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ended up training at a Liftetime Fitness today. while there an IFBB pro came up and told me I have a great body. True, his English wasn’t very good, but I will take the compliment even if what he really meant is my ass is super fat

neutral grip db press 65s/75s/85s/95s/105s/115s/125s x 12

barbell row 135/225/275 x 10, 3 x 8 w/315

Pete Rolling Tris 70s/80s/90s/100s x 10, 110s x 6, all with mini band around back

db rows 3 x 10 w/125

bent lateral 35s/45s/55s/65s x 10

cable curl up and down stack

short on time, glad to just get something in today

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Sunday nothing training wise, decided to sleep, eat, and drink as much as possible. Felt like the thing to do at the time.

Today:

Breaking in the new Texas Squat bar at Los Campeones Gym

low box 145 x 10, 235 x 5, 325 x 3, add my crappy loose briefs 415/465/505/555/595 x 2, all solid, 40 more than last week, will bump up again next

raw, close stance box squat 415 x 15, +5 over last week, almost got religion at the end

ghr 4 x 10
cable abs 4 x 6-10

leg ext 4 x 8-10
calve 4 x 15

prowler until I puked, literally. both me and the gym owner, he went first though

then went home and mowed lawn

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decent day of pressing

rotator work/shoulder rehab

football bar bench worked up to 315 x 6, most weight since injury, felt pretty good

rev grip dbell bench 70s/80s/90s/100s/110s x 10
hammer curls 5 x 6-10

pressdowns 5 x 12-15
laterals 5 x 12-15

v grip pulldowns 5 x 8-10
face pulls 5 x 8-10

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trying to fight the Memorial Day bbq bloat

20 incline treadmill
20 stepper
10 elliptical

lower body sore as hell from squatting and prowler the other day, made today kinda tough

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Pete, you’re a damned MACHINE.

The squatting blows my mind.

Good stuff!

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glad the calve pull wasn’t worse, with a pop and bruising one would think rest/rehab, but not Super Pete !!

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FYI, I got nice little gash on my finger carving up steak the other day that hurts like a mother when I grip anything, and I briefly thought about skipping pulling and rows to let it heal, but then I thought about your log and the injuries you train around and felt like a vag for even thinking about skipping.

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Felt beat to hell and stiff as shit today, just perfect to test my opener for my one trick pony meet next week. Quads, hip flexors, hammies were all drum tight still from Monday’s squatting and prowlering.

stretch and roll for 1/2 hour

raw conventional dead 145 x 10, 235 x 6, 325 x 3, 415 x 2, 505 x 2, 595 x 1, 645 x 1. Opener good, for the fed I am competing in it will give me a cheap little age/weight class/division record blah blah blah. I am old, gonna go for low hanging fruit.

stiff leg rack pulls 325/415/505/595 + 200lb in chains x 3, last set a PR

leg press 600 x 35

db shrugs 3 x 15 w/130s

rev hyper 5 x 10

happy, ready to slide into the meet. mostly pump and fluff right now

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We are all old Pete. You’re just old and strong! Good luck at the meet!

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25 stepper
20 elliptical

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db bench, elbows out 40s,50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 100s x 8, 3 x 8 with 110s, 80s x 30

really happy how these felt, no strain on shoulder whatsoever while not huge weight this is huge progress in my rehab I feel

csr 5 x 8
rolling tris 5 x 8

ez curl 5 x 10
band tri extension 5 x 15

ez bar lateral 4 x 15

pullapaparts 4 x 15

now I get to go pick up dog poo from my two 150lb beasts. yay me

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Why elbow out? I specifically avoid these to protect my shoulders. I’m guessing surgery won’t be necessary? Sounds like you’re rehabbing really solidly.

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[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Why elbow out? I specifically avoid these to protect my shoulders. I’m guessing surgery won’t be necessary? Sounds like you’re rehabbing really solidly.[/quote]

specifically to build up those stabilizers that were obviously week previously

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really need to move some blood around after being bed ridden yesterday with stomach shit. seriously had the ac set at 65, two fans on me, a couple of ice packs, and was still sweating like PeteS in church

hanging leg raise 4 x 10

hack squats 7 x 8
shrugs 7 x 10

rev grip pulldowns 5 x 10
face pulls 5 x 10

ghr 5 x 8
cable abs 5 x 8

that was it, some bench and arm related stuff tomorrow, then coast into meet

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“Sweating like PeteS in church,” that sounds as sweaty as the extras in Cool Hand Luke. Nice work in here.

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Good luck at the meet, Pete.

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20 min stepper
20 elliptical

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football bar bench 95/135/185/225 x 10, 275 x 15, with a good amount left in the tank

cg fb bar bench 5 x 10 @ 225
hammer curls 5 x 8

laterals 5 x 10 w/40s
rope downs 5 x 12

quick workout, family time tonight. gym was hot as hell though, shirt was soaked. no more lifting til meet

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[quote]PeteS wrote:

[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Why elbow out? I specifically avoid these to protect my shoulders. I’m guessing surgery won’t be necessary? Sounds like you’re rehabbing really solidly.[/quote]

specifically to build up those stabilizers that were obviously week previously[/quote]

And hence why you bench 1,000 pounds and I . . . don’t.

Good luck to you! Get some video.

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20 min stepper
18 min elliptical

at the 18 min mark I said fug it, what more is two more minutes of this crap gonna do?