Today:

Push press: 95x5; 125x3; 145x5; 155x3; 165x3
RDL: 135x5; 165x5; 195x5; 215x5
Curl: 70x5; 90x5; 100x3; 110x3
Ab stuff

Weight: 204

Today:

SSB: 110x5; 150x3; 170x5; 190x4; 210x3
CG BP: 115x5; 135x3; 150x5; 170x4; 190x3
Pendlay row: 115x5; 135x3; 150x5; 170x4; 190x3
Ab stuff

Weight: 204. Turned 58 on Saturday. Usually I do something different in the gym for my birthday, maxes or something, but since I've been feeling pretty good lately I figured I'd just keep it going and not mix things up.

Today:

Push press: 95x5; 125x3; 145x5; 155x4; 165x3
RDL: 135x5; 165x3; 195x3; 225x3
Curl: 70x5; 90x5; 100x4; 110x3
Ab stuff

Weight: 205

Today:

SSB: 110x5; 150x3; 170x5; 190x5; 210x3
CG BP: 115x5; 135x3; 150x5; 170x5; 190x3
Pendlay row: 115x5; 135x3; 150x5; 170x5; 190x3
Ab stuff

Weight: 206

Today:

Push press: 95x5; 125x3; 145x5; 155x5; 165x3
RDL: 135x5; 165x4; 195x3; 225x3
Curl: 70x5; 90x5; 100x5; 110x3
Ab stuff

Weight: 205. Getting 5 reps at the top set of PP's and curls is going to be tough.

Today:

CG BP: 115x5; 135x3; 150x5; 170x5; 190x4
SSB: 110x5; 150x3; 170x5; 190x5; 210x4
Pendlay row: 115x5; 135x3; 150x5; 170x5; 190x4
Ab stuff

Weight: 205

Today:

Push press: 95x5; 125x3; 145x5; 155x5; 165x4
Curl: 70x5; 90x5; 100x5; 110x3. Barely got the 3rd rep. couldn't get 4.
Ab stuff
RDL: Nada due to both racks being tied up for 20+ minutes and nowhere else to do them.

Weight: 204

Today:

SSB: 110x5; 150x3; 170x5; 190x5; 210x5
CG BP: 115x5; 135x3; 150x5; 170x5; 190x5
Pendlay row: 115x5; 135x3; 150x5; 170x5; 190x5
Ab stuff

Weight: 205. Got all 5 reps so time to cycle up on Friday.

Today:

Push press: 95x5; 125x3; 145x5; 155x5; 165x4. Just missed the 5th rep. Thought I had it. Damn.
RDL: 135x5; 165x5; 195x3; 225x3
Curl: 70x5; 90x5; 100x5; 110x3. Definitely stuck on these. Give it one more shot on Monday.
Ab stuff

Weight: 204

Today:

SSB: 110x5; 150x3; 180x3; 200x3; 220x3
CG BP: 115x5; 135x3; 155x3; 175x3; 195x3
Pendlay row: 115x5; 135x3; 155x3; 175x3; 195x3
Ab stuff

Weight: 205

Today:

Push press: 95x5; 125x3; 145x5; 155x4. Stopped
RDL: 135x5; 165x5; 195x4; 225x3
Curl: 70x5; 90x5; 100x5; 110x3
Ab stuff

Weight: 204. My shoulder started bothering me at work Saturday night. Yesterday I was in quite a bit of pain whenever I reached for something or used my left arm in any way. Didn't seem quite as bad this morning but it was definitely an issue trying to do push presses. It even hurt doing RDL's. The downward pressure of the bar irritated my shoulder. Might have to take some time off. Have a vacation coming up where I'll have to miss time at the end of the month.

Today:

SSB: 110x5; 150x3; 180x4; 200x3; 220x3
Curl: 40x5; 50x5; 60x5
Ab stuff

Weight: 205. My shoulder is fried. It hurts to even lift my left arm over my head. Tried CG BP with just the bar: pain. Bent over rows with the bar: pain. I tried doing a few of the exercises here: http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/PDFs/Rehab_Shoulder_5.pdf
I literally can't do external rotations.

I have a vacation next week which I hope will help. I don't plan on doing anything other than squats (thank God for the safety squat bar. I really doubt I could use a regular bar) for a couple of weeks. Not having to work should help too since I feel that some of the repetitive motions I do are aggravating my shoulder.

Friday night at work I literally couldn't use my left arm. I couldn't lift it, I couldn't rotate it to make a drink. It hurt just standing. By Saturday it was markedly better, much better. I had a limited range of motion and the pain level was way down. By today there was virtually no pain and full range of motion. I don't know what happened but I'm glad it did. I still think I need to change what I'm doing. I thought I took the intensity down enough as a concession to my age but I guess it is time to bring it down even more. I'm still going to do squat, push, pull but it will be 1 movement per day. So Monday will be squat day, Wednesday will be push day and Friday will be pull day. We'll see how it goes.

Today:

SSB: 110x5; 150x3; 180x5; 200x3; 220x3
Leg curl: 50x8; 70x8. Haven't done these in years. Just getting a feel for them.
Ab stuff

Weight: 203

Good luck with the shoulder.

Maybe some higher rep sets in this split? Or more sets lower intensity?

Thanks. I'm going to try a few different things. Definitely lower intensity for awhile.

Talked to a customer yesterday who is an orthopedic surgeon. Without doing an x-ray to eliminate other possibilities he felt my issue is probably tendonitis. The fact that my pain went away after taking Motrin 800 for 2 days was a good sign in his view. He said that he would take Motrin every day if it didn't mess with his stomach so much. He also suggested that I not do any overhead pressing. I'll take that under advisement.

Today:

Push press: 95x5; 115x5; 125x5; 135x5. Cool. No pain at all.
CG BP: 115x5; 135x3; 145x3; 155x3; 165x3; 175x3.
Incline BP (narrow grip, thumb length from smooth): 95x5; 115x3; 135x1; 145x1; 155x1; 165x1; 135x8. Haven't done these in ages.
Ab stuff

Weight: 204. I took a couple of 220 mg Naproxen Sodium after breakfast before going to the gym. I'll take another tonight if necessary. I'm not sure if putting a weeks worth of volume in 1 day is the way to go but time will tell. Going to Boston for a wedding tomorrow so I'll have a week off anyway. Back next Wednesday.

Today:

SSQ: 110x5; 150x3; 180x5; 200x3; 220x3
Leg curl: 3 @ 70x8
Leg extension: 3 @ 70x8
Ab stuff

Weight: 206. Only 2 lbs gained on vacation is a win.

Today:

Pendlay row: 115x5; 135x5; 155x5; 165x5
RDL: 135x5; 165x5; 195x4; 225x3
Curl: 70x5; 80x5; 85x5; 90x5
Ab stuff

Weight: 206. So far, so good as far the shoulder is concerned. I've been off from work for over a week so I'm sure that has helped. Back to the grind tonight.

Today:

Push press: 95x5; 115x3; 125x3; 135x3; 145x3; 155x3
CG BP: 115x5; 135x3; 145x1; 155x1; 165x1; 175x1; 185x1; 195x1; 155x8
Incline BP: 95x5; 115x5; 135x5; 145x5
Ab stuff

Weight: 206. Shoulder still feeling OK. Not pushing too hard.

Today:

SSB: 110x5; 150x3; 180x5; 200x4; 220x3
Leg curl: 70x8; 80x8; 90x8
Leg extension: 70x8; 80x8; 90x8
Ab stuff

Weight: 205

Today:

Pendlay row: 115x5; 135x3; 145x3; 165x3; 185x3
Curl: 70x5; 85x3; 95x3; 100x3
RDL: 135x5; 165x5; 195x5; 225x3
Ab stuff

Weight: 205. Felt good.

Today:

Push press: 95x5; 115x3; 135x1; 145x1; 155x1; 160x1; 165x1; 170x1; 135x8
CG BP: 115x5; 135x5; 150x5; 165x5
Incline BP: 95x5; 115x3; 135x3; 145x3; 155x3
Ab stuff

Weight: 205

Today:

SSB: 110x5; 150x3; 180x5; 200x5; 220x3
Leg curl: 70x8; 90x8; 100x6. Not sure these are supposed to this hard.
Leg extension: 70x8; 90x8; 100x8
Ab stuff

Weight: 204. Went to the gym early to try to beat the heat. Was still hot as balls but there was only 1 other person there so it was worth it. FFS it has been hot as hell here in San Diego.

Today:

Pendlay row: 115x5; 135x3; 155x3; 175x3; 195x3. Same sets & reps as before my shoulder pain. Felt fine.
RDL: 135x5; 165x5; 195x5; 225x4
Curl: 70x5; 80x3; 90x1; 95x1; 100x1; 105x1; 110x1; 115x1; 90x8
Ab stuff

Weight: 205

What are some of your exercises for "Ab stuff"?

Planks, side planks and reverse crunches are my go to exercises right now. I stopped doing sit ups and crunches quite a few years ago due to the strain on my lower back.

Today:

Push press: 95x5; 120x5; 130x5; 140x5
CG BP: 115x5; 135x3; 150x3; 160x3; 170x3; 180x3
Incline BP: 95x5; 115x3; 135x1; 145x1; 155x1; 165x1; 175x1; 140x8
Ab stuff

Weight: 206