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Missed yesterday’s workout, so made up by going in today. Felt good. Since it was leg day, thought I’d ramp up the intensity. As Ronnie Coleman would say, “light weight”. Should be feeling it tomorrow.

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Hit legs today as well, not exactly light, but not what I did 10 years ago either. :r

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Yea, I don’t think I’ll get to the weights I was lifting before. I think the most I did on leg press was 800 for reps. If I had my trainer, I bet I could’ve done more. Today I only did 260, but sets of 18-18-18-17. Probably could’ve squeezed out one or two more reps, but then I’d still be stuck in the machine.

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Chest and shoulders again, lower weight, higher volume. Got a good pump.

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Keep 'er going, Bob. :ze

I'm resting my hip/groin/glute/thigh today. Only one hurts at a time, seems to rotate. Getting old ain't for sissies.

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Good back and arm workout today. Again still focusing on volume. I figure I’ll do this for another week, then switch to heavier weights and less reps.

How’s the hip/thigh/groin/glute feeling Tom?

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Hip is going to be an issue going forward, Bob, at some point I'm going need a replacement. Hoping that time doesn't come too soon.

Glad you're back at it. I'm taking the inspiration and heading in on a Sunday. :D

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I think you could totally rock the cane and long fur coat! :banger

Not much here, just trying to keep the jiggly a little jiggly. I need the shirt that says, I work out but I don’t turn down cookies either. Or something like that.

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Ok, back to our regularly scheduled programming. Push day. Again, volume. Got a nice pump. Working on trying to grow my shoulders. Damn I need work on the outer head of the shoulder. Doing cable side lateral raises, and couldn’t use much weight. But I don’t care, gotta start somewhere.

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I can use a shirt like that too. :D

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Back and arm day. Feeling it in the traps. Didn’t feel like racking someone else’s plates, so ran with the 4 45’s on the machine. I’ll take a day off and hit up legs Friday.

Speaking of legs, the gym manager reminded me of something my trainer used to do. Squatober. 31 days of some type of squatting. My old knees can’t handle that.

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There was a guy on here several years ago that was squatting every day. I was surprised at how long he kept it up, can't remember the user name. But finally, it all came tumbling down with overtraining and injury.

So with that in mind, I took today off. ;) :lr

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I was thinking of going in again today, but waking up this morning my body is telling me otherwise. I ain’t no spring chicken.

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I'm barely a winter chicken, Bob! :D :lr

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Back to the gym. Chest and shoulders today. Things were going well until overhead shoulder press. Felt something pop. Decided to call it good. Time for ice and ibuprofen.

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Bob, I hope the shoulder is just tweaked.

I hit heavy back today. All I need is a shoulder replacement, a hip replacement and a new neck, and I'll be mediocre. :D

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Leg day! Lots of weight was moved, no hernias popped.

Did some stretching for my shoulder which seemed to help. Still a bit sore, but going away.

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Keep it going, Bob! :tu :ze

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Back and arm day. Loving those mag grip bars. Fry’s my forearm/grip. I’d say I’m about 70% of the way back to the weight I could do before.

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Keep rockin' it, Bob. :ze

I'm training upper body one day and legs the other the past week or so, I'll stick with it until I get burnt.

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Decided to go in and work on chest, and a bit of shoulder. Needed to see how my right shoulder would feel. As I thought, not great. Decline and regular press was ok. Incline was were it really told me to back off. Dropped the weight and was able to get them done.

What was funny on the decline, I did an easy warmup set to check alignment. Took those plates off and threw on 45’s. Blast out another set and I’m like, “that was easy. I’m stronger than I thought”. Then I saw there was only one 45lb plate on the bar. :fp

After my weight loss years ago, I learned I was no where near as strong as I thought. My bulk did most of the heavy lifting. I’d love to be lifting more, but I’ll take what I can get at this point.

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I'll do that on an exercise, Bob. Put 185 on and be shocked how many reps I get....then look, and only one side has a 25lb plate. :r

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Definitely ICM. At least 4 of us in there hitting the boobies. :D

Been doing some stretches during my warmup that are supposed to help my shoulders. Still too early to tell, but it’s definitely helped my posture, keeping my chest up and shoulders back.

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ICM in my gym too, Bob. So I did back. :D

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Got back into the gym. Wanted to give my shoulders a break. Started off good, did my warmup, then dips. Felt ok. Then went to do incline dumbbell presses. Even dropping down in weight, my right shoulder wasn’t liking it. So switched to back. Got thru lat pulldowns and high iso rows ok. Then went to do shrugs. Felt a slight twinge in my left trap. Fudge it. Did cardio then left. Sucks getting old.

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Sorry, Bob. I have so many nagging injuries I never know which one will take center stage each day. :hn

That being said, I went in and killed legs this AM. :ze

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Nice Tom! I may hit legs tomorrow myself, provided I don’t slip a disc getting out of bed. :D

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Good leg day. Volume and weight on leg press. Six set pyramid. Quad extensions, hamstring curls, straight leg deadlifts, calf raises.

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Another good day in the gym. Back and arms. Went a bit lighter on the weight so I wouldn’t aggravate my neck. Also sticking to my goal of cardio every morning.

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Glad it's going well, Bob! :ze

Back today after 4 days off for a herf. Ready to tear it up. :banger

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Welcome back Tom!

Lots of cardio again. Went into the gym, and worked on rehabbing shoulders. Seems to help some already, but time will tell.

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Thank you for the welcome, Bob. Fingers crossed for you Brother!

Took all that energy and all those empty carbs and knocked out back and legs today. I'mma feel it tomorrow. :r

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Leg day! Always enjoy leg day, especially when I’m sporting my Petrucci Power Beard Oil. (He’s the guitarist for Dream Theater. Kinda bulked up years ago and sports an epic beard).

Rehashed my last leg workout. Was able to get a few extra reps in. Gonna feel it tomorrow.