What's your workout and why?

Changed it up a bit Saturday, and did barbell cleans for the first time in a good while, probably half a year. I started light and worked myself up with sets of 5, then switched to sets of three with a slight pause once I neared my top weight. Here's the set just before the top end of my workout, with right around my bodyweight. I went up another 20 pounds, and got one rep after this, but then had no speed left to make any more lifts, so I dropped it back down to 70% and did a set of ten to finish myself off before a nice cold showed for recovery. I am quite sore now, but happy to have done one of my favorite movements again, even if I didn't approach my previous numbers, which were never very impressive anyway haha. Neither is my slow, sloppy form, but hey it's a fun lift, and I like what it does to me (after a day and a half to recover, that is!)


Yes, my home is small and cluttered with boxes, materials, and lots of WIP. o_O Working on being able to find and afford to move to a more suitable location....
 
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I row a lot. Started jogging more. Carry 25# in my ruck for commuting, then I use it to work out at my job. Started going after the baseline scores of special forces physical fitness exams (ie 50 pushups minimum, minimum 60 situps in 2 min, things like that) just as a sort of fun goal. Hit 60 pushups three weeks ago. Took me a while to get there but it felt like I’d really accomplished something. I could barely do 10 when I started. Working on the situps part now.
 
I jump around frantically to punk and rock music for 30 to 40 minutes every night about an hour after dinner.

It's fun, but I don't know if it helps much. Better than sitting on my @$$...
 
I'm 45 now, and for the past decade or so I've focused mainly on body weight exercises and an active lifestyle. Pull-ups, push-ups, and ab work (all in different variations), usually 5-6 days a week. Ideally I would add heavy-bag work to that routine, but I've been away from that for a few years following an injury, and just never got a good set-up after our most recent move (I hope to remedy that soon and get back into it). After all of my early years of working out I distilled it down to those 4 things and I think one really can be in amazing shape using those alone if they are also active. I hike in the mountains quite a bit when the season is right and when I'm back home in Florida I kayak alot (including in the surf). I did pick up a NordicTrack elliptical machine off of Craigslist for $20 that I use off-season when I feel like it's needed to keep my cardio up, which stays outside on the back porch (for the price I figured, why not?).
 
I thought I'd try "heavy" again the other night. It's definitely in lb, not kg! Not close to my record by any stretch, but felt food. I took a pic after my workout. ;)

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I do a push, pull, legs split. Sunday-Friday. Six workouts. Between 80 and 100 reps per body part, per week. For the most part all compound movements but I do throw in a bicep, a tricep and a cav. I work out to compliment my sport. I’m not trying to body build or power lift. So I keep it light.
 
Jimbo302 said:
Plenty of good bits in there, but for the most part it looks like he is selling the anecdotal "answer that He wants to hear".
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Elaborate?
 
It depends, if i have work, I have the gym. The gym is 5 minutes from the clinic. Monday is generally chest/triceps, Tuesdays Legs, Wednesday Back and Bicep, Thursday Legs, and Friday Assorted upperbody. This year, I focused a lot more on my bench or specifically my incline bench and am approaching 205lbs 1rm. The other year I focused a lot more on my back and was able to do weighted pull ups with a 45 plate. I work out because I like getting stronger and improving my overall aesthetics. Also, being in health care, lets you see what happens when you dont take of your body. Covid and my patients who have moved on to work from home showed me what happens if you just let it go.
 
David Mary said:
Elaborate?
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Sure. One of his statements is:
"The interesting thing is that many people, once they receive the answer (an answer they do not like) will continue asking the same question, going from source to source, until they get the answer they like"
But then states the generalization that he is most comfortable believing through anecdotal evidence, (about the limits of training above a certain age) several times.
While a much of them are good guidelines, my belief is that all people, genetics and physical histories are different as are the results; He who deals in absolutes, is Always wrong.
 
Jimbo302 said:
Sure. One of his statements is:
"The interesting thing is that many people, once they receive the answer (an answer they do not like) will continue asking the same question, going from source to source, until they get the answer they like"
But then states the generalization that he is most comfortable believing through anecdotal evidence, (about the limits of training above a certain age) several times.
While a much of them are good guidelines, my belief is that all people, genetics and physical histories are different as are the results; He who deals in absolutes, is Always wrong.
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The absolute he is acknowledging with his approach is the biological fact of aging, and how it progressively reduces the body's ability to adapt to training stimuli. That is an absolute indicated not by anecdotal evidence only, but scientific study, not to mention it is axiomatic.

Jimbo302 said:
He who deals in absolutes, is Always wrong.
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He who does not acknowledge the absolute truth of human aging, is indulging fantasy.
 
I'm hoping for some kettlebells for Christmas. I've been doing LIIFT4 off and on for a while and like it. I just need to be more consistent whatever I do.
47yrs old, about 175ish, 5'8"
Need/want to be 155-160.
 
I am 75, six feet and 5 inches, 210 lbs.
I have never been sick in my whole life.
Each morning the dog is waiting, we are walking 8 miles a day in the fields
I do 60 minutes fitness and then a little bike tour of 10 miles.
I have a rather large garden. When I worked I had the same routine because I had plenty of free time.
Of course I am getting slower, a 200 lbs push up is not so easy.
 
D deovolens , nice photo, I see you're doing my favorite exercise! ;)
 
No real science to what I do, I split my workout into 3’s. Upper body, core, and legs. I’ll throw in some cardio when I feel like it. Currently in bulk mode and will stay that way until the middle of next year. I’ll do 3 consecutive days and sometimes take a break on the 4th day. I make sure to focus on one specific muscle group when I start each workout to maximize my overload, delts, quads, claves, biceps, etc.. I switch off each workout day, or else by the end of your workout, those muscles aren’t getting the full energy you’re able to put out.

Diet is just as important too. A lot of lean meats, rice, and veggies. However, I’m not shy to have a burger, pizza, or something greasy here and there. Calories are calories, but I stay away from sweets. My girlfriend is a personal trainer, so it’s easy motivation to keep active.

Personally would rather bench 300lbs instead of run 10 miles. Strength is more important to me.
 
David Mary said:
The absolute he is acknowledging with his approach is the biological fact of aging, and how it progressively reduces the body's ability to adapt to training stimuli. That is an absolute indicated not by anecdotal evidence only, but scientific study, not to mention it is axiomatic.



He who does not acknowledge the absolute truth of human aging, is indulging fantasy.
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No need to get your feathers ruffled to disagree. Decline in age, regardless of effort is certainly the majority outcome, agreed.
However there are people and situations who can and have made the opposite happen. I believe that nothing is ever 100% absolute on a large enough scale. I genuinely don't feel that is unheard of, or argumentative.
 
Jimbo302 said:
No need to get your feathers ruffled to disagree.
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Thanks for the advice. I didn't, and won't.

Jimbo302 said:
Decline in age, regardless of effort is certainly the majority outcome, agreed.
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The majority outcome? 🤣 So, what, you know of someone who is over 100 years old, and still putting up beginner level gains of 10-20 pounds per month onto his or her squat? Must be up to, what, 30 plates per side by now? Probably more, but I haven't done the math.

Jimbo302 said:
I believe that nothing is ever 100% absolute on a large enough scale. I genuinely don't feel that is unheard of, or argumentative.
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Oh you believe. I see now. I don't see how you can say you were not argumentative though. You the one who came out swinging against Mr. Maxwell's article, basically calling him a hypocrite. Yes, you did. If you don't realize it, then look at what you said:

Jimbo302 said:
Plenty of good bits in there, but for the most part it looks like he is selling the anecdotal "answer that He wants to hear".
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Which is exactly what he was admonishing against doing. So you are saying that he is, "for the most part"(!) doing the exact thing he said not to, which is the definition of a hypocrite. My feathers are not ruffled at all, but it is no skin off my nose to respond and refute your unjust treatment of the man, which as you have now admitted, is based only on a general belief. One which defies the known laws of nature... Unless of course you care to answer my question above, which I will paraphrase: who do you know (of) that is over 45 years old, has always been and is still able to both train with the intensity of, and recover like a twenty year old?
 
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