76 year old olympic weightlifter

[76now]

That lot should keep me out of the kitchen.
Moi
And entertain your wife as well
Fred

Alas, Fred, in all recorded history, there are few cases of any husband impressing his wife.
45 years ago i started doing Tai Chi forms in the back yard. She laughed at me then.
Nowadays, she just rolls her eyes at whatever i do.

Thurs 17-1-2019.

77 NOW

Stick warmups.
Jerk Behind Neck. (20 k) 5. (25) 5. (30) 5. (35) 5.
Clean pulls. (40 k) 3. (45) 3. (50) 3. (55) 3. (60) 3.
Squat [5x3] Don't know what i am going to do with these - no spotters, no safety rack, just a carpet floor. Guess i will keep them pretty light. (45 k) 3. (55) 3. (65) 3. (75) 3. (85) 3.

Dead hang Split Clean. Stick – 2. (20 k) 2. (22.5) 2. (25) 2. (27.5) 2. (30) 2. (32.5) 2.

Flexing …..
Palms up Lat pulldown (110 lb) 10. 10.
Triceps Pressdown. (80 lb.) 10. (90) 10.
Ab roller. 12. 12.
Facepulls. (30 lb.) 10. 10.

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Mon 21-1-2019.

77 NOW

Stick warmups.
Clean and Presses. (20 k) 2. (30) 3. (35) 2. (40) 1. (42.5) 1.
Altering my routine here. Was slated to do POB, because the BP busted up my shoulder, & wasn't going to risk this exercise again.
The POB wasn't too bad, but decided to replace it because
(1) Pecs have always been good - long arms mean they grab all the action that is going on.
(2) Pecs get enough stimulous from chins, presses, etc,etc.
(3) Wanted to try quarter presses, which gave good results in shoulder size and power to
Simpson and Ditillo.
Quarter press (45k) 5. (47.5) 5. (50) 5.

Split snatch. stick- 2.2. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1. (35) high pull only.

flexing ....
wide grip pulldowns. (110) 10. 10.
One arm military press. (10 k) 8.8.
ab roller. 13.12.
Dead Hang split snatch. (20 k) 2. (22.5) 2. 2. (25) 2. 2.

flexing ....
One Arm curl. (10 k) 11. 11.
SLHR (10 k) 11. 11.
Wide Grip Pulldowns. (100 lbs) 10. (110) 10.
One Arm Military Press (10 k) 8. 7.
Ab Roller 12. 11.

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Thurs 24-1-2019.

Stick warmups.
Jerk triples. (30 k) 3. (32.5) 3. (35) 3. (37.5) 3.
power clean. (30) 2. (35) 2. (40) 2. (45) 2. (42.5) 2.
dead hang clean. stick 2. 2. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1.

flexing ....
one arm curls. (10 k) 11. 10.
one arm military press. (10 k) 9. 8.
lat pulldown, palms up. (110 lb) 10. 10.
triceps pressdown. (80 lb) 12. (90) 10.
ab roller. 13. 13.

Public Holiday on Mon. Gym will be closed, so a home workout.
Moved the paused Breathing Squats to today in lieu of 5's squats, as i can't afford to break the chain of progression.

Paused Breathing Squats. (55 k) 2. (75) 2. (80) 15.

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Mon 28-1-2019.

At home scratch up workout ---
Stick warmups
Bellows Breathing 3 x 120.

Abdominal muscle control - retraction : 50. central isolation : 25. left hand side isolation : 25. right hand side : 25. roll left to right : 25. roll right to left : 25. up and down : 25.

C+J. stick - 2.2.2.2.2.
Snatch. stick - 3.3.3.3.3.

flexing ....
concentration curls (16.6 lb) 10.10.10.
SLHR off block (16.6) 15.15.15.
one arm triceps (16.6) 10.10.10.
pushups, various hand spacings. 3 sets.
lateral raises (10 lb dumbells) 10.10.10.

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Thurs 31-1-2019.

77 NOW

Stick warmups.
Power Jerk Behind Neck. (30 k) 3. (35) 3. (40) 3
Olympic Deadlift. (65 k) 5. (80) 5. (90) 5.

Split C+J. Stick – 1.1. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1. (35) 1.
(37.5) 1. (40) 1.

Flexing …..
Palms up Lat pulldown (110 lb.) 11. 10.
Triceps Pressdown. (80 lb.) 11. (90) 10.
Ab roller. 13. 13.
Facepulls. (30 lb.) 10. (40) 10.

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Mon 4-2-2019.

77 NOW

Stick warmups.
Clean and Presses. (20 k) 3. (30) 3. (35) 3. (37.5) 3. (40) 4.
Power snatch. (20 k) 3. (22.5) 3. (25) 3. (27.5) 3. (30) 3.

flexing ....
One Arm curl. (10 k) 11. 11.
SLHR (10 k) 12. 11.
Wide Grip Pulldowns. (110) 11. 10.
Ab Roller 14. 13.

Breathing Squat (45 k ) 4. (65) 4. (92) 20.

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Thurs 7-2-2019.

77 NOW

Stick warmups.
Jerk Behind Neck. (20 k) 5. (30) 5. (35) 5. (37.5) 5.
Clean pulls. (40 k) 3. (50) 3. (55) 3. (60) 3. (62.5) 3.
Dead hang Split Clean. Stick – 2.2. (20 k) 2. (25) 2. (30) 2. (32.5) 2. (35) 2.

Flexing …..
Palms up Lat pulldown (110 lb) 11. 11.
Triceps Pressdown. (80 lb.) 12. (90) 10.
Ab roller. 14. 14.
Facepulls. (40 lb.) 10. 10.

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Mon 11-2-2019.

77 NOW

Stick warmups.
Clean and Presses. (20 k) 2. (30) 3. (35) 2. (40) 1. (45) 1.
Quarter press (45k) 5. (47.5) 5. (50) 5.
Olympic Deadlift. (65 k) 5. (80) 5. (92.5) 5.
Split snatch. stick- 2.2. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1. (35) F.


flexing ....
One Arm curl. (10 k) 12. 11.
SLHR (10 k) 12. 12.
Wide Grip Pulldowns. (110 lbs) 11. 11.
Ab Roller 15. 14.

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Wed 13-2-2019.
At the Womens and Childrens knitting group. My wife let slip that i was going to be 78 on Monday. The ladies who talk at length, and give candid opinions about absolutely everything, were saying, 'he doesn't look it', and one said, 'No, he looks like 98.'
Cracked me up!


Thursday 14-02-2019.

77 NOW

Stick warmups.
Jerk triples. (30 k) 3. (32.5) 3. (35) 3. (37.5) 3. (40) 3.
power clean. (30) 2. (35) 2. (40) 2. (45) 2. (47.5) 2.
dead hang clean. stick 2. 2. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1. (35) 1.

flexing ....
lat pulldown, palms up. (110 lb) 10. 10.
triceps pressdown. (80 lb) 12. (90) 10.
face pulls (40 lb) 11.10.
ab roller. 13. 13.

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Mon 18-2-2019.

78 NOW

Contest next Saturday. Time to see where i am. Training weights are coming up in this heavy phase, but i've got a long way to go.

Stick warmups.
Clean and Presses. (20 k) 5. (37.5) 3.
split snatch. stick - 2.2. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1. (35) F.
split C+J. stick - 1.1. (20 k) 1. (25) 1. (30) 1. (35) 1. (40) 1. (42.5) 1.1. --- these were rough. my energy is down, & i wasn't lifting well today. doesn't bode well for next Sat. cancelled most of my exercises today.

Paused breathing squats. (45 k) 1. (65) 1. (80) 20.