In Fitness and in Health
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@T4920 thats sweet of you, if only it were true
I spent most of May-July on the road in the US/EU and Japan/China so I have been piling on the weight from meals out too often, but have been back in the swing of things exercise wise for a month or so nowThe gym is pretty popular, yes. 7 / 16 staff are using it regularly and 1 more is likely to 'join' next month.
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@Alex nah for real, I thought you were looking slimmer and more muscular in some recent pics on the WAYWT thread.
Glad it's getting some use, looks like a great set up!
I upped my cardio and started lifting again about three months ago because because I didn't like how I looked in some IH tees I bought.
They look great now, but now I'm getting a bit too bulky for some of my smaller shirts!
Just can't win can ya...
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I never thought I would contribute to this thread. I have been relatively lucky genetically, so my health has been OKish. BUT, I am 68 and last May when I went fishing in Oman, the hip I replaced played up. I reasoned that the guy who replaced it knew what he was doing so it was probably a muscle (or lack of, issue).
So I hit the gym.
My goal was/is to build up my strength and especially my glutes, legs, lower back and grip strength (all vital for the fishing I do).
A great forum member found out what I was doing and gave me some brilliant advice. So I have been working on his regime of increasing my lower back strength. Back presses with weights.
A couple of weeks ago, I felt that I was strong enough to start deadlifting. But it scared me shitless because I knew how to spell it, but that was about it. So I have got a PT (Brett) to specifically work on deadlift form.
Never lifted before.
Couple of weeks ago, I had my first lesson I did 75kg - I weigh 85, 2 days ago I did 85, so I am at bodyweight. And feeling good about it. I'm doing a shit load of accessory exercises and others that I just like doing.
Next target 100kg.
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Bodyweight deadlift at the tender age of 68 is a big deal and a milestone. You will hit 100kg before you know it. And you are very welcome. Great to see the progress you made in a short period of time.
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For years I swore I’d never lift weights. I hated the gym, and mainly did cardio, then dropped it completely in favor of mountainbiking.
Then, when my youngest was about two years old (six years ago) I put her in her pram while she was sleeping. I had to bend down to do it, and I almost never got back up. My lower back was stuck.
So I went to a physiotherapist who convinced me that lifting free weights were the way to go if I wanted to increase core strength and mobility. And that included deadlifting.
And to my great surprise I found that I really liked it. I still prefer road biking (it replaced the mountainbiking a few years back) and playing Padel, so I mainly lift in the winter. My records stink though, I’ve acquired a nasty habit of injuring my ribs every time I get into a really good rhythm (not in the gym, twice on water slides, once on my commuter bike and once doing gardening). But there is a magic to deadlifting that is quite addictive.
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I can tag on to the shout out to @yannis and have been meaning to do so, regarding the low back strengthening. Yannis turned me on to the Low back ability program and I’ve been at it with consistency and focus the last 4-5 weeks. I’ve seen clear and notable progress with my low back pain issues.
Before I could make it to about 1pm in the work day before my lower back was killing me. I had two weeks of vacation during the holidays and I started my first day off. I’ve been back to work for two weeks and have not had any flare ups so far. Can’t thank you enough, Yannis. Feeling better and maintaining progress are the greatest motivators to staying committed to rehabbing and strengthening my back. Feeling the most optimistic I’ve been in 6 months.
