Barry, great video. Be careful rack pulling that kind of weight because it will make you all big and strong. QT, great lifting.
Hope all you strong mofos have a Merry Christmas.
Art, you’re coming back strong. Merry Christmas to you and the family.
Barry, if you talk to them, wish the whole crew down at the redneck gym a merry christmas from all of us.
Talk to them, hell we let the new gym meet the Missouri Mule. I know I’m nuts we did upper back. Went something like this.
curls 70X10,100X10,130X10,160X8,me 180X0X2 back and legs still shocked from Saturday. Back was wacked for 3 days
pulldowns240X10,260X10,stack 300X8 with Galaxie63 helping on the positive.
seated row 230X12,270X10,300X8
seated chest sup row 4 plates X10,6X10,8X12 jammin’ very fast
db row 130X10
shot, probably left something out.
Headed to Jimmy T for New York pasta and his infamous meatballs, so full I had to pass on ice cream which is extremely rare.
God Bless our gang, Merry Christmas.
Ok and Happy Holidays
Nice Job! Barry! Merry Christmas to all the old farts!
My hat’s off to the best group of guys on this entire Forum - “our gang of old farts!”
Holiday here was kinda quiet…which is OK. Hope everyone enjoyed theirs!
Saved my shopping till Christmas Eve…something I haven’t done in about 15 years - now I remember why I stopped and started earlier in the month - STRESS; PRESSURE; LINES; SOLD OUT! etc.
12/27/09 - Sunday
Just one exercise…
Press Behind the Neck
45x8x2; 70x6; 95x4; 120x10x3
12/29/09 - Tuesday
Tried to Bench Press yesterday, BUT, my shoulders weren’t recovered yet, so I blew the day off!
Squat
45x8x2; 95x6
Squat with 2 Heavy Blue Bands (+120 lockout / +20 in the hole)
45x5; 95x4; 135x3; 185x2; 205x1; 225x3x6 (345 lockout/245 in the hole)
May try to BP this afternoon late or early this evening if I’m up to it.
I guess it’s that time of the year to reflect on the previous 12 months and to set some goals for the next 12
My goals short-term are to compete in the USAPL NJ State Champs in late Feb.
My goals long-term are to feel better mentally & physically; to get a full-time position; and to be the best person I can be.
Hope all is well with the gang!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the crew.We are doing great down here.Lots of snow and ice for the past week. Barry brought it with him from Lubbick!!! Will post soon and getting ready for power sports in Tyler in Febuary with my brother Barry !!! God Bless and a safe New Year to the crew. Jimmy T
Back at it after a slow week.
DL poor form as usual 225x8,315X8,405X6,455X5X3,405X8
GM 135X6,225X6,315X6X2
T-row 5 platesX10,6X10,7X10,8X5 some kid came up to me and said, “that’s sick man” no that’s heavy
ez curl 105X10,155X6,175X3,185,195 I need 200 to fall bt the end of Feb when Jimmy T and I go to Tyler. My dream will be 1100 total. DL form is the problem. CNS is still a little tweaked which is why I didn’t go any heavier. Happy New Year
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R !!!
Starting the New Year focused on Feb’s NJ USAPL State Champs. I have made some progress since returning to my old-style of training 1st week of Nov 2009.
Bench Press - every rep paused
45x12x2; 135x8; 185x4; 225x2; 250x1; 275x1; 290x1; 300x1; 305x1; 310x1
If I had a hand-off, I think I had more in me…Un-racking the bar over 300 was really tough for me today!
Happy New Year to all the gang…looking forward to sharing parts of our lives over the next 12 months!
I feel your pain with the no handoff. Happy New Year my friend. Your numbers will be back, we had no doubt.
Nothing like an upcoming comp to help you stay motivated Art. Looking forward to another year with you guys.
Thanks everyone…
For you guys, and me hopefully, the best is yet to come!
sorry i have not osted in a while. not long after my last post, i hurt my back again back squatting 200kg for a double ATG. i have to learn that as far as squatting goes, i just cant do certain things.
front squats? yes, if my left knee feels ok.
light deep back squats? yes if the reps are 15-20, has to be EASY
wide high/moderate depth box squats? yes.
deep heavy back squats? NO F-ING WAY
AND i went to alabama to vist my daughters for new years. so since then just playing around with machines. hig reps.
yesterday was first real day back into gym.
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deadlifts, 190kg x 5, ummm… NO. got the reps but back did not feel good at all. stopped there and went down to 150kgx15
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power squat machine, 2 plates x 50, 4 plates x 20, 6 plates x 10
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abds
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back raises x 30
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tabata airdyne bike.
Mike,
The back will heal; then stick to your game plan. I hope the girls and you had a great Holiday!
Hope all is well with the rest of the gang!!!
Deadlift
135x8; 225x5; 315x3; 405x1; 435x1; 455x1; 475x1…Last two singles were “shaky” but no hitch! I have to do something to get more comfy with the heavier weights…my body is just not 100% & I’m trying to compensate and it makes for a very uncoordinated lift, lol! I get away withit when the weights are sub-max; as soon as I get over 405 that’s when it becomes apparent! Time will tell!
Found another real gym in O’Fallon, MO. Great place after a cold snow filled wilderness. Had to wait for a couple of members while they DLed. Got cold after warmup.
DL 245X8,335X8,425X6,475 knees aching
RDL in rack 425X8X3
GM using a safety squat bar 2platesX8,4X8X2
a few DB shrugs
Great gym.
A great week to all.
This thread never fails to inspire.
nice work- and thank you.
Hey gang! Nice you found another ‘great gym’ to train at, Barry!
01/12/10 - Tuesday
Squat
45x10x2; 135x6; 185x3; 225x1
Squat + 2 Mini Bands(+20lbs @ lockout)
245x3; 250x3; 255x3; 260x3; 265x3; 275x3(B+W); 325 x walk-out; 375 x walkout
Misc Abs
Stationary Bike
45 minutes x 70rpm
01/09/10 - Saturday
Bench Press - 1 finger closer in grip / every rep paused
45x12x2
Bench Press + Mini Band doubled around back(+20 @ lockout)
45x10; 135x6; 185x4; 225x2; 235x6; 235x5; 235x3x4 - no triceps local muscle endurance!
changing things up to an old and often successful routine of mine, that i go to when i feel i am not recovering enough. basically, push day, pull day, and a squat day.
today, pull day
my back may be “back”. deadlifts, 100% raw 150kgx15, 200kgx5, belt on: 230kgx1 EASY. then belt off, 1140kgx10 clean-high pulls(power shrugs). i asically deadlift the weight, then shrug and get on my toes, with a slight bend in my elbows, bringing the bar about up to my naval or a little past it. tremendous pump to the upper back.
chins, bw x failure(11 reps)
hammer iso lat pulldown 2 plates each side x 20, 3 plates x 4-2-1 rest pause
chest supported rows, 5-4-3-2-1 strip set 5 plates, 4 plates, 3,2,1
standing dumbbell curls 50lbx6, 40lbx15
done. did not eat all day. fighting withthe little lady left me too upset to eat, so i had NO energy for a tabata. now i am having a strong drink of brandy and coke, and ambien, and to bed!!!
Good to see your back on the road to recovery, Mike…your push, pull, squat routine seemed to work pretty good in the past so why not now!
01/13/10 - Wednesday
DB IR/ER
8x12x2
10x10x2
12x8x2
15x5x2
Press Behind the Neck
45x10x2; 70x8; 95x5; 120x2; 135x6x2 _ Everything “felt” heavy in this exercise
1-arm DB Standing Press
35x8; 45x6; R55x5/L55x8; R65x4/L65x3; R75x10x3
Back in Lubbock and taking another day off. Went thru Azle and hooked up and my brother and your friend Jimmy T. We Trained and we ate and we ate and we fucking ate some more.
Tues, got off the train and went to the gym a couple of hours later.
bench 135X10,225X8,275X5,295X3,cg 295X3,275X3
pullover we had to modify the bench so JT handed me the bar. 160X8,200X8,250X7
dips bwX10X3
250 pullovers were hell, still sore today. Wed went with Galaxie63 son Jimmy to the gym.
legpress great legpress at their new gym allX10,380,470,560,650,720,830
DL 315X3,365X3,415X3,465
RDL 365X10X3
some curls toooo spent to continue
Last set of RDL were tough. Both workouts were intense and I feel it. We are going to Tyler on Jimmy T’s 56 birthday Feb 27th. I had lost some weight but after being with him for 2 days I won’t touch the scales for a week. I made my chicken and dumplins and he ALWAYS has pasta with red sauce and it’s killer but the other crew members ate all the meatballs. That’s BS. Then there’s ice cream, choc cake, thin mint GS cookies and of course protein shakes that would clog any artery on the planet. The man puts strawberry jam, straw ice cream in the shake so WTF if it has a few fat grams, we’re fucking old. We laugh and have fun. It will be serious in Feb, we will not be backing thru the door. Have a great weekend and lift heavy whatever that may be.