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2006/10/19, 08:32 AM
Had a great workout. Some notes of intrest: Sh press ended with 115x6 way better than last week. Shrugs 365x10.
I am also glad to report(KC read this) that I controlled my temper! There is a guy at the Y his name is Tien(I think that is correct spelling). He is a Motherhucking jackass. Everytime someone benches more he always states he has done more (but it must be said has never actually done it in front of any of us at the Y).
He also, has ridculed me for have the surgery. Anyway I was getting done with the SH preses and he walks in. I was going to do shrugs and was just waiting for the guys at the rack(we only have one) to finish up. Tien comes in to do squats, no biggie as I could do laterals while he did the squats. Well as soon as I get down with the laterals he is just finishing his 2nd set. I go over and he makes a comment about a woman in the gym. I just said no I did not find her attractive, that my wife was the only one i did. He for what ever reason got pissed and told me this" just for that I am going to take 10 minutes between sets, and just take a long time". Which he did, I waited 25 minutes, he walked very slow adding weight etc.
After he was done I did my shrugs, by this point I was very mad but not showing it. I went out to the front desk area and told my buddy Marshall(he works there) what had happened. Now he and Tien hate each other for a argument about using the equipment worng and Marshall has been trying to get Tien kicked out. SO as I am talking to MArshall Tien comes up and say to me "you know you are talking to the worlds greatest athlete". I fired back, "at least he is not a Motherhucker jackass like you". Now I know that is not the best language, but at least I did not smash his face in. Marshall laughed and Tien just got red in the face and left. Tien does not care for me cause he once tried to do shrugs with me and could not keep up and blamed it on his being smaller and weighing less. I just can not wait to do 1 of 2 things. First is to get to 200 and out bench Dl and squat this asshole. OR secondly talk my wife to letting me pay 300 for a year at my old gym.
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2006/10/19, 08:45 AM
This you controlling your temper?????hmm....so because you didn't start throwing chairs around you were in a good place?????....Just kidding...you can start breathing now:love:Some people are just jerks...it's there calling in life..we can't all be as nice as me....:big_smile:But when you know that his problem is a self esteem issue..it's easier to take...well not really...there just a**holes...
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2006/10/19, 09:26 AM
Hey Mutt - is this guy like 5'8" about 200lbs, 28yrs old? I received a PM from a guy named tien that was wondering why I suggested leg work in another post. He said he does not work legs because his are already big and did not see the point in woking legs because he would have to buy new pants. Does this sound like the guy? If so let me know and out of respect for you I will not offer him advice in the future.
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2006/10/19, 09:58 AM
yes to height and weight not his age, he lives in rochester.
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2006/10/19, 10:27 AM
seems like you couldnt offer him any advice on anything anyways KA, he already knows everything anyways, lol not working legs cause he'd have to buy new pants, hilarious....
Great job mutt, patience with socially challenged individuals like tien is definately not one of my better qualities, i wouldve not handled myself like you did...
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2006/10/19, 10:29 AM
It was only cause KC is yelling at me all the time about being nice that I held back LOL
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2006/10/19, 10:57 AM
hahaha, i can only amagine the response that post will bring...
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2006/10/19, 11:43 AM
Mutt, you should know by now that yelling and constructive yelling are two different things. KC doesn't yell at you, she constructivly YELLS at you. Geesh! :big_smile:
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2006/10/19, 12:31 PM
yeah mutt....you have a wife...you know these things already....we shouldn't have to spell them out...you're worrying me....
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2006/10/20, 09:49 AM
lol
Ok here is my routine for the next month:
Monday-chest
Tuesday-Arms(biceps and tris)
Wed-Back
Thursday-Shoudlers
Friday-Legs
Sat and Sun swimming at the Y
Reasons: One is that until I feel like I can go a hour lifting (meaning I will hit 2 body parts with equal intensity with out passing out), I need to stay with the one bodypart a workout. Also I am deathly afraid of doing ANYTHING areobic with my feet both likely to get gout. I asked Dr. Boss, my surgeon about gout and he says that patients (me) that have had gout are very likely to get it in the ankles and feet after surgery even if that ankle has nothad it. SO
I am not taking chances, Sat and Sun are pretty much the only open days for lap swim etc. That is unless I go late at night.....I have the boys to bathe and put to bed so I COULD go then but then would have to re work the weight lifting.
What do you all think?
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2006/10/20, 10:12 AM
No day off?????
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2006/10/20, 10:13 AM
No at least not for a few weeks
I may be able to take a day off and combine like bis with back and tri with shoulders
but not too sure
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2006/10/20, 10:19 AM
Mutt - I think it looks good. Only thing I might think about changing is the order.
M - Chest
T - Back
W - Bi/Tri
X - Legs
F - Shoulders
The only reason I say this is so you do not push two days in a row with the upper body. Just my 2 cents.
Keep up the good work and remember your journey is a marathon not a race.
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2006/10/20, 10:24 AM
yeah just saw that LOL thanks ka.
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2006/10/20, 10:39 AM
http://www.stronghealth.com/services/surgical/bariatric/images/POSTOPDIET3.pdf
that is a link to the diet tht I have to follow. I am susposed to be within 1000-1200. And stick to the portion sizes....not sure how to eat that much and still workout.
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2006/10/20, 10:52 AM
So for example a breakfast is 1 cup skim milk and 1/2 cup of a "soft cereal" like oatmeal.
a snack in the am is like 1 cup yougurt and 1/4 cup of a fruit
lunch is 2oz meat and 1/4 cup veggies.
PM snack is a protein shake
then dinner is same as lunch
I am eating a lot more than that and probably have stretched my stomach out a bit. I am so depressed right now cause I am not sure if i eat the way they require i can lift. I hardly have the energy to lift rightnow and if I follow it like i plan, i will not be able to lift at all I think. But the weight loss has to come frist but they also say that i need to do cardio....not happy right now.
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2006/10/22, 04:53 PM
Ok so I am making a real effort to eat the amounts and stuff they want me to. A bit light headed after the squats but still a stong leg day for me right now. I will be over 200 in the squats in a week or so ( going to do Good Mornings next week). Allright ya'll see ya later!
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2006/10/24, 08:28 AM
I don't know how your lifting all this weight on 1200 cal a day...is it muscle memory you think???I know you are itching to get back to lifting where you were...but I think you are going to fast.Let the weight drop off some more...it won't be long...then pick up those real heavy weights.You can still work with the weights...just ease up...wait a few months...then pick them up heavy.
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2006/10/24, 08:35 AM
I know it seems like the weight is very heavy, but remember that I am only lifting about 40% of what I used to. My warm up for squats was 135 and 185 lbs 10 reps each. Now those numbers are what I am using for my working sets. I am taking this slow. I think it is muscle memory to a point, also my drive to get strong again. I feel very weak right now. I benched last night and 165x6 was my last set. 2 months ago I was benching over 300 regularly and one of my last chest workouts I did 135x30. I have a lot of fat that I think my body is pulling energy from, but like last night towards the end of the work out ( I was doing DB flyes) I had just done 40x10 and went to 50lbs and got only 5 reps. I just kind of run out of steam after a half hour to 45 mins. NOW that is a increase of time of about 10-20 mins compared to my first week back. After talking with Mike (rev) I am giving it another week maybe two before starting back into a more traditional power lifitng routine. I am greatful for you concern you and the others keep me grounded, as without ya all I would be lifting a lot more than i should LOL.
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2006/10/25, 08:57 AM
I did not workout last night. I was to put it mildly very sore in the abs and legs still. I went out looking for clothing again. Found some things, but not a lot as I have hit a wall in terms of weight loss.
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2006/10/26, 08:50 AM
I took last night off as well, but spent 1.5 hours mowing and raking leaves. I did manage tolift a 33gal garbage can full of wet leave from the ground to my shoulder and carry it 250ft. I had motivation, my oldest son was helping Daddy, who by the way is as big and strong as the Hulk in his eyes, staring at me as I tried to lift it. DAMMMM but that was heavy! I did get it up there and all but man. I wanted to do arms last night but after the outside work in the 40 degree wet rain I was cold tired and hungry so I took some adivce a few of ya have been pounding into me lately and took it easy. Made a dinner of spaghetti squash and some fish.
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2006/10/26, 09:04 AM
Well good for you!!!!Yard work is just that WORK...so I'm sure that was enough of a workout!!!
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2006/10/26, 09:07 AM
I slept like a baby! In fact if my wife had not shaken me at 630am I would still be sleeping.
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In the Squat Rack there is not room for 45lb Curls!
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2006/10/27, 08:22 AM
My workout last night was totaly rocking. No I did not lift as much as I used to but it was fast paced, hard enough to fail on the last set a rep or two of my goal(a good thing). It was just awesome. AND I did back and arms and got in 7 sets of abs in about ahour ( I think it was actually 50mins)!
I am sore and very tired. Alex climbed into bed at 2am and promptly attached himself to my back like a leech. Joey woke up at 230am and promptly started to scream for Ma Ma and Da Da. He had puked dinner all voer himself and his bed, poor guy was shaking uncontrolablly till my wife got to him, she cleaned him off and I got the bed stiff, trucked it down to the basement cleaned it off in the sink and put it into the washer. Took her from 315am to 5am to fall back asleep, her OCD kicks in for some reason and her mind gets moving and she can not fall asleep easily. It took me a half hour to 45mins to fall asleep. Then Chris at 615am is shaking me and I almost cried LOL. Anyway that is the happs for now.
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In the Squat Rack there is not room for 45lb Barbell Curls!
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2006/10/27, 08:34 AM
well....glad the workout went well...as for the rest....such is life with kids!!:)
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2006/10/27, 08:36 AM
Yes
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2006/10/27, 09:26 AM
Sounds like you're recovering great Mutt! Oh, I remember the days of having little ones. I don't think I got an undisturbed sleep until they were about 6yo and now I have a 16yo, so no sleep again! Good to hear you're listening to your body! You will get there, it just takes time!!
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2006/10/27, 09:38 AM
Thanks fly!
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Stop freaking talking about what you squat and SHOW ME WHAT YOU SQUAT!
In the Squat Rack there is not room for 45lb Barbell Curls!
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2006/10/27, 10:45 AM
Man I am getting sore!
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When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me here? By whose order and direction have this place and time been allotted to me? The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
In the Squat Rack there is not room for 45lb Barbell Curls!
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2006/10/27, 10:53 AM
Welcome to our world:big_smile:
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2006/10/27, 10:53 AM
LOL I hear ya!
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When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me here? By whose order and direction have this place and time been allotted to me? The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
Blaise Pascal
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2006/10/27, 11:47 AM
You are getting deep on us Mutt
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2006/10/27, 11:49 AM
yes that is true
Found that passage in college and it has just been one of my favs ever since.
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When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me here? By whose order and direction have this place and time been allotted to me? The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
Blaise Pascal
7707mutt@freetrainers.com
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2006/10/30, 09:19 AM
Ok week 3 is done and I had a great set of workouts. I did multiple body parts and feel ok with doing two at a time. That is great news as now I can find 2 days a week for cardio. Look out Mutt is just about BACK!
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When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me here? By whose order and direction have this place and time been allotted to me? The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
Blaise Pascal
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2006/10/31, 08:33 AM
I feel so good! Only thing that is missing is the strength I had before the surgery. At my gym is a group of guys that lift as a group. They are very strong in most lifts...and we have all developed a sort of friendship. Anyway one of them came up as I was leaveing and commented on how good I was looking, and asked how much I had lost. That of course led to a conversation about the surgery. He was surprised that I had gotten it and that I was as heavy as I was. HE did say that he thought I was doing great to be back so soon and lifting as well as I am. I had to laugh cause in my eyes I am lifting badly for the most part. HA! Still made me feel good.
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When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me here? By whose order and direction have this place and time been allotted to me? The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
Blaise Pascal
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2006/10/31, 08:52 AM
Those are fun conversations mutt....glad your getting back into the swing of things!:)
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2006/11/01, 10:37 AM
Thanks everyone! Tonight is back and biceps. I want to deadlift and hit 275x8 and 315x8 we will see. I am thinking now that I might go back to a Westside stlye lifting routine next week or the week after. I will see.
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When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me here? By whose order and direction have this place and time been allotted to me? The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
Blaise Pascal
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2006/11/01, 11:43 AM
Thoughts from the surgery till today:
Well in a few days it will be 3 months since I had the surgery. At first as most that have read this know it was a very hard process to go thru. I DO NOT recommend that others go this route until all other means have been tried.
I am glad I did it. I was on pace to add weight each year. I have health problems related to obesity on my fathers side, that is what I favor in terms of my make up. I had NO health problems realted to obesity except for growing gout realted issues that I think my weight (308) made worse. BUT all the males on my fathers side have diabetes and other such obesity realted problems. What also scared me was getting that active within me. Not sure if I would have gotten diabetes but there was that chance. My wife knows a family, the husband had diabetes, though it was controlled. The wife was expecting a baby in october. Well on july 4th the husband went into a diabetic shock and ended up in the hosiptal. Over the next month it attacked his body, first a few fingers were cut off then his left hand, by Oct he had lost both legs to the knees and almost all of each hand. He died 2 days after his wife gave birth.
I cried I have to say. No one deserves to go thru that on either end. Now that is a extreme case but it scared the crap out of me. I want my sons to have to change MY DIAPERS!
SO all in all I am very happy with my decision and look forward to being around for a long time.
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When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me here? By whose order and direction have this place and time been allotted to me? The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
Blaise Pascal
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2006/11/01, 12:22 PM
Continued Luck Bro
Quoting from Mutt
"I want my sons to have to change MY DIAPERS!" I guess my high hopes for KC's next career move are out. I am sure she is qualified for something.
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2006/11/01, 12:43 PM
Thanks ka! My oldest still wants to know when I am going back on the computer to talk to "god" LOL that cracked me up!
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When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me here? By whose order and direction have this place and time been allotted to me? The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
Blaise Pascal
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2006/11/01, 02:00 PM
ka.....you're a butt!!!!!!!!and....well I can't think of anything else right now...give me a minute...I'll be back....
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2006/11/01, 02:25 PM
My husband as a child, was a stubborn one. The story that is told all the time, is of a night when he got in trouble for something fairly big, and yelled at his dad "Someday you're gonna be a little old man, and I'm gonna beat your butt!!"
His dad has in the past 6 months lost 30-40lbs, and we now call him "little old man." Hopefully Mutt, as your kiddies get older, they won't get any ideas. ; )
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2006/11/01, 02:28 PM
KC - is that all you have ? :big_smile::big_smile:
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2006/11/01, 02:40 PM
Thats funny cristal!!!
yeah ka...I'm tired,stayed up way to late...thats all I have right now....consider this your lucky day...for now...
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2006/11/01, 03:02 PM
OK...lets try this...
I'm qualified to whoop yer ass...
no...that won't do
still thinking....
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2006/11/01, 03:08 PM
You are going to make Charlie jealous with those type of comments.
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2006/11/01, 03:14 PM
ok,ok...
I'm qualified to......
dam...I still got nothin'
sorry for muckin up your thread mutt...but you know it is getting kinda long...maybe this is a sign to do a mutts journey 2?????
I miss charlie:(
he picked on me...but he always said I was pretty in the end...I'm such a sucker..with low self esteem.....'um...thats a siong in case you were wondering...ok...I'll shutup now...
for a minute at least!!!!!
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2006/11/01, 03:30 PM
Ok
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When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me here? By whose order and direction have this place and time been allotted to me? The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
Blaise Pascal
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2006/11/01, 03:30 PM
No KC, you're not a sucker. It's easy to become attached to Charlie. I've unofficially adopted him as my Uncle Charlie. Him and the buffalo!!
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2006/11/01, 03:54 PM
The Buffalo is MINE
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When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me here? By whose order and direction have this place and time been allotted to me? The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
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