The 40 Plus Journal Part 2 - The Search For Strength

Ill be popping in to have a look 40+, Ive been very impressed by your work in the shape up challenge.

Plus at 38, Ill be joining you in the 40+ crew soon !

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Thanks mate and feel free to pop in anytime.
I can't promise a scintillating journal though as I think the road to becoming a PL will be a slow and steady one. Still, I'll be a Masters 1 for another 7 years so no rush.

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Well done on the 135k mate,

Well done on the squat pb mate. Next stop 3 plates a side.

Cheers gents, like I say there was a lot of 'good morning' about it but it went up. My lower back has been a problem for me in the past and I'm doing weighted hyperextensions twice a week now.
As the great Reg Park said 'The bottom line is if you have a weak back, you have a weak body'.

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I had a prolapsed disc a few years ago and have veered away from squats as a result, which annoys me, I wondering reading this if some more core work and specific back work might enable me to start again?

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2011

Reborn


I had a prolapsed disc a few years ago and have veered away from squats as a result, which annoys me, I wondering reading this if some more core work and specific back work might enable me to start again?

It may do mate.
I had a torn muscle in my lower back many years ago caused by incorrect lifting at work, nothing as serious as your injury but it did lay me out for a few days and has been a recurring problem since. When I used to train in my early 20's I would often steer clear of deads and squats because of it but if I'm going to give PL a go then a strong back is needed.
 
 
Missed training tonight, a combination of working late and the gym closing early, will catch up tomorrow.
 
 

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Thanks for the vote in the shape-up mate I think Sharkz got mine
...if only you'd worn better underpants

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Thanks for the vote in the shape-up mate I think Sharkz got mine
...if only you'd worn better underpants

hahaha yeh the underpants cost you votes........

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2011

jedi


Thanks for the vote in the shape-up mate I think Sharkz got mine
...if only you'd worn better underpants

Bollocks, that's where I went wrong

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Tonights training

Flat BBBP (Smith Machine) 1 x 10 bar only, 1 x 5 60 kg, 1 x 5 80 kg, 4 x 5 100 kg, 1 x 4 100 kg
Military Press 1 x 10 bar only, 5 x 5 50 kg
Tricep Dips 1 x 8 60 lb, 1 x 7 60 lb, 1 x 5 60 lb
DB Lat Raises 5 x 5 40 lb
Hyperextensions 3 x 8 20 kg

Good session, chicken kebab for lunch

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Good session mate, your best bench session for a while if i am not mistaken. Keep up the good work.

Cheers Bill, I've put a few pounds back on in the last few weeks and I'm eating plenty so some strength is coming back.

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Interesting reading your journal, being over 40 you ever wonder how long you can go hard at it ? I been strength training seriously since I was 35, now 42 and I've often wondered how long till I start downhill. I'm at/near my strongest ever currently, but sometimes the aches seem to last longer and be more severe.  keep working!!

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Thats a good question, I have read anecdotaly that strnegth tapers off in the 50s, I do know at 38 I am def much stronger than in my 20s.

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That is a good question TB.
Like Reborn I'm definitely stronger now than I was in my 20's.
I'm not overly concerned about losing strength as I get older, I went to the All England and the North West Powerlifting comps recently and the guys in the Masters 2 classes were probably the strongest there on the day.
Watching guys like Fate Pete and Formerly Known as Old Git lift is inspirational. I was looking for something to do with my training rather than just training if you know what I mean.

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Tonights training

Bent Over Rows (Smith Machine) 1 x 8 bar only, 3 x 8 60 kg,
Hyper Extensions 3 x 8 20 kg
DB Curls 1 x 8 30 lb, 1 x 8 40 lb, 1 x 8 50 lb
Deads 1 x 10 bar only, 1 x 5 60 kg, 1 x 5 100 kg, 1 x 5 140 kg, 1 x 1 160 kg, 1 x 1 175 kg

Happy with the 175, 7.5 off my PB and had to Deads last because I couldn't get on the rack.
I'll train when I can over the next 2 weeks but the gym is only open 3 hours each day.

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Well done with the runners up spot matey!! Keep it going and have a lovely Christmas with plenty and plenty of food mate!!

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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.

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Well done with the runners up spot matey!! Keep it going and have a lovely Christmas with plenty and plenty of food mate!!

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

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40 plus


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

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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.

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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.

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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.
 

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Good work, moving in the right direction.

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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.
 

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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.

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

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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.
 

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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

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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.

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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.

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happy new year mate, all the best for 2009

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Cheers IB, you too mate.

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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.

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