New Hampshire Lifter II

Training Over 35 Lifter
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Happy belated birthday.

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Thanks minimal. 46 and still feeling pretty good.

Drove almost 8 hours to northern Delaware today. But got up early and hit the basement. Nothing was heavy but damn everything felt heavy.

8/28

Deadlifts warm-up 260x3 300x3 340x3 380x1 420x1 460x1
Powertec squats 3 pps x10,10,10
a. Sit ups 3 sets
b. Forearm rolls 3 sets

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Happy birthday!

My son played Major AA last year (U18) and is doing prep this fall. Sounds like a slightly different setup? But perhaps we would overlap at something like Silver Sticks or the like. Let me know if youā€™re traveling to any major tourneys this fall/winter.

Why would you have to bring your grip in to bench at a meet? Are you wider than 81 cm? Oddly, I use the maximum width grip, which is really odd for a small female with a repaired shoulder.

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[quote]NHLFTR wrote:
Thanks minimal. 46 and still feeling pretty good.

Drove almost 8 hours to northern Delaware today. But got up early and hit the basement. Nothing was heavy but damn everything felt heavy.

8/28

Deadlifts warm-up 260x3 300x3 340x3 380x1 420x1 460x1
Powertec squats 3 pps x10,10,10
a. Sit ups 3 sets
b. Forearm rolls 3 sets[/quote]

Itā€™s the weather. Everything feels heavy over here as well.
Of course, in your case, 460# is supposed to feel heavy. Mainly because it isā€¦

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KP, bringing my grip in because my right shoulder canā€™t handle regular width right now. And I think all my sonā€™s tournaments are local so we may not cross paths.

Skip, early lifting isnā€™t for me. Standing up before noon feels heavy sometimes.

8/31

bike 5 minutes and stretches

  1. squats barx10 135x5 185x5 225x5 280x3 320x3 360x3 405x1 440x1
  2. GM w/top squat attachment 150x5,5 200x5,5,5
    3a. sit-ups BWx15 +25x12,12
    3b. timed grips 315x30 sec,20 sec,15 sec
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[quote]NHLFTR wrote:
Standing up before noon feels heavy sometimes.

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Amen!

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9/2

1a. bb rows 135x10 185x10 225x5 275x5 315x5 225x10
1b. face pulls (bowflex) 60x15,15,15,15,15,25
2a. cgb barx20 95x10 135x5 185x3 210x3 240x3 270x3 300x1 330x1 360x1 (last 3 sets paused)
2b. chin-ups BWx8 or 9 sets

Threw in some pulls in the beginning for a warm-up. Really seemed to help with my shoulder pain.

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Iā€™m a huge fan of facepulls and pull apartsā€¦hope the facepulls help youā€¦

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Iā€™m a huge fan of facepulls and pull apartsā€¦hope the facepulls help youā€¦

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Very strong work, Steve.

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Facepulls used to help but for some reason the last few times actually hurt. Weirdly the push press has been alright though whereas before it wasnā€™t, especially with the lowering part. But glad yours is feeling better.

Was also thinking of taking a leaf out of your book and trying semi sumos, once Iā€™m done with the last cycle of CTā€™s thing.

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Thanks all. Having to train intelligently really stinks. And Mini looking forward to you semi sumo cycle.

9/4

bike 5 minutes, stretch

  1. semi-sumo deadlift 135x3 185x3 225x5 280x3 320x3 360x3 405x1 440x1 480x1 520x1
  2. power tec squats 1pps x 10, 2x10, 3x10, 4x10, 3x15
    3a. wrist rolls 3 sets
    3b. sit-ups 3 sets

Went heavier than I wanted to so next week I need to keep deadlifts light. I donā€™t want to burnout to early in this cycle.

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Must be nice to be able to go in there and lift 500#+ on a whim.

Strong, strong, strongā€¦

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Strong work Steve, 360 close grip is serious strength.

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Quietly there is some very strong lifting going on in here.

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Thanks all. Itā€™s been a couple weeks and training is going well. No pains I canā€™t work around. So Iā€™m planning on competing in the Nov 21 meet Paul told me about. Just bringing a belt and chalk. I think thatā€™s considered raw.

9/7

bike 5 min, stretches

  1. squats barx10 135x5 185x5 225x3 275x3 300x5 340x3 380x1 420x1 460x1 500x1
  2. GM w/TS attachment 150x5 200x4x5
    3a. timed hold 365x20 sec, 315x2x20 sec
    3b. sit-ups +70x5+10 BW, +35x7+3 BW, BWx12

Itā€™s been so long since I squatted 500 and it felt really heavy. Heavier than I remembered. So Iā€™m planning on doing some walkouts with heavier weights.

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Steve-

The meet in Nashua sold outā€¦ there is a meet in Peabody, Ma on the 28thā€¦ at a place called Gym Warriors its an Elite Powerlifting Federation event ( as if that matters).

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Moving that 500 and getting grease back in the grooves is a good feeling. Any expectations for the meet yourā€™re planning?

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I canā€™t remember: have you competed before? Lots of us over here doing meets. I canā€™t get over how early meets are filling.

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Wow Paul more than two months away and already full. Never thought that would happen. Iā€™ll have to check into the other meet.

GV, Iā€™d like to dead and squat 600 and bench at least 415. But reality may be something different.

KP, Iā€™ve done a full meet and a push/pull. But both were several years ago. Powerlifting must be catching on filling up meets real early.