When Routine Bites Hard & Ambitions are Low

Bigger Stronger Leaner Over 35 Lifter
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Heavy Thowers neck thread brought me back.

lets see for the new jacks

im 41 and still full of black tshirt wearing anger
former banged up super jock trying to keep it going.

what else Im 5.6 with big hair in squat shoes and just under 185 in track pants and same squat shoes

I have had an erractic schedule and am just trying to get in the gym with some frequency

super busy super stressed I will come up for air soon and socialize

12.3.12 training

1/2 hour of band and hip work at home felt awesome

some mobility and shit at gym

A squat 95x13,135x10,225x8,315x5,335x5 365x3 365x2 315 5x3
B1 deadlift 225x5,315 2x5,405 3x3
B2 bw dip 6x 12-15
C RDL 225 3x 12+
D HLR 4x10

notes-
Drank a lo carb monster - but tore up some sour patch kids.
there we go for peri workout nutrition faddists

band mobility/stretching for hips is the shit.
HOLY christmas YAY

squats felt good good speed cut it off after 365 started to lean too much
did some triples instead.
I have laid off the OH squats for a week or so- elbow feels better.
Pulls - felt heavy- used the straps again just to mess around

I guess they are ok.

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Sweet.

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Nice to see you back Kev.

I notice you’re back squatting. Does that mean you’ve been given the go ahead or you’re just doing it anyway?

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ahhh hair, none for me, I do have angry black shirt though!

Awesome squatting!

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Do you sometimes find your intensity in the gym waning since Metallica/Priest/Maiden hasn’t put out anything good in a while?

Lord knows I do.

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Good to see you, Kevin.

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all angry back shirt but no hair here.

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White shirt, sparse hair, bi-polar.

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[quote]sen say wrote:
Do you sometimes find your intensity in the gym waning since Metallica/Priest/Maiden hasn’t put out anything good in a while?

Lord knows I do.[/quote]

His intensity will be soon totally gone if he keeps listening to the great Joy Division

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No hair and now a lot of black shirt anger.

Kevin prefers Punk music to heavy metal if I am not mistaken.

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[quote]bluebrasil wrote:
His intensity will be soon totally gone if he keeps listening to the great Joy Division [/quote]

My kids were laughing at me one day as I was honestly lifting to Kathleen Edwards.

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thanks for al the black t-shirt love
sometimes life and shit gets in the way

as for being checked out for squats - I did ask the chiro I liked
his answer ’ your going to do it anyway, so do it til it hurts or til you cant do normal stuff after’
thank you for asking Bret

as for music-
its all about the Punk and Hip Hop both old skool

training 12.10.12
been a while 6 days til I last trained bleh

pvc lx ball at home
drank a monster lo carb bw 182 in track pants and soccer sneakers

lots of band work for mobility
lots of jumprope

A OH squat 65x20,95x10 135x5155x5,185 2x3
B squat 135x10,225x8,315x5,335x5, 365x2 bleh
C RDL 225 2x12 315 2x6 bleh
D seated good mornings135 4x8-10
E barbell rollouts 135 4x10

Notes-
first session in 6 days humidity has been killing me all week
OH squats felt good- squats felt pretty good too-
mid back felt all bleh- 365 for a dbl my head turned like magenta
RDL- I have been using straps I just picked up I like to pull hook-
these straps make it goofy- 315x6 needs work
seated good mornings- trying to get some upper back strenf
cause shrugs and rack pulls kill me
to say these are uncomfortable is an understatement

thanks for looking.

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Nice work and good to see you back.

For the new peeps we do Kev translation services for a fee.

james

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[quote]atypical1 wrote:

For the new peeps we do Kev translation services for a fee.

[/quote]
He’s the e.e. cummings of T Nation.

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“Strenf” is much more powerful and urban than strength lol, This weather drives me nuts very uncomfortable and my joints kill me

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[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
A OH squat 65x20,95x10 135x5155x5,185 2x3
B squat 135x10,225x8,315x5,335x5, 365x2 bleh
C RDL 225 2x12 315 2x6 bleh
D seated good mornings135 4x8-10
E barbell rollouts 135 4x10
[/quote]

I’m sorry Kevin but, you cannot use the word bleh four times in the same paragraph as casually mentioning overhead squats for 2 sets of 3 with more than bodyweight.

You just can’t. I wont allow it.

I don’t think anyone else on this forum could match that.

I couldn’t overhead squat my foam roller!

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more aimless training

12.13.12 bw 178 in trackpants and squat shoes
jump rope lots
band work lots

activation
lying ham cur x back raise x good girl x bad girl machines 4x10-12

A OH squat 65x10, 95x10, 135x6, 155x5, 185x3 205x2 185x5
B squat 135x20 cut it off here
C snatch width pulls 225 2x5 315 5x3
D pendlay row 225 3x5 135 2x12

notes-
felt all tight - squats where not happening today-

OH squats felt great the rest all needs work

Farmer Brett I didnt say bleh

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Solid work, Kevin.

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Great to see you back here!

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Thanks Jack-

Kimba- good to see you too

training
12.20.12

PVC - 1/hour of PVC adn lx ball good ness
tons of hip and ankle work

bw 177 in track pants and squat shoes- needs work

BB complex for activation
BO row x RDL x clean grip snatch x OH squat
3x3 going up to 135x3

A OH squat 95x10,135x10,155x5,185x3, 205x3x 225x0 185x5,
205x5 fuck yes

B squat 135x10, 225 2x8 315 x5 bleh
C air hump 225x6,316 2x6
D Dimmel 135 x20 185 2x20 185x14
E push/pull sled- 4 plates- a bunch of like 10 yd pushes pulls

Notes

feeling like ass- that time of the year- busy enough to feel like crap -
not busy enough to feel rich.

had a great PVC and stretch session at home- and tore shit up on
OH squats upper back felt like crap so I bagged on squats and did some glutes.

my gym ‘upgraded’ made a small turf area with Kettle bells
1 each up to 26kg and battling ropes and a sled
the problem is the sled has only low handles - and the turf area is tiny

I tried to push it on the rubber mat flooring it sucked ass.
however every curl/tricep pushdown brotard in the place was hogging the kettle bells to do side bends with.

I will admitt the set of 205 x5 on OH squat felt pretty fucking nice.