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    Greetings Louis, my friend. Glad we will be able to keep an eye on each other.

    77 NOW

    Thurs 15-3-2018.

    B workout.

    Stick warmups.
    Squat. (45 k) 10. (55) 10. (75) 10. (80) 10. (90) 10. (70) 10. (65) 10. (60) 10. (45) flexing --- 20. (42.5) - 20.[tonnage 7,150 k]
    Press. (20 k) 10. (25) 10. (37.5) 5. 4. (22.5) 10. (27.5) 10. 10. 10. (22) flexing --- 23.23. [tonnage 2,849 k.]
    Power clean + 2 jerks. (20 k) 2. (25) 2. (37.5) 2. (40) 2. (22.5) 2. (27.5) 2. (30) 2.
    Pulldowns. (80 lb) 10. (90) 10. (100) 10. (110) 10. (120) 10. (130) 10. (110) 10. (60) flexing --- 25.25. [tonnage 11,600 lb.]
    Snatch - 1 split, 1 squat - stick 2.2. (20 k) 2. (22.5) 2. (25) 2. (27.5) 2. (30) 2. 2. 2.

    Well, this ends a 6 month block of light, high rep, high set training. i feel that such interludes are needed to prevent injuries caused by unbroken pushes for PR's.
    Now, i will be going low rep, low set, heavy training for 6 months. But as usual will not be getting the luxury of 10 minutes between sets, as my sport only gives a maximum of one to two minutes between attempts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 76now View Post
    Well, i would be better pleased if I was doing CGBP 400 lb, and squatting 500 lb. If you lowered 500 lb on my shoulders, the next second i would be face-planted.
    Heh, to put things in proper perspective, you were graduating high school about the time I was born. If you were my age, my strength would be chopped liver compared to you!

    Love the way you're the energizer bunny!

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    I'm going to start following this. In 6 years I'll be 77. I never could do clean and jerk or power snatch and am more than amazed that this young hearted fellow from down under can do them. I am most inspired by 77 now and his record keeps me very humble.

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    Quote Originally Posted by carson View Post
    I'm going to start following this. In 6 years I'll be 77. I never could do clean and jerk or power snatch and am more than amazed that this young hearted fellow from down under can do them. I am most inspired by 77 now and his record keeps me very humble.
    Pretty cool, isn't it!

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    Indeed. There are too many men in the world his age that are doing what he is doing. Our oldest male client, however, is 91 and with some adaptations he can do the basic four lifts. He's at 180 for the deads.

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    If you were my age, my strength would be chopped liver compared to you!
    Oldster
    Well, thank you once again, Oldster. Your frequent appreciations of my efforts delight me much more than is proper.
    I have never been better than average strong. But you - ARE A MONSTER!

    I never could do clean and jerk or power snatch.
    Carson
    Greetings Carson. Delighted you have read my stuff. I suppose that's only fair, because i have read so many of your posts, and viewed your lifting vids. At the moment i am working thru your 200 page Hercules thread. I have read over 50 pages, & will read them all in time.

    When i first moved to the city from the country, after retiring, the foremost Master in the State (many years, many titles, many records) told me, "There is no Master who goes as low as you in the lifts." If you want to see pics of some of my lifts, and the odd vid, you can find them on my facebook.....
    John Humphrys. Adelaide. South Australia.

    Can't miss me, my avatar is me lifting.

    Do not concern yourself about slow progress learning the quick lifts. I have been at it for 13 years, & it took me 2 years before i dared to approach the Olympic Weightlifting Association.

    AND, i had the background of 2 years weight training as a teen, before being shoofed off to the country for 38 years. There i did running, competitive swimming, & martial arts, so i had a long start on you.

    77 NOW

    Mon 19-3-2018.

    Start of going heavy program. Feeling my way into the exercises.

    Paused Breathing Squat. (55 k) 5. (75) 3. (85) 1. (80) 17.
    Clean and presses. Volume. (20 k) 5. (25) 5. (30) 5. (35) 5.
    Press on back [BP stuffed my shoulder back in the day, so feeling into this to see how it goes]
    (20 k) 5. (25) 5. (30) 5. (35) 5.
    Split snatch. (stick) 1.1. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (20) 1.1.1.
    Split C+J. (stick) 1.1. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1. (35) 1.

    Rowing intervals. 30 seconds x 5.

    and flexing ...
    Single leg heels raise. (10 k) 10. 10. 10.
    Incline face down lateral raise (3 k's) 10.10.10.
    Concentration curl (8 k) 10.10.10.
    Ab Crunch on swiss ball. 10.10.10.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 76now View Post
    Well, thank you once again, Oldster. Your frequent appreciations of my efforts delight me much more than is proper.
    I have never been better than average strong. But you - ARE A MONSTER!
    Umm...to my granddaughters I'm very normal. But if a monster, perhaps a very tiny one like in Monsters Inc. One not particularly frightening.

    Unless I'm angry. Then--HULK SMASH. HAHAHAHAHA!


    Start of going heavy program. Feeling my way into the exercises.

    Paused Breathing Squat. (55 k) 5. (75) 3. (85) 1. (80) 17.
    Clean and presses. Volume. (20 k) 5. (25) 5. (30) 5. (35) 5.
    Press on back [BP stuffed my shoulder back in the day, so feeling into this to see how it goes]
    (20 k) 5. (25) 5. (30) 5. (35) 5.
    Split snatch. (stick) 1.1. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (20) 1.1.1.
    Split C+J. (stick) 1.1. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1. (35) 1.
    Looking forward to seeing numbers that frighten even you!

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    if a monster, perhaps a very tiny one.

    Unless I'm angry. Then--HULK SMASH.
    Oldster.
    Cool it Oldster. One look at you and ain't nobody gonna mess with your family.

    77 NOW

    Mon 22-3-2018.

    Second of my little bunch of whole body routines i will be cycling thru.

    Squat (Volume) (55 k) 5. (75) 3. (85) 2. (90) 5. (95) 5. (100) 5.
    Stationary J.B.N. (20 k) 5. (30) 5.5.5.
    Olympic deadlift. (60 k) 5. thumbless. (80) 5. thumbless. (90) 5. normal grip.

    Split C+J. stick - 1.1. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1. (35) 1.
    Split snatch. stick - 1.1. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1.

    Rowing intervals. 30 sec x 5.
    Barbell freestanding heels raise. (75 k) 10. (90) 10. (95) 10.
    Incline face down lateral raise. (3 k's) 11.10.10.
    Zottman curls. (8 k) 10.10.10.
    Cable crunch. (100 lb) 10. (110) 10. (120) 10.

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    Hi John. Happy belated birthday. Your log has been inspiring me for years, but I don’t think I ever realized you only took up this sport at 63! I guess I just figured you’d been doing it a while. Makes it even more impressive in my eyes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Mullany View Post
    Hi John. Happy belated birthday. Your log has been inspiring me for years, but I don’t think I ever realized you only took up this sport at 63! I guess I just figured you’d been doing it a while. Makes it even more impressive in my eyes.
    He's fricking amazing, isn't he? The energizer bunny!

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