Probably not gonna be any more mattress updates.

7/1

Incline bench
8x135
8x155
5x175
2x185
4x175
4x175

Front squats
8x65
7x95
3x115
1x125
1x125
3x115

Not feeling real stable with squats. Not sure what is going on.

Deadlifts were super easy. Stopped at 215 just because but it was gravy.

DL
3x135
3x155
2x3x185
3x205
1x215

Overhead press (shoulder acting up)
8x65
8x95
4x115
6x105
5x105

7/5

back squats
8x45
8x65
8x95
7x115
6x125
4x135
2x135

dumbell rows
8x75
7x85
5x90
4x90

7/8

Squats are going to be my undoing I think. Trying to figure out proper form is exhausting. I think what I've been doing to try to prevent the buttwink is arching my back. I tried to keep is straight and rigid and it seemed to help some. I didn't lean forward as much and my back felt much better after squatting. But, I lost some strength. Some of that is from really slowing down on the way down and not bouncing.

ANyways...

8x45
8x65
6x85
5x105
4x115
3x115
3x105

so frustrating

incline bench
8x135
7x155
4x175
3x175
4x165
4x165

DL
3x135
3x155
3x185
3x205
3x215
1x235 easy peasy

overhead press
8x65
8x95
6x115
2x135
1x145 (pb woot)
3x125

back squats

8x45
8x65
8x95
6x115
2x135
5x125

7/15
Incline bench
8x135
7x155
4x175
5x175 (what's up with that?)
3x185
1x195

Front squat
8x65
7x95
4x115
3x125
1x135
3x115

7/17
DL
2x3x135
3x155
3x185
3x205
2x225
1x245 (pb woot) - felt good

overhead press

8x95
5x15
2x135
3x115
5x105

back squat

8x65
8x95
8x115
5x135
1x155
5x125

incline bench
8x135
7x155
3x175
4x175
3x175
3x165

front squat

8x65
8x95
5x115
2x135
3x125

Good stuff dude, keep it up!

Thanks.

I've seen a significant difference since I started rolling my glutes/hips/piriformis. Thanks cha! Not only am I feeling stronger but my back issues have (knock on wood) really diminished.

DL
3x135
3x155
3x185
3x215
2x235
1x255 (pr)

overhead press
8x65
8x95
6x115
1x135
3x125

I've been debating about doing this, and I sort of thought it might qualify as health and/or fitness so I'm gonna do it.

A little background. I have a very old house that I started to remodel about 10 years ago, then ran out of money and WIM to finish it. I gutted it completely and moved walls and did a lot of interior work. But I never did anything with the exterior.

It is sort of falling apart now. The roof leaks and a lot of the wood siding is so rotten I can stick my finger through it. It needs to be completely replaced.

I just paid the house off so I can sort of afford to completely re-side and re-roof it..............if I do it myself. Another factor is I just got out of a serious relationship and now I have way too much time on my hands. I'm going a little stir crazy.

Now to the health tie-in. The last few years I just haven't been able to do things like this. I used to be able to work sunrise to sundown. But lately I'd be good for about 2 or 3 hours and my back would just tell me to stop. However, due to this forum, my back is really feeling strong again. I think I'm up for the challenge. The other health aspect is mental. I don't feel good unless I have some sort of challenge like this. It gives me something to look forward to. I'm really needing something like this about now.

So, I think I'll sort of log this activity as well as lifting. I'll have to cut back on lifting/running some. Mostly due to time considerations. I'll be working on the house on Saturday/Sunday so no lifting/running on those days.

I haven't committed to this quite yet, but I think I'm close.

You're in austin, right? Wherabouts is the house? (Just curious)

Good luck bigger

Tarrytown


thx. - who is this?

Wow, nice neighborhood to have a house in, imo.

sorry to hear that you and the Mattress Queen have parted.

frees up some ****ing space tho I bet.

LOL, there's more space now in the refrigerator than what I was living in.

7/29

incline bench
8x155
5x175
2x195
2x185
4x175

front squat

8x65
8x95
5x115
3x135
4x125

On the house front. I went to the city website to see what permits I'll need. It was so confusing that I called, got an answering machine, and never got a call back. So, I went down to city hall to ask some very basic questions. Apparently the appropriate question answerers are only there MWF but a substitute question answerer was available. So, after waiting 1/2 hour the substitute question answerer informed me that he couldn't really answer my question so he told me to come back when the real question answerer was there.

I suspect this will not be healthy in any way.

Heh yeah, I have only dealt with that crap once and it was enough to make me never want to do it again. The biggest value of a contractor by far is their willingness to deal with the permitting. It's such a bull**** process too

I mean christ, last year I had a very minor electrical thing done and I opted to pay someone 800 bucks to do it instead of doing it myself for maybe $200 because of
a) permitting and
b) if the house burned down I would basically never forgive myself

I don't know if you have this in Austin but in Ventura County they have "compliance officers" who drive around looking for unpermitted work.

I think these bastards are greased though, my brother may or may not have had some major unpermitted subterranean pipework done which involved a trench full of Mexicans in the dining room and a port-o-let outside for over a week and those guys never showed up.

That contractor blazed around in a 911 and sub-contracted everything. No way that kind of guy waits around for the city to get back to him before he clocks the money.

I'm pretty sure the department of driving around trying to nail people has a substantially higher budget than the department of helping you figure out how not to get nailed.

As a former borderline cripple, old (for 2+2) guy, who is in relatively good shape now, I can lift some pretty heavy weights now that would have crushed me 4 years ago, but when I do stuff like try to assemble an IKEA desk or tighten screws for band pegs on my power rack or clean up cat litter, I am reminded by some weird pains that I cannot/should not do a lot of the physical things I used to take for granted. I'm not saying those types of things will happen to you, but I wouldnt be surprised if they did.

Our tax dollars at work. lolgovernment.