[quote]Dr.PowerClean wrote:
Hey guys, glad to see you’re all doing pretty good and strong as hell. Especially you HT, I can remember a time when your bad injury forced you into mainly assistance and rehab exercises and you wondered if you would really come back. Well obviously you have and are pulling like crazy which is very inspirational.
I got a question for you guys. I’ve put some WD-40 in my brain so that its working better and I’m working out pretty hard again. I still have my dream of competing in Master’s OL, with my powersnatch at about 215 and my clean and jerk close to 290 (jerk is not quite there yet.) Still need about 25lbs on each to win the American championship, and my shoulder is barely hanging on due to the strain of snatching and jerking.
Meanwhile, my PL lifts have come up, not up to your guys level but hit 315/375/475 in the past month. Oddly, I’m enjoying PL more and it hurts my joints less.
I realize my PL numbers, even with 50 lbs more per, arent gonna win anything special but I might enjoy PL competition. I just am not sure on what to focus on right now. I have a feeling that if I’m really serious about my OL goal, I probably need to quit chasing max PL numbers and keep squats and DL’s lighter, more explosive…and sometimes I think benching has really reduced my flexibility.
Anyway, any comments from you guys I would appreciate. I either need to really commit to competing or just accept training hard for the fun of training hard. Doc[/quote]
Great to hear from you again Doc!!!
i dont know what to say… i see it both ways, one half of me says why train and go to a formal competition if i am no way gonna hit PR’s, and the other half says do it anyways for the experience and fun!
at this point, i just want to be big and strong enough to have my woman feel safe and secure in my arms, and when we are out and about and she is hanging on my arm, she knows it is a MAN’S arm that she is hanging on!!!
Hope all is well with the crew. Training is going great, work is another matter. Yesterday almost puked twice. Found a pic of Jimmy T and Galaxie63’s red neck gym, no gem. Almost pulled something with the stupid ab roller the other day got a charlie in my left side brought me to the floor. 3 sets of 15 for an old fat man is a bitch. I use the thing all the time but it kills me. Very little rest here. I don’t do cardio so this is it.
supersets for the most on accessory crap
glute bridgeX20/seated row working to the stack 5 sets
single leg bridgeX20/pulldown working to the stack 5 sets
db row 90X20X4 as fast as I could do them
db 1 arm shrug 100X15/upright row 95X15X4 4 sets
sweating like a whore in church
Hope to be back with Jimmy T for Halloween.
Just wanted say thanks for that Carb cycling guide you posted in the T-cell its impossible for me to have planned meals due to money constriants so i thought carb- cycling was out of the question. But you made it pretty simple thanks . One question though how do split out those low/mid/high carb days? Im currently on a 3 day yates routine if that helps so here is example -
That is a nice pic of “The Red Neck Jim” Looking forward to you coming here this month big brother! Gonna live in the new bachelor ccttage huh! Groceries and weightlifting,I dig it!!!
'HT, whenever I have a half decent workout I come here to see what you’re up to because you and the clan have helped me learn a few basic truths about hard training after 50.
a.) At any one point, at least three (3) bodyparts will be hurting and/or limiting your lift choices.
b.) Overtraining is easy to do, but undertraining happens often if you have defective brain matter such as me.
c.) There is little redeeming value in calling anything a "PR" if you were strong in your youth, but it is good to lift more than you did last week, last month, or last year.
d.) Analyzing why we do what we do is sure to give you a headache.
e.) Yes it feels damn good to still look and be strong at our age with your lady on your arm. Nobody fucks with you and nobody sneaks more than a glance at your lady.
f.) A max deadlift feels almost as good as sex.
I think that last one may just be me! Doc
First, I would like to thank all the friends i have made here. Today was a special for me. my talks with you guys on the phone, my Jimmy T visits are priceless. I went to the gym to do some deficit deads and have a low key day. My workouts have been great lately. Stood on the wood block and
225X5,315X5,405 and I stopped and went, ugh something is weird today. Pulled the wood away 455,495,525. I was thinking 540 or 525. God decided that cause there was a 5,10,5,10 on the peg so it was 525. Could have been 540 but not today. Did db rows 120X10X3, steam room and cooking right now. Thanks again. the Missouri Mule
[quote]Dr.PowerClean wrote:
'HT, whenever I have a half decent workout I come here to see what you’re up to because you and the clan have helped me learn a few basic truths about hard training after 50.
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c.) There is little redeeming value in calling anything a "PR" if you were strong in your youth, but it is good to lift more than you did last week, last month, or last year.
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f.) A max deadlift feels almost as good as sex.
I think that last one may just be me! Doc[/quote]
I’m going to have to start doing deadlifts …
Seriously, when I was younger I was stronger and did not appreciate it. I remember the first time I did one armed push-ups. Knocked out 7 and decided to stop so I could keep a little in reserve in case I needed to knock out 10 (the other guy had just done 3 and if he came back and matched me, I still wanted to be able to beat him easily). Sure can’t do that any more.
But, you are right about the making steady progress.
And it really helps to see someone with a clear goal and focus, which HT has. Reading other people’s posts helps give me focus.
Age does things. I’m not going to have .1 sec reaction times again. I’m still just below .2, but it literally takes me twice as long to react to things. That, and the reduced flexibility means I’m not going to ever compete the same way as I did twenty-five years ago. But it is good not to just be a large ball of muscle-free fat like I became when my life fell apart.
box squat 160kgx5, 170kgx5, 180kgx5. last set was tough, i remember 180kg x 6 being pretty easy last time, so this was discouraging. left knee (possible torn meniscus) is not feeling too good. last week i dropped my box height about an inch, and it was a mistake, still not fully recovered from that. i am considering dropping squats all together and for low body work just doing deadlifts, ghr and sled/prowler.
ghr 2x10
roman chair abds 2x10
done.
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first, love the animal abuse. takes a real man to punch an innocent dog in the face.
second, you have no clue how to do a box squat. you don’t relax and sit down. that’s a great way to destroy your back. instead you’re suppose to touch the box with your ass and come up. never ever ever should you relax and sit down in a squat in the bottom position.
box squat 160kgx5, 170kgx5, 180kgx5. last set was tough, i remember 180kg x 6 being pretty easy last time, so this was discouraging. left knee (possible torn meniscus) is not feeling too good. last week i dropped my box height about an inch, and it was a mistake, still not fully recovered from that. i am considering dropping squats all together and for low body work just doing deadlifts, ghr and sled/prowler.
ghr 2x10
roman chair abds 2x10
done.
[video]1309[/video]
first, love the animal abuse. takes a real man to punch an innocent dog in the face.
second, you have no clue how to do a box squat. you don’t relax and sit down. that’s a great way to destroy your back. instead you’re suppose to touch the box with your ass and come up. never ever ever should you relax and sit down in a squat in the bottom position.
WTF. Just dropped in to see how the crew was doing. Seems you’ve got a fan HT. Guess it had to come they’d find us in our little corner. Maybe he’ll demonstrate some proper technique for us.
Anyway, love the redeck gym Jimmy T. Barry, you and HT are inspirational as always.
. One question though how do split out those low/mid/high carb days? Im currently on a 3 day yates routine if that helps so here is example -