Yeah JW I was. If I can get my squats back up I’ll start concentrating on my deadlifts and bench. Might start looking around for some powerlifting meets then.
Had a great time last night. Didn’t do anything except go for a swim this morning. Rest of the day was spent on yard work. Back to the gym early tomorrow.
Early this morning
Military press
135wu,185x6,205x4,3,3,2
Machine rear delt raises
90x12x4
Lateral raise
35x8x4
Face pulls
90x10x4
hammer curl
45x8x4
Cable rope curls
80xMax x4
Running around with the wife all day. One of my nieces turns 21 tomorrow so she, my wife, and about 10 other nieces and sisters-in-laws are off to Vegas for 3 days. Hope Vegas survives. She’s bought enough groceries for me to survive 6 months. Guess I’m getting old. Only thing she told me not to do while she was gone was let the dogs run wild through the house or go swimming in the middle of the night.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Guess I’m getting old. Only thing she told me not to do while she was gone was let the dogs run wild through the house or go swimming in the middle of the night.
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That made me laugh. I feel your age and I’m only a few years behind you!
Hel, looks like good times…
Squats are coming along at a good pace. What do you think of the face pulls? Do you think they are providing you with some additional shoulder mobility? They are a great exercise to balance the shoulder out and help with rear delt/trap issues.
mday, I’ve got to say of all the exercises I’ve ever done the face pulls have showed the most immediate results. Don’t know about the mobility but they are giving me the best workout for my rear traps/delts.
Last night, swimming
Early this morning
Deadlift
135,225wu,315x6,375x6,405x2x4
Stiff legged DL
135wu, 225x8x4
Shrugs
245x Max x 4
Assisted pullups
3x8x4
Hammer Lat pulldowns
180 x 8 x 4
CGB (for tris)
135x12, 185x10, 225x8
Dips 3x8xBW
I tried seated face pulls for the first time the other day (I usually do them standing), and I liked them even more. In a seated position, you can really focus on pulling with your rear delts and contracting as hard as possible. You have to lower the weight a little, otherwise you end up on the floor.
[quote]mday wrote:
I tried seated face pulls for the first time the other day (I usually do them standing), and I liked them even more. In a seated position, you can really focus on pulling with your rear delts and contracting as hard as possible. You have to lower the weight a little, otherwise you end up on the floor.[/quote]
Agreed. They’re really effective when you use the low cable row and ab straps around the wrists. Takes the biceps out of it altogether.
Yesteeday, just legs. Saving the Bench for tonight.
Squats
135wu,185x8,225x8,245x6x3
Leg ext
120x12x4 (haven’t done these in a long time)
calve raise, seated machine thingy
220x max x 4
Had a real good late night swim. Getting a little cooler but feels great.
Thats good squatting, especially when you have only been playing with it for a month.
No one will tell your wife you have been swimming at night. Are the dogs running wild in the house too?
Cannot wait to see what the bench numbers are for tonight. Is this another bench “competition” session?
Though I am in deep mourning I will attempt a reply. Why am I in mourning, you ask? The american shot putters dropped the ball (almost literally), screwed the pooch, blew it, screwed up, fucked up, chocked, failed to seize the moment, are fubar, botched it.
ok I’m out of words here. In what should have easily been a 1-2-3 our throwers managed 2nd,7th,13th.
Mama comes home Sunday so I plan a complete house cleaning tomorrow. Feel asleep on the floor last night in the middle of a pile of dogs. Wild party night watching some old monster movie on TV, popcorn, and dog bones.
Nothing like wakin up with Labador butt in your face. And what happens on the river while Mamas in Vegas stays on the river.
Mday, it’s bench night and I never know what they’ll come up with. I know I’ll be sore the next day, though.
Hel, you are a hoot. Still I’m looking forward to your bench night recantation.
The shot putters were all you said, and more. What a disappointment.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Yesteeday, just legs. Saving the Bench for tonight.
Squats
135wu,185x8,225x8,245x6x3
Leg ext
120x12x4 (haven’t done these in a long time)
calve raise, seated machine thingy
220x max x 4
Had a real good late night swim. Getting a little cooler but feels great.[/quote]
That squat is getting better by the week.You will have three wheels on the bar before long.
Fill in all the curse words you want. The American discus throwers did’t even make it to the finals.
My Firday night with the Marquis De Sade and crew went quiet well. Place is starting to get really crowded on Friday night. Three benchs and all of them had a group. What’s happening to the youth of today? Friday Night at a college! They should be out chasing the opposite sex, carousing bars, binge drinking, and all that other higher education stuff.
We did the 5x5s. Pretty good night. First time I’ve gotten back to where I was pre throwing season.
Bench
315x5x5
Incline Bench
225x5x5
Bent arm Flyes
50x8x4
That’s it. One note of interest. A guy benching on another bench was wearing one of the bench shirts. First time I’d ever seen one in action. The people getting the guy into it were having a hell of a workout. Doing a lot of singles. It’s really all or nothing with those. You’re either in the groove or it’s a no go.
HAHAHA College kids lifting weights on Friday night…I can only imagine! I guess things really do change in almost 30 years.
[quote]j_willy3 wrote:
HAHAHA College kids lifting weights on Friday night…I can only imagine! I guess things really do change in almost 30 years.[/quote]
I’ll say. That is a big change.
Nice work, Hel!
Your comments and observations always crack me up! As for Friday nights at that age … we trained first, drank after. Right next door in fact! 
One of the first gyms I joined was in a strip mall. It had a bar next door and a self-serve laundry on the other side of the bar. It was like one-stop shopping: throw the laundry in the washer, go lift, put the laundry in the dryer, go drink.
On Friday night we went home tired, clean and slightly (or very) tanked. Going to work on Saturday morning was always somewhat of a bitch … sore, tired and hungover.
Those were the days, huh?
Cappy
Hot damn the US won the women’s discus gold! That was uexpected.
Got all the girls home from Vegas yesterday. The house pasted inspection and the dogs keep quiet. Managed to get in an afternoon swim.
This morning
Full C&J
135wu,185x4,205x4,225x4x,275x1x4
Snatch
135x4, 155x2,165x1x3
Press
135x8x4
Face pulls
80x12x4
machine rear delt
110x10x4
Lateral raises
45x8x4
back to work tomorrow, oh joy.
What a powerful C&J there buddy! You had a nice workout this morning. Glad the better half made it home, and I see Vegas survived. Nothing on CNN about it this morning!
Second that.