Thanks for the compliment QT. I have been following your thread and I hope I can emulate the intensity of your workouts.
Walleye, to be honest the treadmill is hell on my feet. I don’t know if its the years on the mill floor or the yards of concrete I have poured in the past but the treadmill kills my feet more than the elliptical! I am keeping a food log now and it does work wonders. I am seeing some results. Oh, and my wife has no desire to workout. I have tried and tried to get her interested. After a while you realize you have to do it for yourself.
Friday, cardio day. Not much to report. 30 minutes on the elliptical and listening to moe., Pearl Jam, Dire Straits, Tom Tom Club, and Head East. My thoughts drifted to supper tonight. I believe I am going to grill some fillets and plank roast a couple of pieces of salmon. I’ll throw a few dozen sprigs of fresh asparagus on the grill too.
After last evening’s disaster of a workout I really am looking forward to my Sunday morning weight session. I am hoping for a better showing. It has to be, I damn near hit bottom last night!
I am also an early morning workout guy. I am sometimes forced to do evening workouts and I notice that my strength, endurance and desire are just lacking in the evening. It may have something to do with T-levels being lower in the evening. Have you had your T-levels checked?
Give her hell on Sunday! We will all be awaiting the results.
Dinner sounds great! Salmon and asparagus on the grill are two of my all time favorites. I like a little bit of parmesan on the asparagus and some olive oil.
I had the t level checked. It was about 486. The lab scale was 241-847. My doc didn’t check free t or e. Actually the doc and I are about to have a parting of ways over my cholesterol meds. We will see at the next appt.
I’ll make some roasted red pepper chutney stuff on the side burner. Toss a salad, throw on some blue cheese and dress it with balsamic and olive oil. Pretty basic grill food. I will admit, I really Really REALLY miss pasta!
[quote]j_willy3 wrote:
Mday, you hit yesterday dead ass on the nail!
I had the t level checked. It was about 486. The lab scale was 241-847. My doc didn’t check free t or e. Actually the doc and I are about to have a parting of ways over my cholesterol meds. We will see at the next appt.
I’ll make some roasted red pepper chutney stuff on the side burner. Toss a salad, throw on some blue cheese and dress it with balsamic and olive oil. Pretty basic grill food. I will admit, I really Really REALLY miss pasta! :-([/quote]
I’m making pasta Monday. Using 93% lean (or 97%) ground beef, and Dreamfield pasta. But I am still considering this to be a cheat meal.
Hel, my wife is from Morgan City! She will not even let me attempt to blaspheme a gumbo. So unfortunately we rarely eat real Cajun anymore. I have 40 lbs of andouille from Thibodaux in the freezer. Can you imagine how that hurts?
But I do like a little oatmeal with my Tabasco and cayanne for breakfast.
Not much to accomplished today. I WATCHED some guys lift a bunch of weight at a 100% RAW meet. I WATCHED my daughter dance in a ballet recital. I WATCHED a Coastal Plains League baseball game and didn’t eat a hotdog or a burger.
I WATCHED my guys install a big ass electric motor. I WATCHED my gas gauge move steadily towards E. Believe it or not I WATCHED my diet.
This morning, while I should have been starting an interval cardio workout advocated by The Madge and others, I WATCHED the inside of my eyelids.
[quote]j_willy3 wrote:
Not much to accomplished today. I WATCHED some guys lift a bunch of weight at a 100% RAW meet. I WATCHED my daughter dance in a ballet recital. I WATCHED a Coastal Plains League baseball game and didn’t eat a hotdog or a burger. I WATCHED my guys install a big ass electric motor. I WATCHED my gas gauge move steadily towards E. Believe it or not I WATCHED my diet.
This morning, while I should have been starting an interval cardio workout advocated by The Madge and others, I WATCHED the inside of my eyelids.
You researched powerlifting techniques. You spent time with your family. You enjoyed the National pastime. You effectively managed your work force. You were thankful you could affort the high price of gas. You stayed true to your committment to diet. You gave your body time to grow while you slept.
Sounds like a damn good day.
Tomorrow, move some iron.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
You researched powerlifting techniques. You spent time with your family. You enjoyed the National pastime. You effectively managed your work force. You were thankful you could affort the high price of gas. You stayed true to your committment to diet. You gave your body time to grow while you slept.
Sounds like a damn good day.
Tomorrow, move some iron.
5:30, back in the gym. Not before having a nightmare. I had the most vivid dream I was waking to a morning snow. Snow, June, the swamps of eastern NC, that is a nightmare!
The incline here at my new gym is at a slightly different angle so I’m working secondary muscles I wasn’t when I was doing incline D-bell work at the Barbie Gym. It is taking some getting used too! Also, I took a WTF attitude and jumped my power clean weight. I think my form was ok. I don’t think I was reverse curling. Had the same WTF attitude on the Squats as well.
It felt good today. Maybe it was the fact I forgot to take the blood pressure and cholesterol meds yesterday morning. Maybe it was the day off. Maybe it was a nightmare of a June snow in the swamps of NC. I’m not complaining for sure!!
EDIT Now I’m really living large, I just finished my 4th cup of Community Coffee from my special “seasoned” cup that no one in the house dare’s touching or putting in the dishwasher. It’s my only sacrosanct possession it seems! EDIT
Good to hear that you took some time relaxing yesterday. It seems to have helped with the lifting today. Great numbers on a lot of big lifts. Morning workouts are definitely your key.
Even in Wisconsin, snow in June would be a nightmare also. Sunny and 77 here today!
What a great thread! I am 48, was fat and growing a “monkey butt” on the top of my head, and now the hair has grown in, my waist has gone down from a 36" to a 31" and I had a “band-aid” back surgery that needs to be repaired next week, so I’ve been out of the gym for two months and will out for another two months after next week. Damn, I HATE not pushing iron! At least I can still pedal my road bike while wearing a wide elastic support to keep the stitches closed up in the back and front.
This is a truly inspirational log from old timers like me that really understand…
j_willy, maybe your wife will get jealous of how you look and want to get in shape to keep up with you. I mean heck, what woman doesn’t want to “go the distance” every now and then?
A layoff every once in a while is a good thing. Your body needs time to recover. Some people take time off a couple times a year, while others take a week off every 4th week.
It depends on how intense the workout is, how high the volume is, how your body responds, and for many people what they actually believe about over-training.
The best thing is learning about your body, and how you feel. Once you are familiar with your body, you can learn to feel when it is time to take a break.
As you train though your recovery should improve, leading to less of a need for recovery.
I haven’t read the whole thread, so I may be a little late with this suggestion. Have you considered Gironda style training? I love it! Choose an exercise, do a set, wait 30 seconds then do another.
Do 8 sets of the exercise and you’re done. Move on to the next muscle group. I do quads, back and chest on mondays and thursdays, and hams, delts and arms on tuesdays and fridays. It won’t make you strong, but it’ll make you drop fat really quick. You’ll also dramatically improve your general fitness level. Doing 8 sets of 8 chins in 8 minutes isn’t easy
Sounds almost like circuit training, but without the changes.
When I used to train HIT style, (Darden style,) I would do one set to failure, then move to the next exercise without any real rest between. I was doing about 10 exercises in 20 minutes.
