Yep, exactly….the owner of our gym’s wife told me about it, and she thought he was hilarious, and she said exactly what you said Kleen. That they were taking it out of context, because the punchline was him being the out of shape guy drooling in the background.
Yep, exactly….the owner of our gym’s wife told me about it, and she thought he was hilarious, and she said exactly what you said Kleen. That they were taking it out of context, because the punchline was him being the out of shape guy drooling in the background.
Her and almost all the women at our gym wear yoga pants and know they are being looked at and seem to like it. Ha, most of the regulars are bold and flirty and love to flaunt it.
Yeah that sounds like an accidental leering situation waiting to happen. A Brother can get suddenly "hungry" in moments like that.
10/16/2026
Friday
Stretches
Warmups
Overhead Press 5-3-1
125 x 3
145 x 3
160 x 6 (1-2 RIR)
Side Laterals
30s x 10, 10, 10
Incline DB Press with pause
70s x 10, 10
75s x 10
V Bar Push Downs
3 x 10
Low Cable Row
160 x 10
175 x 10
190 x 8
Hammer Curls
50 x 10, 10, 10
Only me and 3 other guys today, we rocked out to Guns & Roses, Pearl Jam, and Megadeth. I was really pleased how well 160 x 6 moved on OHP. Felt like I had 1 to 2 more reps in the tank, so I’ll take it. Megadeth started playing when I started the close grip low rows, and even though I normally keep the weight reasonable at 160 because I try to go heavy on my upper back day early in the week and moderately lighter on this upper body day, I was really in beast mode and decided to finish with 175 and 190. Really a fun intense workout today.
Ha, we do get on some interesting subjects up in here.I always love this thread
When you’re on a gram of gear in a college town, it’s not even an accident! Lol
The trick is not to make it creepy or awkward, more complimentary. Which, truthfully, maybe only actually comes down to me being handsome & jacked - but the world isn’t fair I suppose
I have always felt a brutal set of ~8 well-performed rows is one of the most productive! A couple of those, where the intensity is top shelf, really seem to smash things effectively on an exercise for me.
Nice work and hell yeah another PR! Great session!!10/20/2026
Tuesday
Stretches
Warmups
Rotator Cuff
McLeod Flys
Bench 5-3-1
210 x 5
240 x 3
265 x 1
Joker
280 x 2 (0-1 RIR)….PR in my 60s
Pause on 2nd rep
HS Iso Horizontal Bench Machine
208 x 10, 10, 10, 10
CG Bench
185 x 10
205 x 10, 10, 10
Arnold Press
45s x 10, 10, 10
Cybex Tri Extension Machine
3 x 10
Well 280 x 2 with a pause felt about like 275 x 2 did last month, so still making progress even in cycle 7. I may not reach my goal of 315 by the end of the year, but I’m pleased and not gonna rush it, and just enjoy the continued progression. Ha, I’ll get there eventually….us old timers just take a little longer.
Thanks guys…. I really do believe this AM community helps us to be better and reach or at least get closer to our goals. Not only do we encourage and cheer each other on, but the wealth of knowledge and real world experience and advice is so valuable.
That’s for sure and sometimes to just vent/talk about things all life related that everyone can relate to at some point and time.
I know that accountability really does help keep the drive strong.
Thanks brother I appreciate that.
10/20/2026
Tuesday
Stretches
Warmups
Rotator Cuff
McLeod Flys
Bench 5-3-1
210 x 5
240 x 3
265 x 1
Joker
280 x 2 (0-1 RIR)….PR in my 60s
Pause on 2nd rep
HS Iso Horizontal Bench Machine
208 x 10, 10, 10, 10
CG Bench
185 x 10
205 x 10, 10, 10
Arnold Press
45s x 10, 10, 10
Cybex Tri Extension Machine
3 x 10
Well 280 x 2 with a pause felt about like 275 x 2 did last month, so still making progress even in cycle 7. I may not reach my goal of 315 by the end of the year, but I’m pleased and not gonna rush it, and just enjoy the continued progression. Ha, I’ll get there eventually….us old timers just take a little longer.
Thanks man, I appreciate it.
Meal sounds delicious! Hopefully get caught up and back to it!10/21/2026
Wednesday
Stretches
Warmups
HS Iso Lateral High Row
270 x 8
330 x 8, 8, 8
340 x 7
HS Iso Lateral Mid Row
230 x 8, 8, 8, 8
Pull-Ups
12, 12, 12
Machine Preacher Curl
4 x 10
Standing DB Curl
45s x 10, 10, 10, 10
DB Rear Laterals
40s x 10, 10, 10
Man, I had a tough day at work and got to the gym late. It was packed, but thankfully I was able to get warmed up and get my workout in without having to wait on any equipment. I felt good while I was in the zone and working out, but felt really drained again by the time I got home. My wife made Bison burgers, sweet potato fries in the air fryer, salad with fresh sliced tomatoes and jalapeños. I ate and went to sleep within 15 minutes. Just woke up a little while ago and remembered I needed to log this workout….time to get back to bed and try to finish this full night of sleep.
I'd like to piggy back on to that question and ask you both how do you see AI helping or hindering engineering in the future? My son is finally starting to take some interest in after high school work and engineering is high on his list, although he's not sure what field exactly.
It can definitely help and will speed things up. We are using AI in different departments like our technical sales estimators and our field project managers. But we really have to double check because we have caught some mistakes. Right now it’s so early and all the bugs are still being worked out. But what a lot of people don’t realize is AI is heavily dependent on human input in these early stages, and what it can do now very well is process a lot of information very quickly. But one of the problems is it sometimes receives incorrect information, so they still need to dial in the programming to do a better job at vetting the info. A lot of people thinks it’s perfect, but it just isn’t yet. Ha, it’s still learning, but at a very fast pace. I will say anything he can learn and get into with AI is the future and will eventually be where the big money is.
what kind of schooling did you do to get into that? my buddy does similar work in aerospace up here, mostly on the costing side now. He's 70 and loves it but will probably retire soon. He had his own machine shop many years ago and decided he didn't want to run his own anymore. I actually don't think he went to school for it though, I think he learned it the old school way
yes I tell people they need to treat it like an intern, much like what Jim had said about his law firm using it. we have actually started working with a company that created an AI costing software and its pretty good, but fairly expensive at about $3k/month. we had to have our IT company write new patch work to integrate it into our MRP, and we had to get extra compliance because of industries we are in. But I said from day one, if we work with them, we will make them a better company because they're only scratching the surface and it still needs a lot of improvement. but bvasically the AI reads the drawing and the BOM, helps populate a cost, tooling requirements etc, then my actual costing engineers have to proof read it. so humans are still needed but it helps speed up some of the time consuming data entry side.
I got my Bachelors from a small college here in Georgia that was Southern Technical College in the 70s and 80s, and in the 90s they changed the name to Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology. Georgia Tech owned the college when I went, but now Kennesaw State University in Georgia owns them.
Yep, it is helping to speed up processes. A lot of our estimators like to use it to double check their numbers and measurements on their projects, and it has really helped speed up the process for them and save time and money. So for us it has been helpful we just like to make sure our people know to stay within the parameters we have set up and understand where it can fall short, and not to think it can do their work exclusively without their expertise….it’s only a tool.
Got into bridges just by happenstance. Also for the record I am not a engineer and have no college background.
That’s cool! Always interesting how many different aspects there are to keep the country turning and going. You get to do some welding as well?
I got my Bachelors from a small college here in Georgia that was Southern Technical College in the 70s and 80s, and in the 90s they changed the name to Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology. Georgia Tech owned the college when I went, but now Kennesaw State University in Georgia owns them.
Oh yeah…we also have a big powder coating paint line in our rolling steel plant.
It’s a homemade Italian dressing my wife makes with olive oil, red wine vinegar, a little Dijon mustard, a little lemon juice, and a lot of herbs and spices. If you want I’ll get her to write down the recipe and I’ll post it tonight. We like it a lot….ha, our Grandson just uses ranch.What kind of dressing do you use on your salads? You always say what’s in them, but not on top - I just realized and made me curious
I'm a ranch junky. for all the natural foods we keep increasing and all the work we put into having less preservatives etc, I still use a bit of ranch here and there lol. we used to make it, could get back into that I suppose.our Grandson just uses ranch.
I thought you had mentioned one in your log when I saw the one he got us. You can feel it in the quads as you press and extend, but man in that start position, with your knees at your chest it really does blast the glutes and hammies. It’s definitely at a different angle compared to our other leg press. It was great using it after those high reps on the York front squat, which blasted my quads. Ha, I definitely feel it in my quads, glutes, and hammies today.
It is interesting how differently the pendulum/lever leg press works, and then how different it feels compared to the other kind of flipped over pendulum / leverage leg press.I thought you had mentioned one in your log when I saw the one he got us. You can feel it in the quads as you press and extend, but man in that start position, with your knees at your chest it really does blast the glutes and hammies. It’s definitely at a different angle compared to our other leg press. It was great using it after those high reps on the York front squat, which blasted my quads. Ha, I definitely feel it in my quads, glutes, and hammies today.
