HT's What The Hell Am I Doing Part II

Bigger Stronger Leaner Over 35 Lifter
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02/08/10 - Monday

Bench Press
45x12

Suspended Band Bench Press - 2 Choked Blue Bands(-135 @ chest/-70 @ lockout)
Bar Weight x Reps Chest Lockout
185x8 50 115
225x6 90 155
275x4 140 205
315x2 180 245
365x1 230 295
405x1 270 335
420x1 285 350 Hard lockout!!!
425x0 290 355 Missed lift near lockout!!!

Tate Press
40x6x2

Dips
BW x failure(29 reps)

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New Rescue named “Chance” because we are giving him a 2nd chance in living life in an environment he can thrive in!!!

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We picked up a young rescue dog a little over a year ago and nursed it back to health. By far the best dog I’ve ever had. Thanks for taking Chance in and give’in him another.

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yesterday

wed 2-10

deadlift 440x11
shrugs 308x20,10
pc 144x10 198x5
leg press 100reps
one leg squats 40 reps
abds 1x15

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HT, 230 lbs!! Wow!! You must be looking trim. Must be seeing some abs peaking through. I need to start a tabata routine of some kind.

QT, you’ve got band fever. Great training.

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ill post some pics when i get under 220. right now 228.

QT can have the bands. joint killers when added to free weights if you ask me.

today,

-incline db press, 50x25, 60x15, 70x10 80x7, 85x6, 90x4, 100x0 surgical elbow said NO!

-chest supp rows 3x6x4 plates

-chins 3x8x bw

-seated machine press with low neutral grip 20, 10, 6 reps

-standing barbell curls 2x6x115, 1x3x135, 1x10x85

-db clean and press 3x10x50

-band triceps pushdowns 100 reps.

done!

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A Great Weekend to all. Been very busy at work and nothing very exciting to post. Think Jimmy T and I have decided to postpone our meet to June. Bench of all things has been as good as ever. Recent pr of 355, maybe one day I’ll get a shirt. CONGRATS TO ART, HE AND BETTY GOT MARRIED TODAY. What a blessing to the world. I just tried to call them and I guess I called at the wrong time, go figure.
My hands are fucked going to try DMSO. A fabulous weekend to the crew and a special couple.

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Yesterday
DL 225X6,315X6,365,415,465,515,365X10
keystone 495X8X2
accessory crap
Felt good. Have to remember to warm up properly. I’m not real brite, go figure. A great week to all.

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Powerful bench to go with your pullin big brother. You didn’t call em in the middle of the honeymoon did you? Well congrats Art when you post again.

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hey all. hope everybody had a good holiday weekend.

today- deadlift 215kgx4 back and hips had more, but the nagging tearing sensation in my left upper arm said no.
shrugs 1x15x150kg

    muscle cleans 2x10x70kg

    one leg squats bwx20, 45lbx x 15

    goodmornings 1x20x70kg

forgot to do abds…haha!

no conditioning, dieting is still leaving me too drained. bw today 226-227lbs.

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Hey Gang!!! Yes, the rumors are true…I got married to my soulmate over the weekend. I had “co-habitated” for over 10 years and it was time! Barry, I’m sorry I wasn’t able to come to the phone when you called…we went to lunch after the ceremony and our waiter was horrible, the food sucked and to add insult to injury, he spilled vinagrette salad dressing all over me!!!

I was upstairs trying to get the smell off of me, success, not so for my clothes and jacket! I haven’t been able to workout in the garage for about 8 days, BUT, I have shoveled a shit-load of snow during that time period…I can’t even tell you how negatively my body reacted to the shoveling!

02/16/10 - Tuesday
Bench Press - every rep paused
45x10x2; 135x8; 185x5; 225x3;

90% - 280x2; 285x2; 290x2; 295x2; 305x1; 310x1(was my 1RM in Jan)
Contest is in <2 weeks - would like to hit 315 in a T-shirt!

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Once again congrats to the happy couple. Yesterday
bench135X12,225X8,275X6X2,315X3X3
cg lockouts 315X8X2
dips bwX12,+45X10X2,X8,bwX10
skull crunch 115X8X3
ab roller
The best to our friends.

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Congratulations art.

Barry nice work, some big benching

HT… wow under 230- and still training heavy great work.

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[quote]QuarterTonner wrote:
Hey Gang!!! Yes, the rumors are true…I got married to my soulmate over the weekend.
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Congratulations!!

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Congrats Big Guy!

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I think 315 raw is very doable for you Art. Way to go on the diet HT. Can’t wait to see the after pix.

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CONGRATS(again) Art! i enjoyed chatting withyou on facebook yesterday!

barry, if you dont enter a masters push pull meet, i will jump off a bridge.

yesterday. decided to try to go all out on dips and see what i could do. i put 2 elbow sleeves on the bad arm, and used a wider bar spacing, to put more stress on delts pecs than triceps(cuz after all , i have only one arm with a functioning triceps, LOL)

the results:

100 reps total. 5x20xbodweight(225) thats right beyatches, 225. lost 2 pant sizes, can fit in my 36’s now.

chins, bw x 0. that tearing sensation in my left upper arm, UGH! when is that fucking thing gonna get better?

chest supported rows 4 plates x 6/dumbbell rows 90lbs x 12/rope face-pulls x20 giant/triset. did all three movements in a row with no rest. did this twice.

standing dumbbell curls, “ran the rack” starting with the 60lbers x 6, then went down 5lbs a dumbell untill i got to the 30’s.

ran out of gas! done!

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legs today

power squat machine 10 plates x 6

leg press 10 plates x 20

leg curs 10-3-1 rest pause

standing cable abds 2x6 x stack.

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Today kind of a BS day.
WU bent row 135X10,225X10
DL 315X6,365X6,405X3,455X3,405X6X2
hammer lat mach, 6 platesX12,8X10,10X8 heavy
shrugs 120X10X3X3
Didn’t really have it today. Too many cocktails last night. Seeya.

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pump city today… great workout, in my garage.

a1 blast strap pushups 5 sets, worked up to 3 chains on neck for 7 reps
a2 band assisted chins 4 sets 20 reps, 1 set no band bw only 7 reps

b1 bench dips 3x20x2 chains on neck
b2 chain curls 3x10

shoulder tri set with chains. cuban presses x 10, side laterals x 10, upright row x 10. ugh, these were ball breakers!!! done.