Journey, Not A Destination
- Thread starter Steve
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::acts innocent::
there's something going on here?
there's something going on here?
is the cute young fella getting paranoid or something - good gawd i'm contagious 
Britta Bear
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Hi Steve. Looks like you all got a very early dirty start today
bethann1156
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hi ya, Steve....happy Tuesday!
Happychubette
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dear steve
Okay, so now I know what I'm working toward, 50 -60 minutes with ease. I'm going to incorporate some squats and lunges while I"m out there because I know increased leg strength will put a spring in my step. That will help me cope with the "pain" I feel toward these exercises. Just find a quiet place in the woods and do squats to the point of fatigue, that's my plan. What do you think about that? I have also walked around my apartment doing lunges but I'm not warmed up when I do that. Is that okay?
Weight 186 today and down an inch in waist and hips. When I saw you say measurements should change every two weeks or somethings not working right I was worried, but its only been about two weeks since I took the first set, so yippee.
Okay, so now I know what I'm working toward, 50 -60 minutes with ease. I'm going to incorporate some squats and lunges while I"m out there because I know increased leg strength will put a spring in my step. That will help me cope with the "pain" I feel toward these exercises. Just find a quiet place in the woods and do squats to the point of fatigue, that's my plan. What do you think about that? I have also walked around my apartment doing lunges but I'm not warmed up when I do that. Is that okay?
Weight 186 today and down an inch in waist and hips. When I saw you say measurements should change every two weeks or somethings not working right I was worried, but its only been about two weeks since I took the first set, so yippee.
Curvie Girlie
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OOOOH baby and if he played rough...
Oooooh! Stop that! This talk about roughing up is getting me excited. Um, however, someone of Steve's stature is a bit frightening to me!! Better you, Mal!
LOL!
Rough play aside, morning (or afternoon) Sweet Steve! Yesterday I tried standing dumbell squats with 95 lbs free weight style. This trainer who was checking me out said my form was good enough to forgo the machine. I thought it was a good idea as far as hitting more muscle groups and maintaining stability. I sure do love weights!
have a great day!
Hiya!
What do you mean? Have you been using a machine for your squats in the past? If so, which?
Bodyweight exercises are fine to start with. Eventually, these should progress into more intense lifts using weights.... which in turn, will trigger muscle maintenance.
Curvie Girlie
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I don't know what it's called--it's a barbell on a sliding rail that assists with the lifting, on a structure. I usually did prone leg presses, and squats with small dumbells. I just recently started the barbell sqauts on the assistant machine, when I started the CDL and RDL...
TomO
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Hey, Steve. I'm just wrapping up my reading of New Rules of Lifting. Overall, very good book. Now here's another question:
After my week off at the beginning of April, do you think I should adopt one of the programs in the book, or am I fine continuing the program I have? Don't get me wrong, I'm perfectly happy with the one I'm doing, and I'm making gains. But I hate to keep bugging you all the time, too.
Also, I have a small umbilical hernia. It's not getting worse right now, but from my research, it appears that at some point I'll have to get it fixed, so that it doesn't strangulate.
The bummer is that it will take 6 to 8 weeks to get back to where I was before the operation.
Assuming I can do it any time over the next year and a half, what do you think is better, to get it done at my current weight, or to hopefully drop another 20 pounds or so, and get it done then?
After my week off at the beginning of April, do you think I should adopt one of the programs in the book, or am I fine continuing the program I have? Don't get me wrong, I'm perfectly happy with the one I'm doing, and I'm making gains. But I hate to keep bugging you all the time, too.
Also, I have a small umbilical hernia. It's not getting worse right now, but from my research, it appears that at some point I'll have to get it fixed, so that it doesn't strangulate.
The bummer is that it will take 6 to 8 weeks to get back to where I was before the operation.
Assuming I can do it any time over the next year and a half, what do you think is better, to get it done at my current weight, or to hopefully drop another 20 pounds or so, and get it done then?
Curvie Girlie
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I showed the BF my butt and he said I should continue with the moves I started doing...
Don't use it. It is called the smith machine. Definitely use free weights, either DB or BB.
What are prone leg presses, I did not know there was such a thing?
Hernias suck! That is a tough question, and I really think it depends on what you want. Really, after a hernia surgery, you are not allowed to do any heavy lifting for quite a while. Chances are, it is going to be tough to keep the weight off. Possible? Certainly. But you are going to have to monitor your nutrition like a son of a gun since you will not be as active at all. That said, if I were you, I would get it done sooner rather than later. Did the doc say you NEED to have it done?
As for the NROL, you can follow a routine out of there. I will have to look at them again when I get home, it has been some time since I read that book. However, you prefer, stick with what you are doing. You are making progress, so I wouldn't fix what isn't broke. Simplicity is key when it comes to muscle maintenance. There really won't be much changing and you won't have to "bother" me as you put it, if you stick with my routine.
When your weights lifted plateau, minor alterations to the volume, then a detraining week, then you start again from the beginning with the original volume, possibly altering a few exercises.
Curvie Girlie
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Well, it's when you lay down in a machine and use your legs to press up usually large amounts of weight...
AND STOP USING THE SMITH MACHINE!!!