Paul's log - Staying strong past 50

[irongeek]

Light Day / cardio

Pullups - 14
Treadmill - 25 minutes at 5.5 deg incline 3.5-3.9 mph - 1.5 miles
Pullups - 12

[irongeek]

Light Day

SSB - beltless, paused - 315 x 4 x 2
Press - beltless - 160 x 4 x 4
Rows - w/belt and straps - 240 x 8 x 4
CGBP - ascending sets of 5 - 135, 185, 225, 235, 245, 255 (PR set of 5)

I've taken videos of some of these sets. I found that I think I need to more fully extend my reps on CGBP, but other than that they seem OK, I guess.
I'll share them so you can have some laughs:

Squat:


Press:


CGBP:

[irongeek]

SSB - beltless - 335 x 4 x 3
Bench - 265 x 4 x 4
DL w/belt - 420 x 4
Press w/belt - desc sets of 3 - 185, 180, 175, 170

Did presses today, as tomorrow will be a well-deserved REST and RECOVERY day....

[irongeek]

Yesterday
Pullups - BW x 8 x 6 = 48 reps
25 minute walk

Today
SSB w/belt - 420 x 1, 1, 1, 1, Backoff - 335 x5
Bench - 280 x 2 x 3, Backoff - 225 x 8
DL w/belt - 455 x 2 x 3

Damn. Everything was very hard. Wanted doubles on squat, but it wasn't gonna happen today.
I think I'm backsliding on squat and bench. I may make some progress on press. We'll see...

[irongeek]

Some light stuff today:

Pullups - BW x 10 x 4
Cardio - Treadmill - 1.53 miles at 3.7 mph @ 5.5 deg.

[T_M]

SSB w/belt - 420 x 1, 1, 1, 1, Backoff - 335 x5


Damn. Everything was very hard. Wanted doubles on squat, but it wasn't gonna happen today.

We always want more, but 420 with the SSB is no BS...nice work!

[irongeek]

We always want more, but 420 with the SSB is no BS...nice work!

Thanks, TM. Sometimes you don't get what you want, you get what you need!

[irongeek]

More heavy stuff today. Feature heavy lift: Press

SSB squat (beltless) - 335 x 2 x 2
Press w/belt - 190 x 2 x 4 (last rep was an epic grind, but I got it!)
Rows w/belt and straps - 260 x 6 x 4
CGBP - ascending sets of 5 - 135, 185, 215, 235

I was truly surprised that I got all 4 doubles on press today. They weren't easy, but they went up. Esp surprised on my 3rd set - first rep was way out in front of me and had to use a lot of strength to finish the rep. Thought I wouldn't get 2 after that, but I attempted it anyway - and it went.

Other than the press, however, everything felt heavy, hard, and slow. I think this is a bit of a hangover from heavy squats and deadlifts on Monday. Hopefully, I'll have something left in the tank for Friday.

[irongeek]

Cardio

Treadmill - 4 degrees, 4.0 mph, 30 minutes
- Every 5 minutes, pause treadmill and do 5 pullups

[irongeek]

More heavy stuff today

SSB squat w/belt - 380 x 2 x 3
Bench - 310 x 2 x 4
DL - 500 x 2, 440 x 3 x 3

I honestly was not expecting to get the 4 doubles out of my bench today. Things seem to have been going in the wrong direction on that lift.
Going into the workout, I was just hoping to get the first double - but I got all 4. The last double was an epic grind where the last rep seemed to take 1 minute to put up. I'll take it...

Deadlifts felt pretty snappy. No problem making the 500 double, but 3 was probably not possible. This was the first time I've done 500lb deadlifts for reps since I was fatter and was able to get 505 for a triple a few years ago.

Overall, good day...