60 yr old Day One

[Richard Durbin]

Thanks Fred! Thanks Jerry!
I think Adam’s coaching is really helping. Before I was making progress but getting injured (pulled back muscle or something).
He said weak back, more deadlifting sets. I would’ve never tried that.

Summary
Sat 1-29-22
Body 229.3
Fat 29.1
Squat 242.5* x 3,3,3
Bench 147.5 x 3,3,3,3
Deadlift 292.5* x 2,2,2
Lat pulls skipped, plan to start back Monday

[Richard Durbin]

Summary
Mon 1-31-22
Body 229.3
Fat 29.1
Squat 200 x 5,5,5,5
Press 122.5* x 1,2,1 (sb 3,3,3) and 115 x 2,3 (sb 3,3) this was a fail wreck, but Adam and I wanted to give it one more chance before moving to singles. And hey, a PR is a PR and never ugly.
Deadlift 242.5 x 5,5,5
Lat chins 160 x 5,5,5

[Richard Durbin]

Left knee’s been hurting for several days. Something from few years back that comes and goes. I think sleeping on my right side aggravates it.
Funny I’m limping up stairs and around the kitchen. But I can still squat and deadlift once I get set in position. Anyway last time it flared up, I slept in the recliner with a pillow under it and took long walks. I’ll try that again.

Summary
Wed 2-2-22
Body 231.7*
Fat 29.8
Squat 245* x 3,3,3
Bench 137.5 x 5,5,5,5
Deadlift 295* x 2,2,2
Lat chins 162.5 x 5,5,5
I’ll hike my hill in the morning

[Richard Durbin]

Also my back’s been aching just by my right shoulder blade, my old nemesis. Has been slowly getting worse over the last couple weeks.
So Adam backed off my squats some to let it recover. Which worked last time.

Summary
Sat 2-5-22
Body 230.6
Fat 29.1
Squat 155 x 3, 175 x 3, 195 x 3, 175 x 3, 155 x 3
Press 105 x 5,5,5,5,5
Deadlift 297.5* x 2,2,2
Lat chins 165 x 5,5,5

[Richard Durbin]

Adam has me doing some pause squats on light day to work my knee.

Summary
Mon 2-7-22
Body 229.9
Fat 29.8
Squat paused 185 x 4,4,4
Bench 150 x 2,3,3,4 bad form blew the first set, tacked the miss onto the last set - barely
Deadlift 245 x 5,5,5
Lat chins 167.5 x 5,5,5

[Richard Durbin]

Knee feeling better. Adam backed off my squats, Wife giving me collagen, and I’m not sleeping on my side, not about to limit variables just to know which.

Summary
Wed 2-9-22
Body 230.6
Fat 29.8
Squat 205 x 3,3,3
Press 122.5 x 1,1,1 and 112.5 x 3,3
Deadlift 300* x 2,2,2
Lat chins 170 x 5,5,5
Will hike my hill in the morning. Did not, did better last week when it hurt the whole way. This morning it only hurt when I stepped funny - that I couldn’t take.

[Richard Durbin]

Knee feels much better, tweaks much less often. Still going down stairs on good knee

Summary
Sat 2-12-22
Body 230.7
Fat 30.5 oops
Squat 175 x 1 and 205 x 3 and 175 x 1
Bench 140 x 5,5,5,5
Deadlift 275 x 1 and 225 x 6
Lat chins 172.5 a dog’s breakfast, messed up the weight math. Rinse repeat Mon

[Richard Durbin]

Summary
Mon 2-14-22
Body 228.9
Fat 29.8
Squat 187.5 paused x 4,4,4
Press 115 x 3, 110 x 3,3, 100 x amrap = 9
Deadlift 247.5 x 5,5,5
Lat chins 170 x 5,5,5

[Richard Durbin]

Summary
Wed 2-16-22
Body 230.9
Fat 29.8
Squat 207.5 x 3,3,3
Bench 152.5 x 3,3 and 145 x 3,3
Deadlift 302.5 x 2,2,2
Lat chins 171.5 x 5,5,5
Hiked my hill next morning (nice not “peg leg-ing” my knee)

[Richard Durbin]

Today marks one year from my start of SS.
Lots of pros. Lower back never hurts anymore, feet don’t hurt anymore, BP med doesn’t make me dizzy anymore, all the stuff noted before.

Hired an SSOC about halfway in… that’s helped a lot.

I started from nothing really, never having lifted before. So far my PRs are 122.5, 152.5, 245, 302.5.

Summary
Sat 2-19-22
Body forgot
Fat forgot
Squat 207.5 x 3,3,3,3
Press 107.5 x 5,5,5,5,5
Deadlift 250 x 5,5,5
Lat chins forgot. We have house guests…