The Mature thread

[Primemuscle]

Merry Christmas my friends.

Here's a little something just for you guys. Santa is too busy to lift right now.

[njflex]

back /bi's/abs

front pulldowns x4
tbar row wide grip x 4...2 plates/2.5/3/3.5
low row cable x3 180-190
chinups x3 sets 12..tough 4th exercise in,,
pulldown machine i face out instead of in like desighned x3

hypers x3 weighted

bis
seated bicep machine x4
seated db curls 30/35/35
cable curls single arm 'on low row part'

christmas eve dinner started early,,,fish dishes a plenty...

3 bottles wine  red 2 and white

mozzarella and tomatoe
salami/proscuitto
goat cheese on italian bread
mussels in white wine/garlic
shrimp'cold'
stuffed clams
olives/sicilan green/greek 'black
'main dish'lobster ravioli with vodka sauce

deseerts homeade cookies/pumpkin pie /cofee/

[oldtimer1]

njflex, I have an Italian wife.

Stuffed clams
Flounder
shrimp cold with home made cocktail sauce that has a real kick.
Scallops cooked in butter and garlic
Pasta with white clam sauce
crab cakes
10 different types of the most incredible home made cookies. Never found a bakery that could even come close and I live near the American food capital of the US, NYC.
red wine, white and German beer.
Coffee and tea.

Wife gave me top of the line Adidas running shoes. I'm going to have to run my ass off to kill the amount of calories from today and tomorrow.  No worries. There is a time to party and a time to get to work.

Merry Christmas everyone!

[oldtimer1]

Last night while fixing dinner, I managed to slice open my hand with a chef's knife. The cut was pretty deep but fortunately not too long and no arteries were cut. My son-in-law and daughter fixed me us with surgical adhesive and tape and then wrapped up my hand like a mummy. Hopefully the skin is glued back together. Remember when you used to have to get stitches for cuts?

I am not going to the gym today. I am taking a Christmas tree, ornaments and lights to my sister who lives in Salem, OR. I am paying her storage fees again this month as a Christmas present.

Yesterday I intended to work legs as I did last week. My wife wanted to go to the store for stocking stuffers. I was nervous about just dropping her off as we've done in the past, so I missed the gym yesterday too. If I can get legs in tomorrow, I am going to call it good for the week and take Wednesday and Thursday off, (the gym is closed on Thursday anyway). I'll resume workouts on Saturday and be back to normal by next week, hopefully.

Hope the hand is healing without an infection.

[njflex]

njflex, I have an Italian wife.

Stuffed clams
Flounder
shrimp cold with home made cocktail sauce that has a real kick.
Scallops cooked in butter and garlic
Pasta with white clam sauce
crab cakes
10 different types of the most incredible home made cookies. Never found a bakery that could even come close and I live near the American food capital of the US, NYC.
red wine, white and German beer.
Coffee and tea.

Wife gave me top of the line Adidas running shoes. I'm going to have to run my ass off to kill the amount of calories from today and tomorrow.  No worries. There is a time to party and a time to get to work.

Merry Christmas everyone!

bravo...molto bene,,,abudanzza...cuisine ,,im stuffed dude,,,

[Donny]

Merry Christmas my friends.

Here's a little something just for you guys. Santa is too busy to lift right now.

Merry Christmas 

[Primemuscle]

Hope the hand is healing without an infection.

My immune system is top notch. No infection what-so-ever. It just has a regular band aide on it now. The skin has sealed up pretty good. There is no gaping wound or anything, just a line where the knife cut the flesh.

[oldtimer1]

Do yuse guys try to watch what you eat during the holidays? I just say fuck it. Eating a home made canoli my Italian wife made and cookies right now. Drank so much beer yesterday I think my waist size went up an inch in one day. 

[Donny]

I was Drinking this yesterday...a Dark Beer... i donīt drink wine or spirits. Tasty though 

[oldtimer1]

Did this today with a hang over. I know I don't keep an every day journal here. It's just to much typing. No warm ups listed. Back and chest.

Pull ups 2 x max
Low V handle seated cable rows 2 x 12
Single Dumbbell row off a bench 2 x 10
Reverse pulley straight bar pulldown 2 x 10

Dumbbell flat bench 2 x 8 (Both of my shoulders are so bad I used a light weight 70lbs and used a slow rep cadence and a full range of motion)
Incline dumbbell bench 2 x 8
Flat flies 2 x 10
Push ups 2 x max (regular and perfect push up handles)

Dead lift 2 x 4 then 1 x 1
Weighted hyper extensions 2 x 12 (used nice form and cadence using a 25lbs plate behind my head.)
Weighted floor crunch 1 x 55 (held a 5lbs plate behind head trying to get my upper back off the floor every rep)

In bed typing this out. My left shoulder just made pop corn noises when I moved my arm. I can see a time coming when push ups will be my only chest exercise.

[njflex]

delts and some extra arms thrown in....gym closed early from holiday ,,,so part in gym rushed home finished there...

front press x4

trisets x3
side laterals
fr rsaise
rear delt raise  done i gym

home
uprights x3
rear db raise beind back x3

cable shrugs behind back x3
2 sets dbell shrug drops 60/50/45's

bi/tris
pusdowns with db curls x3

db tri extensions lying with hammers across body x3
2 sets cable curls small bar...

[Donny]

Got to admit i have not done much in the last few Days. I will later tonight go for a run. Looks like snow could be on itīs way here...

[oldtimer1]

Leg day. No warm ups listed.

Squats 4 x 9 then 1 x 1 (went up 10lbs a set)
leg press 2 x 12
leg extensions 2 x 20
seated leg curl 2 x 15

Single dumbbell side bend 1 x 15
hanging leg raise 2 x max
Pulley crunches 2 x 30

Standing calf raise 2 x 15
seated calf raise 2x 15

neck work.

[Donny]

went for a cycle to visit a friend ...its baltik here ...

[njflex]

leg day..

leg press x4 4-7 plates per side ,,reps 12/12/12/10
hack squat x4 ...3 plate to 5.5 per side
lunges steps 45 lbs plate ea hand up/down/up/down x2..
extension 205/235/250/265 ..12/12/12/10

hams
sldl dbell x4 60-90
seated leg curls x2 180/195 sets 10

calves standing calf raise drops x3,,200/180/160/140 10 reps per..brutal

[Primemuscle]

leg day..

leg press x4 4-7 plates per side ,,reps 12/12/12/10
hack squat x4 ...3 plate to 5.5 per side
lunges steps 45 lbs plate ea hand up/down/up/down x2..
extension 205/235/250/265 ..12/12/12/10

hams
sldl dbell x4 60-90
seated leg curls x2 180/195 sets 10

calves standing calf raise drops x3,,200/180/160/140 10 reps per..brutal

Good job. You're still lifting loads of poundage.

[Donny]

Did a Home Gym Chest Workout...

Incline Barbell press 4 sets
Incline Flys 4 sets
Flat Dumbbell press 4 sets
parallel bar dips 2x max

Abs: Crunches with calves on Bench superset with Bench Leg raises. 3 x max reps.

[njflex]

Good job. You're still lifting loads of poundage.

yes....I feel on top off my game .....intense,,i rest when needed ,,,eating/and such rest all on par,,,

[Donny]

leg day..

leg press x4 4-7 plates per side ,,reps 12/12/12/10
hack squat x4 ...3 plate to 5.5 per side
lunges steps 45 lbs plate ea hand up/down/up/down x2..
extension 205/235/250/265 ..12/12/12/10

hams
sldl dbell x4 60-90
seated leg curls x2 180/195 sets 10

calves standing calf raise drops x3,,200/180/160/140 10 reps per..brutal

Hardcore Steve but why so many Quad dominant exercises or do you change your feet positions on leg press and hacks?

[njflex]

Hardcore Steve but why so many Quad dominant exercises or do you change your feet positions on leg press and hacks?

OH YEAH.. HACKS FEET WERE DONE TOGETHER AND UP ON PLATE A BIT..WIDEISH ON LEG PRESS,,AFTER LUNGES MY LEGS ALL AROUND WERE PUMPED USUALLY DO 8 SETS HAMS..

[Donny]

OH YEAH.. HACKS FEET WERE DONE TOGETHER AND UP ON PLATE A BIT..WIDEISH ON LEG PRESS,,AFTER LUNGES MY LEGS ALL AROUND WERE PUMPED USUALLY DO 8 SETS HAMS..

QUADZILLA    Leg press feet higher up i feel it good on my Hammies. Good routine which works for you Steve. I asked because i remember in the past i did not work my Hammies enough and i got some lower back pain.. doing stiff deads again and stretches sorted it. Muscle disbalance.

[njflex]

QUADZILLA    Leg press feet higher up i feel it good on my Hammies. Good routine which works for you Steve. I asked because i remember in the past i did not work my Hammies enough and i got some lower back pain.. doing stiff deads again and stretches sorted it. Muscle disbalance.

MY LOWER BACK FEELS GREAT... I DO A LOT OF BACK ROWING ..MY WORKOUT PARTNER ALWAYS SAYS HOW MY BACK/LEGS NEVER QUIT/FATIGUE..

[Donny]

MY LOWER BACK FEELS GREAT... I DO A LOT OF BACK ROWING ..MY WORKOUT PARTNER ALWAYS SAYS HOW MY BACK/LEGS NEVER QUIT/FATIGUE..

A lot of people donīt train Hammies enough, also stretches and i was guilty myself of this. I am still flexible but if you train an antagonistic muscle group more than itīs opposite muscle you get disbalance. This couses pain in most cases. the stronger muscle group controls too much and the other is weak and shortens to a degree.

[njflex]

A lot of people donīt train Hammies enough, also stretches and i was guilty myself of this. I am still flexible but if you train an antagonistic muscle group more than itīs opposite muscle you get disbalance. This couses pain in most cases. the stronger muscle group controls too much and the other is weak and shortens to a degree.

hyperextensions hit hams too,,lunges...ect..

[Donny]

hyperextensions hit hams too,,lunges...ect..

yes of course Steve