Always pushing forward despite whatever trials & tribulations are in the periphery. Much respect to you Brother!
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Thread: Ordinary guy, lifting at 60
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01-31-2020, 08:11 PM #121
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01-31-2020, 08:20 PM #122
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03-12-2020, 08:19 PM #123
I am postponing the coaching sessions until the virus is considered handled. Updates from my BodySpace log:
Total pounds now 2.1 million.
And for the laugh of the day, for bench press, BodySpace says my new calculated one-rep max is now 381.5 pounds. Way more than the state record for my age bracket! (was based on 180 pounds x 20 reps)At age 64, I've exceeded all my prior PRs. Not “over the hill” yet. :)
My workout journal is here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=176385621
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03-12-2020, 09:23 PM #124
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03-13-2020, 06:38 AM #125
Thanks Heidi!!!
I’m planning to save that attempt for a competition, though, since I’m pretty sure it would be a RAW world record.
(But I CAN tell you what the video would look like... an assisted lift-off, followed by a 381.5 pound bar rocketing downward and crushing me. )At age 64, I've exceeded all my prior PRs. Not “over the hill” yet. :)
My workout journal is here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=176385621
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04-01-2020, 11:51 AM #126
Lifting and Endorphins?
Something I have noticed is that the boost in mood I get from lifting seems to be getting greater as I’ve progressed. Anyone else notice something like that?
I started a thread with a paper that seems to indicate that 10-rep sets with one-minute rests produce more than double the endorphin concentrations of 5-rep sets or three-minute rests. That happens to be just how my program has changed: to higher rep sets with less rest in between.
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...hp?t=178224721
In quarantine news, I’m eating less junk food and slowly losing body fat. (3 pounds so far)Last edited by HomeGymChains; 04-02-2020 at 03:14 PM.
At age 64, I've exceeded all my prior PRs. Not “over the hill” yet. :)
My workout journal is here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=176385621
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04-11-2020, 09:34 PM #127
As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been trying to stick to lighter weights and higher rep sets for the past few months. Today I couldn’t resist going heavier for a change and I smashed a bench PR:
Old: 200 lbs x 5 reps
New: 200 lbs x 10 reps
A one-rep calculator that has worked well for me in the past (not the BodySpace one!) puts me at 265, but I’m not likely to try that soon, since I have trouble doing a decent liftoff above 225. <sigh> Electronic weight log total now 2.2 million pounds.
Just today I started reaching out to some of my old fitness partners to see if any of them would want to do videochat workouts.Last edited by HomeGymChains; 04-12-2020 at 09:49 AM.
At age 64, I've exceeded all my prior PRs. Not “over the hill” yet. :)
My workout journal is here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=176385621
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04-11-2020, 10:04 PM #128
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04-11-2020, 10:10 PM #129
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04-12-2020, 08:06 AM #130
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04-14-2020, 03:46 PM #131
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04-16-2020, 08:14 PM #132
Thanks for the congrats!
No news yet on my plan to contact former fitness partners for videochat workouts. The first one I reached out to did not reply to two emails and one text message, so I won’t press further. These things are a little delicate. If she is in a new relationship, she might not want to reveal the prior flirty workouts with me.
2.3 million pounds.At age 64, I've exceeded all my prior PRs. Not “over the hill” yet. :)
My workout journal is here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=176385621
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04-17-2020, 06:46 PM #133
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04-19-2020, 02:57 PM #134
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04-21-2020, 01:05 PM #135
The fitness partner I most wanted to reconnect with won’t be able to happen. Her phone number seems to have been transferred to someone else. <sigh> At the moment, I’ve decided not to go further down the list. Maybe in the future.
And in the continuing series of laughable BodySpace one-rep-max calculations, its latest prediction is that I can squat 851 pounds. State record here I come!At age 64, I've exceeded all my prior PRs. Not “over the hill” yet. :)
My workout journal is here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=176385621
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04-28-2020, 03:04 PM #136
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05-04-2020, 09:26 PM #137
Tried for a squat 1RM at 305 but didn’t succeed. For revenge, set a satisfying reps PR of 265 x 8 (prior was x 4).
2.4M total in electronic logs.
Best wishes you all can stay safe!At age 64, I've exceeded all my prior PRs. Not “over the hill” yet. :)
My workout journal is here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=176385621
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05-04-2020, 09:39 PM #138
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07-04-2020, 11:10 AM #139
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Long time since I posted. Workouts have been somewhat irregular since the lockdown, but I’m getting into a bit of a pattern lately with shorter workouts in a four-day cycle (chest&back, day off, lower body, day off) Typically doing slow reps and careful form. Still getting some volume in, just hit 2.5M pounds.
Purists should stop reading now. Thanks!
Since I don’t have a rack, I had developed a pattern of doing a deadlift set, then before putting the bar back down, I would do a set of 7 shrugs and 15 standing calf raises. After that long, I would feel the fatigue in my hands and was starting to worry about losing my grip and possibly dropping the bar.
(And yes, it was worth doing shrugs. For the first time in YEARS, out of the blue, my wife actually gave me a positive workout-related complement. We were trading shoulder massages and she actually said she was impressed by my traps. )
So I bought a set of straps (patronizing my favorite fitness equipment store in person) and enjoyed using them for the first time. I did a reps-PR with 10 for shrugs and 20 for calves, then just for fun, worked my way up to a new 1RM deadlift PR (and shrugs and calves along the way).
Hope everyone is staying safe. Best wishes to all.Last edited by HomeGymChains; 07-04-2020 at 03:36 PM.
At age 64, I've exceeded all my prior PRs. Not “over the hill” yet. :)
My workout journal is here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=176385621
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07-04-2020, 08:49 PM #140
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08-08-2020, 11:26 AM #141
As you know, my wife is not encouraging about my lifting, so I make note of anything I can spin in a positive way.
Last week we had a tornado warning, so we went down to the basement, where my wife seldom treads. She saw my EZcurl bar and said, “You lift that!? Unsupported!?” My interpretation of that is “Wow, you must be really strong to lift that much weight. And you should buy yourself a preacher bench.” <snerk>
I didn’t have the heart to point out that if she cared to look around, she would see my bench press bar with more than double that weight and my deadlift bar with triple.
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A few weeks ago I decided that I had enough of practicing super-strict form with high reps and lighter weights, so I decided that at each workout I’d add five pounds to my working sets, decreasing my reps as necessary until I find my new 1RM. It’s not working out quite the way I expected. For the past five chest days, instead of having to decrease my reps, I’ve increased my five-rep max bench PR by 25 pounds. (Looking back, I see that at the beginning I was being quite conservative and doing five comfortable reps. Now I have to grind out that fifth rep, but I’m not quite to failure yet.) I’m not sure where I’ll end up, but this is a fun problem to have.
2.6 M pounds lifted so far. I heard a rumor that the BodySpace app may be going away, so I hope I don’t lose those electronic records. And I would miss its 1RM prediction that I should be able to bench 385.
Sorry I’m not able to check in very often, but I always enjoy reading the threads of the usual suspects. Keep on keeping on, my friends!Last edited by HomeGymChains; 08-08-2020 at 11:38 AM.
At age 64, I've exceeded all my prior PRs. Not “over the hill” yet. :)
My workout journal is here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=176385621
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08-16-2020, 04:53 PM #142
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08-18-2020, 07:21 AM #143
We actually have a Weider “home gym” still in the box (one weight stack with cable connections to bench, fly, etc.) waiting for me to clear room in the basement. She had expressed interest in using that, but hasn’t given me clearance to get rid of much junk yet. (About two square yards this month so far, so it’s progress, but slow.)
Maybe she would let me speed up the process if I told her it does have a preacher pad, so my curls wouldn’t be “unsupported” anymore. (I do have a “bicep blaster” but I think her concern is probably with imagined stress on my back, rather than achieving perfect form. )
(Sorry Grouchy, reps on spread)
Still hit new 5-RM on bench, but getting closer to my limits. (Ten pounds ago I was able to do five sets of five. Five pounds ago I did a set of five followed by sets of four reps. Last night I was able to do a set of five for the PR, but then had to do the following sets at three reps.)Last edited by HomeGymChains; 08-18-2020 at 07:29 AM.
At age 64, I've exceeded all my prior PRs. Not “over the hill” yet. :)
My workout journal is here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=176385621
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08-31-2020, 07:21 PM #144
While cleaning out boxes from the basement this week to expand my gym, I found workout photos of me at age 25. I’d say this is certifiably “ectomorph.”
https://imagecdn.bodybuilding.com/ga...2357-610xh.jpgAt age 64, I've exceeded all my prior PRs. Not “over the hill” yet. :)
My workout journal is here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=176385621
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10-11-2020, 09:07 AM #145
I’ve been on the road for more than a week so far and I’m glad to see that some hotel gyms have re-opened. I wipe down the benches, wear gloves and an N95 mask, and am relieved that so far I’ve been able to work out at three hotels without anyone else in the room.
On my route, I was able to arrange an appointment with a professional and got some good tips on bench (especially touching the bar lower on my chest) and how to pose lats. (Not that I have anything to show yet, but something to work toward. ) As a result of that, in the hotel gyms, I decided to try doing dumbbell bench presses differently. Instead of elbows straight out to my sides, I been doing them with my elbows angled at 45 degrees toward my waist. I really feel the difference. I’m hoping that building up strength at that angle will help my drive off the bottom of the lift. When I get home, I will start focusing on that bottom range with the barbell - sort of like a pin press if I had a real power cage.
One minor disappointment: For the first time in years, I would be driving solo past York Barbell. Since I wouldn’t have to try to persuade a passenger that it was worth the delay, I was hoping to stop at the “Weightlifting Hall of Fame.” Unfortunately, even though their website said they would be open on Saturday, they weren’t. <sigh>At age 64, I've exceeded all my prior PRs. Not “over the hill” yet. :)
My workout journal is here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=176385621
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10-11-2020, 09:56 AM #146
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10-11-2020, 11:17 AM #147
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10-11-2020, 11:57 AM #148
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10-12-2020, 02:51 AM #149
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10-25-2020, 07:12 PM #150
After I got to my home town, I checked into a hotel for a two-week quarantine. The first night I did use the hotel gym, but then my son had the very kind and thoughtful idea to bring weights for the hotel room.
The only problem was that he brought two dumbbell bars and only 33 pounds of plates. I haven’t had the heart to tell him yet, but I immediately went out and bought a pair of 25 pound plates, letting me make a pair of dumbbells at 46 pounds each. So those are decent weights for high rep workouts.
As I mentioned earlier, during my trip I did meet with a trainer. She thought I was making decent progress for a 62-year-old novice, but suggested that I add rows to improve my back (rather than my usual focus on pulldowns) and floor presses to improve the bottom phase of my bench press, so I’ve been doing 200-rep workouts for those.
I’m looking forward to hitting my real weights to see if her suggestions have helped yet, but that will have to wait for one more week of quarantine in the den at home. (Hey, not my idea!)
My current total is 2.8 million pounds, but I’ve been humbled by getting a friend invitation from a guy who averages 150k PER WORKOUT.At age 64, I've exceeded all my prior PRs. Not “over the hill” yet. :)
My workout journal is here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=176385621
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