MN5s muscle maintaining musings....
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@MN5 said in MN5s muscle maintaining musings....:
Physical stuff is such a good stress reliever.
yup, with the way the world is right now, I love the gym, put some tunes on, shut out the world and smash some tin, LOVE IT.
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@taniwharugby @Rancid-Schnitzel all of that and darts too which I’m becoming obsessed with again ( hopefully minus the classic darts physique )
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Bumping this thread yet again seeing as another couple of fossils have done the same.
Can confirm I’m still trucking along, latest addition to the MN5 home gym set up is a dip bar ( basically an old bike stand which I drilled into the desk in the garage ). Much like the chin up bar I have to be careful with the amount of weight I add on it so the fucken thing doesn’t collapse and injure me but going well so far. With the dips and chins I’m really focussing on FULL ROM and perfect form. If I’m honest with the chins after one of the boys filmed me ( fucks sake Dad, not again ! ) I realised it could have been better so I’ve left the ego at the door and dropped the weights/reps a tiny bit ( still currently maxing out at 32kg x six on chins though ! ) and making them full reps, not half assed shitty ones. When you’re chasing numbers it’s so easy to compromise on form.
Leg strength and power is taken care of by sledgehammer swings, weighted lunges, skipping and various plyometric jumps. I’ve found I can’t go up stairs without the gristle in my knees really grinding which is possibly mildly concerning. Big hill walk with the girl yesterday, muscles in the pins feel fine but the knees are a bit achy, fuck getting old sux. I also can’t punch the bag without my elbow clicking noisily as well ! That is going great, I managed to actually punch and break the hook holding the bag the other day, just call me Earnie Shavers.
Have set a few fitness goals for summer which I’ll think about writing down on here. My work/life balance living where I am is ideal so there is NO excuse for not having the time to get there…..the only potential bugbear might be recovery/rest/defying age etc.
Keep the body active fellas, you only have one.
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It’s fucken humbling when you go back to an exercise that you used to nail and struggle a bit with it.
In this case it was weighted Diamond push ups. I used to do these nice and comfortably, could max out at about 20 or so with 20kg on my back but having not done them for months and wanting a bit of a change from the dips I had to bow out at 14 reps. Worse still the DOMs this afternoon got sore as fuck particularly in the shoulders. I woulda thought the dips would have carried over on these really well, not to be.
I should hopefully nail 20 reps again sooner rather than later.
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@MN5 said in MN5s muscle maintaining musings....:
It’s fucken humbling when you go back to an exercise that you used to nail and struggle a bit with it.
In this case it was weighted Diamond push ups. I used to do these nice and comfortably, could max out at about 20 or so with 20kg on my back but having not done them for months and wanting a bit of a change from the dips I had to bow out at 14 reps. Worse still the DOMs this afternoon got sore as fuck particularly in the shoulders. I woulda thought the dips would have carried over on these really well, not to be.
I should hopefully nail 20 reps again sooner rather than later.
It'll come back. That's a pretty specific exercise so no wonder the DOMs came after a good while of not doing them. Just shows you have to keep on doing these movements or the body simply forgets. I cringe to think about what happens to the body of someone who is basically sedentary and glued to a screen from the cradle onwards.
Reminds me of this awesome quote from Socrates:
"No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable."
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in MN5s muscle maintaining musings....:
@MN5 said in MN5s muscle maintaining musings....:
It’s fucken humbling when you go back to an exercise that you used to nail and struggle a bit with it.
In this case it was weighted Diamond push ups. I used to do these nice and comfortably, could max out at about 20 or so with 20kg on my back but having not done them for months and wanting a bit of a change from the dips I had to bow out at 14 reps. Worse still the DOMs this afternoon got sore as fuck particularly in the shoulders. I woulda thought the dips would have carried over on these really well, not to be.
I should hopefully nail 20 reps again sooner rather than later.
It'll come back. That's a pretty specific exercise so no wonder the DOMs came after a good while of not doing them. Just shows you have to keep on doing these movements or the body simply forgets. I cringe to think about what happens to the body of someone who is basically sedentary and glued to a screen from the cradle onwards.
Reminds me of this awesome quote from Socrates:
"No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable."
Dude even scratching my head is causing me some very minor discomfort. I think it goes to show how important those little stabilisers are and how important it is to train them.
Supposed to be doing dips tomorrow, not happening til I feel 100% again.
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Trucking along nicely.
The strength in the diamond push ups seems to have come back which is in huge relief, also doing a bit of this stuff…..
If you can get over the fact this guy has the personality of a dead fish he actually says some pretty beneficial stuff. Being the piston wristed gibbon I am and with T shirt season upon us ( yes even in Wellington sometimes ) there is some great advice here. Top gymnasts are strong as fuck.
An incident at my sons cricket reminded me to keep doing bits of everything though.
I’d been standing in the classic “Dad watching sport pose” ( one leg in front of the other, arms crossed ) for about an hour and a half when one of the kids hit a boundary and I had to move quick to try and get the ball ( I missed sadly )……the creaking and lack of flexibility when I needed it for a sudden movement really threw me.
I warmed up and gave the boys some good throw downs but standing in one spot in the same pose meant I’d essentially seized up and needed a bit of a shake up to get limber again. Really stink. Do I need to do more stretching and flexibility stuff or succumb to the fact I’m getting old ?
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Not too much to add except I hopped on the scales this morning and have hit 100kg for the first time in ages. Probably not surprising given the vast quantities of bacon, ham ( apparently these two come from the same animal ), Chicken, croissants, bubbly, Beer ( wasn’t pissed but was steadily consuming ALL day as we were hosting ) and Red Wine that I had.
Pretty warm in the nations capital but looking forward to a bit of cardio and weights in the garage at some stage. The girl is home so unfortunately hitting the heavy bag isn’t an option so skipping and mountain climbers it is !!!!
For functional strength and to get the guns really burning I’m also loving throwing the heavy bag ( again, only when the girl is out ). Aching muscles and tired lungs after I did a few of those.
Definitely easier overindulging in Canada where some of my family are when you can cover up with about ten overcoats. Much tougher in shorts and T shirt here.
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@MN5 said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@voodoo said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@MajorRage said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
New York marathon confirmed.
93.4 kg currently. 4 months out need to be 85. So that gives me 5 months to lose 8.5 kg.
Time for some serious graft. Will be 46 by then, so will be tough to improve times.
Damn I wish I was 93.4kg…
I might start one of these threads of my own - I have entered the Port Mac Ironman this May - just over 3 months to get into some sort of shape to get through it
I look a bit emaciated at 93kg, 100kg suits me ok these days.
I'm 69. But 5'8. This would be you at that weight
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in MN5s muscle maintaining musings....:
@MN5 said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@voodoo said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@MajorRage said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
New York marathon confirmed.
93.4 kg currently. 4 months out need to be 85. So that gives me 5 months to lose 8.5 kg.
Time for some serious graft. Will be 46 by then, so will be tough to improve times.
Damn I wish I was 93.4kg…
I might start one of these threads of my own - I have entered the Port Mac Ironman this May - just over 3 months to get into some sort of shape to get through it
I look a bit emaciated at 93kg, 100kg suits me ok these days.
I'm 69. But 5'8. This would be you at that weight
That guy has a better tan
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Bumping the thread again…….
Into a nice routine of chins, dips, sledgehammer swings, lunges, calisthenics, bag work, plyometrics and making sure I do at least one big hill walk each weekend with the girl and the boys if they can be bothered tagging along.
Strength is maintained nicely with some of this training…….
Get Stronger By Greasing the Groove
To become an all-around stronger man, you have to practice strength.
Fucken awesome although I need a week off every now and again to rest the 46 year old joints. My right ( I’m left handed ) shoulder grinds…..so do my knees. Definitely getting older as we all are. I find the shoulder can be sorted to some extent by rolling on a tennis ball to alleviate the niggles somewhat.
Weight staying constant at about 100kg, having a few nights off drinking each week ( tough when my garage is full of terrific home brew ) and ( this has been a big priority of late ) ensuring I get really quality sleep each night, put it this way, there is no danger I’m fucking with that to watch the earlier quarter finals, I’m happy to read about them on the fern.
I’m also limiting myself to one coffee a day, I had a bad habit of 3-4 some days. Not good. Two each morning in the weekend though, gotta have your vices…..
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I really need to update this thread more than I do…..
Things still going strong and I’m hopefully training smart as well as hard. The garage gym is sorting most needs and I’m loving the improvements I’ve made with the skipping I’m doing 3 times a week. In typical MN5 fashion I did manage to overdo it and fuck up the ball of my foot a bit which required loads of Deep Heat and rest so I’m being careful and listening to my 47 year old body.
I’m also making a few visits to the calisthenics/machine weight park down the road, the seated chess press and leg press are a really good supplement to Dips/plyometrics/chins etc. SO much easier on the joints than free weights and still a terrific workout. Chest press only goes to 80kg so I make sure I smash out quite a few reps as opposed to bursting at the eyeballs trying a 1rm.
Rig is feeling decent but fuck me the recovery is tougher as you get older.
Getting old is shit.
But it is imperative to keep the body moving and functional and delay it as much as you can.
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Crumbs, it's been awhile since my last post. ( and the one before that )
Not much to add aside from the fact that Kettlebells are absolutely awesome and can't recommend them highly enough.
Doing a different variation nearly every day has increased the functionality and alleviated the aches and pains magnificently.
It's even helped other lifts/movements too. Absolute gamechanger.
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Two posts within a month. That's solid going.
I'm managing to do something every single day. Keeping a vaguely regular schedule of......
Monday - Dips/Push ups/calisthenics ( jump rope, light kettlebell, stair jumps )
Tuesday - Punching bag/sledgehammer swings ( tuesday is a good day as this is noisy pursuit and it pisses the girl off to no end but she is in the office all day that day )
Wednesday - Heavy Kettlebells
Thursday - Chins ( either heavy weighted low reps or high reps with bodyweight ) a few curls too.
Friday - calisthenics/Legs ( weighted lunges usually depending on DOMS from Wednesday )
Saturday - catch up on whatever day I may have missed during the week or maybe a repeat
Sunday - Hill walk with the girlAt least three decent stretching sessions a week. Absolutely NO excuses with the working from home I'm doing at the moment.
My heavy "kettlebell" is actually a couple of 20kg plates with a metal handle through them. I'm Scottish, I don't like paying for expensive things. My light kettlebell is a 12kg kettlebell......which I got for free from a mate at a gym.
Less takeaways during the week which is good ( and even so I generally stuck to "good" takeaways like Sushi and Kebabs ) Loads of chicken and protein shakes.
Still a weakness for delicious home brew.
The quest continues but the some of the numbers are good.
