Weight Lifting/Body Building/Strong Man/Training thread

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Hotrodder
Sep 14, 2008
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Hit some accessory lifts today.
Close grip football bar bench, feet up.
225x5sx10r

Legpress
Worked up to 10 plates for 10 reps 2 at a time.

Conventional and Sumo straight leg deads
135x3sx10r

Farmer carries 3 rounds of 50 yards 115 each hand.
Flipped a heavier tire than it looked for 10 or so
3 rounds of 10 each hand with a sledge hammer.

Rekked, weighing in at 204, lightest I’ve been in awhile :thumb:
 

CaptPhil

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I'm still playing with the weights a little.

Did the base cycle and a week of the intense cycle of smolov for squats about a month and a half ago. Went from a 355 to a 405 squat in five weeks. I actually enjoyed it, didn't have any strange aches or pains until about week 4, then my quad tendon was sore until it got warmed up. Had big dry skin patches on both shoulders. Four days a week was a lot of squatting. Strength gains are undeniable.

I took a few weeks off after that, went on vacation and kind of felt lazy so I was a bit worried that I would lose a lot, but can still work with 355 for sets of 3.

Did zero deadlifts for over three months, did a workout two days ago and pulled 440 for a triple, which is over my old max, so all the squatting increased that as well.

Bench isn't really doing much. Tad over 300 max, sitting pretty stagnant.

Weight is hovering in the 175 range most days.

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Hotrodder
Sep 14, 2008
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I’m still training... My gym has been closed but I found other ways to train;). I started cutting a bit too. Seeing as I didn’t have access to a gym all the time, just a spin bike and bw stuff Had my body fat ck 3 weeks ago 17%:eek: sitting at 212. I’ll re-ck fat/weight this week and see if I’m shedding fat or just muscle. Currently sitting at 203, lightest I have been in a long long time.
 

Potthoffdmax

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Still here also.. I’m fortunate enough to have a gym at work I can use.. (wildland fire fighter) so I get to train still.. My normal gym has been shut down:(
 

minerigger

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We laid off 15 people and I went back into the shop and field. Have dropped 10 and down to 180 and loosing the midsection and gaining my strength for what we do back. It’s kinda nice, might have to start being a workout person again. Glad to hear your all well and still being able to plug along


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ZeroGravity58

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Mar 23, 2008
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I can't wait until the gyms open back up. Sitting around 255 at 18% been working out wherever and whenever I can to hold my size. Down 10 lbs since the gyms closed :(
 

countrycorey

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Jan 30, 2010
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Just finished the Murph for the first time, took me around 90 minutes

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stroke250

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Jul 1, 2008
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Great job on your Murph time! We did ours yesterday’s as we have plans today. Our neighbor decided to join for the fun. 50:06 RX for me. I forgot to get ahold of Albert to join us.

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Burn Down

Hotrodder
Sep 14, 2008
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I pushed the sled, flipped and beat the hell out of some tires... I’ll get a Murph workout in one of these Years:eek:

Hit 202 bw and sitting at 16% bf. I’d like to stay here with more muscle and drop to 12ish bf.
 

Yngdmax92

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Anybody on here ever have a back issue? Disk bulge? I just got diagnosed with one and am wondering what I am up against
 

prostreeter600

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Jul 18, 2010
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I’ve been lifting since 19 , I’m now 59 , I’m 6’-0” 210# . I’ve been as big as 235# . I personally can tell you that I was no where near as agile at 235# as I am at 210# . I still look big but a lot more defined and cut up . I start out light to warm up my joints and get the blood flowing , I add weight as I go, high rep sets of 30 and down to 14 or so is where it’s at for me . It saves the joints and gets me really pumped up and cut up . At my age the doctors prescribes me test which helps keep me lean and very toned plus it doubles as cardio and stamina building .