The 40 Plus Journal Part 2 - The Search For Strength

40 plus


Sounds like you will with the new woman mate, all the best with it.

Yeah I will with her mate fair play. She is a good un.

Thanks fella. All the best to you mate

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Tonights training

Squats
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
Belt on
5 x 140 kg
3 x 3 x 155 kg
2 x 2 x 155 kg

Rope crunches, SLDL's, calf raises

The plan was 5 x 3 at 155 so I was a bit dissappointed at first but looking back through my journal my previous best 5 x 3 was at 140, so not too bad really.
Stick with the same weight next time for triples.

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Tonights training

Flat BBBP
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
5 x 1 x 125 kg

Hammer Strength Incline BP
5 x 120 kg
3 x 5 x 140 kg
4 x 140 kg
3 x 140 kg

Dips
5 x 3 BW + 40 kg

First 125 was tough but they got easier, move onto 127.5 for next 5 x 1 but put in a warm up triple at 115.

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Tonights training

Deads
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
5 x 140 kg
5 x 5 x 155 kg

Rows, pulldowns

Hard but good, surprising given my sh!t diet today.
Move on to 160 for 5 x 5.

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Tonights training

Seated DB Press
5 x 50 lb
5 x 60 lb
5 x 70 lb
5 x 80 lb

Push Press
3 x 60 kg
3 x 70 kg
5 x 1 x 80 kg

Shrugs, lat raises, rope crunches

Strength was there to press the 90's but they were too painful on the elbows to get into position.

All in all a decent weeks training.

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Tonights training

Squats
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
5 x 140 kg
3 x 155 kg
3 x 1 x 170 kg
1 x 170 kg (f)

Calf raises, SLDLs, rope crunches

The plan was 5 singles at 170, I got 2 good ones, 1 **** one and didn't get back up on the 4th.
I've not done a 'proper' 5 x 1 before and I might have started too heavy but I'll stick with 170 for next time.
Warm up sets were good.

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Hi fella. Hows things with you mate?

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Good thanks mate.
Training going well now that my hamstrings have just about mended.

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Tonights training

Flat BBBP
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 5 x 105 kg

Incline Hammer Strength
3 x 160 kg
4 x 2 x 160 kg

Dips
5 x 3 x BW + 40 kg

Comfortable benching tonight, move up to 110 for 5 x 5.

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40 plus


Good thanks mate.
Training going well now that my hamstrings have just about mended.

Good to hear mate. Ah hamstrings going is a nasty one (as I am sure you now know) haha

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Tonights training

Deads
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
5 x 140 kg
5 x 3 x 175 kg

Rows, curls

Very hard but happy to move on to 180 next time round.

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Tonights training

Push Press
10 x bar
5 x 40 kg
5 x 60 kg
3 x 70 kg
2 x 80 kg
3 x 1 x 85 kg

DB presses, lat raises, rope crunches

Poor session tonight, failed at the 4th rep on the push press because of the pain in my right elbow.
My 16 yr old came training with me tonight, a bit of a distraction from my own training but we both enjoyed it.

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Glad to here hamstring is better?

I hope to qualify for Unequippeds next week so hope to see your there next sept!!!! Tysley/Birmingham next year.

Stonehenge
 
Where the banshees live and they do live well

Hamstrings are much improved and deadlifting has resumed thanks mate, I'm going to do some singles on Thursday so that will push things a bit more.

The plan is to qualify at either the South Yorkshire or the North Midlands in May or June but I really want to get in 6 months of uninterrupted training before then.
All being well I'll see you in Birmingham.

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Tonights training

Squats
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
5 x 5 x 145 kg

SLDL's, calf raises, rope crunches

Blowing hard at the end but nearly all good reps, move on to 150.
Weight is steadily creeping up but f**k it.

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Tonights training

Flat BBBP
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
4 x 3 x 117.5 kg
1 x 2 x 117.5 kg

Incline Hammer Strength
5 x 5 x 120 kg

Dips 5 x 1 x BW + 60 kg

Felt weak tonight.
Failed my target of 5 x 3 at 117.5 but only just, I'll get it next time.
 

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Tonights training

Deads
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
5 x 140 kg
Belt on
3 x 180 kg
5 x 1 x 200 kg

Rows, pulldowns

Felt good tonight so went for the 200 instead of the planned 195.
Happy with that, move onto 205 for 5 x 1.

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Tonights training

Push Press
10 x bar
5 x 40 kg
5 x 60 kg
3 x 70 kg
2 x 80 kg
1 x 85 kg

Standing Press Machine
5 x 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 plates
3 x 10 plates

Lat raises, shrugs, rope crunches

The standing press is like a poor mans viking log press but it's a good pressing angle and doesn't aggravate my elbows/forearms.

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Tonights training

Squats
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
5 x 140 kg
1 x 155 kg (see below)
5 x 3 x 155 kg

SLDL's, calf raises, rope crunches

Split yet another pair of tracky bottoms when squatting, they had given me a few warnings recently but the recent weight gain was the final straw.
Squats were ok but could have been better, easily a PB for 5 x 3, move onto 160 for triples.

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Tonights training

Flat BBBP
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
3 x 115 kg
5 x 1 x 127.5 kg

Incline Hammer Strength
5 x 3 x 160 kg

Dips
3 x 5 x BW + 20 kg

Quick session tonight, had things on.
Bench was poor, I've managed so far without a spotter but I'm at the point where it's difficult to un-rack it myself, press it and re-rack it. I'll move onto 130 for 5 x 1 but I need to sort out a spotter.

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Well I'm qualifyed for unequippeds.
 
A may or june meet seems perfect for you

Stonehenge
 
Where the banshees live and they do live well

I'm just waiting for the divisions to sort out their comps now mate and I'll decide what I'm doing.
Unless I'm badly injured I should see you in Birmingham.

I've seen a comp announced for GBPF on Sugden though that's well worth looking at, an un-equipped bench and dead in February.

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Tonights training

Deads
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
5 x 140 kg
5 x 5 x 160 kg

Rows, pulldowns, curls

Happy with the deads although I think 165 for 5 x 5 will be very tough.
Still struggling with my right wrist/elbow to do curls, no great loss.

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Tonights training

Push Press
10 x bar
5 x 40 kg
5 x 60 kg
3 x 70 kg
1 x 80 kg
1 x 85 kg
1 x 90 kg (f)

Standing OH Press Machine
5 x 80 kg
5 x 90 kg
5 x 100 kg
2 x 3 x 110 kg

Shrugs, rope crunches.

Tired tonight.
All targets were hit this week, strength is going up but so is BW.

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Hiya mate. Hope things are well with you.

A question if I may, coming off the booze, how did you deal with social situations? Being that Chrimbo is around the corner and I am going to find myself in situations where everyone is smashed (eg this Saturday for the football and out after with my missus), I am very apprehensive indeed. How did you manage to cope mate?

Cheers

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I'll be completely honest with you mate, I did my best to avoid them.
I stopped drinking on New Years Day so there weren't too many social events immediately after to be fair. By the time the next Christmas came around I'd been off it for nearly a year and so found it a bit easier, though definitely not easy.
Nowadays I find it quite easy to go out to a party or a club and have diet coke all night even if the missus has a drink but there are still plenty of times when I do fancy a drink.
I was at a party in a Nottingham club 2 weeks ago and was quite happy drinking coke all night while the missus and her mate and her mates husband had a few drinks. He'd had quite a few and managed to fall flat on his arse and damage his wrist on the way back to the car - I don't miss that.

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Cheers mate. I kind of expected that answer haha. I suppose it is just a case of getting used to it.

Thanks matey. Appreciate it.

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A lot of very good training lately mate. If you fancy a Comp around feb time, we have the East Mids Uneqipped on the 7th at Letchworth?

Bit of a treck for you though.

Formerly Known as Old Git


A lot of very good training lately mate. If you fancy a Comp around feb time, we have the East Mids Uneqipped on the 7th at Letchworth?

Bit of a treck for you though.

Can both you fine fellas let me know if you divisions have meets around march or late feb? Fancy a decent unequipped meet around that time to cap of the ensuing batch of raw work. 7th of feb is prob a few weeks to early for me.

Stonehenge
 
Where the banshees live and they do live well

I think the next as far as east mids is concerned mate is the Anglian Open, and the Masters, Juniors and Novices, which aint a lot of good to you!!! Unless they allow you to just lift anyhow?? Not sure on that one. Can't remember dates at the mo, even though I was at the meating. Doh!

I am a tw@t:

2010 Calendar of Events
23/01/10 EMPA AGM at Hitchin, all EMPA members welcome
30/01 British Bench Press, Colchester
07/02 East Midlands Unequipped Powerlifting Championships, Hitchin. [color=#0066cc font="century gothic"]Entry
20/02 to 21/02 British Junior and Sub Junior Championship, Bournemouth
27/03 to 28/03 British Masters Championship, Accrington, Lancs.
4/04 to 7/04 World Masters Bench Press, Orlando, USA
25/04 East Midlands Bench Press, Colchester.
4/05 to 08/05 European Powerlifting Championships
16/05 Anglian Powerlifting Championship, Colchester
26/05 to 29/05 World Bench Press Championships, Killeen, USA.
8/06 to 12/06 European Junior Powerlifting Championship, Hamar, Norway
19/06 to 20/06 British Unequipped Bench Press, Stoke Mandeville.
22/06 to 26/06 European Masters Powerlifting Championship, Sofia, Bulgaria
10/07 to 11/07 British Senior Powerlifting Championship, Birmingham
July/Aug East Midlands, Masters, Juniors and Novices Powerlifting Championships
5/08 to 7/08 European Bench Press Championship, Bratislava, Slovakia
21/08 to 22/08 All England Powerlifting Championships, Northampton (TBC).
28/08 to 4/09 World Sub-Juniors and Junior Powerlifitng Championship, Prague, Czech Republic.
10/09 to 11/09British Unequipped Powerlifting Championship, Tyseley Birmingham
22/09 to 2/10 World Masters Powerlifting Championship, Pilsen, Czech Republic
03/10 Anglian Bench Press, Colchester
16/10 Four Nations Powerlifting, Northern Ireland.
21/10 to 23/10 European Masters Bench Press Championship, France.
1/11 to 6/11 World Powerlifting Championship, Durban, South Africa
28/11 East Midlands Powerlifting Championship

Formerly Known as Old Git


A lot of very good training lately mate. If you fancy a Comp around feb time, we have the East Mids Uneqipped on the 7th at Letchworth?

Bit of a treck for you though.

It is a bit of a trek but most comps are for me mate to be honest.
The closest one to me is the South Yorkshire but that's not my division.
I did promise myself 6 - 7 months of un-interupted training barring injury but I'll certainly give it some serious thought.
 

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iaink

Formerly Known as Old Git


A lot of very good training lately mate. If you fancy a Comp around feb time, we have the East Mids Uneqipped on the 7th at Letchworth?

Bit of a treck for you though.

Can both you fine fellas let me know if you divisions have meets around march or late feb? Fancy a decent unequipped meet around that time to cap of the ensuing batch of raw work. 7th of feb is prob a few weeks to early for me.

Not sure if you're interested Iain but there's a GBPF un-equipped Bench and Deadlift in the North West on 28/02, I'll post in your journal.
 

My Journal

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Tonights training

Squat
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
5 x 140 kg
2 x 160 kg
5 x 1 x 170 kg

Calf raises, SLDL's, rope crunches

I'll move on to 175 for 5 x 1 but that was fookin hard tonight, a little backy at times and I'm not sure they would have all passed comp depth but they wouldn't have been far off if they didn't.

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Tonights training

Flat BBBP
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
5 x 5 x 110 kg

Not much time tonight so no support exercises, happy with the bench, move on to 112.5 for 5 x 5.

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I got the post cheers pal.
 
Right date, but as I powerlifter I like to squat ;) lol

Stonehenge
 
Where the banshees live and they do live well

No problem mate.

My Journal

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Tonights training

Deads
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
5 x 140 kg
5 x 3 x 180 kg

Rows, pulldowns, curls

Good tonight, move on to 185 for 5 x 3
The knees are ready for a break, starting to feel it a bit lately.

My Journal

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Tonights training

Push Press
10 x bar
5 x 0 kg
5 x 60 kg
3 x 70 kg
2 x 80 kg
1 x 85 kg (f)

Standing OH Press Machine
5 x 90 kg
5 x 100 kg
5 x 110 kg
2 x 120 kg

Shrugs, rope crunches

Sh!t, failed triple at 80 and dropped the bar at 85, right elbow/bicep tendons giving me grief tonight.

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Tonights training

Flat BBBP
10 x bar
5 x 60 kg
5 x 100 kg
3 x 3 x 117.5 kg
1 x 2 x 117.5 kg
1 x 3 x 117.5 kg
1 x 2 x 117.5 kg

Tonight was supposed to be squats for 5 x 5 x 150 but I've had a stabbing pain in what seems to be the ligament area below my left knee cap since Saturday morning. I thought it might have cleared by now but it hasn't and the pain causes my left leg to buckle at times, particularly when going up stairs or kerbs and also when pressing the clutch down in the car.
I've no idea what's caused it as last weeks squats and deads gave no indication that anything was wrong.
I was going to take at least a week over Christmas off from training any way as I really do need a break but I have to admit this latest injury has got me wondering if PL is the way forward for me.

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