Ironwill2008 V3.0

[Domicron]

shoveling show can be a nice enjoyable thing, depending on the snow and how much you have (you have too much, btw) but i do love being snowed in from time to time. glad to hear you're all bunkered in and enjoying yourself (sorry to hear Sherman is miffed at the snow).

anyhow the shoveling is functional activity, not like that useless weight lifting you do in that gym

[ironwill2008]

Holy smokes Bill that's a lot of snow!

Good to see you're prepared, smart move on that whole house generator. I hope your back holds up, thats some heavy work to say the least.

shoveling show can be a nice enjoyable thing, depending on the snow and how much you have (you have too much, btw) but i do love being snowed in from time to time. glad to hear you're all bunkered in and enjoying yourself (sorry to hear Sherman is miffed at the snow).

anyhow the shoveling is functional activity, not like that useless weight lifting you do in that gym

Done, at least for today. Three hours of work netted this:

1-22-16





today, 1:30PM

My lower back is very fatigued. I'll be lucky if I can even get out of bed tomorrow.

[Domicron]

but did you weigh the snow so you know how much you moved?

man that's good work. ever think about investing in a snow blower?

[ironwill2008]

but did you weigh the snow so you know how much you moved?

Nope, but the rep count was astronomical. Lower back is really tight today.

man that's good work. ever think about investing in a snow blower?

Nah; for no more often than something like this happens here, it would be a waste of $$$. Plus, I'd have to find a place to store it the other 364 days every year.

[OT2000]

That's some heavy snow movement. Are you taking a break today to allow your back to rest? Please say yes...

[ironwill2008]

That's some heavy snow movement. Are you taking a break today to allow your back to rest? Please say yes...

While I don't feel nearly as worn out as I thought I might, I think it would be wise for me to take an extra off day to allow my lower back to recover a bit more. I'll get back on my regular rotation on Wednesday. There's just not much value in tempting fate.

[drudixon]

Not sure about the '25,' Mark, but I will admit I don't feel nearly as old as my age.

Wasn't always that way though; what got me into this in the first place 23 years ago was bad health and a lot of bad habits. I'm thankful for the stick-to-it-iveness I have that made me see the error of my ways and the ability to do something about it.






Nobody here gets out alive, but each of us can be proactive to make our lives more productive and enjoyable.














Hello, Dru. Just keep hammering away; I've got a 'few' years head start on you!


Sherman is a good boy; I'll tell him you said hello.





As for my wrists (and shoulders and hands), thanks for the thoughts. RA never really gets better; I just keep on doing as much as I'm able. I think if I were to quit training, my entire body would lock up in about 3 days.

Not to beat the collagen thing to death, have you ever tried taking it? When googling I found some evidence it helps.

The other really weird one for ra that I found is a castor oil poltice. Basically place warm rag on an area to open pores,remove, then take a castor oil soaked bandage and wrap area tight. Wrap plastic wrap around that. I think you leave it on overnight. Quite a few people swore by it.

[ironwill2008]

Not to beat the collagen thing to death, have you ever tried taking it? When googling I found some evidence it helps.

The other really weird one for ra that I found is a castor oil poltice. Basically place warm rag on an area to open pores,remove, then take a castor oil soaked bandage and wrap area tight. Wrap plastic wrap around that. I think you leave it on overnight. Quite a few people swore by it.

I take fish oil caps and Chondroitin/Glucosamine (and have been doing so for years now), and they seem to help. So far, I'm dealing with RA about as well as I can hope to. Never heard of the castor oil treatment, but I'll keep it in mind; thanks.

[Plateauplower]

Wow, A day off don't believe I have ever seen that in here...

I wonder how many young guys in your neighborhood were questioning their own masculinity seeing you out their at your age manually moving multiple tons of snow the "old fashioned way". I feel the same about snow blowers, would be nice to have when needed, but the need for me just doesn't justify the garage space it would occupy. We have not even had a decent snow yet this year. If I was on the other side of Lake Michigan near my work I would have one though, they lake effect snow can be pretty intense..Wet and heavy.

[ironwill2008]

Wow, A day off don't believe I have ever seen that in here...

I think the last one was a couple of years ago when I was called out of town unexpectedly to help deal with a family-related crisis. After three days of shoveling snow, I thought it prudent to give my lower back a break (no pun intended). I'll jump right back on my routine tomorrow.

I wonder how many young guys in your neighborhood were questioning their own masculinity seeing you out their at your age manually moving multiple tons of snow the "old fashioned way". I feel the same about snow blowers, would be nice to have when needed, but the need for me just doesn't justify the garage space it would occupy. We have not even had a decent snow yet this year. If I was on the other side of Lake Michigan near my work I would have one though, they lake effect snow can be pretty intense..Wet and heavy.

My neighbor is in his early 50s, but has a pacemaker and is also recovering from hepatitis c. Shortly after I got finished shoveling my drive and had come inside, my wife saw him out there trying to dig his car out (it was parked in the street), and she said he needed help, so I went back out and helped him free-up his car. After that, I was really done.

Considering the location of my driveway, even if I had a snow blower, there's just no place to blow the snow back in there. And the close quarters might cause me to hit the vehicles with the machine, a definite no-no. That's actually the biggest problem when dealing with that much snow---where the heck to put it to get it out of the way.

[OT2000]

Morning Bill, how is your back feeling? Are you still resuming today?

[ironwill2008]

Morning Bill, how is your back feeling? Are you still resuming today?

Hey, OT. I felt pretty good when I got up this AM; no lower back soreness at all. Got back at today:











Back to work today. And despite feeling well-rested going in, everything felt really heavy. Today's training was:

Barbell Lunge
95x5 W/U
185x5 W/U
225x3 W/U
265x3
265x3
265x2

Dumbbell Row
50x8 W/U
105x8
105x8
105x8

Smith Machine Flat Press
95x10 W/U
135x10
185x10
225x10

[img]http://i.imgur.com/oQJ****.jpg[/img]

Completed this session in an hour. As already mentioned, every load felt like a ton; I was very happy to have managed to get the reps that I got. Lunges didn't advance, but they also didn't pin me to the floor. I'll consider that a victory.

Met reps-across on DB Rows again, so I'll bump up a nickel next week and see what I can do with more weight.

Also reached reps-across on Flat Presses again, but will stick with the current 225 for now.

Nothing else to report, other than I'm glad this one is in the books. After a rest day tomorrow, I'll close out the week's training with Romanians, Curls, and Dips on Friday.

Post-WorkOut meal was eggs, bacon, fried spuds, toast, and a glass of milk.

[Gxp23]

Good to see your lower back wasnt giving you any issues, even better to see you meeting reps across again and still progressing through the weights.

EVEN better to see eggs, bacon, spuds with some Franks in the mix. This is making me hungry as per usual lol.

[NoCarbsNoSugar]

meal looks grand ^ ^ ^
enjoy reading your log
quite inspiring!

[ironwill2008]

Good to see your lower back wasnt giving you any issues, even better to see you meeting reps across again and still progressing through the weights.

Thanks, G. It's been a week and a half since I trained with any substantial weight, and I was a bit surprised at how heavy everything felt. In the second warmup set of Lunges (@185), I actually got under the bar, lifted it off the j-hooks, and then re-racked it to check to see if I had overloaded it by accident.

EVEN better to see eggs, bacon, spuds with some Franks in the mix. This is making me hungry as per usual lol.

That meal is welcomed---and tasty---any time of day. I go back and forth, about a month at a time, with either Frank's or Sriracha (they're as different as night and day, and I love 'em both); right now, I'm on a Frank's kick.

meal looks grand ^ ^ ^
enjoy reading your log
quite inspiring!

Hey, thanks for the comments; they're appreciated.

My wife cooks all the meals containing eggs posted here, and I cook the others. I'll pass along the compliment to her.

[Gxp23]

Thanks, G. It's been a week and a half since I trained with any substantial weight, and I was a bit surprised at how heavy everything felt. In the second warmup set of Lunges (@185), I actually got under the bar, lifted it off the j-hooks, and then re-racked it to check to see if I had overloaded it by accident.

I know what you mean, although, there have been occasions after the nightshift I have found myself pressing 2 completely different dumbells...lol.

That meal is welcomed---and tasty---any time of day. I go back and forth, about a month at a time, with either Frank's or Sriracha (they're as different as night and day, and I love 'em both); right now, I'm on a Frank's kick.

I seem to be Franks for fried/scrambled eggs and Sriracha with boiled/omelettes. I might have to switch it up and confuse my body into burning fat and gaining muscle at the same time.

[ironwill2008]

I know what you mean, although, there have been occasions after the nightshift I have found myself pressing 2 completely different dumbells...lol.

I seem to be Franks for fried/scrambled eggs and Sriracha with boiled/omelettes. I might have to switch it up and confuse my body into burning fat and gaining muscle at the same time.

The one thing I've found on which I don't care for Sriracha is nachos; to me, the heat almost completely masks the taste of the tortilla chips and cheese.




And now I'm getting hungry again.

[Gxp23]

The one thing I've found on which I don't care for Sriracha is nachos; to me, the heat almost completely masks the taste of the tortilla chips and cheese.




And now I'm getting hungry again.

I have never tried it with nachos, but I will take that into consideration.

I think with the volume of snow you have shovelled recently, you can afford to chow down on some more of those meals you have been posting up!

[OT2000]

EVEN better to see eggs, bacon, spuds with some Franks in the mix. This is making me hungry as per usual lol.

Mirin that breakfast as well.

Glad to see you were recovering. Hopefully the season is over for you with all of that shoveling.

[mirroroferised]

Man that's a lot of snow. We've been fairly lucky around here so far this year. I just spent a few weeks in British Columbia this month and it was t-shirt weather most days. Here in Ontario not quite so much but we've somehow avoided mass snow falls so far for the most part.


Just curious are those vitamins in the pic? I could just be very unobservant but I've never noticed them in the food pics before so was just wondering

[ironwill2008]

I have never tried it with nachos, but I will take that into consideration.

I think with the volume of snow you have shovelled recently, you can afford to chow down on some more of those meals you have been posting up!

LOL. That's exactly what I did, too!

Mirin that breakfast as well.

Glad to see you were recovering. Hopefully the season is over for you with all of that shoveling.

Bacon & Eggs FTW.

No idea what the weather will bring, but we've had significant snowfall here as late as April in the past. The Accu-Guess Weather Dude says there's more snow coming tonight, but should be limited to only flurries. The Dude was pretty proud of himself for actually predicting that big storm last week, and I'll give him credit for getting at least one forecast right, but I'd think something that big (the huge snowstorm) would be pretty easy to see coming.

Man that's a lot of snow. We've been fairly lucky around here so far this year. I just spent a few weeks in British Columbia this month and it was t-shirt weather most days. Here in Ontario not quite so much but we've somehow avoided mass snow falls so far for the most part.

That was the biggest snowfall we've had here in several years, Dave. Officially, it was 18 1/2 inches. And it's cold enough that it's probably going to be on the ground for quite a while.

You'd think that the farther North you get, the more snow you'd see on a consistent basis, but that isn't always the case.

Just curious are those vitamins in the pic? I could just be very unobservant but I've never noticed them in the food pics before so was just wondering

Yes; there's a multivitamin, chondroitin/glucosamine, fish oil, and D3. Depending on the time of day that meal is eaten, there will be some combination or all 4 of those caps present.

[HoosierHardGain]

I heard bacon and came running in!

[RT1957]

I heard bacon and came running in!

Me too....all this talk about shoveling snow makes me happy I can drive to it and then drive home...away from it....

265 on Lunges....beastly work....Bacon & Eggs FTW

[NoCarbsNoSugar]

I heard bacon and came running in!

Me too...

same

[ironwill2008]

I heard bacon and came running in!

Which is exactly what I did when I heard my wife say, "It's on the table!"

Me too....all this talk about shoveling snow makes me happy I can drive to it and then drive home...away from it....

Yep, it sure makes things 'inconvenient' for several days, especially if one isn't prepared for it beforehand. But for myself, I love the change of seasons, and wouldn't be happy if the weather were the same all the time.

Different strokes, I guess.

265 on Lunges....beastly work....Bacon & Eggs FTW

Thanks, Ron; it was a good day overall, and a good PWO meal.

same

"Breakfast" food is one meal that's almost universally acceptable at any time of day.

[Payton1221]

Smith Machine Flat Press
225x10

You stud! 100% srs.

[ironwill2008]

You stud! 100% srs.

Thanks, Mark, but I'm just happy that both of my arms are still attached to the rest of me!

[-Lucifer]

You stud! 100% srs.

While that may be accurate, Bill's stabilizer muscles will never get the attention they deserve!

[brucedelaney]

Barbell Lunge
95x5 W/U
185x5 W/U
225x3 W/U
265x3
265x3
265x2

Dumbbell Row
50x8 W/U
105x8
105x8
105x8

Smith Machine Flat Press
95x10 W/U
135x10
185x10
225x10

Post-WorkOut meal was eggs, bacon, fried spuds, toast, and a glass of milk.

Great workout and this PWO Meal is making me hungry.... Dang you!

I love breakfast with fried up taters!

[ironwill2008]

While that may be accurate, Bill's stabilizer muscles will never get the attention they deserve!

QFT.

Great workout and this PWO Meal is making me hungry.... Dang you!

I love breakfast with fried up taters!

Thanks, Bruce; I had a good day on Wednesday, and expect to do the same today.

Indeed, eggs/bacon/taters is The GOAT Triumvirate.