Approved Log My Training Log - Another old man trying to live life as a young man

[shrekmode]

Anyway as you can tell, I'm now back, and what should be a training day isn't. Completely forgot I had to go to the pathology clinic and pick up this little ***y handbag. 24hrs of blood pressure monitoring. Seriously looking forward to getting back in the gym on Wednesday.

Finished the anavar on Friday, back to 200mg a week now, getting all in order for blood work in a month.

Hope you all had a good long weekend.

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Haven’t jumped on the forum in a bit, just catching up on your posts now. Saw you had a few hiccups there bro, hope things are on the mend and you're feeling better.

 

[ChasetheCase]

Haven’t jumped on the forum in a bit, just catching up on your posts now. Saw you had a few hiccups there bro, hope things are on the mend and you're feeling better.

Thanks @shrekmode yep hitting the mid 40s hard. Last 9 months I discovered I had been having issues with high blood pressure, borderline high chlorestrol, both genetic. Found out last week my foot 'injury' is actually bursitits and arthritis with no cartilage remaining, and off on Friday to have another BCC cut out my head.

Good news is that I can still train around the foot, I was just worried it was fractured so didn't want to train on it if I felt pain. I now know I can and it'll just hurt a bit. Also I'm now on Telmisartan which is almost a wonder drug so pleased with that for when on cycles, I was having another ABPM test as the Dr thinks I should run higher doses.

 

[ChasetheCase]

Interesting, was looking at my weight since coming off Anavar and dropping my test from 300 to 200mg a week. The two weeks after stopping I haven't been training due to holidays, bad timing. But I've lost 1.8kg, I really didn't feel I had that much water, guess not training also meant I had lower glycogen demand. But wasn't expecting to lose almost 2kg!

 

[crackers]

Telmisartan is good, keeps BP in check and has metabolic perks, so it’s a smart move especially on cycle. Just make sure you’re watching kidney markers and lipids every few months. With coming off var and dropping test would definitely drop some water and glycogen. Especially with no training in the mix. Even if you didn’t feel watery, Anavar keeps you looking dry but still holds intracellular water and fullness. No training = no glycogen turnover = deflate a bit. That 1.8kg is mostly water and carbs, not muscle. Once you're back in the gym and carbs are up, you’ll fill out again quick.

 

[ChasetheCase]

@crackers yeah Telmisartan is a wonder drug for sure, also helps mitigate LVH and decreases visceral fat. Will be interesting to see if there's any change in my next DXA.

First time back to the gym in almost three weeks, shocking... life just got in the way. Pretty demotivating training with significantly lower weights and finding it tough. I know I'll get there in a couple of weeks, but will be mentally tough the next two weeks bouncing back. Real bad timing with coming off cycle and trying to get back in to gym.

Anyway here's my easy session today.

Squat (Barbell)
40kg x 5 reps
60kg x 5 reps
80kg x 5 reps
100kg x 10 reps
100kg x 10 reps
100kg x 10 reps

Incline Bench Press (Dumbbell)
15kg x 5 reps
20kg x 5 reps
27.5kg x 3 reps
35kg x 8 reps
35kg x 10 reps
35kg x 10 reps

Seated Row (Machine)
68kg x 10 reps
75kg x 12 reps
82kg x 12 reps

Butterfly (Pec Deck)
54kg x 12 reps
61kg x 12 reps
68kg x 12 reps

Decline Crunch (Weighted)
9kg x 20 reps
9kg x 20 reps
9kg x 20 reps

 

[crackers]

Don’t stress the numbers, consistency’s what matters. That glycogen and strength rebound will come fast once you’re training regularly and food’s back on point. You’ll probably look and feel 10x better by the end of next week.

 

[ChasetheCase]

A tiny workout today, only had 30 minutes so this was the best I could do. Still feeling depressed over my weight loss, my daily 7 day average is now consistent drop of 2.42kg (86.92 - 84.5) literally back at exactly the same weight I as prior to this mesocycle, horrid feeling realising how much wasted training.

Anyway, onwards and upwards, looking to start a Upper, Lower, Full Body workout now to help get back to speed quicker.

Good news I've been eating really well, only sugar I've consumed has been in milk, have eaten 1kg of fillet steak, courtesy of Aldi.

Incline Bench Press (Barbell)
20kg x 10 reps
40kg x 10 reps
60kg x 10 reps
80kg x 10 reps
80kg x 8 reps
80kg x 8 reps

Chin Up
5 reps
5 reps
4 reps

Seated Cable Row - Bar Grip
40kg x 10 reps
50kg x 12 reps
60kg x 12 reps

 

[Skays]

Don’t stress, it’ll all come back.

 

[ChasetheCase]

Slowly easing back into it. Mostly did lighter reps than normal and performed them much slower than normal.
Cutting down set numbers to ensure I fit some ab exercises.

Squat (Barbell)
60kg x 10 reps
80kg x 10 reps
100kg x 10 reps
100kg x 10 reps
100kg x 10 reps

Incline Bench Press (Dumbbell)
15kg x 5 reps
20kg x 5 reps
27.5kg x 3 reps
30kg x 12 reps
30kg x 12 reps
30kg x 12 reps

Pull Up
7 reps
6 reps
5 reps

Leg Extension (Machine)
68kg x 12 reps
68kg x 12 reps
82kg x 12 reps

Triceps Dip
10 reps
12 reps
12 reps

Seated Incline Curl (Dumbbell)
12.5kg x 15 reps
12.5kg x 12 reps
12.5kg x 12 reps

Hip Adduction (Machine)
35kg x 12 reps
35kg x 12 reps
35kg x 12 reps

Decline Crunch (Weighted)
12kg x 20 reps
12kg x 20 reps
12kg x 20 reps

 

[Skays]

Bench looks good @ChasetheCase

 

[ChasetheCase]

@Skays I was doing really well with the bench, got up to a 134kg 1rm a few weeks back, then time off so slowly easing back into it.

Then frustratingly last night in training I was thrown on to my shoulder and heard a crunch noise. Arm currently in a sling now, I've got full movement luckily but just very painful, so guessing it's just tissue damage. Will start trying to mobilse it tomorrow and hopefully will be back in two weeks.

Combat sports are most definitely for young people. We've got Judo coach at our gym who's in his 60s, no idea how he can get thrown without injuries.

 

[Skays]

@Skays I was doing really well with the bench, got up to a 134kg 1rm a few weeks back, then time off so slowly easing back into it.

Then frustratingly last night in training I was thrown on to my shoulder and heard a crunch noise. Arm currently in a sling now, I've got full movement luckily but just very painful, so guessing it's just tissue damage. Will start trying to mobilse it tomorrow and hopefully will be back in two weeks.

Combat sports are most definitely for young people. We've got Judo coach at our gym who's in his 60s, no idea how he can get thrown without injuries.

Sorry to hear about the shoulder. Hope it gets better.

I've learnt the hard way, my training style has changed completely. I take it really easy and don't go too heavy, it's not worth it.

 

[ChasetheCase]

Thanks @Skays I'm still learning that one, Muay Thai I only spar light now, no hard sparring, and BJJ I try and take it slow. Didn't help that I had an agressive guy trying 100%, will try and avoid him next time rolling. Hard when half of it is based on your opponent.

 

[Skays]

I had to give up BJJ all together. Had to stop towards the end of last year.

 

[ChasetheCase]

Oh sorry to hear that, I'm sure that day will come for me too, I get injured so much easier now compared to when I was younger. Sucks getting old, I don't feel any different but my body does!

 

[Skays]

Oh sorry to hear that, I'm sure that day will come for me too, I get injured so much easier now compared to when I was younger. Sucks getting old, I don't feel any different but my body does!

The mind still thinks we can push like we used to, but the body doesn’t bounce back the same. It’s just a hard pill to swallow sometimes