The Mature thread

[njflex]

delts
laterals light 15,20,25,25 reps 12/15
behind neck press no pain ok,,
front raise underhad curl bar x3
upright to mid chest hits side delts a bit than full range x3
2 sets 20 lb db press this is where i am healing/limited,,l/s went up but tires and weaker as u can see 20's lol,,,,,i use 60/70's in great healed shape''

forearms/calves

did some light pec deck to stretch chest and get some blood pump there /then turned around and do pushups slow holding the seat squeezing at top/like a mid air pushup lol,,,front delt on that side is where its restricted on rom...

[Donny]

delts
laterals light 15,20,25,25 reps 12/15
behind neck press no pain ok,,
front raise underhad curl bar x3
upright to mid chest hits side delts a bit than full range x3
2 sets 20 lb db press this is where i am healing/limited,,l/s went up but tires and weaker as u can see 20's lol,,,,,i use 60/70's in great healed shape''

forearms/calves

did some light pec deck to stretch chest and get some blood pump there /then turned around and do pushups slow holding the seat squeezing at top/like a mid air pushup lol,,,front delt on that side is where its restricted on rom...

sounds great on the pec deck .. how did you do the push ups ?

[njflex]

sounds great on the pec deck .. how did you do the push ups ?

i used pec deck seat went down a bit not to cushion fully i am nursing this ya know,just a stretch and then back was on angle so legs behind me,,i did 3 full normal pushups before gym to test it ,2 more than i could do few days ago,,,,

[Donny]

i used pec deck seat went down a bit not to cushion fully i am nursing this ya know,just a stretch and then back was on angle so legs behind me,,i did 3 full normal pushups before gym to test it ,2 more than i could do few days ago,,,,

got you steve ..sorry i did not understand what you meant. sorry.

[njflex]

got you steve ..sorry i did not understand what you meant. sorry.

u always use those old school pics that show the exercises lol,,,its hard for me to explain some of the movements i do from the usual,,

[Donny]

u always use those old school pics that show the exercises lol,,,its hard for me to explain some of the movements i do from the usual,,

i find it great that you find exercises to work around it and it shows your training experience. It will benifit me if i ever get the injury.

[Primemuscle]

When I was in my thirties, I worked out in the basement of our home. I really liked doing pushups using three chairs. I'd put my feet one chair and one hand on each of the other chairs. What I liked about doing pushups like this was the extension at the bottom of the movement. I could really stretch my chest.

Unfortunately one time while doing this style push up, I over extended my left hand and managed to do some damage to it. It hurt like hell. I drove to emergency and they gave me some pain meds to get me through to the next day when I could see my regular doctor. When I woke up the following morning, my left hand was so swollen that it looked something like a cow's udder. When I saw the doctor, he determined that it was inflamed. He gave me an injection directly into my hand. The swelling eventually went down and then my hand looked skeletal. Apparently it had been so hot that it melted the what little fat one has on their fingers. After a week or so it looked normal.

I am not sure I ever tried these pushups again using three chairs. I have done them at the gym using two triangular shaped bars which elevated my hands thus allowing for extra stretch at the bottom of the exercise. With this equipment, my hands were parallel, palms facing each other and griping the bars so there was little chance of over extending them at the wrist.

There is nothing like hitting 20-25 pushups to pump up the pecs.

[Donny]

When I was in my thirties, I worked out in the basement of our home. I really liked doing pushups using three chairs. I'd put my feet one chair and one hand on each of the other chairs. What I liked about doing pushups like this was the extension at the bottom of the movement. I could really stretch my chest.

Unfortunately one time while doing this style push up, I over extended my left hand and managed to do some damage to it. It hurt like hell. I drove to emergency and they gave me some pain meds to get me through to the next day when I could see my regular doctor. When I woke up the following morning, my left hand was so swollen that it looked something like a cow's udder. When I saw the doctor, he determined that it was inflamed. He gave me an injection directly into my hand. The swelling eventually went down and then my hand looked skeletal. Apparently it had been so hot that it melted the what little fat one has on their fingers. After a week or so it looked normal.

I am not sure I ever tried these pushups again using three chairs. I have done them at the gym using two triangular shaped bars which elevated my hands thus allowing for extra stretch at the bottom of the exercise. With this equipment, my hands were parallel, palms facing each other and griping the bars so there was little chance of over extending them at the wrist.

There is nothing like hitting 20-25 pushups to pump up the pecs.

GREAT POST.. i have 2 push up bars i bought but i use 2 thick books but i find the traditional palms down works for me. itīs true though prime.. a parallel grip does help in pushing movements.

[Donny]

i think today i will have a lazy Day at Home and relax..was quite a busy week. watch a good film but what ?

[njflex]

quads full steam
leg press warmed up 1 and 3 plates for 15 each then,,,5 plates 12/6 plates 10/7 plates 10/8 plates 8
hacks x3 3 plates /4 plates /5 plates 10 or more per set..
walking luges db 50's x2
leg extensions x3 2 set drop 8-10 per set 220 drop to 190

hams lying and seated leg curls x3 and x2...
calves leg press extensions

[Primemuscle]

Hit the gym on Friday for a full body workout plus cardio. Had a daylong meeting today, so no gym time. I am loving using the elliptical for cardio because it makes my sciatica almost go away. Unfortunately, driving from my home in West Linn, OR to Salem, OR which is a fifty mile trip each way, aggravates the sciatic nerve. It is best when I can stay off my butt, which is difficult when one is driving.

[Donny]

Hit the gym on Friday for a full body workout plus cardio. Had a daylong meeting today, so no gym time. I am loving using the elliptical for cardio because it makes my sciatica almost go away. Unfortunately, driving from my home in West Linn, OR to Salem, OR which is a fifty mile trip each way, aggravates the sciatic nerve. It is best when I can stay off my butt, which is difficult when one is driving.

sounds like you are getting back in there Jay.. yes 50 miles each way is a fair distance and would put some of training. Where i live there are Gym all over the place and i mean itīs not  a big place here. Today i went for a cycle trip and just took it real easy.. itīs really nice weather today.

[Primemuscle]

sounds like you are getting back in there Jay.. yes 50 miles each way is a fair distance and would put some of training. Where i live there are Gym all over the place and i mean itīs not  a big place here. Today i went for a cycle trip and just took it real easy.. itīs really nice weather today.

I realize now that I did not state myself clearly when I said I drove 50 miles back a forth to Salem, yesterday. This drive was not to the gym, it was for a business meeting. Salem is Oregon's Capitol city. Some of my volunteer work is political in nature. Also the association I belong to is headquartered in Salem. The gym I belong to is about 4 miles from my home. Driving to the gym takes 10 minutes tops. If I would ride my bicycle there, I'd develop monster legs because it is all hills. I live on a hill and the gym is on another hill. That bike ride is not on my agenda just yet.

[Donny]

Trained Chest Today:

Flat BB Bench press 3x6-8
Flat Flyes 3x12
Incline DB press 3x10
Incline Flyes 3x12

straight after i went for a 45 minute run in the woods

[Donny]

also saw on the news Baroness Thatcher has Died...some older Brits will know who she was. The first and only Woman Prime Minister in the UK and served 3 Terms i believe. She pumped a lot of Money into the Armed Forces but was against Trade Unions and i remember as a kid there was a lot of Riots. She will not be missed by the working man in the UK...or the Labour Party.

[Primemuscle]

also saw on the news Baroness Thatcher has Died...some older Brits will know who she was. The first and only Woman Prime Minister in the UK and served 3 Terms i believe. She pumped a lot of Money into the Armed Forces but was against Trade Unions and i remember as a kid there was a lot of Riots. She will not be missed by the working man in the UK...or the Labour Party.

Thatcher, even in death, divides world opinion

Combative and determined to get her way, Margaret Thatcher divided opinion down the middle in life — and in death.

Many leaders lauded Thatcher for her steely determination to modernize Britain's industrial landscape, even at the cost of strikes and riots, and to stand beside the United States as the west triumphed in the Cold War versus the Soviet Union. Others saw a pitiless tyrant who preferred conflict to compromise.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20130408/Thatcher-Reaction/


She was a very powerful lady. Being working class myself, I cannot say I appreciated her views regarding labor unions. Fortunately, her political clout was in Britain and not in the U.S. We have plenty of our own politicos with her viewpoint, they are called Republicans.

Who knows, if Republicans get their way, we may be referring to some folks as Barons and Baronesses'.  How does Baron Romney sound, or how about Baroness Palin? -Stranger things have happened.

[Donny]

Worked Back today..
Warm up was 2x Tabata jumping rope.
Abs: 3x 50 sit ups

Sternum Chins 4xmax
Dumbbell Rows 4x10 superset with
Dumbbell pullovers 4x15
Deadlifts 5x8

No cardio today apart from jumping rope.

[wild willie]

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20130408/Thatcher-Reaction/


She was a very powerful lady. Being working class myself, I cannot say I appreciated her views regarding labor unions. Fortunately, her political clout was in Britain and not in the U.S. We have plenty of our own politicos with her viewpoint, they are called Republicans.

Who knows, if Republicans get their way, we may be referring to some folks as Barons and Baronesses'.  How does Baron Romney sound, or how about Baroness Palin? -Stranger things have happened.

I'm scared to death that the USA is going to turn into Sweden because of Prez Nobama and his socialistic agenda!

[wild willie]

delts and bis tonight:


machine shoulder presses  3 sets

cable side laterals  3 sets

reverse cable flyes  3 sets


alternate db curls  4 sets

concentration curls  4 sets

[njflex]

CHEST
GETTING THERE SLOWLY ON CHEST  ,,,MASSAGE,ICE,ICE GEL,USE COMPRESSION BALLS SMALL ONE PRESSED ON SHOULDER AND BACK.

HAMMER LOWER PRESS WAS DOING 45'S PER SIDE ONLY FOR FEW WKS GOT UP TO 45 AND 25 PER SIDE FOR 7/8 ALMOST FULL RANGE STILL SHOULDER PUSHES BACK.A BIT
DB FLAT PRESS GOT UP TO 30'S THEY WERE PINNED TO MY CHEST 3 WKS AGO,,,90'S SEEM SO FAR AWAY.....
CABLE CROSSOVER S TOP AND LOWER
SEATED PRESS WITH STACK GOT UP TO 105 USUALLY 145/160 I DO

TRIS
PUSHDOWNS
DIP MACHINE
KICK BACKS WEAK HERE DUE TO SHOULDER BEING BENT DOWN WENT VERY LIGHT,,
OVERHEAD EXTENSION MACHINE

ABS

[Primemuscle]

Didn't post it when I got home yesterday, but had a great 90 minute workout including cardio yesterday. I think my stomach is actually beginning to look a little flatter. Maybe in a month or two my abs will be visible again....one can hope.

I got so excited about the minor improvements, I decided to groom. I took the hair off my back and trimmed the hair on my shoulders, arms and all down the front of me.

[Donny]

Didn't post it when I got home yesterday, but had a great 90 minute workout including cardio yesterday. I think my stomach is actually beginning to look a little flatter. Maybe in a month or two my abs will be visible again....one can hope.

I got so excited about the minor improvements, I decided to groom. I took the hair off my back and trimmed the hair on my shoulders, arms and all down the front of me.

keep up the cardio too Jay. I think to really get in shape you need weights and Cardio. Flexibility too but you stretch as well. Itīs like a stool with 3 legs, lose one and it will topple. I have to admit i need to stretch more in my shoulder area.

[njflex]

Didn't post it when I got home yesterday, but had a great 90 minute workout including cardio yesterday. I think my stomach is actually beginning to look a little flatter. Maybe in a month or two my abs will be visible again....one can hope.

I got so excited about the minor improvements, I decided to groom. I took the hair off my back and trimmed the hair on my shoulders, arms and all down the front of me.

good jay ....then pics to show effort..

[Donny]

Trained legs today:
warm up and Abs: crunches +leg raises 3xmax

Superset:
Leg Extensions 3x10-15
Front Squats 3x10

Superset:
Leg curls 3x10-15
DB Lunges 3x10

standing DB calf raises 5x15+

[Donny]

Shoulders trained today with a Giant set:
Body warmed up with rope jumping,Full sit ups,Boxing Bag.

Side laterals 4x12
Barbell press4x12
Bent over laterals 4x12
DB shrugs 4x15

My Cardio was Today cycling around with my mountain Bike.