Bench
barx20
95x10
135x10
185x5
225x5
275x5x5 - +5# from last week
Seated Rows - close neutral
100x15
160x10
210x5
270x5x5 - +5# from last week
CGB
235x8x3 - +10# from last week
Lat Pulls - wide neutral
225x8 - +5# from last week
225x5x2
Seated Rows - wide neutral
225x5x4 - +5# from last week
Mrs. Strick’s Workout
Back still bothering her, but only when she tilts/moves her head forward. She was able to get a whole workout in, with just slightly lower weight. Also asked for more leg exercises.
Seated DB Press
5x10
15x10x3
Seated Rows
50x10x2
60x10x2
Pushdowns
40x8x3
E-Z Curls
35x8x3
Squats
barx8
65x6
85x5
85x4 - missed last rep because of balance…I had her curl her toes up
75x5
Thanks, gents. Wife’s back is doing MUCH better today. I think she will be 100% by next week. We are just going to keep feeling it out for today and Tuesday.
On a side, now that I am getting her legs sore, she is complaining that she doesn’t feel like she is doing enough work…lol. We are going to up her to 4 sets for all exercises other than bench, squats and deads, which already run more than that. She really does look forward to the workouts. Who would’ve thought…
Today was the 1st day, since last Tuesday, that my legs had no soreness. Fortunately, the workout did not obliterate them again. I still noticed it while going up the stairs. But it was nothing like last week. My initial plan was to go up 10# per week on these, but last week was too light. So I made a 20# jump.
Deads - so the wife could have the rack 1st
135x10
225x5
245x5x5 - +20# from last week
Squats
135x5
245x5x5 - +20# from last week
That be it.
Mrs. Strick’s Workout
Bench
barx10
65x5x2
75x5x3 - good reps…no back pain…better form
Lat Pulls
80x8x4
Deadlift
95x5
135x5x2
150x5x2
160x5 - PR +5#
Pushdowns
40x8x3
Ran out of time. On deads, she is looking good. EXCEPT, she has a hard time keeping her lower back locked. It doesn’t round much at all. She doesn’t have much of an arch anyway. Just something to work on, though.
Bitching though because she doesn’t feel sore or drained.
It appears the wife is enjoying herself, and you as well. Pretty soon you’ll have her making fun of the 1/2 squatters and tandem benchers!!! You should take her on a field trip to a commercial gym, just for kicks!!! Remember to go on national tandem bench day.
P.S. Gently reminder her that you don’t have to be ‘drained’ to be ‘trained’!!! Especially at our…stage…in life
[quote]ruglayer09052000 wrote:
It appears the wife is enjoying herself, and you as well. Pretty soon you’ll have her making fun of the 1/2 squatters and tandem benchers!!! You should take her on a field trip to a commercial gym, just for kicks!!! Remember to go on national tandem bench day.
P.S. Gently reminder her that you don’t have to be ‘drained’ to be ‘trained’!!! Especially at our…stage…in life :)[/quote]
You know, Rug, that isn’t a bad idea. I will give her enough time to feel confident in her own form, though. So she knows what she is looking at.
I have told her exactly that. I like the phrase too…“don’t have to be draned to be trained”. Of course, she is only 34. So she is still to young to get that…lol. Come May, her level of enlightenment will increase.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
Great to see you back squatting and deadlifting. How’s your back coping?
Just remember slow and steady wins the race![/quote]
Brett, it is doing okay. My hope is that keeping it to once a week will allow for sufficient recovery and not aggravate it too much.
And I started so light to play it just as you said…slow and steady. I hope to be back up to 315# on each by the end of April. That being said, I think that doing a 5x5 on both, on the same day, will get to be too much, at some point. In my mind, I see myself eventually going to 5x5 and 5x3 (reps x sets), once the weight gets to a point where it is starting to really bother the back. Then, maybe, go to 5x3 for both. And ending up at a 3x3 for both. But that is just a loose plan.
I really NEED the lower body work. Honestly, though, I somewhat fear it. I think that back surgery is going to happen at some point, whether I like it or not…or squat/dead or not. I could be wrong, but two docs have told me as much. Maybe I will luck up, as one doc said was possible (though unlikely) and this type of work will somehow prevent the need for surgery.
Joints felt great yesterday and today. Then I started lifting. Same shit, different day. I am starting to think that I would miss the shoulder tweaks, if it went away.
Military Press - last week at sub 200# working sets
barx10
95x10
135x5
165x5
195x5x5 - +5# from last week
BB Shrugs
225x20
315x10
365x10
405x10x2
365x12x2
1 Arm Laterals
40x10
45x10
50x8
45x10
Reverse Flyes
40x10
40x12
50x8x2
40x11
2 Arm Laterals
40x10x3
Mrs. Strick’s “Back to Full Speed” Workout
Seated DB Press
20x8x4
Seated Rows
80x8x3
90x6
Squats
barx10
65x5
75x5
85x5x2
75x5
E-Z Curls
45x8x3
Pushdowns
45x8x2 - PR +2 Reps
45x6
Now for some rest.
Mrs. Strick is going to have to up the weight on Seated DB Presses. Keeping an eye on another couple of exercises. She cntinues to do well, progress and is staying motivated.
On my side, I will finally get back to the 200’s, on MP, next week. Finally!
[quote]Null wrote:
MASSIVE SHRUGS!
You must have quite the yoke!
405x10x2 [/quote]
You can see my traps, but they are nothing to write home about. That is why I am doing so many shrugs…lol.
On the sets at 405#, it is usually 6-8 good reps and the last 2-4 are power shrugs. Nothing extreme, but definitely some leg assist.
I think, once I cross into 300# territory, on the 5x5, I will dump CGB for board presses. We will see
Bench
barx20
95x15
135x10
185x5
225x5
250x3
280x5x5 - +5# from last week
CGB
245x5x3 - +10# from last week
Seated Rows - close neutral
100x10
160x10
210x10
275x5x5 - +5# from last week
Lat Pulls
230x5x4 - +5# from last week
Seated Rows - wide neutral
230x5x3 - +5# from last week
230x10
Mrs. Strick’s Workout
Bench
barx10
65x5
80x5
80x4x2 - hit rack on 1st set. Otherwise would have gotten 5.
70x5x2
Still working on bar path and setup. Getting easier…
Deadlift
95x5x2
135x5
150x5
165x3 - PR +5#
175x2 - PR +15#
155x5
Still some form work at heavier weights. She is coming along nicely, though. And great PRs!
Lat Pulls
90x8x3 - PR +10#
80x10
Pushdowns
50x5 - PR +5#
45x8x2
EZ Curls
50x6 - PR +5#
45x8x2
That’s it. Now to go dig some holes for blueberry plants and do some hoeing to get the onions in the ground.
[quote]ruglayer09052000 wrote:
It appears the wife is enjoying herself, and you as well. Pretty soon you’ll have her making fun of the 1/2 squatters and tandem benchers!!! You should take her on a field trip to a commercial gym, just for kicks!!! Remember to go on national tandem bench day.
P.S. Gently reminder her that you don’t have to be ‘drained’ to be ‘trained’!!! Especially at our…stage…in life :)[/quote]
You know, Rug, that isn’t a bad idea. I will give her enough time to feel confident in her own form, though. So she knows what she is looking at.
I have told her exactly that. I like the phrase too…“don’t have to be draned to be trained”. Of course, she is only 34. So she is still to young to get that…lol. Come May, her level of enlightenment will increase.[/quote]
I keep telling my wife that. Strange, though, she never gets as old as I am.
[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:
Be careful on the MP’s a man of your frame size can only handle so much.[/quote]
Lol…that is SO true. I am starting to feel it too! I think I cracked my left metapansy bone.[/quote]
Heh, I have heard when that happens, folks tend to start curling in the power rack for the extra support it provides to the pansy bone area. Fight the urge, man, fight the urge.
