Granny's Log (deb)

[granny]

C2 Rower 20 easy minutes. I dont want to gain a lot more fat, would like to remove some.
Same gymmate said yesterday my butt and legs have gotten bigger. I see nothing. I guess we'll see. I'm doing PB with leg/back emphasis, hoped to get my back/shoulders stronger/bigger.

I just don't want to become 'sarcopenia babe' (older ladies doing girly weather-girl-type gyrations, wearing little glovies, using cutesy tiny weight, arms and legs like skinny-ass breadsticks. Meanwhile I am grossing everyone out cutting hands over the trash can for DL's... osteopenia, osteoporosis, dread to stop lifting, dread to lose strength, not being able to pick up grandkids).

[granny]

W12 D2 of Deload Dog woke me last night, idk what's up with her.
Comp Bench 65-95x5xs
80x5x2s @6.5, @6
BB Bent Row
80x5x2s @LOL
Straight Arm Lat Pulldown 40# @4-5RIR - still waiting to get back muscles. Well, any muscle really.
40x6x2s @5RIR

_________Yo! YOGA CLASS AT 9 AM__________
Been telling them I'm gonna do the class with them (its an informal group of older ladies in their 70s+ doing their own yoga). They kicked my ass, got schooled. I have a lot of work to do. Thank goodness there wasn't as much strength in it like the P90x yoga I used to like, since I'd already benched. Two guy gym mates walked back there to see what I was doing - and, I think the men are afraid to join in/do it; IDK if its the ladies' ages, perception of being weak or what. Yoga appears to be the "men don't eat quiche" of my gym.

DB Bench 35# x2s @4-5RIR
35sx5x2s. @4RIR
Cable Crossovers + Ham Curls 35x2s + 55x2s @4-5RIR
35x5x2s + 55x6x2s @5RIR
zottman Curls 20# @4-5RIR
20x4x2s @4RIR
Tricep Pushdown 40#x2s @4-5RIR
40x5x2s @5RIR
BW175; then I see RIP making Mac & cheese, drooling, you're just killing me with this kind of content.

I keep getting "polls", am I worried about a possible recession. IDK, this is such a weird area in terms of so many (comfortably?) retired people. It's not looking good for the rest of us. Landscapers have started going under here already. Housing seems steady, influx of people moving here (I don't pretend to know what is up with companies buying housing so that everyone has to rent at astronomical prices) but I've seen people thrown out of their rental houses bc their landlord is losing the house and they can't find another affordable place; and other business seems to be slowing a little; my SO is working for himself 3 hours away for weeks at a time because the company he is working for suddenly stopped getting business.

[granny]

Skipped Friday due to working. 3-4 hours sleep (slept great til 10:30-11, up til 3-4, slept til 5:30?)
BW174. BP 110/60, wth? Paid the price. Got lightheaded and dizzy at the end. Definitely struggling with some depression.
W13 D1
HBBS hard keeping knees forward my backside wants to join the party.
120x6 @7.5
110x6x3s @6,6.5,7?
Comp DL
175x5x2s @7RPE
Press! so not used to this, shoulders were hurting
65x6 @8.5 I rated; video looked a lot easier, pretty sloppy lifts
55x6 @8RPE
Leg Press 90# + Straight Arm Lat Pushdown 35# @3-4 RIR
90x13 + 35x10 @4RIR
90x12 + 35x10 @4RIR
90x10 + 35x8 @4 & @3RIR Short rests
Good Morning 3-4 RIR
65x10x2s @4RIR
Pullthroughs 65# 3-4RIR
65x7 @5, x10 @4RIR (rope on my hands with the arthritis)
Calf Raise 35# 3-4RIR I did 40
40x10, x11 @4RIR
MB Russian Twist 15# @3-4RIR
15x10,x15,x15,x15 @4,4,3,3RIR (at home with a giant jug of fabric softener)

[granny]

Bw 175.5
OMG the DOMS in my legs and butt. Shoulders felt better than they have in weeks after that pressing. I don't want press out of my rotation.
My right shoulder has been bothering me as always; slept a bit better last night. IDK if my neck is out or what, getting headaches, dizziness, will see the chiro this evening.
I skipped split squats (only two sets) and the incline bench first two sets right arm stopped halfway through (shoulder pain). In hindsight should have brought right hand grip in on CGBP, too far in always bothers my right shoulder - they felt like crap, looked fine and easy on video, go figure.
W13 D2
CGBP 75-80 x8
80x8 @6.5
75x8x2s @6RPE
Pullups
50x6x2s @7RPE
60x6x2s @6.5, @7RPE
Neutral Grip Lat Pulldowns 70x3s 3-4RIR - w/a pause
70x11x3s @3RIR
DB Incline Bench 25's
25x10 @5RIR
x13@4
x14 @4
Face pull 45#x3s + Hamstring Curls 50#2x2 3-4IR
45x10 +50x10 @4RIR
45x10 +50x10 @4RIR
45x10 @3RIR
Hammer Curls 20's 3-4RIR
20sx8x2s @4RIR
20sx7 @3RIR
Elbows Out DB Extension new. 10 two light, 15 about right, 20s too heavy
10sx13 @4IR
15sx10 @4RIR
20sx5 @0RIR
Chiro fixed my neck hopefully headaches go away? Non stop barrage of liberal stupidest bullshit I ever heard that makes no fucking sense from my fam. Ugh. Could be that too. Depressing.

[granny]

BW175.5
W13 D3
Trap Bar DL 170-180
180x5 @6.5 (thought it was 175)
165x5 @6RPE
Comp Squat 125-135 x6x3s
130x6 @8 RPE (shocking)
125x6 @7.5
125x6 @8
Comp Bench 85-90x6x2s
SKIP right shoulder pain
Pendlay Row 6-7RPE
85x8 @8RPE
75x8 @7RPE
70x8 @6.5 RPE
DB Pullovers 35# 3-4RIR
35x6x3s @4RIR
DB Bench 30's 3-4RIR
30x5x4s @5RIR
BB Hip Thrust 95# + DB Arnold Press 20's 3-4RIR
95x10 + 15sx6 @4RIR
95x10 + 15sx6 @4RIR
Seated Calf 45# + Concentration Curls 3-4 RIR
45x10 + 15x10 @4RIR
45x10 @3RIR + 20x8 @0RIR
Vup 5# + BB Skullcrushers 35# 3-4 RIR
5x7 + 35x8 @4RIR
5x7 @4RIR + 35x8 @3RIR
5x7 +0 @4RIR
5x7 +0 @4RIR
Ugh; feeling the return to volume, trying not to be a baby and be honest. Same next week, start maxing Friday with trap bar DL.
My BP was 116/60 HR 57 yesterday. IDK if that's why I feel sooooo tired, or recovering from the DL's. I'm experimenting with taking my BP lowering meds late in the day/nights instead of mornings.

[granny]

BW175.5
Still in the grips of a pretty major depression. BP meds timing - no effect. U2 - Vertigo (Official Music Video) - YouTube
W14 D1
HBBS 120-125 x6
125x6 @7 (again its LIGHT, but the HARD part of HBBS is keeping your hips forward and under you. Bottom position, why have you forsaken me??
115x6 @6.5
115x6 @6.5
120x6 @6.5 (got bumped up, wondered why weight so low, probably bc leg press is coming)
Comp DL 180-190x5x2s
185x5 @6RPE
190x5 @6.5 RPE (got bumped up
Press 70x6x2s (right shoulder niggle its not heavy but really hurt so I dropped it)
65x6 @7? (looked fine on video)
60x6 @6.5
Leg Press + Straight Arm Lat Pushdown 95+35 @2RIR
95x17 + 35x12 @2RIR
95x16 + 35x11 @2RIR
95x17 + 35x10 @2RIR
95x16 + 0 - got bumped up in leg press weight for next time
Good Morning + DB Bench 65+30s @2RIR
65x12 + 30sx12 @2RIR
65x11 + 30sx12 @2RIR
65x12 + 30sx12 @2RIR
Pull Throughs 65x3s @2RIR
65x16,15,15 @2RIR
Calf Raise 35x3s @2RIR
35x15,15,12 @2RIR
MB Russian Twist 20x3s @2RIR
20x10,11,11 @2RIR
I actually slept more hours the last two nights than I had been, HUGE difference.

[granny]

C2 Rower 25 min eeaaasssyyy.

Regardless of mental state, I've decided to choose gratitude.



Gym friend Y's dr said he needs a valve replacement in 3 months and is sitting pretty thanks to training; so for the last two months he decided to...cut back training, essentially detrain.
Gym friend X doing only IYT / rotator cuff exercises for a year, after MRIs, and PT tricks - still haven't seen him press, still "can't raise arm overhead."

Maybe I'm the one who is the schizophrenic psycho.
I probably just need to stop talking to people, I'm tactless and opinions are like assholes anyway.

[granny]

W14 D2
CGBP 80-85x8, then downsets
85x9 @6RPE (I cannot count? Weird, no pain today. I feel tired from not enough sleep but I know I got decent 5-6 hrs. And, it was like I'm totally rested. wth?
These are the "down" sets it gave me:
85x8x2s @7, @7.5 RPE
Pullups 4 sets of 6 @7 -8RPE
50 assist x6 @8.5?
60 assist x6 @7 RPE
60x6 @8 RPE
60x6 @7.5 RPE
Neutral Grip Pulldowns 70#x3s @2RIR - with a pause and squeeze at the bottom
70x15 @2RIR
70x9 @2RIR
70x9 @2RIR (got bumped up for next time)
Alt. DB Press 25# 2RIR
25sx10 @2RIR
25sx10 @2RIR
25sx10 @2RIR
Face Pulls 45# + Hamstring Curls 50# @2RIR done with the pause (got bumped up on hamstrings for next time)
45x10 + 50x15 @2RIR
45x12 + 50x13 @2RIR
45x13 + 50x11 @2RIR
45x13 + 0 @2RIR
Hammer Curls 20s + Ab Wheel of Death from knees
20sx10 + 7 @2IR
20sx10 @2RIR + 7 @0RIR
20sx9 @2RIR + 6 @0RIR
Elbows Out DB Extension 15sx3s @2RIR
15x12 @2RIR
15x13 @2RIR
15x10 @2RIR
One of my gym mates said I look different; I lost weight, its working. Nope, still weight the same, still fat. He said, well its moving around then. LOLOLOL.
Will be trying to max out trap bar DL Friday; anything's a pr, since I've never done this exercise...
Still doing the "nah nah nah" fingers in ears; now being told the economy is fine, inflation slowed there's nothing to see here (yeah, it did - IF you look at energy, ignore all other numbers, and forget that energy went back up in recent weeks??)
DANGER WILL ROBINSON

[granny]

C2 Rower 25 minutes.
Baby formula; I guess boobs are out of fashion (so much easier).

[Fred J]

Baby formula; I guess boobs are out of fashion (so much easier).