Nifty at Fifty

ironwill

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I will post up progress pictures on here. I had some up but removed them. I will use new pics and update weekly as i roll along. Presently 265 at 6 fot 1 "
Pics coming soon.
*edit*, not an ab in sight....lol...jk, i have a wee bit of abs, so my change will be noticeable. No love handles or gut just not ripped yet. Will be bulking not gaining fat until April, but still want to monitor progression on here until cutting.
So i will post some of my lifts, and changes in weight body composition etc.
 
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I mentioned in another thread, i am recovering from a major injury a couple yrs ago when i broke my humerus in 2 spots clen off, shoulder broken in four spots and one rotator cuff on left shoulder remaining. Hence why my bench is still coming back i was 315 for 18 reps just prior to wreck and 405 for 8 no spotter and still a bit left in the tank but stopped to avoid embarrassment. lol
I am still cautious on the bench as my cup that hold the ball on arm in shoulder socket split in half and the ball was fractured in anx shape in four pieces, not clean through but major fractures. Won't ever try a max bench again, but as long as reps are decently high will progress as i can.
 
time under tension. A heavy weight for 12 reps is much different than a heavy weight for 1 rep. You can still train heavy but just at higher reps than you might have done before.
 
time under tension. A heavy weight for 12 reps is much different than a heavy weight for 1 rep. You can still train heavy but just at higher reps than you might have done before.
Yes, but it is not near as fun brother. Nothing like cranking up a great tune, feeling the zone, having eaten all day just to get under that bar for that one lift. All day thinking about it and waiting. Then my adrenaline surges, i get shaky a bit from adrenaline, then slide under and lift four plates a side for reps or that one bad ass rep. Nothing in my opinion in the gym compares to that feeling for me. BUT, i hear ya Musclememory and keep telling myself that. I don't get the adrenaline surge as i cant get that focused on higher reps. Its what we do brother...
 
You're 50 IW? Holy old balls, lol. I'm 51 next month. I had been out of the gym for a long while due to shoulder and knee issues too, not to your extent though. Been back at it for close to a year in my home gym and getting back to mid 300's on the bench natty. I'm sure you know, older we get the warm up becomes more important.and working up slowly to the heavier weight. I found some really good shoulder stretches and warm ups that have really helped in my shoulder(s) rehab, I'll try to send you a cpl links. Look forward to seeing your progress bro.
 
Thanks brother . It's great to see you here. Long time no chat. Big bad brother BDH was here recently as well.
I put a post up about Carl C in general chat.
That made my day to see you pop in here, Countrychic says hello...Yes, she is still having sex and stuff with my ugly old ass...
 
Yes, but it is not near as fun brother. Nothing like cranking up a great tune, feeling the zone, having eaten all day just to get under that bar for that one lift. All day thinking about it and waiting. Then my adrenaline surges, i get shaky a bit from adrenaline, then slide under and lift four plates a side for reps or that one bad ass rep. Nothing in my opinion in the gym compares to that feeling for me. BUT, i hear ya Musclememory and keep telling myself that. I don't get the adrenaline surge as i cant get that focused on higher reps. Its what we do brother...
I was the same way when I was powerlifting, I liked squats and deads. I got really good endorphin rushes when I lifted heavy ... in the
2-3 zone. I only did higher reps, forced reps, rest pause reps when I was bodybuilding ... other wise 2 - 3 reps lots of sets.
 
You're 50 IW? Holy old balls, lol. I'm 51 next month. I had been out of the gym for a long while due to shoulder and knee issues too, not to your extent though. Been back at it for close to a year in my home gym and getting back to mid 300's on the bench natty. I'm sure you know, older we get the warm up becomes more important.and working up slowly to the heavier weight. I found some really good shoulder stretches and warm ups that have really helped in my shoulder(s) rehab, I'll try to send you a cpl links. Look forward to seeing your progress bro.
warming up before lifting heavier and stretching/rehabing after lifting is critical as you get older. I am 61 going on 62 ... can still dead lift 5 plates a side conventional ... have not worked up my bench or squats to much as they were my weaker lifts. As you get older it is more important to pick things up and then putting them down without hurting yourself.
 
Thanks brother . It's great to see you here. Long time no chat. Big bad brother BDH was here recently as well.
I put a post up about Carl C in general chat.
That made my day to see you pop in here, Countrychic says hello...Yes, she is still having sex and stuff with my ugly old ass...
Haha, I saw the Carl post on your FB, brought back memories haha..say hi to CC as well, she should get an award for putting up with you, lol.
 
I warm up, I have never stretched and i am still very flexible at my size, and quite quick. I think it is because I keep doing the same things i have always done when younger and smaller, like rope climbing, chin ups, dips CrossFit type things at times if i feel like it. Messing with horses is a big one to keep one limber, not a Sunday ride, but Real riding and working with them and quick sprints and all that jazz.
Pushing the stubborn young ones around, they try and take charge and when breaking them it gets fun. Never a hit or yell scenario, more like long tug of wars and consistent pressure. I train with trust all my animals, not beatdowns etc....So its a hard physical work when you are 265-280 lbs....lol.
I will be getting much more into it again this summer, last summer was busy and moved new job etc. But will be doing all that again. If you stop using it you lose it, i am certain it will happen, but not going down easy. Im still a spring chicken in my head.

I do not believe aggressive stretching is any good, i am sure you don't do that stuff. Its ok to minor stretch but not beyond what you feel comfortable with.
Lots of folks debate it, but it has served me well and a few good trainers have advised me the same.
Although i was advised to not flat bench as well, i cannot go without it, and deads. Squats are not as important, i can go heavy on these and 5 plates/ side for many reps 10 + is my norm, and I have a lot more in me, but i just don't get as excited anymore with squats.

Not boasting, i am not good at much else in life other than my career....I'm a shit hockey player, shit basketball player, and probably shitty in bed, not sure why ol lady sticks around. So i get fired up writing or talking about lifting.

But i can lift shit and it gets me excited, and i feel accomplished in my head and can sit and relax and watch tv and not feel like a lazy bum after i lift.
Cutting wood, moving heavy things, Loading unloading and throwing square hay bales around etc etc. Writing about it gets me anxious. I am like a fighter going in the ring, without the antics and jumping around, more like 25 minutes before they call his name to come out. In my head and do the lift and let it go and not stand like "That Guy" for ten minutes pacing before they do a plate a side and then stare anyone in his view down...lol
Then i sit on the end of the bench, in 20 seconds or so, i am back in that zone, things pump, i can only see the back of my hands and the steel bar. There is nothing else around in my mind. I squeeze the steel and try and imprint my fingerprints into the bar, i push my feet and lock my core and try to get my shoes to enter the concrete in the floor. Then big push, and i am in heaven.

You know that feeling you get when you go to pick up a pan and think it is steel or iron, and you adjust to pick it up, and its actually aluminum? It lifts way easier than you felt it would and its a weird feeling. When i grab the bar and my first rep is like that, I get even more into it and keep going and going and feel like i gain momentum and ease as i go...That is when i am beyond heaven. I love that feeling. The gym is my church, my psychologist, my second best friend, My comfort zone and my place where i belong for 1.5 hours any given day of the week and weekend, anytime is gym time....:^)
Tonight is pizza night and a bit of junkeroonie food, tomorrow is Chest, shoulders, triceps day...So it will be good....Ultimate pump day...
 
warming up before lifting heavier and stretching/rehabing after lifting is critical as you get older. I am 61 going on 62 ... can still dead lift 5 plates a side conventional ... have not worked up my bench or squats to much as they were my weaker lifts. As you get older it is more important to pick things up and then putting them down without hurting yourself.
You got that right. There's an old bull and a young bull sitting up on a hill looking down at all the cows. The young bull says "Let's run down and fuck that cow", the old bull looks at him and says " Let's walk down and fuck em all" ,
 
Haha, I saw the Carl post on your FB, brought back memories haha..say hi to CC as well, she should get an award for putting up with you, lol.
No, that's the weird thing brother...He and i message each other and got along real good, but i was trying to make a point on that thread...But the post on here is that He passed away a few days later, and i felt terrible as i think that was one of his last posts he made, and i retorted. In his honor i deleted my posts and left it alone. Terrible damn news,
 
I warm up, I have never stretched and i am still very flexible at my size, and quite quick. I think it is because I keep doing the same things i have always done when younger and smaller, like rope climbing, chin ups, dips CrossFit type things at times if i feel like it. Messing with horses is a big one to keep one limber, not a Sunday ride, but Real riding and working with them and quick sprints and all that jazz.
Pushing the stubborn young ones around, they try and take charge and when breaking them it gets fun. Never a hit or yell scenario, more like long tug of wars and consistent pressure. I train with trust all my animals, not beatdowns etc....So its a hard physical work when you are 265-280 lbs....lol.
I will be getting much more into it again this summer, last summer was busy and moved new job etc. But will be doing all that again. If you stop using it you lose it, i am certain it will happen, but not going down easy. Im still a spring chicken in my head.

I do not believe aggressive stretching is any good, i am sure you don't do that stuff. Its ok to minor stretch but not beyond what you feel comfortable with.
Lots of folks debate it, but it has served me well and a few good trainers have advised me the same.
Although i was advised to not flat bench as well, i cannot go without it, and deads. Squats are not as important, i can go heavy on these and 5 plates/ side for many reps 10 + is my norm, and I have a lot more in me, but i just don't get as excited anymore with squats.

Not boasting, i am not good at much else in life other than my career....I'm a shit hockey player, shit basketball player, and probably shitty in bed, not sure why ol lady sticks around. So i get fired up writing or talking about lifting.

But i can lift shit and it gets me excited, and i feel accomplished in my head and can sit and relax and watch tv and not feel like a lazy bum after i lift.
Cutting wood, moving heavy things, Loading unloading and throwing square hay bales around etc etc. Writing about it gets me anxious. I am like a fighter going in the ring, without the antics and jumping around, more like 25 minutes before they call his name to come out. In my head and do the lift and let it go and not stand like "That Guy" for ten minutes pacing before they do a plate a side and then stare anyone in his view down...lol
Then i sit on the end of the bench, in 20 seconds or so, i am back in that zone, things pump, i can only see the back of my hands and the steel bar. There is nothing else around in my mind. I squeeze the steel and try and imprint my fingerprints into the bar, i push my feet and lock my core and try to get my shoes to enter the concrete in the floor. Then big push, and i am in heaven.

You know that feeling you get when you go to pick up a pan and think it is steel or iron, and you adjust to pick it up, and its actually aluminum? It lifts way easier than you felt it would and its a weird feeling. When i grab the bar and my first rep is like that, I get even more into it and keep going and going and feel like i gain momentum and ease as i go...That is when i am beyond heaven. I love that feeling. The gym is my church, my psychologist, my second best friend, My comfort zone and my place where i belong for 1.5 hours any given day of the week and weekend, anytime is gym time....:^)
Tonight is pizza night and a bit of junkeroonie food, tomorrow is Chest, shoulders, triceps day...So it will be good....Ultimate pump day...
Well articulated bro, nothing like being on that zone.
 
No, that's the weird thing brother...He and i message each other and got along real good, but i was trying to make a point on that thread...But the post on here is that He passed away a few days later, and i felt terrible as i think that was one of his last posts he made, and i retorted. In his honor i deleted my posts and left it alone. Terrible damn news,
Oh shit, that's awful. Sorry to hear that news, he was a character for sure. Condolences to his friends and family. bummer
 
You got that right. There's an old bull and a young bull sitting up on a hill looking down at all the cows. The young bull says "Let's run down and fuck that cow", the old bull looks at him and says " Let's walk down and fuck em all" ,
My dad told me that one when I was 14 and our Bull was in a field full of cows. Best part is we were on a top of a hill looking down at the time.
 
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