Author Topic: Wowbagger's weightlifting (Read 15453 times)

Wowbagger · « **Reply #25 on:** 25 April, 2022, 06:34:48 pm »

60kg deadlift this morning.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #26 on:** 25 April, 2022, 07:07:14 pm »

Very good, sir

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #27 on:** 25 April, 2022, 07:14:54 pm »

Very impressive Wowbagger - as is the considerable reduction in weight since the last time I saw you.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #28 on:** 16 May, 2022, 05:21:15 pm »

90kg on the end of that string.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #29 on:** 23 May, 2022, 01:44:46 pm »

60kg deadlifts again today: 8 reps * 4 with a 1 minute rest between each set.

Quote from: Kieran the Trainer

I hope I can deadlift 60kg as well as you when I'm your age!

Thanks, mate.

Legs · « **Reply #30 on:** 23 May, 2022, 02:20:40 pm »

Very impressive, Wow!

Brilliant that the endorphins seem to be working their magic, too!

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #31 on:** 24 May, 2022, 01:26:21 pm »

I have never really done weights until recently but realised I needed to do some for my cycling and general fitness. big gains. I am 75kg and after 6 weeks I am sumo deadlifting 80kg for 6 reps and 3 sets.

The killer though is the Bulgarian sets of 6 repeats with 40kg after that and then the step ups with 40kg for 3 sets of 8.

I am really seeing the benefit on the hills though. A 200km last weekend but one with 3.25 AAA points was achievable which it would not have been previously.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #32 on:** 30 May, 2022, 05:26:37 pm »

That's impressive, Chris. I weigh a lot more than you do.

This morning I did a sequence of deadlifts, twice. 8*45kg, 6*55kg, 4*65kg. No photos this time.

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #33 on:** 30 May, 2022, 07:56:16 pm »

that is good going and steady improvement.

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #34 on:** 31 May, 2022, 09:05:34 am »

Had an active recovery session this week. between 30 and 50% of 1RM and much more attention to explosive power. Felt as if I had worked but no real fatigue. All set for next week now.

Jakob · « **Reply #35 on:** 02 June, 2022, 05:21:54 pm »

Quote from: chrisbainbridge on 24 May, 2022, 01:26:21 pm

I have never really done weights until recently but realised I needed to do some for my cycling and general fitness. big gains. I am 75kg and after 6 weeks I am sumo deadlifting 80kg for 6 reps and 3 sets.

Is there a particular reason for using sumo deadlifts instead of regular deadlifts?

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #36 on:** 02 June, 2022, 07:37:00 pm »

Just one variation on that week to particularly activate medial gluteus. Mostly standard deadlifts, box squats, etc.

Polar Bear · « **Reply #37 on:** 08 June, 2022, 10:15:24 pm »

Having seen Wow at Wing this past weekend I would say that his regime suits him well. He was looking as well and as trim as I can recall ever seeing him.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #38 on:** 11 July, 2022, 04:27:14 pm »

My first session for 5 weeks: weekend away, catching covid, another planned week away cancelled because I had covid, and then my instructor had covid means that this week's session was the first since 6th June.

I didn't do any deadlifts but I did a lot of other quite tough things using different weights in different ways, as well as some cardio work. I got quite sweaty in there.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #39 on:** 20 August, 2022, 05:44:01 pm »

Last week I did sets of clean & press culminating with 28kg.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #40 on:** 29 August, 2022, 01:05:36 pm »

Last session until October. My Man is getting married on Saturday and I have hols at the end of the month. So I've booked 5 sessions starting Monday 3rd October.

I did some Romanian deadlifts today - only 20kg I think, but it's the first time I've done those. Lots of cardio and core work though. I was certainly sweating well! Off for a swim shortly.

A student from South Bank Uni has been observing me for the past couple of weeks. She's a remarkably petite gymnast who is thinking of going into the line of work that My Man does. My body mass is probably about 2½ times hers.

velosam · « **Reply #41 on:** 14 September, 2022, 10:07:08 pm »

Amazing Peter, very inspirational

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #42 on:** 21 September, 2022, 11:29:27 am »

One of the things my trainer does is write up each exercise on a little wipe clean board as we do the session. Then at the end he photographs it and sends me an email. So I have details of everything I have done. Last night as I lay in bed with a number of aching muscles I was able to review my progress from the early days of being able to do a 75x 3 bar bell box squats to yesterday doing 70x15 with a second set of 60x15.
Really pleased with the improvement.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #43 on:** 22 September, 2022, 12:17:16 pm »

My Man's honeymoon combined with my own holidays means that I'll be having a hiatus for the whole of September.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #44 on:** 03 October, 2022, 12:45:10 pm »

Back to my Stoutness Exercises this morning. Lots of cardio and core work.

Wobbly John · « **Reply #45 on:** 03 October, 2022, 07:20:49 pm »

I saw this today, and immediately thought of you Wowbagger (and not just because of the picture)

https://www.sciencealert.com/weight-lifting-in-old-age-does-more-than-just-keep-your-muscles-strong

Wowbagger · « **Reply #46 on:** 03 October, 2022, 08:15:27 pm »

Thanks! I'll share that on FB, tagging my trainer

Jakob · « **Reply #47 on:** 04 October, 2022, 09:44:47 pm »

I'm a firm believer that lifting is one of the best exercises you can do for your general health. Much more so than cycling, running, etc.

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #48 on:** 05 October, 2022, 09:52:48 am »

Just back from my session. real improvements on the legs and starting to see benefit on the arms. Fascinating to see significant differences in strength between the 2 arms. I reckon this goes back to the different severity of the collar bone fractures and then how I had to keep moving and using the (now weaker) arm after the injury before I got it fixed which lead to possibly more muscle damage.

velosam · « **Reply #49 on:** 05 October, 2022, 07:18:22 pm »

I beginning to think the same. More work now may pay dividends in the future. May try free weights at home before getting gym membership.