That’s awesome….the little guy already has the fever. You can truly say lifting is in his blood.Old guy I know at the commercial gym told me yesterday that I need to “stop lifting heavy” now that I have a sonHe means well, but boy I did a poor job containing my grin at that!
But you know what my son told us the other day? ‘Dad, I can’t wait until I get older & can lift weights at the gym too. I wanna do competitions! Will you take me with you to the gym, Dad??’
Old guy I know at the commercial gym told me yesterday that I need to “stop lifting heavy” now that I have a sonHe means well, but boy I did a poor job containing my grin at that!
But you know what my son told us the other day? ‘Dad, I can’t wait until I get older & can lift weights at the gym too. I wanna do competitions! Will you take me with you to the gym, Dad??’
That’s so awesome!! Keep that fire burning in him that way when you do get old you can live vicariously through him!Old guy I know at the commercial gym told me yesterday that I need to “stop lifting heavy” now that I have a son
But you know what my son told us the other day? ‘Dad, I can’t wait until I get older & can lift weights at the gym too. I wanna do competitions! Will you take me with you to the gym, Dad??’
and old men make no sense! Why in the hell would you stop lifting heavy since you have a kid??
That just made my heart melt.Old guy I know at the commercial gym told me yesterday that I need to “stop lifting heavy” now that I have a son
But you know what my son told us the other day? ‘Dad, I can’t wait until I get older & can lift weights at the gym too. I wanna do competitions! Will you take me with you to the gym, Dad??’
Awesome man, glad you had a productive session without any setbacks.
That’s great news about the knee, and congratulations to your wife on her PR….that’s super impressive.Some cool stuff:
I did that workout this morning, plus 13 more minutes on the cycle for knee flushing after. Just took my son out to the pumpkin farm for a couple hours, drove him on the dirt track with the pedal cars. No knee pain or limping during or since all the activity this afternoon. Making some real progress!
And, way more cool, my wife hit a lifetime PR stone load yesterday! She lifted a 245lb Atlas stone to 44” THREE separate times! That’s heavier than I am
Awesome stuff on all fronts!Some cool stuff:
I did that workout this morning, plus 13 more minutes on the cycle for knee flushing after. Just took my son out to the pumpkin farm for a couple hours, drove him on the dirt track with the pedal cars. No knee pain or limping during or since all the activity this afternoon. Making some real progress!
And, way more cool, my wife hit a lifetime PR stone load yesterday! She lifted a 245lb Atlas stone to 44” THREE separate times! That’s heavier than I am
Old guy I know at the commercial gym told me yesterday that I need to “stop lifting heavy” now that I have a son
But you know what my son told us the other day? ‘Dad, I can’t wait until I get older & can lift weights at the gym too. I wanna do competitions! Will you take me with you to the gym, Dad??’
And, way more cool, my wife hit a lifetime PR stone load yesterday! She lifted a 245lb Atlas stone to 44” THREE separate times! That’s heavier than I am
I generally found if my strict press went up, my bench had as well. But you definitely don’t need to do any to have a big bench; I just always enjoyed it when I could do it, before I lost my elbow flexion.
Really good. It’s basically normal for day to day, except I don’t really have the confidence to drive all the way through to lift my entire body just on it alone yet. So I can squat regularly bodyweight with full intent, and lower on it into a split squat, but I don’t feel great trying to come up just on that knee from a split squat or deep step-up. I can go up stairs normally though.
That’s great to hear, because you just never know with the knees…..talking about clicking, man at my age, when I go through warmups, I’ve got so many parts clicking, I sound like RoboCop moving around. When the clicking stops or slows down, and the aches and pains kind of go away, then I know I’m good and warmed up and ready to lift the real weights.
That’s great to hear, because you just never know with the knees…..talking about clicking, man at my age, when I go through warmups, I’ve got so many parts clicking, I sound like RoboCop moving around. When the clicking stops or slows down, and the aches and pains kind of go away, then I know I’m good and warmed up and ready to lift the real weights.
Yeah most definitely; both of my knees generally pop or click whenever I get up from a chair, bed, warming up, lifting, etc. That’s been like that for some years, elbows & shoulders less so but definitely a thing. My left elbow definitely clicks more.Mine’s been like that since I was in the Army, and I was only 21 then. Only gonna get worse from here on out
Flush em you can do it!!!Man I am definitely toasty from that posterior session yesterday; my mid back/lower traps and hams are especially feeling it. Both knees are tight from all the hamstring tension, but my legs are so tired I really don’t want to do any cycling to flush them
I did not lol. Did feel better after work, getting to walk around more out with my family. Got some Halloween lights put up; my son loves that stuff.
Little kids are so fun around Halloween and Christmas…..for me and my wife decorating and putting out stuff with the kids for Halloween and Christmas was always the most special times….Have fun with that little guy, they grow up so fast.
He is a blast; we are constantly going around to different stores or streets in our neighborhood right now to look at various inflatables and decorations. He just loves all the bright stuff!Little kids are so fun around Halloween and Christmas…..for me and my wife decorating and putting out stuff with the kids for Halloween and Christmas was always the most special times….Have fun with that little guy, they grow up so fast.
Congrats on the PRs……Hyde I saw this video of this little toddler lifting and it made me think of your little man. I loved how he throws the weights at the end like “get that out of here.”
I was like man, what a great day, I got to go to the zoo and everything
Yes I think it’s a solid program to push your bench hard in a short timeframe, provided you will be eating in a surplus/bulking. It’s a LOT of high effort volume in both bench variations and supplemental bodybuilding work. Not something to turn to routinely, just for a focused phase.
The zoo was great btw
Yeah it really is. I’m trying to really not rush anything and stay incremental, because it’s been such a boon in my daily life to be more capable again. I want things to stay healthier! Strength is such a benefit, but not if you’re too hurt to use any of it.
Man glad you were able to do some deadlift work with some weight and test out squat movements, that’s a really good sign. I always cringe when I hear knee or spinal injuries, because those injuries can cause so many serious issues that can derail you. And even minor injuries with the knees and spine can be very challenging to work around without causing a more serious injury. It’s just good to see you’ve been able to work around it and everything appears to be healing.
I keep going back and forth on selling my Elite FTS SS YOKE Bar. I still have a hope I can use it again someday, but the reality is I probably won't be able to do it.
He means well, but boy I did a poor job containing my grin at that!
