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Bench press and chest flyes this morning. I'm not as strong first thing in the morning and 265 lbs felt heavy so I didn't go higher.

Only had 35 minutes today.

ran 1 mile
80 reps deadlifts
60 pullups
50 reps dumbbell benchpress
50 dumbbell lat rows, each arm

28 miles on a bike Tuesday

8+ hours on a ladder yesterday.

Squats, press, and a couple planks thrown in between sets for good measure.

Cardio intervals yesterday, 737 cals in 60 minutes. Taking the day off today, mowing grass. Lower body tomorrow, gotta get in shape, big bulls are heavy.

45 minutes of elliptical in 90 second intervals, mixing in 100 wall ball shots, 100 tricep dips and 100 flies.

Taking it easier tomorrow, Saturday morning I've got to defend my title in the 5k Cowabunga Race for the old men (50+) category.

Cowabunga LOL, "old man race" for sure.

Sheesh, there were some damn fast kids. I was really impressed by the number of kids aged 10-12 in front of me, those little buggers could run. I'm looking forward to running with my grandkids in a few years.

My daughter and her husband ran with me while grandma watched the grandson. It was cold and rainy but I still managed to finish in 25:26 and successfully defend my title (even if nobody else was aware). I'm no runner so my plan was to simply maintain a heart rate of 155 BPM; I averaged 156 and maxed at 168 chugging up a hill.

10 hills [75 yds, 40 degree angle] with 25 pound pack, pushup between sets, then run 1 mile with pack. Extra weight def felt on my knees!

What do you guys think of swimming? I've been doing quite a bit lately.

As a way to get in shape for backpack hunting, or in general?

I've never been a swimmer but from what I can tell from talking to people who swim, it's low impact on your joints, burns a lot of calories, and is good for cardio. I think it's good as part of an overall program that includes weight or resistance training.

UB yesterday, cardio today.

Squats, deadlifts, pullups Saturday.

Squats, press, plank this morning.

I'm "up" to squatting 160 X5 X3 and dead lifting 205 X5 X1. Pretty pitiful, but you gotta start somewhere. Pullups are coming back somewhat - Saturday was 9,8,7. Need to throw together a pullup bar instead of using the door header.

LB today. Squats, hamstring curls, glute kickbacks,calf raises, and so on and so forth.

Jog 3/4 mile or so.
Squats 165x5x3
Dead Lift 215x5
10 pullups - ran out of time.

Did upper body today but had to cut the workout short. All of the women crowding around made it unsafe for the other guys working out.

Monday
AM - 45 min bike trainer
PM
Squats - 290 5x3
Bench - 225 5/5/4
Dead - 315 5x1

Tuesday - 40 min treadmill - intervals 7:45 pace

Today
AM- 45 min bike trainer
PM
Squats - 235 8x2
Press 132.5 5x3
BB Row 180 5x3

Re: swimming - I think it a good low impact cardio workout. Definitely works the shoulders. Gonna throw that into the mix in the next few weeks.
BB Curls 67.5 10x3

Incline bench press
45# db's x10
50# db x10
60# db x10
75#db x10

Military press
35# db x10

Hammer curls
27.5# db x10
30# db x10

Cable chest flyes
40# x10
50# x10

Nice work guys. Ran a 10k yesterday as part of a 4 man marathon team. Too much fishing, and not enough working out! Back in my workout routine tomorrow.

33.1 very hilly miles on a bike. A good one. My buddy and I "ride our age" every year so we've got a couple rides in the 50+ miles range coming up.

Been putting in 8-10 hours a day on a ladder (painting)... that, plus moving the damn ladders around (one in particular is one heavy mofo) has me plenty tired every day.