The Mature thread

[hrspwr1]

work started with a vengeance on tuesday. 10 to 12 hr days carrying boxes, moving steel, moving equipment, cleaning the shop etc. No time or energy to do anything more, going to relax today, lift and go walking tomorrow. hopefully do some boxing stuff monday since it will be mostly meetings all day.

[Donny]

work started with a vengeance on tuesday. 10 to 12 hr days carrying boxes, moving steel, moving equipment, cleaning the shop etc. No time or energy to do anything more, going to relax today, lift and go walking tomorrow. hopefully do some boxing stuff monday since it will be mostly meetings all day.

yes sometimes you have to rest till you feel you have the energy otherwise you just go through the motions...i have worked in Manuel jobs i know what you mean.

[njflex]

karen my workout went totally diffrent. No i like to warm up with abs it warms my abs and lower back, i know what your thinking it will tire my "core" but i am OK. so it went like this today::
 Abs and skipping as my original plan...

leg extension3x15 Superset with
squats 3x12

Leg curls 3x15 SUPERSET with
DB stiff deads 3x15 ( i know i was not going to do them but my head said DO THEM!!)
Calf raises as Original plan.

when i did the pre-exhaust superset with squats i squated down with a flat bench under my ass for safety as i really went for it. I am lying now on my couch like an old man,,, Now with pre-exhaust some say you will reach cardio failure before muscle failure but as i do lots of cardio i can cope.

NICE,,,,

[Donny]

i really felt my quads work.. 9/10 reps my quads were burning. a simple workout i did at home but it got me working. No walking or running iīm gonna rest now and get some food down my neck...

[Primemuscle]

Yes it's dehyrdating for the skin.  I always have to use a really good moisturizer at night when sleeping in air con.  Really air con is not healthy but in this extreme heat it's either that or keep waking up from sweating at the back of my neck/hair. 

Living in Oregon, we only get a few days of uncomfortably hot weather a year. It seems unnecessary to have air conditioning here. We have a ceiling fan in the loft. The furnace fan can also be used without heat to circulate the air in the house when it is hot. Supposedly, the older one gets the more susceptible to temperature extremes they are. Being one who is older, I have yet to have a problem with the few days in late summer that the inside of our home gets up to 75 or 80 degrees farenheit.

Having said the above, most houses in my area do have air-conditioning. I know people that start running it when the temperature gets up to around 80 degrees outside. This seems ridiculous. In the winter, they turn the thermostat up to 75 to get warm and in the summer they turn it down to 65 to cool off. To me they are simply spoiled energy hogs. Some friends of mine argue over the thermostat, he's always too cold and she's always too hot....wouldn't want to pay their energy bills. My cousin who lives in Main never turns her heat on above 50 degrees farenheit. We don't visit her in the winter. My son did and he said he nearly froze. I guess it is to each his own.   

[booty]

Just 60 mins of brisk walking outdoors today. 

[booty]

karen my workout went totally diffrent. No i like to warm up with abs it warms my abs and lower back, i know what your thinking it will tire my "core" but i am OK. so it went like this today::
 Abs and skipping as my original plan...

leg extension3x15 Superset with
squats 3x12

Leg curls 3x15 SUPERSET with
DB stiff deads 3x15 ( i know i was not going to do them but my head said DO THEM!!)
Calf raises as Original plan.

when i did the pre-exhaust superset with squats i squated down with a flat bench under my ass for safety as i really went for it. I am lying now on my couch like an old man,,, Now with pre-exhaust some say you will reach cardio failure before muscle failure but as i do lots of cardio i can cope.

If it works for you then by all means do it Donny.  I was just wondering that's all.  I guess it was old school to train abs first and then train other bodyparts, but in recent years that has all changed and they recommend to train abs of a workout.  I sometimes squat down onto a bench and really focus on squeezing my glutes.  I will keep legs together for this, as opposed to having a wider stance.  I like to vary it for squats.  Another one I love is sumo squats.  It is so awesome for hitting the inner thighs, glutes, quads and hams. 

[Donny]

If it works for you then by all means do it Donny.  I was just wondering that's all.  I guess it was old school to train abs first and then train other bodyparts, but in recent years that has all changed and they recommend to train abs of a workout.  I sometimes squat down onto a bench and really focus on squeezing my glutes.  I will keep legs together for this, as opposed to having a wider stance.  I like to vary it for squats.  Another one I love is sumo squats.  It is so awesome for hitting the inner thighs, glutes, quads and hams. 

yeah i as i wrote on another thread i use staggered sets too for abs and calfes..i got the idea for training abs first from Bill Pearl when i tel with him some years ago...I just had the seat end of the bench behind me and just touched it lightly i did not straddle the bench..was for for safety as i have no power rack. I could not squat as low as normal but today i feel it..some snow today but i will go for a walk/run later..

[Donny]

Just 60 mins of brisk walking outdoors today. 

i am thinking of getting a weight vest...the weight is better distributed than a ruck sack

[booty]

i am thinking of getting a weight vest...the weight is better distributed than a ruck sack

Shit I couldn't stand a weight vest.  It's bad enough having to drag my own body around without any additional weight.     I will get back to weights tomorrow.  I spent the day getting jerked around waiting for the store where I got my iphone from, to replace my charger since it was faulty and stopped charging last night.  Then I didn't feel like training later in the evening as I drink too much water and then am up all night peeing. 

[Donny]

Shit I couldn't stand a weight vest.  It's bad enough having to drag my own body around without any additional weight.     I will get back to weights tomorrow.  I spent the day getting jerked around waiting for the store where I got my iphone from, to replace my charger since it was faulty and stopped charging last night.  Then I didn't feel like training later in the evening as I drink too much water and then am up all night peeing. 

I just like the pain...

[Donny]

tonight i went for a nice easy run..was quite fresh outside.

[hrspwr1]

wound up doing my boxing workout yesterday afternoon, walked this AM and just finished lifting. Bench, bb rows, ez bar curls, hammer curls, deep knee bends, and some flys.

[njflex]

legs...
leg press 3 plates per side warmupx12,,,4 for 12,,,,5 x12...6 x10,,7 x9..8 x6...
leg extensions x3 sets 12 got up to 265 stack is 305,,
hack squat 4 plates per side x2 10 reps,,then set with 5 plates for 8 dead...
walking lunges 50 lb dbells walk up gym floor 12 steps per leg x2

hams seated leg curls x3
lying leg curls x3

calf press on leg press x4 3 plates per side,3.5,then 2 sets 4 plates all over 10 to 15 rep sets...

very big pump,fatigued and still pump/sore hrs later,,, ,,,

[Primemuscle]

I walked down to the curb today to pick up the Sunday paper from the paper box. It is 30 degrees farenheit outside; very crisp and nice with the sun shinning. Whenever the sun shines in Oregon, we are happy regardless of how cold it is out.

I am reading all of your posts about your various exercise routines. If I don't hit the gym next week, one of you needs to come to Oregon and slap me upside my head. Each week, I say this is the week I start back working out and then something gets in the way of this happening. I know it is just a matter of prioritizing things better, but I am having a hell of a time doing that lately. Other than a few business calls, a breakfast meeting and lunch with a friend, I don't believe there is anything on my calendar next week. NO EXCUSES!

[Donny]

legs...
leg press 3 plates per side warmupx12,,,4 for 12,,,,5 x12...6 x10,,7 x9..8 x6...
leg extensions x3 sets 12 got up to 265 stack is 305,,
hack squat 4 plates per side x2 10 reps,,then set with 5 plates for 8 dead...
walking lunges 50 lb dbells walk up gym floor 12 steps per leg x2

hams seated leg curls x3
lying leg curls x3

calf press on leg press x4 3 plates per side,3.5,then 2 sets 4 plates all over 10 to 15 rep sets...

very big pump,fatigued and still pump/sore hrs later,,, ,,,

no wonder you were still pumped after a hardcore workout like that ..makes mine look tame...LOL

[booty]

I just wish I was anywhere else except in this horrible harsh hot and scorching country.  Yeah I am having one of those negative feel sorry for myself days.  I am over this heat...I am over my clothes sticking to me and constantly sweating.  I am over my aching and overly sensitve nipples and I am over not sleeping until 3am at nights because I cannot get used to sleeping up on pillows.  I am over my dark circles under my eyes...I never had them before surgery.  And I feel like miss piggy.  I am supose to like how I look after I get my nose done and straightened but today I just prefer how I looked before...swollen free and no circles under my eyes.  Hopefully I feel better after I train today.  

[booty]

Change of plan, was supose to do legs but instead trained bis and tris.  I just wanted a quick workout and I didn't feel like doing any big muscle groups.  I noticed my arms were stronger and I am back to the weights I was doing before I developed the asthma from the upper sinus blockage and from the time off I had after the op.  So that was a good feeling...to be back where I once was in regards to strength.  It didn't take me that long to focus from the neck down and I forgot that I was tired and over the whole swelling thing.

Incline db curls x 5 sets
barbell straight bar curls x 4 sets
tricep pressdowns V bar x 5 sets
rope pressdowns x 4 sets

Finished off with 60 mins brisk walking outdoors. 

[Donny]

Change of plan, was supose to do legs but instead trained bis and tris.  I just wanted a quick workout and I didn't feel like doing any big muscle groups.  I noticed my arms were stronger and I am back to the weights I was doing before I developed the asthma from the upper sinus blockage and from the time off I had after the op.  So that was a good feeling...to be back where I once was in regards to strength.  It didn't take me that long to focus from the neck down and I forgot that I was tired and over the whole swelling thing.

Incline db curls x 5 sets
barbell straight bar curls x 4 sets
tricep pressdowns V bar x 5 sets
rope pressdowns x 4 sets

Finished off with 60 mins brisk walking outdoors. 

sometimes you got to go by how you feel and adapt your training..i do this too. Well today i am going for a Dumbbell only chest workout but i will do straight sets::

Flat Dumbbell bench press 4x8-10
Flat flyes 4x12
Incline Dumbbell press Hammer grip 4x8-10
Incline Flyes 4x12
push ups to failure 1-2 sets if i have the strength.

V-raise sit ups 2 sets to failure.

[Donny]

wound up doing my boxing workout yesterday afternoon, walked this AM and just finished lifting. Bench, bb rows, ez bar curls, hammer curls, deep knee bends, and some flys.

got all the main muscles covered right there...

[booty]

sometimes you got to go by how you feel and adapt your training..i do this too. Well today i am going for a Dumbbell only chest workout but i will do straight sets::

Flat Dumbbell bench press 4x8-10
Flat flyes 4x12
Incline Dumbbell press Hammer grip 4x8-10
Incline Flyes 4x12
push ups to failure 1-2 sets if i have the strength.

V-raise sit ups 2 sets to failure.

I prefer dumbells over barbells in most cases.  Yes sometimes its good to adapt to how you are feeling in regards to training and other times you have to push yourself to do something you don't really feel like doing.   

[Donny]

really killed me doing 4 sets for all exercises...you do not realize how much impact the stabilizing muscles have... these two ab exercises i did old but hammer my abs from top to bottom 

[booty]

really killed me doing 4 sets for all exercises...you do not realize how much impact the stabilizing muscles have... these two ab exercises i did old but hammer my abs from top to bottom 

These V situps are great..how many did you do Donny?  I haven't done them for ages.  When this nose is not swelling, I will start doing them again.

[Donny]

well i did 30 reps on the first exercise for 3 sets and then on the twisting i donīt know i just went to failure for two sets. one rep is left and right.. i just worked till failure. I lost count

[Donny]

did these in the Army a lot but i like this book still some good stuff in there::