New Hampshire Lifter

Training Over 35 Lifter
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Thanks boys. MJ you forgot good looking.

12/25

1a. MP barx20,95x8,115x5,135x5,155x5,175x3,195x1,215x5,225x1,235x1,245x1,155x5x8
1b. BB rows 135x5,185x5,225x5,275x6x5,225x2x10 Chin ups BWx5x5
2. CGB 225x22
3. DB curls 40x20

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.

On a totally irrelative side note my oldest son broke his collar bone Sunday night playing hockey. I felt so sorry for him he was in so much pain. But the people in the ER were great and he’s fairly comfortable now. We have an appointment tomorrow with the bone doctor.

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good luck your boy today…sucks…but it will heal !

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Hope your son heals quickly and now he’s got a war/sports injury to brag about.

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Thanks Paul and GV for your well wishes. Son is doing great. Bone doc says no surgery. He’s disappointed he cant play for 6 weeks though.

12/27

  1. semi sumo deads 135x2,185x2,225x2,275x2,315x2,365x2,405x1,455x1,505x1,525x1
  2. regular deads 315x5x2
  3. superset
    bowflex leg ext 160x3x10
    powertec squats 315x3x10

I had this single leg workout all written up but my lower back was feeling good so who wants to do single leg work when you’re feeling good.

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12/30

1a. Bench barx20,95x8,135x5,185x5,225x5,250x5,285x3,325x1,360x4,385x1,420x1,225x25
1b. Chin ups BWx5,5,5 +25x5 +50x5 +25x5,5,5 BWx8,6,5

420 was definitely a PR. It’s been 20 years since my bench has moved like this.

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[quote]NHLFTR wrote:
12/30

1a. Bench barx20,95x8,135x5,185x5,225x5,250x5,285x3,325x1,360x4,385x1,420x1,225x25
1b. Chin ups BWx5,5,5 +25x5 +50x5 +25x5,5,5 BWx8,6,5

420 was definitely a PR. It’s been 20 years since my bench has moved like this. [/quote]

AWESOME X10 !!! Congrats Steve

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[quote]OldGoat wrote:

[quote]NHLFTR wrote:
12/30

1a. Bench barx20,95x8,135x5,185x5,225x5,250x5,285x3,325x1,360x4,385x1,420x1,225x25
1b. Chin ups BWx5,5,5 +25x5 +50x5 +25x5,5,5 BWx8,6,5

420 was definitely a PR. It’s been 20 years since my bench has moved like this. [/quote]

AWESOME X10 !!! Congrats Steve[/quote]
Thanks OG. My bench has been stuck around 405-415 since I was 20. I need to take some of Paul’s advice and try not to grind every workout.

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Incredible benching and congratulation on your PR. Happy new year!

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[quote]gorillavanilla wrote:
Incredible benching and congratulation on your PR. Happy new year![/quote]
Thanks GV. Hope you had a great new year.

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1/2/14

  1. superset: bowflex leg ext 160x3x15
    leg curl 75x3x15
    ab rolls BWx3x15
  2. trap bar deadlift (or is it dead/squat now?) 135x5,185x5,225x5,275x5,315x3,365x3,405x1,460x5,485x1,505x1,555x1,315x15
  3. sldl 2’’ deficit 315x5x5

Absolutely no low back pain tonight. The warm up super set worked better for me than stretching. I wasn’t going to go heavy but I felt good and 505 flew up so I had to go heavier.

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Nice work hitting the 555 trap bar dead. Tons of good lifting.

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Strong benching and deads.

Love to see some video of the semi sumo, considering giving it a go as my conventional form sucks and full sumo seems to be stressing some old groin issues.

Hopefully your son heals quickly. Gaborik had surgery on his collarbone a few days ago and is hoping to get back before the Olympics which seems pretty optimistic to me.

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Thanks GV and DB. My son is healing up quickly. Thanks for asking. Here’s a video of me from Sept 2012. Notice my high tech gym.

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Handled those deads like fly weight. High tech effective equipment like that should be in every gym. Mine looks quite similar.

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[quote]gorillavanilla wrote:
Handled those deads like fly weight. High tech effective equipment like that should be in every gym. Mine looks quite similar.[/quote]
Thanks GV. My grip gave out. I remember almost dropping the weight.

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I’m doing a Bulgarian routine modified for powerlifting. It is difficult to get the mind around it at first but then adapting to it becomes easier. One thing I like about the program is the economy of time and movement. I need to incorporate dead lifting more to round out the training.

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Thanks for posting the video. I’m definitely going to give them a try. Are the outside of your shines approximately on the rings when you set up or are they inside of them? Thanks, Dave

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Looking all around awesome Steve. How’s the weather out there? Balmy 27 here in SLC

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[quote]gorillavanilla wrote:
I’m doing a Bulgarian routine modified for powerlifting. It is difficult to get the mind around it at first but then adapting to it becomes easier. One thing I like about the program is the economy of time and movement. I need to incorporate dead lifting more to round out the training.[/quote]
Well its definitely working. Your numbers are looking awesome.

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[quote]DBasler wrote:
Thanks for posting the video. I’m definitely going to give them a try. Are the outside of your shines approximately on the rings when you set up or are they inside of them? Thanks, Dave[/quote]
Yep. Right around there. It just feels comfortable.