Paul's log - Staying strong past 50

[irongeek]

12/12/24

BW - 218
Press - beltless - 135 x 8 x 3
BW Rows - narrow grip - 20, 20, 18
Curlz - 90 x 10 x 3
Treadmill - 20 minutes/ 15 deg incline/ 2.3 mph/ .75 miles

[irongeek]

12/13/24

LBBS w/belt - 405 x 2, 345 x 5 x 5
Bench - 257.5 x 5 x 5

Tired and sluggish. Day off from lifting tomorrow.

[irongeek]

12/15/24

RDL w/belt and straps - snatch grip - 325 x 8 x 4
Press w/belt - 175 x 5, 165 x 5 x 4
Pullups - BW x 8 x 5

Good workout. I think the RDLs are helping to get my deadlift moving.

[irongeek]

12/16/24

Press - beltless - 135 x 9 x 3
BW Rows - narrow grip - 20 x 3
BB curls - 90 x 10, 10, 10, 9, 10

Did a couple of extra sets of curls instead of treadmill.

[irongeek]

12/17/24

SSB - beltless - ascending sets of 5 - bar, 155, 255, 3015, 325
SSB w/ 3" belt - 345 x 9

Bench - ascending 5s - bar, 145, 195, 235, 255, 270 x 6
CGBP - 225 x 10

The bad: Right shoulder pain during bench.
The good: SSB squat is probably near my all-time best, despite hardly training it.

[irongeek]

12/19/24

BW - 220
DL w/belt - 440 x 6
Press w/3" belt - 180 x 5, 165 x 5 x 5
Pullups - BW x 10 x 4
SSB w/3" belt - 245 x 20 (cardio)

Everything felt good and moved well. Joints (esp right hip) was feeling unusually good. This helped with my DL.
Needed some cardio, so did a set of 20 on ssb squat. This surprisingly worked my hams more than I thought.

Gaining weight - at 220 now! This puts me at a 29.8 BMI - just another pound and the AMA will officially label me as OBESE!

[Cole Gorton]

nice pulling and pressing. welcome to the "obese" club. they used to make me go in the fat kid line in the military to measure my waist/neck ratio and then the officer would take one look at me when it was my turn to tape and just tell me to get out of here

[irongeek]

nice pulling and pressing. welcome to the "obese" club. they used to make me go in the fat kid line in the military to measure my waist/neck ratio and then the officer would take one look at me when it was my turn to tape and just tell me to get out of here

Thanks, Cole. I like to bulk during the Christmas season - more food to eat and extra time off to train! I'm glad to be a card carrying member of the "obese" club!

[irongeek]

12/21/24 - Solstice training

LBBS w/4" belt - 350 x 5 x 5
Bench - 260 x 5 x 5
SSB w/3" belt - 245 x 20

My wife came down and started talking to me while I was doing my 3rd set of bench. I just started laughing and had to rack it. So, technically, I did 28 reps today!

[irongeek]

12/23/24 - eve of Christmas eve workout

RDL - wide grip - w/belt and straps - 330 x 8 x 4
Press w/3" belt - 180 x 5, 165 x 5 x 4
Pullups- BW x 13, 13, 11