TYMR Geezer hopes to be worthy of your guidance

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6/16/2024 Sunday
Squats 0x5 45x5,5,5 first actual squats to depth in a long time
Split squats 40x5
Airdyne 30 min


Pizzadad: balance is a problem on that movement, so is flexibility, lets just say mine are "art". I'd also imagine your shoulder would be an issue for a while longer.

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6/18/2024 Tuesday
NorticTrak 12 min 0.7k

6/19/2024 Wednesday
NorticTrak 12 min 0.9k

6/21/2024 Friday
SplitSquats 40x5,5,5
Airdyne 30

6/22/2024 Saturday
NorticTrak 12 min 1.2k

6/23/2024 Sunday
NorticTrak 12 min 1.0k

6/26/2024 Wednesday
NorticTrak 12 min 1.0k

6/27/2024 Thursday
Halted Dead 185x5 228x0 205x5

Sometimes you've got to work yourself out of a hole.

[BrooklynJerry]

It sure is tough to stay motivated to lift when the weights rarely move up. Seems Rippetoe was correct in some of his writing when he tells about lifting and maintaining when your older
Keep up the good work.

[Cheesepuff]

BrooklynJerry: Thanks!

TWEAKS
The 5 week old bruise on my shin has still not healed. We've ruled out blood clot and tendon damage, just a bad bruise healing slowly on an old guy.
A self assessment shows a mixed bag of really aweful, to almost tolerable. My schedule allows for 30 minutes of something in the morning. Later in the
day never seems to happen.

TLDR: shifting my workout schedule slightly.
Since 01/2021 (age 67) I've been doing a lift a day: on a 5 day cycle: Press / Halted Dead / Pull Downs / Rack Pull / Bench / Squat

While better than nothing, it is what got me where I am. Which is disappointed with most of my lifts and not recovering from injury fast enough and an Unhealthy / slow walking speed.
I recently added a session timer / 30 minutes of airdyne, timer running between and during lifts. I found that if I went too many days in a row, I tended to tweak something.

NEW PLAN: 9 DAY CYCLE: (age 70)
Squat / bench / NorticTrak 12 min
Dead / press / NorticTrak 12 min
Squat / pull down / Nortictrak 12 min

In the last couple weeks I've finally gotten the range of motion to do an actual squat, but the weight is pathetic.
No more halted deads and rack pull, and added to the cycle are full dead an extra squat and 3x nortictrak sessions (like an off day)
I've probably never been more than about 70% of the way to "complete LP" potential.

My objective is to be more physically reliable, rehab better, and be able to catch a run away 2 year old.

LOGS:
6/29/2024 Saturday
Squat 45x5,8,8,8
Airdyne 30 min

Sunday
Bench 45x5 113x5,5,5
Airdyne 30

Monday
Nortic Trak 12 min 0.8k
Airdyne 5 min

Tuesday
Dead 135x5 205x5
Airdyne 30 min

[BrooklynJerry]

Believe me Cheesepuff I understand how you feel.When I look back over my log I see things going backwards on most lifts.i guess the thing to do is not compare yourself with others. I believe that if you do a lift and the weight fells heavy to you and you work it hard you will get some benefit from it.
As for the injury healing, a fee years ago I injured the inside of my leftc ankle, it was swollen and discolored and took months to heal.

[Cheesepuff]

BrooklynJerry: Thanks, you are spot on as usual.
It is easy to understand these things for "others" but when it happens to "you", that is completely different. LOL.

Wednesday 7/3/2024
Press 77x5,5,5 (w/3 arcs per set as a pre-hab)
Airdyne 30 min


Thursday 7/4/2024
NorticTrak 12 min 0.7k
Airdyne 5 min

Friday off

Saturday 7/6/2024
Squat 45x5 55x5,5,5 +10 Probably go back to 5 pound jumps, still very uncomfortable at the bottom. Still using my pvc "depth bar".
Airdyne 35 min

Sunday 7/7/2024
Pull Down 95x5 130x5,5,5
Airdyne 30 min

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Monday 7/8/2024
Pull Down 95x5 130x5,5,5
Airdyne 30 min

Tuesday 7/9
Squat 45x5 55x5,5,5 Very sore after each squat session, and sore the next day or so

Friday 7/12
Bench 45x5 114x5,5,5
Airdyne 30 min

Saturday 7/12
NorticTrak 12 min 0.6k
Split squat 45x5,5
Airdyne 15 min

Lost a brother in law this week. When I started lifting 8 years ago, he was in much better shape than me.
I gave him the blue book and Sully's book, which he returned unread. He would have outlasted me had I not
lifted. We were born the same year.

I am reminded of a video by Sully, "the importance of what we do".

[Fred J]

Sorry for your loss Mike. My condolences to you and your family.

[BrooklynJerry]

Sorry to read of your BILs passing. I can't believe how many wakes I've went to in the past 6 months.

[Cheesepuff]

Thanks FredJ and BrooklyJerry!
My hope is to focus on gratitude.
There is more healing in gratitude than bitterness.
Did my deads today, will log them in 3-4 day batches as usual.