The Mature thread

[Primemuscle]

Weather is good here. Cool and not raining. Good thing too since the landscaper is working on part of the yard. A week ago the ground was frozen.

I went to the gym today and had a great full body workout. Cannot believe how easily I am adding weight to squats. I worried that they would fuck up my already fucked up knee but the opposite has been the case. My knee feels great. It looks like this week is going to be a two times workout week. I missed getting to the gym on Monday because we had a bunch of contractors here all day and I couldn't get away.

[njflex]

DELT DAY SWITCHED AROUND SOME THINGS 'GOD PUMP'

STARTED REAR DELTS ON PEC DECK X4
DB PRESSES 50/55/60/60
'TRI SET'THIS WAS NICE'SIDES/FR/BENT REAR RAISES SET 1 ALL WITH 20LB DBELLS/SET 2/3 WITH 25'S .PAINFUL..
FINISHED 2 SETS UPRIGHTS PREMADE BAR 70/80

SHRUGS
185/235/285X2 LAST SET DROP BACK TO235 FOR FEW MORE..

CALVES GOT CREATIVE REPS...DROP
220 X10/180/160/140 BRUTAL X3

FORARMS
WEIGHTED ROLLS
REVERSE CABLE WRIST CURLS

[Donny]

DELT DAY SWITCHED AROUND SOME THINGS 'GOD PUMP'

STARTED REAR DELTS ON PEC DECK X4
DB PRESSES 50/55/60/60
'TRI SET'THIS WAS NICE'SIDES/FR/BENT REAR RAISES SET 1 ALL WITH 20LB DBELLS/SET 2/3 WITH 25'S .PAINFUL..
FINISHED 2 SETS UPRIGHTS PREMADE BAR 70/80

SHRUGS
185/235/285X2 LAST SET DROP BACK TO235 FOR FEW MORE..

CALVES GOT CREATIVE REPS...DROP
220 X10/180/160/140 BRUTAL X3

FORARMS
WEIGHTED ROLLS
REVERSE CABLE WRIST CURLS

Nice... perfect Delt workout. Tri sets are great for Delts like Supersets for arms..which i will do later.

[oldtimer1]

Delt and arms the day after Thanks Giving. I think I ate 6000 calories. I had to unbutton my pants. No warm ups listed

Press behind the neck 2 x 6 (I know doing these at my age with a bad shoulder is nuts)
Dumbbell laterals 2 x 10
One arm pulley laterals 1 x 10
Rear delt laterals 2 x 10
Shrugs 2  x 10

Weighted dips 2 x 10
traditional tricep push downs 2 x 10
Single dumbbell two hands tricep extension 2 x 10

ez bar curls 2 x 10
Pulley curls using a  straight bar 2 x 10
concentration curls 2 x 12

fourarm wrist curls 2 x 20
reverse wrist extensions 2 x 15

weighted crunches with lower legs on a bench 1 x 55
Pulley crunches 2 x 25

Ivanko gripper 2 x 20

[oldtimer1]

Personally I could never go to a gym three times a day. 10 second sprints at my age would end in a ripped hamstring or calf. I find I lean out quick doing something like 8 x 440 yards intervals. Since I irritated my hamstring doing them last week I'm going to do slower 6 x 880 yard repeats tomorrow.

[oldtimer1]

Home gyms are the best. I know many can't stand them. They enjoy working out with other people. More power to them. I just blast my radio and get to work. Motivation is never a problem.

I have a pretty good set up for a home gym. I'm going to down size my house in a year or two. Then I'm going the IronMaster Dumbbell route and an all in one bench. Just simplicity. 

[Primemuscle]

Home gyms are the best. I know many can't stand them. They enjoy working out with other people. More power to them. I just blast my radio and get to work. Motivation is never a problem.

I have a pretty good set up for a home gym. I'm going to down size my house in a year or two. Then I'm going the IronMaster Dumbbell route and an all in one bench. Just simplicity. 

Currently, I don't have the space for a home gym. Many years and a couple of properties ago, our house had a basement where I set up a home gym. The pluses as I remember them was the convenience of the gym being right there when ever you were ready to workout, the ability to workout wearing whatever was comfortable, including nothing at all in hot weather, and mostly no excuses for not working out.

There were some inconveniences too. It is hard for me to ignore interruptions. If the phone rang and it was a call I thought I should take, I would. If my wife needed help with something and called down to me, which was rare but it did sometimes happen, I'd drop what I was doing and help her. In a nutshell, there were distractions which I gave into.

As much as having a home gym again would be great, I like going to the gym. There is a lot of motivation there. There are people who have great physiques which give me something to shoot for, never mind that they may be decades younger than me. There are guys older than me who still show up and actually do something, they are an inspiration, should I be feeling old. The gym where I belong has such a huge array of equipment, it is impossible to have your workouts become stale.

Ideally, I'd like both a home gym and to keep my membership at the gym where I currently go and have worked out at for nearly 40 years.

[Donny]

trained Arms/Abs/calves yesterday evening.

Supersets:

Close Grip Chins with Parallel Bar Dips

Incline DB curls with Standing Barbell extensions behind head

Cable Bar curls with V-Bar pressdowns

Forearms: Reverse ez bar curl on preacher bench.

Standing calf raises on smith machine 5 sets  Abs: Machine crunches 3 sets.  i did 3 sets on the Arm exercises. went for higher reps on the cable exercises.

[njflex]

legs

leg press 4 per side ,5,6,7,7 and 25 ..
squats close stance 275/315/315 brutal
extensions 220/235/250 all for 12 then did 205 for 20

hams
stiff legged
135/185/225
legs curls
140/150/155

calves 5 sets seated calf raise

dinner sun eve

I made a nice antipast,salami,sopressata,provolone,olives,tomatoe and mozzarella,
I made an eggplant and zucchini chopped and cooked in garlic/olive oil and then placed over sliced bread and coating mozzarella bake in oven
pumpkin ravioli with butter/sage/nutmeg topping
red wine of course...

dessert mom and husband came over,espresso,almond anisette cookie,gelato 'pistaccio' and salted caramel.espresso and anisette.

[SF1900]

Do you have to be physically or emotionally mature to post in this thread? Or both? 

Just finished back work out:

Wide Grip pullups supersetted with dumbbell pullovers:4 sets

Barbell rows: 4 sets

Incline dumbell rows: 4 sets

Hammer strength pulldowns: 4 sets

Close grip pulldowns: 4 sets

[njflex]

Do you have to be physically or emotionally mature to post in this thread? Or both? 

Just finished back work out:

Wide Grip pullups supersetted with dumbbell pullovers:4 sets

Barbell rows: 4 sets

Incline dumbell rows: 4 sets

Hammer strength pulldowns: 4 sets

Close grip pulldowns: 4 sets

40 PLUS ,,UR GOOD DUDE THO,,,SO IF UR 35 OVER EXCEPTION..

[SF1900]

40 PLUS ,,UR GOOD DUDE THO,,,SO IF UR 35 OVER EXCEPTION..

im 33 

[njflex]

im 33 

YOUR A WHIPPERSNAPPER....

[SF1900]

YOUR A WHIPPERSNAPPER....

ha, how old did you think i was? lol

[njflex]

ha, how old did you think i was? lol

I THOUGHT 35 OR UNDER 30 IF I WAS TO GUESS..

[Donny]

maturity is earned through years of experience. No short cuts 

chest...
Incline BB press 4 sets
Incline DB flys sets
Flat DB press 4 sets
Flat Flys 4 sets.

Cardio: 30 mins Hard Interval programme ( crosser)

[njflex]

chest
fdb press
60/70/80/85-60 drop
decline press x3
pullovers db 60/70/80
pec deck x3...like these again for a bit.
incline press x3

tris
dip machine x3
overhead rope extensions x3
reverse grip pushdowns x3
hi rep pushdowns finish x3.. 20/20/15 gassed lol..

abs

[Primemuscle]

im 33 

You're a mature guy in my book. It's all about attitude anyway. I know some 70 year olds who are not that mature....me.

[Donny]

You're a mature guy in my book. It's all about attitude anyway. I know some 70 year olds who are not that mature....me.

you have just kept your humour Jay...

did legs yesterday. was busy when i trained so i did straight sets.

squats 4 sets
seated leg curls 4 sets
Leg press 4 sets
Stiff legged Deadlifts 4 sets
Seated calf raises 5 sets

abs: crunches on floor with leg raises 3 sets per ex. No cardio.

[njflex]

reverse hammer pulldown machine x3
bent over rows x3 185-225
row machine chest to pad x3
low cable pulley rows x3 180/210
rope pulls to waist x3

bis
seated curl machine single arm x3
seated db curls back to backrest 35/35/35
2 sets hammer concentration curls 30/35
cable curls x3

abs

[Donny]

shoulders later..

tri set..
Front raises plate raises 4 sets
Side raises 4 sets
rear delt raises lying on bench 4 sets

standing BB Military press 4 sets
BB shrugs behind back 2 sets
BB upright rows 2 sets

like doing upright rows on back training but decided i will do a simple pre exhaust tonight with shrugs +upright rows. Cardio and abs iŽll just do what i feel like.

[njflex]

shoulders later..

tri set..
Front raises plate raises 4 sets
Side raises 4 sets
rear delt raises lying on bench 4 sets

standing BB Military press 4 sets
BB shrugs behind back 2 sets
BB upright rows 2 sets

like doing upright rows on back training but decided i will do a simple pre exhaust tonight with shrugs +upright rows. Cardio and abs iŽll just do what i feel like.

I could see uprights with back...I always do them when I do them with delts..

[Donny]

I could see uprights with back...I always do them when I do them with delts..

i like a fairly close grip.. some use a wider grip for delts but will still hit upper back area.

[Primemuscle]

I think I am ready to graduate to a split routine of some type. Yesterday I got about 80% through my workout and realized I'd been there for 90 minutes. I felt more tired than invigorated. It only took me about a month to get to this point, which was faster than I thought I'd progress. Going to hit the gym tomorrow and finish what I didn't get done yesterday. I'll probably start the split next week.

[njflex]

delts
fr press
135/155/165/175-135 drop
 trisets'donny special'
raises
front raises
rear bent seated x3 25 lb dbl  sick pump

cableuprights close grip x3

2 sets rear cable raise cable behind back..

shrugs on hammer lying press ,,2 plates x30/3x20/4x15/5x12
db shrugs 85/95

calves x3 10 reps drops 200/180/160/140 burn/pump

forearms
weighted rolls x3
reverse cable wrist curls x3
behind back wrist curls x3