Pull Downs: 3x120x10
Seated Dumbbell Mil Press: 2x45x10, 45x7
Mil Partials 2x70x12, 80x12
CGP: 3x135x10
Triceps ext. machine: 2x130x12
Treadmill: 20 mins
All felt good, despite my ongoing issues with my ‘condition’. I’m going to change the workout around in a few weeks. I’ll stay with the 4 day stuff. I want to add and drop a few things. Plus I think I’ll work towards a 350# bench press goal, just for giggles and grins.
Interestingly enough, I tweaked my diet slightly. I have resumed training in the morning, after only taking my blood pressure pills and assorted vitamins.
I went a period where I was slugging down a cup of skim milk and whey powder before the morning workouts. My weight loss floundered during that period. It hovered around 248-252. In only 2 weeks of training on no pre-workout drink, I dropped to 240.
This may be counter productive to the 350# bench press goal initially, but from a health standpoint being at a 200-210# body weight range is the first order of work.
Off to the beach for a long weekend. Hope y’all enjoy yours.[/quote]
I had a good workout this morning. The ‘condition’ is really easing off. So I’m off on a quest of a 350# bench…HA-HA
I really carbed up a the beach this weekend, pizza and beer, shrimp and grits, whiskey, fried soft shell crabs, shrimp, and fish. Oh and big ass breakfasts with biscuits, grits, eggs, country ham, and gravy. Its out of my system, I’m 4 lbs heavier but I can get that back off pretty quick.
Willy, if you are chasing a bench press number you will need to make sure that you keep your shoulders healthy. Work on some recovery stuff to keep the shoulders balanced and strong. Also, make sure to hit the triceps and lats hard since they give you a lot of supporting power once the weight moves up.
Willy, I think your overall plan looks very solid, compound lifts, good accessory work, recovery periods, good nutrition…
Just make sure to include some shoulder mobility stuff to prevent any future problems. The joint most likely to cause problems when benching heavy is the shoulder. There are a lot of good articles on the site about shoulder exercises to do before and after training.