The 40 Plus Journal Part 2 - The Search For Strength

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Cheers mate, you have a good Christmas too and make sure you pull a couple of crackers!
 

Cheers mate. I plan to have a relaxing Christmas and if there are crackers to be pulled then so be it

The_Goat


Well done mate, your progress was outstanding, I'll be checking up on ya to see how things are going. I wanna see you reach your goals and enter a PL comp.

Cheers mate so was yours, all I did was lose weight, it has to be so much harder to do what you have done and visibly gain muscular weight in 12 weeks, once again well done.
 
I'll definitely be entering a comp over the next few months, not sure which one yet but it will be BDFPA, I may even look at a single event comp for the experience.

Todays training

Squats 1 x 10 bar only, 1 x 5 60 kg, 1 x 5 100 kg, 1 x 5 110 kg, 1 x 5 120 kg, 1 x 2 130 kg, 1 x 1 140 kg (f)
Hyper Extensions 3 x 8 25 kg
Crunches 3 x 30

Fairly happy with that all things considered.
First session for 10 days, eaten lots of crap over the last 4 weeks since the end of the Shape Up, weight is up into the high 80's (kgs), diet will be brought back into line when I go back to work on the 5th.

Todays training
 
Flat BBBP 1 x 10 bar only, 1 x 5 60 kg, 1 x 5 80 kg, 1 x 4 100 kg, 1 x 2 110 kg, 1 x 1 115 kg, 1 x 1 115 kg
Tricep Dips 3 x 8 BW + 55 lb
 
Happy with that, only 5 kg off my PB.
 

Good work, moving in the right direction.

Good going mate, starting to lift heavier again.

Nice benching mate.

Cheers gents

The weights are going back up but so is the waistline, need to sort it in the New Year.
 

Yours and mine both :0)

Hi Tan

I've managed to put back on in 4 weeks what it took me 12 weeks to lose for the shape up, still, eating lots of sh1t and doing very little will do that to you, back to the cardio next week.

Happy New Year to you mate. All the best for 2009 training wise and in life in general

Cardifflad


Happy New Year to you mate. All the best for 2009 training wise and in life in general

Cheers mate and a very Happy New Year to you too, here's hoping that 2009 will be better than 2008 for you.
 

No training today, back in the gym tomorrow, new routine starts on Monday.
The last week has been a little testing on the alcohol front as I knew it would be, I could have fookin murdered a drink on Christmas Eve.
Needless to say I'm over the moon that today marks 1 year of being alcohol free for me

Well done on the abstinance mate. Happy New Year. Hope to see you at a comp or two?

Cheers Malc

I should be at the British at the end of March, will you be there?
I'd like to compete some time in the Summer, not sure where yet though.

Not sure if I'll be there mate, to be honest. If I go, I may go and watch, perhaps take the missus and stay overnight.

No problem mate, I'm sure we'll bump into each other somewhere.

happy new year mate, all the best for 2009

Cheers IB, you too mate.

Todays training
 
Hyper Extensions 1 x 8 BW only, 1 x 8 20 kg, 3 x 8 30 kg
T Bar Rows 1 x 8 bar only, 1 x 8 20 kg, 3 x 8 30 kg
Partial Deads 1 x 10 bar only, 1 x 5 60 kg, 1 x 5 100 kg, 1 x 5 140 kg, 1 x 3 160 kg, 1 x 2 170 kg, 1 x 2 180 kg, 1 x 1 190 kg, 1 x 1 170 kg, 1 x 5 140 kg
EZ Bar Curls 1 x 8 bar only, 3 x 8 30 kg
 
Partial Deads done on Smith Machine, bar was resting about a foot of the floor, just above the knee for me. It's a new one on me but it felt like a worthwhile exercise.