TYMR Geezer hopes to be worthy of your guidance

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Age: 63
Weight: 270
Height 6'2"
Body fat percentage: 100%... at least.

Ordered Do-Win shoes and a Rogue B&R bar to go with my Rogue Matt Chan Black bar. Now if only my lifts were this serious.

I like having one inside and outside the cage. I really like the Chan for deads, seems like the B&R will be for Dead Lifts.

Recently gave my initial weight set to my daughter and son-in-law.

Gave my Adidas Powerlift 3's to my brother. After 6 months they seemed too tight (aka narrow).

So, I have more money in my bars than the rest of my equipment combined.

I am confident that I'll make progress that will one day justify these bars.

Very pumped about Game of Thrones starting again in 6 days.

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Age: 63yrs 2 months
Weight: 269
Sullydog log page: 31 LMAO

7/17/2017 +3 days since prior lift

press (87.5) 45x5 74x5,5,5 some noise, one twinge
squats (232.5) 0x5 45x5,5,5 (this is +45 over prior)... had to try my new B&R bar... nice knurling!
dead (265) 135x5 185x3 259x5

Finished Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
Cutting way back on carbs. What the hell?
Seems like reasonably synergy with what I'm up to. I'll just watch for the soreness Rip mentions when he discusses low carb. I'm guessing I won't go that low. At a weight of 269, which means 269g of Protein a day is a low end number. My fairly standard 3 eggs, half a chicken, hunk of cheese, 16 oz yogurt, and some nuts is approaching half of that.

So, Lucy, u gotz some splaining to do. Maybe more protein powder.

By my calculations... 269g of protein is 42.7 eggs. Cool Hand Luke didn't even eat that many!

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Age: 63yrs 2 months
Weight: 270

7/15/2017
Took a fall, to avoid face plant I caught myself sort of like a push up.
Everything was fine except I tore my rotator cuff again.
I was camping.... no access to a rack.

7/16/2017 Sunday
Before I showered from my wilderness adventure, I did the suspended bar arc and then start at the top press with a doll rod (2 lbs), 10 arcs 10 presses.
Got some relief... did not want to over do it.

7/17/2017 Monday +3 from prior worksets
Skipped my normal 4 minute trampoline/cardio/circulation routine for:
3lbs 10xarcs 10xpresses
4lbs 10xarcs 10xpresses
5lbs 10xarcs 10 presses

Felt better with each rep.
PM
6lbs 10xarcs 10 presses
7lbs 10xarcs 10 presses
8lbs 10xarcs 10xpresses

SQUAT (232.5) 0x5 50x5,5,5 It is a long way from a two wheel squat to a bar and 2x2.5's.

DEAD (265) 135Xx5 185x3 260x5 Body weight - 10

Feel like I need to be cautious with the dead lift. Seams like the only lift I can do heavy, can't afford to push the envelop there too much. Really need that shot of growth factor to heal all my other ouchies.

This being my third torn rotator cuff, all on the right shoulder, I'm much better at the rehab. I think this time I'll throw in some real low ball benches early instead of waiting until 75 or 80 pounds. I think I'll continue the 3 sets of one pound increments twice a day until about 45 pounds, then I'll figure out where to go.

So two days from an injury like that, my right arm is almost "operational" for every day life. So, you gotta like that. Rip's rehab video is great.

You will be tested. Pass the test.

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7/17/2017 Tue

arc and press 12,13,14 x10 AM

7/18/2017 Wed
AM
arc and press 17,18,19
bench 2x10

PM
bench 3,4,5 x10
arc and press 22,23,24


7/19/2017 Thu
AM
arc and press 27,28,29 x10

decided to cut volume back to 5 on recovery lifts

PM
arc and press 32,33,24 x5
squat 45x5 65x5,5,5 +15 from prior
DL 135x5 185x3 261x5 *** Immigrant Song - Led Zepplin ***
bench 2,3,5 x5 +1,2,3 from prior

[MattimusMaximus]

Sorry to hear about your torn rotator... I suspect I've done the same recently. Would you happen to have a link to the rehab vid you pertained to? I've been taking Ibuprofen to reduce inflammation and icing the affected area. Seems to be working albeit slowly.

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Rip's rehab for rotator cuff surgery.

Shoulder Rehab | Mark Rippetoe

Just finished "Good Calories, Bad Calories" - Gary Taubes great info... dry as salted cardboard
Began "Keto Clarity" - by some guy with a blog... much lighter listen but some good info
Decided that being morbidly obese sucked.
Rip says losing weight is a fools errand.
I'm just the fool for the job.
Going Keto, soreness be damned, I can barely lift anything anyway... seems like a good time.

FELL DEEDS AWAKE!

FRIDAY 7/20/2017 Weight: 270 Height 6' 2" BMI (my scale): 36

AM
Bench 7,8,9 (pounds) x5 (single set) (guessing my 1" doll rod 5' long is about 2#)
TRC (torn rotator cuff drill from video) 37,38,39 # x5
PM
TRC 42,43,44# x5
Bench 12,13,14# x5 each set gets easier on these and TRC

SATURDAY 7/20/2017 Weight: 271 (nice start)
AM
Bench 17,18,19# x5
TRC 47,48,49# x5

*** injury ***
Fell and re-injured my rotator cuff, could not sleep worth a damn. Serious pain.

SUNDAY 7/20/2017 Weight: 272 (diet going great!!!)
bad sleep
AM
TRC 22,23,24 x5 (-27# from last lift...@#$%)
bench 7,8,9# x5 (-10# surprised I could do that at all... warmed up with just the 2# bar and thought I dry more)
Squat 45x5 felt real bad... bad depth
Scheduled Dead lift... can wait until tomorrow

MONDAY 7/21/2017 Weight: afraid to look
miserable sleep, really bad mood... even for me

bench 12,13,14# x5
TRC 27,28,29# x5
Squat 45x3 all fail, felt real bad
Deadlift 135x5 185x3 262x2 262x0 WTF could it be that sleep is important? Fuck!

TUESDAY 7/21/2017 Weight: 265 sleep: no not really, real tired
AM
TRC 37,38,39# x5

WEDNESDAY 7/22/2017 Weight: 264 (well something is moving in the right direction)
First good night's sleep is a while.

AM
TRC 42,43,44# x5
Bench 17,18,19 x5
PM
Bench 22,23,24 x5
TRC 47,48,49 x5

THURSDAY 7/23/2027 Weight: 264.0
sleeping good, soreness gone, I think the dead-lifts are saving my life here

AM
TRC 52,53,54# x5 (ok probably stop the incremental loading on sets now)
Bench 32,33,34# x5

PM
Bench 32,33,34# x5
TRC 57x5,5,5 (57#, 3 sets of 5)
SQUAT 2x5,5 45x5,5,5 forced knees out more, first set that has felt good in a while
DEAD 135x5 185x3 262x5 (damn near body weight... hoping going up 1# on the bar, and down 1 or 2 on the scale will have me there in 3 days!!!)

Moral of the Story:
- don't tear your rotator cuff
- don't re-injure your rotator cuff
- don't get quad tendinitis
- SLEEP BETTER
- when all else fails... do more dead lifts

New lifting song: Southern cross -Crosby, Stills and Nash

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Friday 2/28/2017 Weight: 263.6
Started feeling like I'd added too much volume as the weight moved up slowly. Probably only do 3 sets of 5 on both lifts.

TRC 58x3


Saturday 2/29/2017 Weight: 264.1

Bench 45x3

*** injured the shoulder later in the day. I've got to take better care of myself. Damn.

Sunday 3/30/2017 Weight 263.8

Sore as hell. Decided to go 5 min Airdyne slow, then a set of TRC (torn rotator cuff movements from video).

TRC 22,32,42,42,42,42,42,22,2 x5
50 minutes or so of airdyne.

So much for saying I wouldn't overdo volume. I had been up to 57# just before reinjury.
Other than the soreness, I'm feeling real good.

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7/31/2017 Monday Weight: 264.2

SQUAT 2x5,5 45x5 65x5,5,5 +20 (5RM 232.5 reset due to left quad tendinitis)
DEAD 135x5 185x3 263x5 +1 (5RM 265) Body weight 264.2

shoulders sore from excessive volume/injury/stupidity.

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8/2/2017 Wednesday
Tried some kettlebell swings. 25#x20 for 5 sets. Wondering about weight / volume.


8/3/2017 Thursday Weight: 261.4 (-3.0)

Bench 45x5 50x5,5,5 +5 felt good
SQUAT 2x5,5 45x3 85x5,5,5 +20 (5RM 232.5)
DEAD 135x5 185x3 264x2,0 +1 (5RM 265) Body weight 261.4 *** First Body Weight Dead lift ***
TYMR, TY Sully, TY Chris Curio

Deads had been going up real well on the +1# incr, will back off some on the kettlebells.
I felt good, been sleeping well. Lot of stress at work.
Cut back on carbs, not on protein. So I am in Ketosis some.
Hope I can keep making 20# jumps on the squat to about 180... we'll see.
Squats felt real good. I think my prior problem was knees tracking in too much.

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8/5/2017 Saturday

Squat 45x5 85x5


8/7/2017 Monday Weight: 260.8
AM
TRC 2X5 22X5 32X5,5,5
KETTLEBELL 25x20

PMA
SQUAT 45x5,5 95x5 115X5 135X5 155x5 Felt really good for a change, wasn't tracking my knees out enough
DEAD 135x5 185x3 264x0 260x0 245x1 may be the end of my twice a week dead lifts. Was really gassed

new kettlebell 35x10

too many reps, especially squats. But need to get this back up to the point where it "counts".
I will find more gas!