Hardcore Essentials

Training Over 35 Lifter
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Did a ton of mobility work for my thoracic, hips, hammies, and piriformis which loosened me up and my body felt rejuvinated for lifting.

T-Handle Swings:
100 lbs x 2 sets x 20 reps

Bottom Breathing Front Squats(Front Squat Harness-26 lbs):
161 x 10(10 Breaths bottom last rep)
251 x 5(5 BB last rep)
341 x 3(3 BB last rep)
431 x 1(3 BB last rep)

Floor Presses:
135 x 10
185 x 5
225 x 3 x 3

Standing Crunches:
90 lbs x 20

Face Pulls(50 lbs Band)
3 x 25

Svend Presses:
30 lbs(3-10 lbs plates) x 3 sets

I finally rigged up a 50 lbs green band to do sets of 25 tricep pushdowns, so I did several hundred today at various times during the day.
Did a load of face pulls during the day too. Overall a good day.

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A decent training day.

T-Handle Swings:
100 lbs x 2 sets x 20 reps

Bottom Breathing Squats:
135 x 10(10 Bottom Breaths last rep)
225 x 5(5 BB last rep)
315 x 3(5 BB last rep)
410 x 1(5 BB last rep)

Pin(5 inches over chest) Dead Stop Bench Press:
135 x 10
185 x 5
225 x 3
255 x 3 sets x 3 reps

Sumo Dead Lifts:
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x3
405 x 1
475 x 1

Face Pulls(50 lbs green band):
1 x 50

Triceps Push downs(50 lbs green band):
1 x 50

Dumbbell Hammer Curls:
35 lbs(each hand) x 3 sets x 15 reps

Okay another day.

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431 Front squat…good lord that is some good, good stuff right there!

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[quote]gorillavanilla wrote:
A decent training day.

T-Handle Swings:
100 lbs x 2 sets x 20 reps

Bottom Breathing Squats:
135 x 10(10 Bottom Breaths last rep)
225 x 5(5 BB last rep)
315 x 3(5 BB last rep)
410 x 1(5 BB last rep)

Pin(5 inches over chest) Dead Stop Bench Press:
135 x 10
185 x 5
225 x 3
255 x 3 sets x 3 reps

Sumo Dead Lifts:
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x3
405 x 1
475 x 1

Face Pulls(50 lbs green band):
1 x 50

Triceps Push downs(50 lbs green band):
1 x 50

Dumbbell Hammer Curls:
35 lbs(each hand) x 3 sets x 15 reps

Okay another day.[/quote]

That looks like a real strong session GV. Nice work.
One question, why five inches above the chest on the pin presses?

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thats some strong lifting there brother.

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[quote]DBasler wrote:

[quote]gorillavanilla wrote:
Just watched a 75 year old deadlift 607 lbs on a video on PowerliftingWatch. Now that is humbling incredible lifting to watch.[/quote]

Saw the same video, 680 at 70 years old and 607 at 75. Makes me feel weak![/quote]

I won’t even look that up. I’d probably just quit lifting after seeing it. Damn, that is impressive.

GV, Nice work man! The lifts are looking great and the squat videos are always motivational for me.

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Joe and Wiex are you brothers?

Great training GV. You like the t-handle? I want to make one and try some swings.

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[quote]NHLFTR wrote:
Joe and Wiex are you brothers? [/quote]

LOL, we’re not. But ironically enough, my first name is Joe & I do believe I saw a post on JoeGood’s thread where he explained that his first name is actually not Joe. Regardless, he’s got great style in beard and haircut!

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Thanks fellas.

Dave the reason I was using pins at 5 inches above my chest is that is where the holes are on my rack and I was trying to press from a low position a little less than half extension for a full bench.

In other news I worked yesterday, came home, cleaned up, and then took my daughter to Disney World for about 8 hours of non-stop energy. The result is that I missed lifting yesterday and I have been totally wrecked today and unable to have any energy to lift. Tomorrow lifting will resume-another day. Better to rest and lift another day than to get injured because I am wiped out. Work was a blast today-gotta tell ya.

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I’m sure your daughter had a blast at disney world though.

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Still recovering from Disney and lack of sleep last few days so I felt like crap which meant I must lift.

T-Handle Swings:
100 lbs x 2 sets x 20 reps

Squats:
135 x 10
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 1
495 x 1

Dead Stop Pin Presses(Starting at Chest):
135 x 10
185 x 5
225 x 3
245 x 1

Face Pulls(50 lbs green band) giant set w/Triceps Push Downs:
3 x 25/3 x 25

Svend Presses:
30 lbs(3 Plates) x 20
40 lbs(4 P) x 3 sets x 20

Standing Crunches:
90 lbs x 15

No breathing squats tonight. I think I’m going to lay off the breathing squats for a minute and just squat every day for a while.

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Are your t-handle swings like KB swings?

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chobbs-Yes T-Handle swings are just like KB swings.

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Squatting every day is pretty damn brutal, looking forward to seeing how it treats you.

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Disney Cardio Day there has to be a top 10 exercise book you can spin off of that and make a fortune.

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Joe-Squatting every day is brutal and I tried it once before and had to quit after a month because it was tearing me up. I now have a better mobility/therapy regimen so I hope I can make the every day squatting last longer.

corrmhona-Good idea. I didn’t mention that for the length of an entire Disney character dance show I had my daughter sitting on my head or shoulders. While she was watching the show I was dancing and bouncing around with her so I got a different kind of workout there.

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Video?

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Sorry corrmhona no video or I have to ask my wife if she sneaked in on us then I’ll post something.

Lifting tonight was fast and furious as well as satisfying.

T-Handle Swings:
100 lbs x 2 sets x 20 reps

Squats:
135 x 10
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 1
500 lbs x 1(Deep ATG)

Fat Gripz Close Grip Bench Press:
135 x 10
185 x 5
230 x 3 sets x 3 reps

I wanted to do more however my parents came over to watch the kids so I took a quick sink bath and the Missus and I went for dinner at Macaroni Grill.

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500 ATG!

Hammie is all better I’m assuming.

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@corrmhona- My right hammie is healed for the most part. I’m finding that I have to do more therapy/mobility work to keep my hammie from getting painfully tight. When my right leg hamstring muscles are overly tight(frequently) my right knee gets traumatically out of joint and my quads as well as my calf hurt excessively. So, no big deal I just do a lot of smashing, wrapping, rolling, electric stimulation and the situation seems to get worked out.