The Mature thread

[Donny]

Cool.  Getting ready to leave in awhile.  Will be doing a total body, well, upper body because of my fiddler crab right leg  , workout.

One set to failure of each of the following.

Pull-ups.
Smith Machine bent over rows.
One arm DB rows.

Machine bench press.
Smith Machine incline bench press.
DB flat bench flys.

Standing DB laterals.
Machine shoulder presses.
DB bent over laterals.

BB curls.
Alternate DB curls.
Scott Bench curls.

Tricep Pushdowns.
Close grip machine bench press.

Pulley wrist curls - Both directions.

Machine sit-ups.

A co-worker says he will come in to train with me but I doubt it.      My German sucks. Even though that is a large part of my heritage I could never learn to speak it as my family stopped when they came to America because as my father said, they came here to be Americans, not Germans in America.

I made sure my two sons speak English too...with a Scottish accent 

[The Scott]

I made sure my two sons speak English too...with a Scottish accent 

Aye, laddie!     Time for me to get on the road to the gym and then work.  Have a good day, Donny!

[Donny]

Aye, laddie!     Time for me to get on the road to the gym and then work.  Have a good day, Donny!

you too Scotty 

[njflex]

BACK/ABS/BI'S

FRONT PULLDOWNS 150/185..12-10 REPS HI TO LO
REVERSE /UNDERHANDED BENT OVER ROWS 135-225 12-10 REPS
PULLEY LOW CABLE ROWS....180/210
CHINS X3 SETS 10-12
SINGLE ARM CABLE ROWS PULLED FROM BOTTOM UP TO CHEST 'HITS UPPER BACK EDGES'

WEIGHTED HYPERS X3

BI'S
SEATED CURL MACHINE 110-140
SINGLE ARM CABLE CURLS X3
CURLS PREMADE BAR 80 LB SUPPERSETTED HAMMERS 35/40/40

ABS
5 SETS CRUNCH MACHINE 30 REPS EACH..

[wild willie]

tonight will be a break from the gym.....just rest and watch the Thursday night game.


Friday night will be quads.


leg press
squats
leg extensions

4 sets a piece.

[njflex]

tonight will be a break from the gym.....just rest and watch the Thursday night game.


Friday night will be quads.


leg press
squats
leg extensions

4 sets a piece.

WILD
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E.....IN DA HOUSE...

[Donny]

will do shoulders later..

Tri set:
Front raises 4 sets
Side raises 4 sets
Rear delt machine 4 sets

One Arm DB press 4 sets(just using one Bell swapping Arms)
Close grip BB upright rows 4 sets

 finish off with some Abs. Will go straight for a run on the streets after about 45 mins.

[njflex]

will do shoulders later..

Tri set:
Front raises 4 sets
Side raises 4 sets
Rear delt machine 4 sets

One Arm DB press 4 sets(just using one Bell swapping Arms)
Close grip BB upright rows 4 sets

 finish off with some Abs. Will go straight for a run on the streets after about 45 mins.

NICE..I HAVE DELTS TOO..AT HOME ,I HAVE ENOUGH TO GET IT DONE ...

[Donny]

I like now itīs Dark early and cool outside. I love the cool evening air. I donīt like to run on Busy streets i like it when itīs Dark and quite. i have my peace. so i better get my arse in gear.

[Donny]

NICE..I HAVE DELTS TOO..AT HOME ,I HAVE ENOUGH TO GET IT DONE ...

I donīt go crazy weight wise on Delts...One arm DB press with a Hammer neutral grip i like.

[Primemuscle]

Lot's of great routines posted lately. Good work all of you.

[njflex]

delts/calves home...

donny's workout

triset side laterals/rears/front raise w curl bar x4

shoulder press single arm dbells x2

uprights x3 cable

side rear cable x2

traps
supersets fr/rear/side 10 reps per x3

2 sets pushups 20/30

calves single leg calf raises 12 reps per x4...

few new pics ,staying tight ,but eating a bit more,no major bulk planned lol..

[The Scott]

Rest today and the usual Doctor visit later on in the early afternoon.   

I can "feel" Fall coming in the early morning air (I am usually up at 1:30 a.m. or so, Left Coast Time).  I suppose I am in what one could call (and Sinatra did) the September of my life.

And now its October.   

[Donny]

Up at 1.30am Scotty ? When do you train?  So I trained arms at home today. German holiday today.   
Pull-over and press 3 sets
BB skull crushers 3sets
dB kickbacks 3 sets

Close grip chins 3xmax
Incline dB curls 3 sets
Concentration curls 3sets

Crunches / leg raises 3xmax supersets

[The Scott]

Up at 1.30am Scotty ? When do you train?  So I trained arms at home today. German holiday today.   
Pull-over and press 3 sets
BB skull crushers 3sets
dB kickbacks 3 sets

Close grip chins 3xmax
Incline dB curls 3 sets
Concentration curls 3sets

Crunches / leg raises 3xmax supersets

I'm usually at the gym sometime between 3:30 and 4:15 a.m.  I don't really sleep all that well, usually 1.5 to maybe 2 hours a night.  Sometimes more and usually not less.  I supposedly have sleep apnea (waiting to be tested) and according to my family members I just stop breathing for up to a minute and half at a time.  Once I wake up that's pretty much it for me and I just stay away.   

I mostly listen to music but will also watch a movie and read a magazine.  I like to be at the gym early because there's usually no one there to laugh at my pathetic weights! 

[Donny]

Remember you wrote with jay about it. Must be hard finding energy to train at times.

[The Scott]

Remember you wrote with jay about it. Must be hard finding energy to train at times.

It can be.  After over twenty years of it I suppose I am used to it.  I live on caffeine.  I've stopped the caffeine entirely and still don't sleep.  Once the sleep apnea is officially diagnosed I might be able to afford the dorkalyzer  breathing machine and sleep. 

That's my hope and I'm stickin' to it! 

[wild willie]

had a change of heart......decided to include hams with quads......the workout turned out to look like this:

leg press  4 sets

squats  3 sets

leg extensions  4 sets


lying leg curls  4 sets

unilateral leg curls 4 sets

[Primemuscle]

It can be.  After over twenty years of it I suppose I am used to it.  I live on caffeine.  I've stopped the caffeine entirely and still don't sleep.  Once the sleep apnea is officially diagnosed I might be able to afford the dorkalyzer  breathing machine and sleep. 

That's my hope and I'm stickin' to it! 

Have you gone to a sleep center and had the sleep test?

My wife has sleep apnea. She submitted to a sleep study which confirmed it. Unfortunately, she cannot stand wearing the face piece and so she doesn't use the equipment. Her doctor gave up asking her about it and so did I. She nods off throughout the day, which probably makes up for the disrupted sleep at night.

Her catching her breath used to keep me awake. I started wearing ear plugs so I wouldn't hear her. These days, I am able to simply tune it out. Of course the bad thing in one can die from this condition. If she died in her sleep, I probably wouldn't know it until the next morning.

[The Scott]

Have you gone to a sleep center and had the sleep test?

My wife has sleep apnea. She submitted to a sleep study which confirmed it. Unfortunately, she cannot stand wearing the face piece and so she doesn't use the equipment. Her doctor gave up asking her about it and so did I. She nods off throughout the day, which probably makes up for the disrupted sleep at night.

Her catching her breath used to keep me awake. I started wearing ear plugs so I wouldn't hear her. These days, I am able to simply tune it out. Of course the bad thing in one can die from this condition. If she died in her sleep, I probably wouldn't know it until the next morning.

I will be tested next month.   Wife of my youngest brother is an ICU nurse and she said I should have no problem failing the test as she watched me sleep one night when I visited them.  I stop breathing a lot.  Oh well.  It could be worse.  My wife recorded my breathing last night and she played it back for me this morning.  It sounded like liquid over boulders and the reason is I am bleeding internally again and when I am lying down it can come up if it pools in my stomach/throat.  It is what it is which is life as I have come to know it.  There are a great many people that are worse off than I.

I will be fine.  If not, I will find out the truth or the lie of my beliefs.  I just won't be able to tell any of you, dammit!   

No training today but eating well.  A half pound of sliced roast beef and four hardboiled eggs were my breakfast along with water and some vitamins. 

Be well, my friend! 

[Donny]

well today is a Quite Sunday as normal.. will go for a run later.

[The Scott]

well today is a Quite Sunday as normal.. will go for a run later.

Same here.  Except I can't run...

[wild willie]

chest and bis:


hammer wide grip presses  4 sets

decline barbell presses  4 sets

incline flyes  4 sets

standing ez bar curls  4 sets

seated db curls  3 sets

flat head machine curls  3 sets

[njflex]

legs

leg press worked from 4 plates 5/6/7 plates x2 ...
hack squat 3/4/5 plates 10 rep sets
walking lunges x2 80 lb bar on back
extensions sets 12 220/235/250

hams and calves tri set
lying leg curls 140/145/155 with 70 lb dbell stiff legged and seated calf raises ..

[Donny]

Good work MEN:::: Today i was reading one of my old Books from Vince gironda and was looking at High pulls for upper back/delts/traps. Some do Power High pulls from the floor or Boxes and even sumo style. I think they are a very good power lift. A good change from Upright rows. I do them trom a hang position like Gironda showed although i donīt lift so high as in his picture. I know Rich has a good Base on Power moves as he includes them in his routines.
http://bodybuilding-mauritius.blogspot.de/2013/03/the-iron-guru-series-gironda-shoulder.html