I am creeping up on 50 now. If I had access to safe and legal TRT, I would probably do it. So that is how you can know I am not a cheat…I can’t get it. And also you have seen videos, I am just a smallish bald person with no muscles.
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I had mine legitimately tested in 2020 when I got hit hard by depression. Part of me was hoping it wasn’t a problem with my brain, but it was. My test was pretty high so I know I’m good there. I’ve spent the last 15 years training in a manner to get my body to produce its own test and HGH. I went to an NSCA conference and someone smarter than me shared research showing the 3x10 with 1 min rest on compound lifts did a great job of stimulating natural test and HGH production. My rest times were 60 seconds for over 10 years after that. I’ve extended them a bit over the past few years out of necessity.
I’m not a fan of needles but I think I could do the sub c injections. I’d just pinch myself so hard that I didn’t even notice the needle. Something like this:
It’s sad that this is true. I know there’s a facility in my town that would put me on bio-T (bio-available test) via pellet injections under the skin every six months. I almost did it. I priced it out and was about to make an appointment, but I just couldn’t do it. I kind of felt like there was no going back if I started. And for what? To go from the 800s to 1100s (test levels)? Not worth it.
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Yes but mate ‘that jawline’ LOL
I am creeping up on 50 too and I don’t want to get mine tested in fear of actually finding out it is fine and that my constant tiredness is self inflicted.
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No rest for the weary. More rack pulls today…not really any better than last time, though I did put 10 more kilo on the topset. Was using straps and they were giving me issues. Oh well. My bodyweight is now going down again in earnest, so everything I am doing is just about trying to keep my head above water.
Rack Deadlift
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 80 kg x 5 reps
- 100 kg x 3 reps
- 120 kg x 3 reps
- 140 kg x 3 reps
- 160 kg x 2 reps
- 180 kg x 2 reps
- 200 kg x 1 reps
- 210 kg x 1 reps
- 200 kg x 1 reps
- 180 kg x 3 reps
- 140 kg x 5 reps
- 100 kg x 10 reps
I also did @TrainForPain ‘s psychotic little biceps program we were discussing elsewhere. I knew instinctively that I was going to need to start with even lighter weights, and that turned out to be a wise move. By the end of set four my biceps were on fire. Fucking ouch. I can see how this would work. I mean, probably not for me, but for normal bicepted persons. I will stick with it for a bit and see what happens (and slowly move the weights up), it really only takes about 6 or 7 minutes.
15 minutes on the heavy bag at the end of everything.
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Glad it hurt (hopefully in a good way)!
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Yeah, it was good pain. Didn’t bother my notoriously delicate elbows.
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Perfect. Mine like to get cranky too, so I like stuff like this
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You’re either or psychopath or a genius. Maybe both. Honestly, sitting backwards on the preacher curl and doing hammer curls is kinda inspired.
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I’m just a grown man with a pet hermit crab.
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Oof, really need an off day. Maybe tomorrow. Was really planning to go easy today because I have been murdering my shoulders the past few weeks. But then I thought “well, I could maybe try to get 70 for 10” and then just relax from there. Of course, I didn’t relax, the backoffs sucked, although I made each subsequent set lighter. Hope nobody is triggered, bunch of meanies.
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Seated Barbell Press Behind Neck
- 30 kg x 5 reps
- 35 kg x 5 reps
- 40 kg x 5 reps
- 50 kg x 5 reps
- 60 kg x 3 reps
- 70 kg x 10 reps (rep PR)
- 60 kg x 10 reps
- 57.5 kg x 10 reps
- 55 kg x 10 reps
- 52.5 kg x 10 reps
- 50 kg x 10 reps
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Machine Lateral Raise
- 15 lb x 10 reps
- 15 lb x 10 reps
- 15 lb x 10 reps
- 20 lb x 10 reps
- 20 lb x 10 reps
- 25 lb x 10 reps
- 15 lb x 10 reps
6 minutes of interval running, increasing speeds.
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Damn you are still strong overhead mate, even with you nice back support bench.
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Another day at it. The boy talked me into it…that’s probably the one thing that will get me to go to the gym even on a day where I was definitely going to make it a rest day. Setting that example for him is how he has built the habit in the first place, so I will be damned if I am going to undo any of that.
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Machine MTS High Row
- 22.5 kg x 8 reps
- 25 kg x 8 reps
- 30 kg x 8 reps
- 35 kg x 8 reps
- 40 kg x 8 reps
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One-Arm Dumbbell Row
- 20 kg x 8 reps
- 25 kg x 8 reps
- 29.5 kg x 8 reps
- 34 kg x 8 reps
- 42 kg x 8 reps
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Pull-Up
- 6 reps
- 6 reps
- 6 reps
- 6 reps
- 6 reps
- 6 reps
- 6 reps
- 6 reps
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Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown
- 75 lb x 10 reps
- 90 lb x 10 reps
- 105 lb x 10 reps
- 120 lb x 10 reps
- 135 lb x 10 reps
- 150 lb x 10 reps
All of this pretty easy, but then I added that terrible 4 rounds of biceps work at the end again. Every set with one more rep than last time (9). The only positive thing I have to say about this is that it is over pretty quickly.
Then a quick few rounds on the heavy bag for some conditioning.
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Good on you, my friend.
My son (he’s 9) is starting to ask about my training. Slow and steady there, given his age, but at least he’s asking, right?
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Look out @TrainForPain we might have a new club member
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My heart swells with pride… and cholesterol
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Much needed day off yesterday, back at it today with some leg stuff. My morning bodyweight has dipped to just below 87 kilo, so I was pretty happy to get 150x4. And then burned my legs up on the hack squat.
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Barbell Squat
- 40 kg x 3 reps
- 60 kg x 3 reps
- 80 kg x 3 reps
- 100 kg x 3 reps
- 120 kg x 3 reps
- 140 kg x 3 reps
- 150 kg x 4 reps
- 100 kg x 10 reps
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Pull-Up
- 18 reps
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Machine Hack Squat
- 145 lb x 5 reps
- 195 lb x 5 reps
- 235 lb x 5 reps
- 285 lb x 5 reps
- 325 lb x 12 reps
- 235 lb x 12 reps
- 195 lb x 15 reps
- 145 lb x 20 reps
Followed up with six minutes uniterrupted on the dreadmill.
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Just pushing me one step closer to “TRT”…
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My man, I think you are built for deads, not squats. Those long ass legs and arms.
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Slept like crap, and starting to feel the effects of the caloric deficit. Just couldn’t muster anything on the bench stuff so it was a lazy day. At the end I just started doing dips and adding a rep until I couldn’t add a rep, but turned out the boy got finished with his session before I hit that point so I just finished it off with a set of 20.
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Barbell Incline Bench Press
- 45 kg x 5 reps
- 55 kg x 5 reps
- 70 kg x 5 reps
- 85 kg x 3 reps
- 95 kg x 3 reps
- 105 kg x 1 reps
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Decline Barbell Bench Press
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 70 kg x 5 reps
- 80 kg x 5 reps
- 95 kg x 3 reps
- 105 kg x 3 reps
- 115 kg x 1 reps
- 125 kg x 1 reps
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Dips - Chest Version
- 5 reps
- 6 reps
- 7 reps
- 8 reps
- 9 reps
- 10 reps
- 11 reps
- 12 reps
- 13 reps
- 14 reps
- 15 reps
- 16 reps
- 20 reps
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Damn, still killing it here. Good job on the boy.
Whats this quick’n’dirty biceps stuff i see you mentioning?
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