Hard Work

Training Over 35 Lifter
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Getting lazy, didn’t even post yesterday’s workout:

Box Squats
45 x 10
65 x 7
95 x 5
95 x 5
95 x 5

Leg Press
100 x 15
185 x 12
190 x 12
235 x 10
280 x 7

this was a lot of weight for me

Leg X
5 x 12
7 x 10
9 x 8
11 x 8
13 x 8

Seat calf
45 x 18
90 x 15
115 x 8
135 x 7
135 x 6
135 x 6

Felt really good, will credit to change in supplement program

Today not so good, felt crappy as usual
Bench
45 x 10
95 x 7
115 x 4
145 x 1
160 x 1 this was harder than last week, spotter had to help me
125 x 5 . x5 . x4 . x4 . x5

Dip, halfway sortof
x5 . x4 . x5

Incline DB fly
20 x 15
25 x 12
30 x 12
35 x 10
35 x 6 FAILURE
35 x 10

Rope pulldown
60 x 15
80 x 12
100 x 8 . x7 . x8 . x8

I am really just so goddamn fed up with it all. I can’t stand having it so hard. I demand the same body everyone else has.

I watched some new guy in the gym, at least as old as me. He got compliments for being in such great shape for his age. No one admires me. They shouldn’t. My body is thin and weak. He did bench with the same weight I can barely deadlift. I’ve beat this body to death for 30, 40 years YEARS and still it won’t get out of a beginner’s level.

I watched a small slender guy do squats. He got low, at least as low as me. He put on 135 lbs and repped like it wasn’t there. He walked away fresh as a daisy.

I killed myself for decades to become a strong man and cannot stomach such meager rewards.

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wo wo wo
don’t get your proverbial panties in a bunch.
your working hard.
your training is solid
be proud.

your leg work out was pretty crazy- good squatting.
and you just said GHR which are hard as hell
just got easier

then some baboon did something ‘better’ in the gym.

well what he eats doesn’t make you shit
at least that’s how I feel.

we are all here to support you
there are some really strong women and men here
who have a wealth of training knowledge.

tap into it
and
tear shit up

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[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
wo wo wo
don’t get your proverbial panties in a bunch.
your working hard.
your training is solid
be proud.

your leg work out was pretty crazy- good squatting.
and you just said GHR which are hard as hell
just got easier

then some baboon did something ‘better’ in the gym.

well what he eats doesn’t make you shit
at least that’s how I feel.

we are all here to support you
there are some really strong women and men here
who have a wealth of training knowledge.

tap into it
and
tear shit up
[/quote]

Word.

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Though don’t overtrain yourself either.

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[quote]cavalier wrote:

I killed myself for decades to become a strong man and cannot stomach such meager rewards.[/quote]

SLAP!!!

Pull yourself together man, just kill yourself harder.

Constant disatisfaction is part of it. We are all disatisfied, if we weren’t we would stop.

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x2, from what FB said, and what has been said so many times is true, dont compare yourself to others, you have made great progress and shown great resolve. You keep on with the keeping on. We all get down on ourselves I know I do, but we are all here to pat eachother on the back and kick eachothers ass, dont get discouraged!

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You can only be the best you can be. We are all born with innate gifts. I’m sure there are things you are really good at that others would have to work their asses off to be mediocre at. That’s life.

What’s the alternative? Sitting on the couch? Imagine how much weaker you’d be if you did that. I guarantee you wouldn’t feel any better about yourself.

Stay the course.

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Haven’t read the comments yet, but no doubt you’re all urging me to get committed. If my medical insurance hadn’t run out, I would.

Went into the gym today, telling myself “I want it easy! Easy!! EASY!!!” Set up for deadlifts, tried to psych myself that they would be easy. . . . and they were easy.

135 x 5
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 2
245 x 3
255 x 3
275 x 3 this was my meet max last month, did a triple and it didn’t feel TOO tough
275 x 1 back was good and worked by now

and I hadn’t even screamed or anything

Pulldowns
70 x 12
80 x 12
90 x 10

they were easy, would have done more but someone changed the bar while I watched my friend squat with bands. He loves those bands. I told him about deadlifting with mini-bands and he got all excited, wants to try that.

bar curl
35 x 12
45 x 10
55 x 8
65 x 6
65 x 8
65 x 8

Reverse row off dip handles. told myself “I want easy!” And they were easy.
x12 . x12 . x12

I’ve cracked. This is absolutely Jeckell and Hyde.

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See? The way to nail all of your lifts is to merely keep telling yourself it is easy. I’m going to try that myself.

james

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[quote]atypical1 wrote:
See? The way to nail all of your lifts is to merely keep telling yourself it is easy. I’m going to try that myself.

james[/quote]

James, I looked at the vids on your thread, and I can tell you you already feel that it’s easy. When I say hard work, I mean grimacing, grunting, yelling, straining, shaking, hyperventilating, draped over the bar when the set’s over. You’re already at the level I’m trying to reach.

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Feeling better. Sleeping well, adjusted carbs to strict Paleo, changed supplements. Going to gym and lecturing myself to make it easy.

Matty rows
35 x 15
45 x 10
55 x 10
65 x 6
75 x 6 . x6 . x6
80 x 6 . x5
85 x 5

damn, can’t lose, way better than last time.

One arm DB row
30 x 15
40 x 10
50 x 8
60 x 4 . x4 . x5

not bad at all

Rotator cuff stuff. Boring, boring stuff, but don’t want shoulders to tear apart.

Wrist curls behind back. Got up to 135 lbs for a few reps, that’s a PR to put it mildly.

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Lots people lift lots more than I do. I look better than most of them. There seems to be no relationship. Don’t worry what other people are doing/achieving because it’s pretty much irrelevant in the long run.

I like that you’re progressing. It means great things.

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[quote]cavalier wrote:
Feeling better. Sleeping well, adjusted carbs to strict Paleo,

Not that you would take advice from me, so Ill just ask the question…Earlier you stated
that you upped the carbs for a FEW WEEKS that you were sick of figuring out blah blah do you really think a few weeks you would see the gains you are looking for? is a few weeks long enough?
Maybe you have tried this before for a longer period of time? sorry if that is the case.

Keep on it!

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Kent, thanks for the kind words.

Upscale, I did see some changes, namely more fat sags on my belly and some drop in strength. I’m switching the rice and sweet potatoes to bananas, so the carbs are still up, but hopefully in a more agreeable fashion. Things seem to be going well at the moment, so will keep carbs at this level.

What makes you think I wouldn’t take advice from you? You look like you know what you’re doing.

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Doing some low intensity squat and bench stuff. I’m alternating heavy squat/bench/dead days with light days.

It’s Memorial Day weekend. For the benefit of the UK & Canada folks, that’s when we honor the military. Everyone gets Monday off. Probably will spend it washing & waxing the car - they weather is finally decent.

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[quote]cavalier wrote:
Doing some low intensity squat and bench stuff. I’m alternating heavy squat/bench/dead days with light days.

It’s Memorial Day weekend. For the benefit of the UK & Canada folks, that’s when we honor the military. Everyone gets Monday off. Probably will spend it washing & waxing the car - they weather is finally decent.[/quote]

We have Monday off here as well. Ours is a Bank holiday because it’s Whitsun. Don’t ask me what that is. I don’t know a lot about religion.

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[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:

[quote]cavalier wrote:
Doing some low intensity squat and bench stuff. I’m alternating heavy squat/bench/dead days with light days.

It’s Memorial Day weekend. For the benefit of the UK & Canada folks, that’s when we honor the military. Everyone gets Monday off. Probably will spend it washing & waxing the car - they weather is finally decent.[/quote]

We have Monday off here as well. Ours is a Bank holiday because it’s Whitsun. Don’t ask me what that is. I don’t know a lot about religion.
[/quote]

Hmmm, Monday is holiday for both of us. Coincidence? Conspiracy? Next you’ll be telling me you celebrate Independence Day and Martin Luther King Jr Day.

A day of light squatting, followed by a day of light benching, followed by a day of light deads. Except that was in such a great mood, the sets were actually fairly intense. Remarkable, considering that they were almost effortless.

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Im happy to see your spirits seem to be better, and its showing in your work…my supps are usually the basic Flax and Fish oil, Vit and a multi, I recently ran out and have to wait till friday to replenish…coincidentally I have been feeling like effing garbage, anxious and depressed, I wonder if one has anything to do with the other…probably not, but odd coincidence nonetheless.

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Matty sounds good I do the same except the multi I take every other day. I also do the breakfast of champions everyother also( 1/2 cup steel cut oats, 1 heaping TBS flax seed meal, 1 heaping tsp cinnamon, 2 tbs crushed walnuts, handful of dry blueberries or cranberries, with 1 cup water and nuke for 1:55. My coworkers and I eat this about everyother day due to the freakish results on all our blood tests, everyone of us was low normal on tri’s and cholesterol after switching just this in our terrible diets. That and I started drinking wine. Last physical everything was completely low normal.

Glad to see your mood improved Cav , never look back.

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That sounds pretty damn good dude, why every other day for the multi? Is it an individual thing or maybe something I should adhere too? srry for the hijack