76 year old olympic weightlifter

[BrooklynJerry]

Father Time.

[76now]

Carson : Last couple of competitions the referees here did not care for my split technique one little bit. No one does it. Trying to get the squat going now. Anything i succeed with will be a state record as there has never been an 80 year old before.

Hi Jerry. You are doing well.

Mon 28-3-2022.

81 Now.

Part A of heavy day.

Stick warmups.

Jerk Press Behind Neck. (25 k) 5. (32.5) 5. (37.5) 5.
Front Squats (40 k) 5. (60) 3. (70) 1. (75) 1. (80) 1.

Romanian Deadlifts. (80 k) 10. (87.5) 10. (95) 10.

Shrugs. (90 k) 20. (100) 19.

Palms up, close grip lat machine (62.4 k) 4. ??

Leg curl machine (23 k) 11. 10.

Workout time : 1 hour and 13 minutes.

[76now]

31-3-2022.

81 now.

Light day.

Seated heels raise machine. (51.3 k) 15.

Heels Raise, leverage calf machine. (100 k) 13. 13.

Lat machine, curl down to back of neck. (21.8 k) 13. 13.

Lying dumbells tri extention. (9 k's) 11. 11.

rear delt raise (5 k's) 13. 12.

Ab crunch machine. (77 k) 20. (72) 17.


Snatches - stick, then bar only.
Split snatch, 5 singles.
Dead hang split snatch, 5 singles.
Drop split snatch. 5 singles.
squat snatch. 5 singles.

Clean and Jerk.
5 singles.
squat C+J. 5 singles.
dead hang clean. 5 singles.
Split C+J. 5 singles, low to knee touch both clean, then jerk.

Workout time - 57 minutes.

[76now]

Mon 4-4-2022

81 now

Part B of the heavy bit

Cleans and Presses. (25 k) 3. (35) 3. (40) 1. (42.5) 1. (45)1. (47.5) F. ..... Progress on this exercise is going to be really slow, as i am on a Mosely diet with my wife. I do have to get my belly down, but bodyweiht loss (3 k at the moment) knocks the press around.

Hi Pull. (72.5 k) 3. (77.5) 3. (85) 3.
Olympic Deadlift and heels raise. (85 k) 5. (95) 5. (100) 5.
Quarter Press. (57.5 k) 5. (65) 5. (70) 5.
Jerk Thrust. (70 k) 5. (75) 5. (80) 5.
Fast no grind Squats. (42.5 k) 1. (62.5) 1. (72.5) 1. (80) 1. (92.5) 1.
Overhead Split Squat. Left leg forward, then right leg forward. Front leg to complete fold, back leg to knee touch. (20 k) 1.

Workout time 1 hour and 20 minutes.

[76now]

7-4-2022.

81 now.

Light day.

Seated heels raise machine. (51.3 k) 15.

Heels Raise, leverage calf machine. (100 k) 14. 13.

Lat machine, curl down to back of neck. (21.8 k) 14. 13.

Lying dumbells tri extention. (9 k's) 12. 11.

rear delt raise (5 k's) 13. 13.

Ab crunch machine. (77 k) 20. (72) 18.


Snatches - stick, then bar only.
Split snatch, 5 singles.
Dead hang split snatch, 5 singles.
Drop split snatch. 5 singles.
squat snatch. 5 singles.

Clean and Jerk.
5 singles.
squat C+J. 5 singles.
dead hang clean. 5 singles.
Split C+J. 5 singles, lower to knee touch both clean, then jerk.

Workout time - 54 minutes.

[76now]

Mon 11-4-2022.

81 Now.

Part A of heavy day.

Stick warmups.

Jerk Press Behind Neck. (30 k) 3. (35) 3. (40) 3.
Front Squats (45 k) 3. (60) 3. (70) 3. (77.5) 3.

Romanian Deadlifts. (80 k) 10. (90) 10. (95) 10.

Shrugs. (90 k) 20. (100) 20.

Palms up, close grip lat machine (62.4 k) 5. (68.9) 2.
Leg curl machine (23 k) 11. 11.

Workout time : 1 hour and 1 minute.

[76now]

14-4-2022.

81 now.

Light day.

Seated heels raise machine. (51.3 k) 15.

Heels Raise, leverage calf machine. (100 k) 14. 14.

Lat machine, curl down to back of neck. (21.8 k) 14. 14.

Lying dumbells tri extention. (9 k's) 14. 13.

rear delt raise (5 k's) 13. 13.

Ab crunch machine. (77 k) 20. (72) 19.


Snatches - stick, then bar only.
Split snatch, 5 singles.
Dead hang split snatch, 5 singles.
Drop split snatch. 5 singles.
squat snatch. 5 singles.

Clean and Jerk.
5 singles.
squat C+J. 5 singles.
dead hang clean. 5 singles.
Split C+J. 5 singles, low to knee touch both clean, then jerk.

Workout time - 56 minutes.

[76now]

Mon 18-4-2022

81 now

Part B of the heavy bit

Cleans and Presses. (25 k) 5. (30) 5. (36.25) 5.
Hi Pull. (72.5 k) 3. (80) 3. (85) 3.
Olympic Deadlift and heels raise. (85 k) 5. (95) 5. (100) 5.
Quarter Press. (60 k) 5. (65) 5. (70) 5.
Jerk Thrust. (70 k) 5. (75) 5. (80) 5.
Fast no grind Squats. (42.5 k) 1. (62.5) 1. (72.5) 1. (82.5) 1. (92.5) 1.
Overhead Split Squat. Left leg forward, then right leg forward. Front leg to complete fold, back leg to knee touch. (20 k) 1.

Workout time 1 hour and 11 minutes.

[76now]

21-4-2022.

81 now.

Light day.

Seated heels raise machine. (51.3 k) 15. ----- going to stay with this weight until i can make every rep a painful peak contraction.

Heels Raise, leverage calf machine. (100 k) 15. 14.

Lat machine, curl down to back of neck. (21.8 k) 15. 14.

Lying dumbells tri extention. (9 k's) 14. 14.

rear delt raise (5 k's) 14. 13.

Ab crunch machine. (77 k) 20. (72) 20.


Snatches - stick, then bar only.
Split snatch, 5 singles.
Dead hang split snatch, 5 singles.
Drop split snatch. 5 singles.
squat snatch. 5 singles.

Clean and Jerk.
5 singles.
squat C+J. 5 singles.
dead hang clean. 5 singles.
Split C+J. 5 singles, low to knee touch both clean, then jerk.

Workout time - 53 minutes.

[76now]

Mon 25-4-2022.

81 Now.

Part A of heavy day.

Stick warmups.

Jerk Press Behind Neck. (30 k) 3. (32.5) 2. (35) 1. (37.5) 1. (41.25) 1.
Front Squats (45 k) 3. (55) 3. (65) 3. (70) 3. (77.5) 3.

Romanian Deadlifts. (80 k) 10. (90) 10. (95) 10.

Shrugs. (90 k) 20. (100) 20.

Palms up, close grip lat machine (62.4 k) 6. (68.9) 2.
Leg curl machine (23 k) 12. 11.

Workout time : 1 hour and 8 minutes.