Pretty much so. Think it’s just the thrill of being able to make a choice. I trim my beard but haven’t shaved since I got out.
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10/12/2023
DL
Still abstaining from pulling from the ground. Trying to be as smart as I’m capable of.
Not deadlifting on deadlift day is like ordering a whiskey coke and saying “hold the whiskey”.
RDL
Bar, 135,225,315,365 x 5
405 x 5 x 5
Chest supported TBar rows
115 x 8 x 4 sets
Lat pull down
265 x 8 x 3
Narrow grip pull down
I don’t do these but I thought I would drop the weight and do one really big set. Little did I know.
175 x 6
Low cable face pull
85 x 8 x 2
Straight arm pull down
70 x 5 x 2
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Lat pullldows w/265 means easy pullups.
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10/13/2023
Squat
135 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 3
330 x 5 x 5
Wanted to squat and bench today but ran out of time. Should have just benched after yesterday’s RDL’s but I still got my reps in.
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Reminds me of my wife’s “Virgin Pina Colada”. Pinapple juice, cocnut milk, some pineapple chunks and no rum.
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Where’s the fun in that?
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When I saw this it made me laugh. I had to take a picture.I like this guys problem solving.
Next time someone runs into my mailbox post, “It’s not my problem “
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That’s a great idea. Might stop the annual mailbox repairs.
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I agree. I have replaced my mailbox post couple of times. In full disclosure, the last time I did it myself when my foot slipped off the clutch while blowing snow.
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I would not have admitted that, and I’ve done worse.
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10/20/2023
Have not been able to get to the gym on a regular basis lately. Really wanted to squat today, when I got in the gym and looked at my log I noticed that it has been 16 days since I benched. For the first time I benched in squat shoes and knee sleeves.
Bench
135 x 5 x 4 sets
185 x 3
225 x 2
245 x 1
275 x 1
245 x 5 x 5
MP
135 x 5
155 x 5
145 x 5 x 3 sets
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Good workout with knee sleeves.
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10/23/2023
Squat
Bar,135,185 x 5
225, 275 x 2
335 x 5 x 4 sets
335 x 7
Felt good today
I saw a guy in the locker room that looked exhausted. I told him that he looked beat. He said “ I survived, when you get to be my age that’s all you can hope for “. I asked him how old he was. I didn’t tell him that we are the same age. I just agreed with him and said that’s pretty old.
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ho ho ho.
Small world.
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I didn’t like the defeated mentality.I don’t like idea that we are just supposed to drink Geritol and do yoga after a certain age. I refuse to believe that my best lifts are behind me. Some couch potato my age might have 30yrs left and I might drop dead of a heart attack next week, but I got to know what it was like to push my limits.
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I firmly believe that much of so-called “age-related decline” is not actually age-related, but lifestyle-related.
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I think my best days and lifts are ahead of me. I’ve said before my dad was broken down when he was my age. I still feel young. I’m stronger now at 52 than when I was 32.
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Amen.
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I agree, lifestyle changes with age.
You and I both.
That is definitely the case for me but I didn’t start lifting until age 40
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