The Dawg's Log

I have not stepped on a scale lately. Was down to 270lbs from 285 earlier this year. Took time off in Germany and ate alot of bread. Bloated me up like crazy. Now that I'm back, I am getting the diet back down and getting things rolling for the winter bulk.

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mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

ohhh... the fresh bread in Germany, with a little smear of butter... or brotchen (I don't know how to do umlauts), with Lebercase... or Weiss Wurst... Knack Wurst.... ohhh.... yummmmmmmmm...................................umumumumumnm ohhh crap! I forgot to eat lebercase while I was on keto... ****!

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ohhh... the fresh bread in Germany, with a little smear of butter... or brotchen (I don't know how to do umlauts), with Lebercase... or Weiss Wurst... Knack Wurst.... ohhh.... yummmmmmmmm...................................umumumumumnm ohhh crap! I forgot to eat lebercase while I was on keto... ****!

Haha ha you know what I'm talking about. I would eat four of them for Breakfast. No Eggs and Bacon over there. Then I would eat one or two for lunch, then a Large late Dinner. Yea, My diet was gone! But those Brotchen are to die for.

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

How was the beer (bier?)?

You could drink over 8 liter glasses, not remember how you got back to your room, and wake up the next day with no hang over...nothing! Very Strange. If the U.S. could make beer like that, I would be in trouble.
 
http://www.bierbike.de/

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

9/16
0830
 
5 min Elipticle
 
Chest day - Chest muscles were tight. Had to stretch in between sets.
 
BB Bench
135x10
165x5
205x3
215x5
215x5
215x4
 
BB Incline
165x6
170x6
170x5
 
BB Decline
250x6
 
BB seated wrist curls
70x6
90x6
90x6
90x6

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

Wetdawg


I have not stepped on a scale lately. Was down to 270lbs from 285 earlier this year. Took time off in Germany and ate alot of bread. Bloated me up like crazy. Now that I'm back, I am getting the diet back down and getting things rolling for the winter bulk.

Love the new avitar pic btw........nice!

Height 5' 8" Weight  200 lbs Body Fat 16%
Bench 315-Squat 365-Dead 405
Chest-46"/Bicep-16.5"/Waist-37"...UGGH
Thigh-24.5"/Calves 16"

    

Look at that Belly! I was eating bread (Brotchen) for 4 days when that was taken..I'm still trying to work that off. So much for "eat what i want, I'm on Vacation"

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

9/17
0840
 
5 min elip WU
 
Back Day - Still stiff in the shoulders and chest. Had to really concentrate on Deadlifts to keep form correct. Slowed way down on the reps when doing them
 
DB Rows
60x10
70x5
80x3
100x6
100x6
 
Cable Pulldown
170x6
170x6
 
Cable Row
180x6
 
Dead Lift
185x6
185x6
 
BB Shrug
215x6
 
Pullups
x5
x4
 

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

why so light? did you get hurt?

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rippedchick


why so light? did you get hurt?

If you mean Deadlift? I was hit by a car in 1982. Hyrniated disc problems ever since. I started Squating last year. Have been doing well with it so I decided to add DL's. Slow and steady for now. Doctor freaks out when I tell him what I'm doing, but he knows he can't stop me.

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mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

Ahhhhhhhh I see said the blind man.

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9/18
0830
 
5 min elip wu
 
Shoulder day - I slept 5 hours. My chest and back in between my shoulders felt like it needed to crack but wasn't doing it. Really was bothering my workout: Muscle pain after reps. Hard to motivate and felt weak.
 
DB OH Press
50x10
55x5
60x3
70x4
70x5
 
BB Mil Press
135x4
115x6 - dropped down in weight as I had trouble with 135 today and my spotters are to short to spot when I press it up.
 
DB Lat raises
25x6
30x6
 
Skullcrushers
90x6
90x6
 
Tricep cable pulldowns
200x6
200x6
 
DB OH tricep press
65x6
 
Hope next week goes better with rest.
 

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

You know if you did seated mil press it would not only put more focus on your shoulders but your spotters would be able to reach it ;)

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Haha. I could only imagine spotting a guy 6'5" overhead pressing.

ACE-CPT, NASM-CPT, AFPA-Nutrition Consultant 

rippedchick


You know if you did seated mil press it would not only put more focus on your shoulders but your spotters would be able to reach it ;)

Thanks Bobbi. Does the body get as much benefit if I sit down? Only reason I do them standing is that I think they are better for me overall. No?

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

9/19
0905
 
5 min elipticle Warm Up
 
Arm day - Got about 5 hours of sleep again today. Work is short a guy and I'm picking up the slack. I leave the house at 11:30am and get home about 02:00 am. Today I used what Soccerking3000 stated about wrist position doing curls and worked more with hammer curls.
 
Curl Bar curls
50x10
70x5
90x3
110x6
115x6
 
BB Curls
110x6
110x6
 
DB Hammer curls
50x6 - started lifting with my knuckles to the outside turning knuckle to the down position as I lifted up
45x6 - knuckles to the outside the entire lift - much harder. alternated left and right
35x6 - knuckles to the outside entire lift, both arms up and down together- way harder
35x4- same as above, left side failed at 4, right could have done more.
 
Ab Cable Pulldowns
200x10
200x10
 
Ab Machine
200x6
150x10 - went deeper into the crunch with the less weight.

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

Wetdawg

rippedchick


You know if you did seated mil press it would not only put more focus on your shoulders but your spotters would be able to reach it ;)

Thanks Bobbi. Does the body get as much benefit if I sit down? Only reason I do them standing is that I think they are better for me overall. No?

Only difference is you take out the core's role of stabilizing the torso if you do it seated. Seated is arguably better for direct shoulder development due to the ability to lift more weight. But if you're doing other movements for the core - squats, deadlifts, pullups, chinups, maybe even direct core work then switching to seated is a good suggestion.

ACE-CPT, NASM-CPT, AFPA-Nutrition Consultant 

I will try it seated this week and see how it goes.

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

9/23
0900
 
5 min elipticle warmup
 
Squats
135x10
185x5
225x3
245x6
250x6
 
Seated Calf raises
225x6
225x6
 
Leg Press
450x6
450x6
 
Leg Extensions
200x6
200x6
 
Leg Curls
170x6
180x6

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

9/24
0900 hrs
 
5 min Elipticle WU
 
BB Bench
135x10
165x5
185x3
225x6
225x5
225x5
 
BB Incline Bench
165x6
170x5
170x5
 
Decline BB Bench
265x6
 
Wrist curls
90x6
90x6
 
Reverse Curls
90x6
80x6 - Had to drop down in weight as my left wrist could not support the 90lbs again. Rolled the bar with a limp wrist on the left. Dropping down 10lbs helped.
 

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

Dawg,
    The military time and German words are so bada$$!  Were you a fan of Hogan's Heroes?  Good workin' out!  :)

I Know Nothing Colonel Hogan...........NOTHING!  LOL

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

Wetdawg


I Know Nothing Colonel Hogan...........NOTHING!  LOL

"Some Streudel (sp?), Schultzie?"

I ate that stuff everyday on vacation. With Vanilla Ice cream, Vanilla Sauce, Whipped Cream, Hot, Warm, cold, with milk and a beer. I'm still working that off....Great Stuff!

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

9/25
0900
 
5 min E WU
 
DB Rows
60x10
70x5
80x3
100x6
100x6 - Top of the DB rack, Need to ask them to purchase higher weighted DB's
 
Cable Pulldown
180x6
180x6
 
Cable Row
190x6
 
Deadlift - Both PR's since 1982
205x6
255x4 - Lower back feels stressed after these. Kept my belt on for the rest of the workout. Will see how I feel in a couple of days. May back off for a few months and try again. Got to stay motivated to get past Jane in these....LOL
 
BB Shrugs
225x6
 
Pullups
x6
x4 - tired out

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

Called off the rest of the weeks workout days. My back is giving me troubles. Hard to sit, stand, and walk. I guess Deads are not ment to be. I think If I cut back on the weight to under 200 and try again it may help. More than likely I will have to drop deads all together.
I will try and get back in the Gym on Monday. It's Tough getting old.

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs

When I started doing deads again and squatting properly I had real troubles with how weak my lower back was and recovery being a pain.  Try some active recovery with just real like hyper extensions, or some foam rolling on your back, or even try contrast showers.  I know you have had serious injuries, but if you can slow things down and try and bring some more strength to your back it could benefit you in the long run.  Just be careful and don't give up even if you need a small break just make sure to do something else to bring strength to your core.

Also I posted some measurements in my log since you asked about it a couple weeks ago.

http://www.discussbodybuilding.com/Seos-Log-2008-m442008.aspx

It's Tough getting old

ssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.great workouts for an old man....lol getting that young body back quick there "old man"..

DONT BLAME THE PITBULL TRAIN THE PITBULL .BAN THE DEED NOT THE BREED.... OH YES MY GRAMR AND SPELNG SUCK AZZ...I KNOW.. THERE ARE NO BAD DOGS.JUST BAD OWNERS...

9/28
0900
 
5 min elipticle
 
Did arm workout today. Staying away from Squats and deads for the next week
 
DB Hammer Curls
20x10
25x10
30x10
35x5
40x3
45x6
45x6
45x6
 
Curlbar
100x6
100x6 - If I moved my back at all during the upswing I would know it! Stayed very still to keep away from the pain.
 
Straightbar
90x6
90x6
 
Ab Machine
150x10
160x10
170x10
180x10
 
Overall not feeling to bad.

Team Keine Ausreden = No Excuses
mein scheinehund ist daheim
48 yrs young
6'5" 270 Lbs