Puttering along

[Oldster]

I am one tuckered old boy. My sons lease runs out on Friday and the house he is building won't have the final inspection for a couple weeks. So we had to move all his stuff into storage (thankfully my storage unit is very large!) and he is moving in with a buddy from work for a few weeks. So he and I emptied his house by ourselves. Problem is, he threw his back on on the very first thing we moved, his big old couch that has a fold out bed. That slowed things down badly and poor poor old Dad ended up being worked to death. But I got in a lift afterward anyway.

TBDL
275x5
350x5
Chins
1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1
Curls
70x10
100x7
120x7
140x7
165x7

Yup, I did a few trapbar deads today! Tomorrow will be the test though, hopefully I'll be painfree in 'da knee. Started nice and light, just the two sets. Next Wednesday is my appointment with the specialist.

Goin' to bed now, even though it is 7:20 pm.

[tertius]

Those hide-a-bed couches are bastards. Truth. Is your son not quite so big a slab o' beef as yourself?

[DV]

Real life isn't treating your banged up joint very well - impressive that you actually made it to the gym. I really hope everything works out with the specialist.

[Mac Ward]

Problem is, he threw his back on on the very first thing we moved, his big old couch that has a fold out bed. That slowed things down badly and poor poor old Dad ended up being worked to death.

Showed up by dad again. Seems dad's can always do this...another example of gym strength translating to "functional strength". Be proud.

[Oldster]

Thanks DV. I talked with the Docs office today and everything is a go for next week.

Showed up by dad again. Seems dad's can always do this...another example of gym strength translating to "functional strength". Be proud.

Heh. I kept telling him I was worried I might be as old and worn out as he is some day!

Those hide-a-bed couches are bastards. Truth. Is your son not quite so big a slab o' beef as yourself?

Bigger. He outweighs me by 30lbs or more. Probably more. Unfortunately he doesn't lift. In HS he was a bruiser, took him about 6 months to bench 285 and TBDL 405. That was about the extend of his lifting. Now days with his job sitting in front of a 'puter and bossing people around, he doesn't get much physical fitness outside of hunting season.

I was pleased with my lifting today. Loads of energy and it showed in my remarks to my lifting partner. He was happy to see me go I believe.

16" Close grip bench
140x15
240x12
315x6
315x6
315x6
315x6
315x6
Dips
BWx26
BWx26
BWx26
BWx30

A fun session today. I am continuing on with my legless benching and it is starting to show in my tricep size just a bit now. BW is down about 6lbs to around 235 and upper arms are pushing a bit over 18", not quite 18 1/2". If my arms were shorter it might be impressive but with my long ol' sticks it ain't that much. But its been fun learning to bench like I'm cut off below the waist, something I've never done before.

I should have some computer time now, the wife is done with her School work for the year. Well, most of it.

[Oldster]

Bad news. My knee is acting back up again. Same bursitis. The difference is that on a 1-10 pain scale, before being a 10, this is a 2. Still, I can't do much, knee won't work right and outside of pain I now have some popping going on inside my knee. Couldn't do T-bar rows, hurts the knee too much so I chinned instead.

Chins--just screwed around and did about 10 sets of BW and some heavy weighted chins.
Hammer Curls
35'sx10
45'sx5
55'sx5
60'sx5
70'sx5
70'sx5
70'sx5
Ab wheel
5 Standing

If I hadn't recieve all the knee specialist Docs stuff in the mail and got to read about him, I'd be seriously bummed right now. I liked what I read, apparently he's a Doc for the Olympic Skiiing team too. A very active fellow it seems and physical fitness for his patients is important. I'm a bit more upbeat than I was before I got the mail.

Oh, my hammer curls. My goal is to make it upwards of 110's for 5 reps. 120's would be cool, but though the 70's were feeling pretty good today, I can't imagine 'bells 50lbs heavier. I think if I could make it to the 120's though, I would start grunting and scratching anytime I felt like it.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Sorry Mr. Knee is being disagreeable just now. Mine was acting up too this morning. On the other hand it sounds like you have a good doc around to give you the skinny about what to do and then what's next.

[Oldster]

Thanks Mark, knee hurts even worse now. Went out to Astoria Oregon with the wife and friends and found some famous tower and walked to the top which wasn't bad, but the way down absolutely destroyed my knee. I'm a hurtin' unit. Can't wait to talk with the Doc.

16" Close grip bench
140x15
240x12
260x12
280x10
280x10
DB Bench
100'sx19
Military Press
120x7
145x7
145x7
145x7
Ab Wheel
6 standing

No spotter today, my lifting buddy came home with a pounding headache so I lifted alone. My 10th rep of my last set of benches was slow enough I saw no gains in doing the 3rd top set. Next week I'll get all three. 3 more reps on the Db bench from last week, militaries felt very good and going up to 6 reps with the ab wheel was a cakewalk.

[tertius]

Downhill and down stairs can be brutal on a beat up knee. You need some resolution, so you can move on.

As for your son, well, I'm jealous. I will never be a big guy like that. I just don't have the genetics.
I'll be real happy to get up to a solid 215.

[Oldster]

My son has the frame to probably carry a musclular 300lbs or so. Huge shoulders from his Grandfather, a big back, ass and thighs from his dear ol' Dad. But alas, he instead fritters his life away pursuing beer, work and hunting. He honestly has the frame to bench 500 or more raw, to press 300 or more and deadlift probably close to 700lbs. But nope, the couch beckons strongly instead.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not bitter. I'm just disappointed. But thanks for bringing it up, tertius.

BTW, are you in Seattle yet?