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Jeff O: Sometimes, I let her catch me.

Picture that!!

Upper body yesterday. Cardio intervals on stair machine and bike today, 730 cals in 60 minutes.

I'm never going to pay attention to cals burned. If I saw 730 cals it would push me to keep going to 835....which would mean I could eat 2 extra quarter pounders for dessert.

Warmup:
2 rounds
20 jumping jacks
15 man-makers 25#
10 supermans

Workout:
4 rounds for time
15 dumbbell push press - 35#
10 L-sit pullups (ground assisted)

7:30

Me either really, it's just a number on a screen.

Not a bad thing to keep up with, I'd simply use it to justify eating more...not that much slows me down there anyways.

Lower body/core today. Burned a sh*tload of calories. At least three Whoppers worth.

Warmup:
tire discus race (throw tire, run to it and throw it again)

Specific:
Sled pushes with 95# then with 135#

Workout:
5 rounds for reps
1min abmat situps
1min wallball 20# @ 10'
1min tire flips (10m = 1 rep)
1min sled push 135# (10m = 1 rep)

136 reps.

Yesterday - short hike with 30lb pack and the dog. Did some stump shooting along the way. Did squats - single sets of 5 up to 275lbs. No shoulder issues.

Today - 30minutes on the bike trainer this morning, heading to the gym tonight.

Somehow, I don't think that's quite what the inventors of the wheel had in mind....

Probably not, but they didn't spend as much time at a desk as I unfortunately do...

Warmup:
Run 400m
3 rounds of:
20 hanging kip swings
15 box dips
20 mountain climbers

Specific:
Ring muscle up progressions from floor

Workout:
Run 1200m
12 ring muscle ups from floor
Run 800m

16:00. 'Twas supposed to be more but I timed out. I run slow...

Kept yesterday's lifts on the light side.
squat - 255lbs
bench - 205lbs
deadlift - 275lbs

A little ache in my left shoulder after squats. Went to the chiropractor which helped.

30min on treadmill this morning.

60 minutes of cardio intervals. That's two small cheesburgers and a small order of fries.

That's the spirit.

I almost called you out the other day on the 3 Whoppers. You gotta be smart about these things. Whoppers are 2 for $5. You need to either stop sooner at 2 or go longer for 4. This idea is fundamental to correctly structuring your exercise program.

Completely off topic from the importance of scheduling your training based on fast food, but I'm a big fan on interval training for cardio. Long slow distance can die a quick death for all I care.

Well, I said I burned 3 whoppers worth of calories, I didn't say I actually ate three of 'em. That would be stupid. I had two whoppers and a BK Broiler.

Bench press
135x20
175x8
225x5
275x1
315x almost but the spotter had to step in.

Triceps pushdown
110x10
130x10

Cable triceps pushdown
35x10
50x10

Shoulder shrugs
225x10
225x8

Chest press
140x10
160x8

Then gulped down a chocolate milkshake followed by a protein shake.
:-)

Lower body yesterday, then a few miles trying to keep up with the dog. He jumped 6 or 8 pheasants.

Yesterday:
AM - 30min on bike trainer
PM - Gym
Squats - 225 5x2
Press - 115 5x3
BB Row - 155 5x3
Chins - BW 8/6/5/5
BB Curls - 60 10x3

Today:
AM - 30min on treadmill, mix of incline walk and 9:15 pace run

Chasing gobblers tomorrow with my youngest son in AM then tilling the garden in afternoon if weather cooperates.

I always check in on these threads to see what people are actually doing for workouts. A couple of you guys are using some pretty impressive weight.

I'm about to start over, at least thats how it feels. I took a week off to recover a bit and go trout fishing with my Dad for a long weekend. I then ran into a kidney stone, tried lithotrypsy which didn't work and am now headed to real surgery to remove the rock in my back. Not major surgery but won't be doing anything for at least a week after surgery. It sucks.

I'm 52 and lift 2-3 days/week and have moved to a full body workout. I've always been prone to over-training and use injuries. I do cardio 2-3 days a week and usually jog 3-5 miles and try to keep under 10 min/miles. I'm usually at 9:30-9:45 as an average.

I'm pondering how to modify my current program a bit. I see what looks like a fair amount of Crossfit in some of the workouts posted. I tend to lift fairly heavy because elk hunting 3-5 miles from the car at 10,000 is tough.

For the guys in there 50's, what is the ratio of weight training to cardio? There is no such thing as too much cardio but am thinking about my knees and hips when I get older. So far no major issues and want to keep it that way. I'm also curious on how many reps/sets on weight days. I tend to go to almost failure or slight help on last rep. Wondering how my joints will hold up to that philosophy.

Thanks.

Not quite 50 (you'll have to go to Smokepole & Battue - wait they're too old, nevermind).

Winter 2014 I did mostly bodyweight stuff and riding/running 3x a week. Got into a barbell routine in the summer and tried to continue the running/riding. That was too much volume for me.
This year I did barbell strength training 3x a week from Jan until this week. Now I'm doing a heavy lift day Monday, light lift Thursday, and mornings are either riding or running. I'll add swims at lunch as I get used to the schedule. Weekends are for hikes with weighted pack.
The idea is to maintain or slightly build strength while building the cardio until Fall. In fall/early winter I hope to at least do something 3-4 times a week then start the cycle again.