dmw

[dmw]

Originally Posted by MindPower

Ive had it from direct arm work too, today there seems to be no problems though, I had a little pain when doing B/o Rows last night but that was about it. who knows

for me it's because I'm old as f***. not for the earth, but for the gym.

[dmw]

10-9

bench - 3 x 5 x 215
dumbell incline - 2 x 8 x 70s
skullcrushers 2 x 8 x 80
seated calf raises 2 x 10 x 135, 2 x 15 x 135
abs
mckenzie
right leg work

[liftintexas]

glad you're on the road to recovery, bud, after battling the pain.

Hope the PT is productive. I had my last PT 6-7 years ago and wish I had followed up better.

[dmw]

Originally Posted by liftintexas

glad you're on the road to recovery, bud, after battling the pain.

Hope the PT is productive. I had my last PT 6-7 years ago and wish I had followed up better.

Thanks. I'm going to try and be good about it. This will end up costing me months of missing heavy training before it's all said and through, so I better be good about it.

[liftintexas]

I wasn't good about mine, but it did me several dates (with a PT where I went). So not a total waste ...

[dmw]

Originally Posted by liftintexas

I wasn't good about mine, but it did me several dates (with a PT where I went). So not a total waste ...

Well, that probably won't happen with me. He's not a baseball fan. And, I'm married.





But hell, face it. You could go anywhere and get dates.

[liftintexas]

Originally Posted by dmw

Well, that probably won't happen with me. He's not a baseball fan. And, I'm married.





But hell, face it. You could go anywhere and get dates.

To be clear, at the time I was single and she was ... a she. (I would assume she still is ...)

[dmw]

Originally Posted by liftintexas

To be clear, at the time I was single and she was ... a she. (I would assume she still is ...)

I assumed. Judging by the looks of the PT majors that work for me, she was probably hot too.

[liftintexas]

Originally Posted by dmw

I assumed. Judging by the looks of the PT majors that work for me, she was probably hot too.

quite. an interesting story for a time and place other than your training log.

[dmw]

Originally Posted by liftintexas

quite. an interesting story for a time and place other than your training log.

Sadly, there ain't much goin' on in here right now.

[dmw]

10-10

neutral grip chins - 3 x 7 x bw
t-bar rows 2 x 8 x 45, 1 x 8 x 70
ez bar curls 2 x 8 x 60
abs
mckenzie

not too much today because I have physical therapy soon, and my 2 year old little boy was crying in the playroom when I left him, so I took him to the gym to shoot hoops to make up for it.

alco - good tip on the neutral grip, they feel better on the forearm. Curls hurt though, and I may have to ditch them.

I ain't never gonna get no big gunz iffin I can't do curls dammit. Maybe it'll get better soon.

[dmw]

1-11

standing military press 1 x 6 x 95, 2 x 5 x 115
seated overhead dumbell press 3 x 8 x 50s
abs

standing calf raises yesterday put doms in my calves, which is rare. also sore from PT, but in a good way. Just went in today because I was taking my boy to swim lessons and there anyway.

[Alcoholiday]

Originally Posted by dmw

alco - good tip on the neutral grip, they feel better on the forearm. Curls hurt though, and I may have to ditch them.

[dmw]

10-14

bench - 3 x 6 x 215 (easy peasy)
dumbell incline bench 2 x 8 x 70s
skullcrushers 2 x 8 x 80
abz
mckenzie
seated calf raises

Goin' back tonight to get the Mrs. doing some upper body pushing, so I'll probably do some light stuff then, too.

I started pretty low on bench b/c of the herniation and time off, but I like how what I'm doing is going so far. I'd like to keep upping reps until 3 x 8, then upping pounds and starting back at 3 x 5, and see how far I can get with that.

[dmw]

10-14 The Mrs.

bench - 4 x 6 x 45 (pretty easy)
dumbell shoulder press - 4 x 6 x 15s
skullcrushers 4 x 6 x 20 (kinda hard)
lateral dumbell raises 3 x 6 x 10s
abs

I fooled around and did

bench 3 x 3 x 225
overhead dumbell press 4 x 10 x 50s

[dmw]

10/16

Me-

neutral grip chins - 3 x 8 x bw
dumbell rows 3 x 8 x 80s
facepulls 4 x 10 x 80
dumbell curls 3 x 10 x 35s
abs


The Mrs.

cable lat pulldown - 4 x 10 x 50
seated cable rows - 4 x 10 x 50
facepulls 4 x 10 x 30
ez bar curls 4 x 10 x 20
abs

[dmw]

10-17

Bench 2 x 7 x 215, 1 x 6 x 215
incline dumbell 2 x 5 x 80s
seated overhead dumbell press 3 x 6 x 60s
lateral dumbell raises 3 x 6 x 20s
cable tricep pushdowns 15 x 120, 2 x 10 x 140
abs (a lot)
mckenzie
standing calf raises

I like this heavy (for me) dumell work on the incline, but it's a bitch getting them in position. I feel like I could move up on this, and maybe do some good numbers if I did them first, but shit is it hard getting them in position.

Standing calf raises in Smith machine is way better than the seated ones.

At least another week before my last PT visit, when he may clear me for heavier lower body stuff, but I doubt it unless my right quad gets a lot better by then.

[dmw]

10-18

Had the Mrs. do some front squats with a 25 pound bar - 4 x 10, but her quad actually cramped on the last one, so I cut out half the stuff I was going to do with her and had her do 4 x 6 x 45 on SLDLs. She had pilates yesterday and it may be too much for legs the day after that. We'll try again next Saturday and if we have the same issue I'll switch her Tuesday and Saturday workout.

I just did some abs and some light single leg stuff for my messed up leg. We walked on the treadmill at the end and I almost fell in front of 30 or 40 people.

[dmw]

10-21

The wife's legs were really sore from Saturday, so I'll try again this Saturday and hope for a little more expected response.

Today we did upper body push- she-

bench - 4 x 12 x 45, then 1 x 6 x 55
incline dumbell press - 3 x 10 x 15s
seated overhead dumbell press - 3 x 10 x 10s
skullcrushers - 3 x 8 x 20 (still pretty hard for her, but she can handle it)

me-

bench

2 x 8 x 135, then 3 x 5 x 225
incline dumbell press 3 x 6 x 70s
seated overhead dumbell 3 x 10 x 50s
skullcrushers 3 x 8 x 80
abs

I just realized that I must have missed a back workout Sunday or Monday. I don't even know right now, being off a 'powerlifting' schedule sucks big time. Saw my MRI with a doctor for the first time today and he says I've got lots of disc degeneration, but that's actually typical with someone as old as me that trys to lift heavy stuff. He was negative about me getting back into heavy weights right now and in general fairly negative about the future too, but he also admitted that he was being cautious and still thinks there's a good chance for a full recovery.

In the meantime I'll keep doing PT stuff and lifting upperbody and try to eat a lot so I can try and have something good happen while I wa