The Grind...

Training Over 35 Lifter
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[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Well, I’m into the second cycle of my diet. I took initial weight, measurements, and skin folds, but I’ve gotten out of the habit of taking ANY interim measurements. It’s too easy to obssess over tiny changes in numbers, plus when we’re talking skinfolds the measurement error of just a couple millimeters can make an enormous difference in the bf%. Even the scale can lie… my weight can vary by as much as 5 lb over a day. So I just go by feel.

I did weigh myself yesterday. So far I’m down 11 pounds, and the offensive part of my belly is gone. No abs visible, but the outline is there. I suppose I could stop now as the damage control has already been successful. But since I’ve gone thorugh this much annoyance and discomfort I might as well keep it going awhile longer and go for HAWT. I already see how the illusion is kicking in, and I gotta say I like it.

Null - Oh the sarcasm was fairly dripping off of your post, there. A curse on you!

Dogg - Is that your first non-animal avi? I didn’t know it was you. I appreciate your point, and agree. The dude’s main idea was “you’re only as old as you allow yourself to feel”. If I’m as old as I look, I’m probably 50. If I’m as old as I feel, I’m probably 25. If I’m as old as you act I’m probably 12. At the end of the day, who gives a s##t because I’m enjoying myself. (and BTW, I’m not sure pep talks are supposed to sound so condescending).

Joe - Who cares? Someone took a random, drive-by dump in my space. I cleaned it up and I moved on. I’m not particularly interested in the details and have far better things to do. And btw, the 60-day challenge would kill me.

snap - I agree, we shall now resume the AWESOMENESS and inappropriate, sexually-offensive wise cracks. I shall begin with you. You have a wonderful tight booty.

Mass - I have learned a couple things too. Mostly that life is too short to spend it acting like other people think I should act. I’ve got my own road map.

dday - I don’t care which way it turned, as long as it turned hard. I like it hard… :wink:

Brett - I used to like you but since you started two paragraphs with “AND” I’ve decided you are a bag of douche and I can no longer speak with you (one I could have looked past, but two is simply not acceptable). I refuse to have anything to do with you unless you sell your farm and move to Portugal or Greece. Ah whatever, come here for a hug… sob![/quote]

Damn, You’re the master of body comp…

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11 lbs…that deserves a YAHTZEE, good for you bro, so no more “suggestion of abs” now we can consider it only a matter of time until super hawt abs!

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[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Well, I’m into the second cycle of my diet. I took initial weight, measurements, and skin folds, but I’ve gotten out of the habit of taking ANY interim measurements. It’s too easy to obssess over tiny changes in numbers, plus when we’re talking skinfolds the measurement error of just a couple millimeters can make an enormous difference in the bf%. Even the scale can lie… my weight can vary by as much as 5 lb over a day. So I just go by feel.

I did weigh myself yesterday. So far I’m down 11 pounds, and the offensive part of my belly is gone. No abs visible, but the outline is there. I suppose I could stop now as the damage control has already been successful. But since I’ve gone thorugh this much annoyance and discomfort I might as well keep it going awhile longer and go for HAWT. I already see how the illusion is kicking in, and I gotta say I like it.

Null - Oh the sarcasm was fairly dripping off of your post, there. A curse on you!

Dogg - Is that your first non-animal avi? I didn’t know it was you. I appreciate your point, and agree. The dude’s main idea was “you’re only as old as you allow yourself to feel”. If I’m as old as I look, I’m probably 50. If I’m as old as I feel, I’m probably 25. If I’m as old as you act I’m probably 12. At the end of the day, who gives a s##t because I’m enjoying myself. (and BTW, I’m not sure pep talks are supposed to sound so condescending).

Joe - Who cares? Someone took a random, drive-by dump in my space. I cleaned it up and I moved on. I’m not particularly interested in the details and have far better things to do. And btw, the 60-day challenge would kill me.

snap - I agree, we shall now resume the AWESOMENESS and inappropriate, sexually-offensive wise cracks. I shall begin with you. You have a wonderful tight booty.

Mass - I have learned a couple things too. Mostly that life is too short to spend it acting like other people think I should act. I’ve got my own road map.

dday - I don’t care which way it turned, as long as it turned hard. I like it hard… :wink:

Brett - I used to like you but since you started two paragraphs with “AND” I’ve decided you are a bag of douche and I can no longer speak with you (one I could have looked past, but two is simply not acceptable). I refuse to have anything to do with you unless you sell your farm and move to Portugal or Greece. Ah whatever, come here for a hug… sob![/quote]

You’re a good man Kent, but I’m not.

I want to know what the tard said somewhere else so I can yell at him. Hating on guys like that is like meditation for me.

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[quote]Canada_K wrote:
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Dogg - Is that your first non-animal avi? I didn’t know it was you. I appreciate your point, and agree. The dude’s main idea was “you’re only as old as you allow yourself to feel”. If I’m as old as I look, I’m probably 50. If I’m as old as I feel, I’m probably 25. If I’m as old as you act I’m probably 12. At the end of the day, who gives a s##t because I’m enjoying myself. (and BTW, I’m not sure pep talks are supposed to sound so condescending).

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OK i will concede after rereading it. It did come out a little condescending.

12?? That just mean and insensitive .Its not my fault that my emotional development stopped at that age.

This is my second none dog avatar. Ill give a chest bump to the first person who knows what its referring too.

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That would be the Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.

“For an encore, Man then went on to prove that black was white and got himself killed at the next zebra crossing.”

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[quote]Canada_K wrote:
That would be the Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.

“For an encore, Man then went on to prove that black was white and got himself killed at the next zebra crossing.”[/quote]

chest bump

Ill also be sending a box of instant Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster Mix. Bottoms up :slight_smile:

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[quote]Canada_K wrote:
That would be the Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.

“For an encore, Man then went on to prove that black was white and got himself killed at the next zebra crossing.”[/quote]

“So long and thanks for all the fish!”

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I’m confused. How come you two (CK & Bulldog) know all about Hitchiker’s guide to the galaxy? You two, as far as I can remember, are both younger than me and I remember that as something my dad watched.

It’s like people of 40 who are into Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, they were also groups my Dad liked when I was young. Shouldn’t they have been into punk and new romantic stuff like I was?

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[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
I’m confused. How come you two (CK & Bulldog) know all about Hitchiker’s guide to the galaxy? You two, as far as I can remember, are both younger than me and I remember that as something my dad watched.

It’s like people of 40 who are into Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, they were also groups my Dad liked when I was young. Shouldn’t they have been into punk and new romantic stuff like I was?[/quote]

Ill put it this way. I tell people openly that I’m a geek…But a geek who can put your head through the wall.

But on a serious not. I never got into punk. I was and still am into metal. Besides Zeppelin in all accounts is one of those groups the metal owes its existence too. That reminds me never drink a pint of Jim Beam and watch Pink Floyd’s " The Wall". When your drunk as hell, marching hammers tends to freak you out.

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My son’s favorite band is Led Zeppelin. And he’s 12. I think certain bands just have a timeless appeal.

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[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
I’m confused. How come you two (CK & Bulldog) know all about Hitchiker’s guide to the galaxy? You two, as far as I can remember, are both younger than me and I remember that as something my dad watched.
[/quote]

Your DAD watched??? Oh thanks, Brett, you REALLY made us feel old now.

Oh, and I too know all about Hitchiker’s Guide. Pretty big here in the states and presumably Canada too. The classics are timeless.

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[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
I’m confused. How come you two (CK & Bulldog) know all about Hitchiker’s guide to the galaxy? You two, as far as I can remember, are both younger than me and I remember that as something my dad watched.

It’s like people of 40 who are into Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, they were also groups my Dad liked when I was young. Shouldn’t they have been into punk and new romantic stuff like I was?[/quote]

Watched??? hell I read the book(s)

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[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:

[quote]Canada_K wrote:
That would be the Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.

“For an encore, Man then went on to prove that black was white and got himself killed at the next zebra crossing.”[/quote]

chest bump

Ill also be sending a box of instant Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster Mix. Bottoms up :)[/quote]

Its why I always carry a towel. And, you can store a side of beef in me for a month.

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[quote]username42 wrote:

[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:

[quote]Canada_K wrote:
That would be the Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.

“For an encore, Man then went on to prove that black was white and got himself killed at the next zebra crossing.”[/quote]

chest bump

Ill also be sending a box of instant Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster Mix. Bottoms up :)[/quote]

Its why I always carry a towel. And, you can store a side of beef in me for a month.
[/quote]

But isn’t it tough explaining the bathrobe when the dress code is “business casual”?

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[quote]kpsnap wrote:
My son’s favorite band is Led Zeppelin. And he’s 12. I think certain bands just have a timeless appeal.[/quote]

Mine son (14) favorites:
Alice Cooper
Black Sabbath
Variety of metal and industrial…

As for me:
Art or progressive rock…
later the dead and such.

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Okay, so I’ve been mostly absent for a while. It’s soccer season and I’m assistant coach four nights a week. The process is usually thati come screaming home from work, help make supper, take the required kids to the field, run around and shout for an hour, then get everyone (including me) ready for bed.

At work, a new employee started today, one plant had a mechanical failure that is threatening to send the whole facility into a crash, the second is having process problems that we can’t diagnose that are also threatening to take the whole facility down, and the third has a critical piece that is in a slow death spiral. My brain is full.

Oh yeah, and I’m in carb withdrawl.

Monday
1arm db snatch - 3x75, 4x75, 3x80, 3x80
overhead rear lunge - 6x100, 6
Romanian deads - 6x225, 3x275, 6x225, 3x275, 6x225, 4x280
A1 Side deadlift - barx15 per side
A2 Side plank - 60s per side

Tuesday
A1 Reverse pushup - 16, 15
A2 Pushup - 30, 28
B1 Bent over BB Row - 6x195, 3x215, 6x195, 3x215, 6x195, 3x215
B2 Bench - 5x205, 2x225, 5x205, 2x225, 6x205, 3x225
C1 Renegade row - 6x60, 6x60, 6x60
C2 T pushup - 6, 6, 6
C3 Rollout - 7, 7, 5

Wednesday
Off

Thursday
Spin class with the perky people. The scary guy who teaches the Friday morning class isn’t teaching any more. Sob.

Friday
Overhead Squat - 6xbar, 6xbar, 6xbar
Squat - 6x225, 3x265, 6x225, 3x265, 6x225, 3x265
Forward lunge - 7x105, 7x105, 6x110, 6x110
A1 Pistol - 4, 4, 4
A2 Reverse hyperextensions - 12, 12, 12

Saturday
Off

Sunday
A1 Cuban rotation and press - 8x55, 8, 8
A2 Straight arm pushdown - 12x80, 8x100, 8x100
B1 Military Press - 8x115, 3x145, 6x125, 3x145, 6x125, 3x145
B2 Pullup - 6x25, 3x60, 6x25, 3x60, 6x25, 3x60
C1 Corner press - 6x90, 6x90, 6x90
C2 Corner row - 6x135, 6x135, 6x135
C3 Corner twist - 6x45, 6x45, 6x45

Monday
Off

Tuesday
Now this is supposed to be a deload week, but I don’t really feel I need it. I’m adding some heavier singles to the end of the prescribed lighter sets.
1arm db snatch - 3x75, 3x75, 3x75, 3x75
overhead rear lunge - 6x100, 6
Romanian deads - 10x185, 6x225, 10x185, 6x225, 1x275, 1x315
GHR - 4, 3, 3
A1 Side deadlift - barx15 per side
A2 Side plank - 60s per side

Notes:

  • I’m still struggling with leg drive on the bench. F##K!
  • I love db snatches. To afraid to try with the full bar, tho.
  • This program has a lot of volume in Phase 3. It does a body GOOOOOOOD!
  • I can’t do overhead squats to proper depth with ANY weight without compromising my back.
  • I’ve lost a lot of strength on the squat. When I don’t do lots of heavy singles consistently, the maximum power just kinda drops off. That’s OK, because I’m pushing for a different goal here. I’ll work back up there this fall.
  • Anyone who says lunges are a pussy exercise has never done them for reps after heavy squats.
  • Pistols are W-I-C-K-E-D!!!
  • Dunno how to count the bar weight for the corner work, so I just left it out. That triple complex is a GASSER!
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Kent nice week!

I really like this programming can I ask where you got it
sorry if you mentioned it before

Im surprised your not the soccer coach who smells like whiskey

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Why is there so much drama in the Over 35 forums lol

Anyway, popping in Canada (can I call you Kent? I can? Great). So I was popping in Kent because your posts always amuse me. You have great stats, and I hear you about being the oddball in your environment. Where I work, women are automatically assumed to be small and weak. The same day that I DL 275 is the day that a co-worker asks “Are you sure you can lift the syrup for the soda by yourself?”
Uh, yeah, I’ll be good 0:-)

Your workouts are awesome. Leg drive for bench is pretty cool when you get the hang of it, which you will. I think the hard part is driving without lifting your butt.

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I too am in search of the illusive leg drive. It would be nice if I learned in say, two weeks.

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x3 on the leg drive…my mind is too small (like the size of a dinasour) to think about all this stuff when Im benching. Again, with the flat BP, which I rarely do, I would like for the most part my chest and tris to get hit, with a leg drive wouldnt that take away that effect? Anyways my shoulders tell me flat benching are a no no anyways.

Those are some good RDLs, bro, the BB rows are looking good too, are they pendlay style?

WTF is a cuban rotation whosewhat?

You MANIMAL!