[quote]ecogenx wrote:
Thank you Pete and Joe.
My Curcumin 500 has arrived today. I’ll be taking it as soon as I get home. I hope it takes care of a couple nagging joint pains I have.
I turn 40 on the 24th. I’m thinking about having a minipower meet on the 23rd. I would really like to pull 600 and bench 425. Fat chance on the bench but the deadlift may be possible. I’d be happy with a 415 bench.[/quote
Think positive bro!
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
Thank you Pete and Joe.
My Curcumin 500 has arrived today. I’ll be taking it as soon as I get home. I hope it takes care of a couple nagging joint pains I have.
I turn 40 on the 24th. I’m thinking about having a minipower meet on the 23rd. I would really like to pull 600 and bench 425. Fat chance on the bench but the deadlift may be possible. I’d be happy with a 415 bench.[/quote]
Go for breaking that 1000# total bro! you can do it!
Thanks JT and Soldog.
When I got home last night I was confronted by my wife telling me she doesn’t feel comfortable with me taking suppliments(curcumin)I’ve received in the mail. Something about FDA approval and possible kidney,liver or cardiac failure. I still took it but it threw my positive attitude out the window. I’ll be keeping my suppliments at work from now on.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
Thanks JT and Soldog.
When I got home last night I was confronted by my wife telling me she doesn’t feel comfortable with me taking suppliments(curcumin)I’ve received in the mail. Something about FDA approval and possible kidney,liver or cardiac failure. I still took it but it threw my positive attitude out the window. I’ll be keeping my suppliments at work from now on.[/quote]
I take an assload of vitimans and suppliments as well. Its stuff for my liver functions, and heart stuff, melatonin to help me sleep, workout shit. My wife makes all these little 'under the breath" comments about them… DAMN that gets old!!!
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
Thanks JT and Soldog.
When I got home last night I was confronted by my wife telling me she doesn’t feel comfortable with me taking suppliments(curcumin)I’ve received in the mail. Something about FDA approval and possible kidney,liver or cardiac failure. I still took it but it threw my positive attitude out the window. I’ll be keeping my suppliments at work from now on.[/quote]
There must have been something in the air with wives last night. Mine wasn’t regarding supplements, but it was regarding training etc. This is while I am trying to mow the lawn, clean the basement, put the kid down to bed, etc. Finally sat down to eat at 9 and she made another comment. I retreated to my ‘mancave’ in the basement and watched ‘Rescue Me.’
yeah… the vast majority of the population is ignorant to supplementation. I think the biggest ignorance is around male Hormone Therapy. When women go through menapause, they go on estrogen replacement and it’s no big deal. Men go through a similiar shutdown in middle age or even younger.
If a man wants to go on Testosterone Replacement they suddenly are a druggy. doesn’t make any sense to me. The stigma attached to things like Testosterone and HGH is rediculious.
keep your chin up Eco.
Thanks for the male sympathy moment.
Going to give the ‘top squat’ a try with RE squats tonight. I’ll do the pin squats regular style. I can already feel the pain.
Thankfully my girlfriend is very tolerant of my kitchen-counter-full of supplement bottles (whey, fish oil, resveratrol, Alpha Male, cinnulin, 5-HTP, GABA, BCAA, ZMA, something for allergies, something to help the resveratrol absorb).
She does occasionally rib me about the number of pills I take. I think I’m over 20/day now even without the 12 BCAAs I take on workout days.
Great lifting, Eco!
My wife is suspicious of some supplements but being in science(she is a microbiologist) she’ll look at whats in the stuff before saying anything. Some times she actually says “Yeah taking that is a good idea”.\
Now training is another story, when I started making progress she was convinced I was going to decide I wanted a younger model. That took some time to work out.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Now training is another story, when I started making progress she was convinced I was going to decide I wanted a younger model. That took some time to work out. [/quote]
Been there, still enduring that…
I always have my stuff shipped to the office, and I keep it at the office. I think my wife wants me to be a marathoner/vegitarian. You know how many pounds I’d have to lose to achieve that “Dachau” runner’s look?
Guess I’m lucky. I have the opposite problem. Everytime the wife sees or reads something good about a new vitamin, mineral, supplement, plant, insect,etc, it’s “maybe you should take that.” If it was up to her I’d be taking 50 pills a day, grazing on grass, and washing it down with cod liver oil. She’s never bothered me about gym time. Now she’s going with me.
8/12
top squat 315x10, 405x7
pin squat 405x3,495x1,455x3,3
military press 135x30
Sounds like the wives and girlfriends are just worried about our health either pushing suppliments or questioning the safety of them. At least they care about our well being.
I had a housefull when I got home yesterday: nieces,nephew and the inlaws. So I did the bare essentials and had dinner with the gang. My father-in-law sat on a bench and watched me my entire workout. I love the guy but it made me rush.
The jury is still out on the top squat. My wrists and shoulders didn’t have the pain I usually experience with higher rep(5+) squats. The weight sits high which I’m not used to and made me feel unsteady at times. At the very least I’ll use it for GMs.
This will be the third day on the curcumin. I think my knees and back ache a little less but it may all be in my head.
Nice work. How are you liking the pin squats?
[quote]PeteS wrote:
Nice work. How are you liking the pin squats? [/quote]
Thanks Pete. I think I like the pin squats. But I may be doing more of a GM-squat hybrid then a true squat. Its hard to get a breath in when you’re paused on the bottom. So my breathing gets out of rhythm a little. I got real dizzy with 495 yesterday. I have the feeling even if I don’t get any stronger doing these they’ll at least toughen me up.
Eco, you are getting so strong by leaps and bounds. It’s incredible.
[quote]danjo228 wrote:
Eco, you are getting so strong by leaps and bounds. It’s incredible. [/quote]
Thanks Dan. I wish I saw it that way. I feel more like I’m getting stronger at a snails pace.
Snails pace? Those pin squats are freakin’ beastly. Have a good weekend Eco. I am going to try and enjoy some cold beer and grilled food tonight, been thinking about it all week… thanks to you.
eco- you move big weight around bro!Keep hammering away and stay positive.
Thanks Pete and JT. Definitely throw back a few cold ones and choke down some meat.
8/15
rackpulls 585x1,635x0,0,605x0,495x10,10,10
‘top squat’ GMs 225x5,5
ab roll outs 95x10,10,10
BB row 315x5,5,5
Very disappointed with the rack pulls.585 3x3 was fairly easy last week. Thought I would get 635 today. But after missing 635 twice and then 605 I figured I’d just do reps with 495. My back was fried for the GMs. I’m taking a de-load week after Wednesday. No mini-meet next weekend.