Mac's Training Asylum

[Curt James]

Niiiiiiice pics!

[Mac]

Today's early morning training.

Pickup my 93 yr old neighbor and take him back to his house. Seems he fell down in his garden and couldn't get up. He was OK and nothing was broken. I thought my adrenalin was going to give me a heart attack when his wife showed up at our back door asking for help.

They live just two house down and the only time I ever see them is when they walk to their garden. Sadly I think it's his last years of being able to do it and he was heart broken telling me so when he realized this was just too much for him anymore.

Going to go kill the back and biceps in a bit.

[cook]

Today's early morning training.

Pickup my 93 yr old neighbor and take him back to his house. Seems he fell down in his garden and couldn't get up. He was OK and nothing was broken. I thought my adrenalin was going to give me a heart attack when his wife showed up at our back door asking for help.

They live just two house down and the only time I ever see them is when they walk to their garden. Sadly I think it's his last years of being able to do it and he was heart broken telling me so when he realized this was just too much for him anymore.

Going to go kill the back and biceps in a bit.

Wow I bet that was scarey.Good for you Mac being there for him.

[Sunnyday]

I can empathize. My grandparents had a beautiful garden. They had vegetables as well as chickens, ducks, a pair of pheasants, and a walk-in shed-sized bird cage. It was heartbreaking for my grandfather to give up the birds and later the garden. They started all that stuff after their kids had grown.

[Mac]

I can empathize. My grandparents had a beautiful garden. They had vegetables as well as chickens, ducks, a pair of pheasants, and a walk-in shed-sized bird cage. It was heartbreaking for my grandfather to give up the birds and later the garden. They started all that stuff after their kids had grown.

First thing I noticed when I moved here was this gentleman and his garden. It was indeed his sanctuary. I am going to stop over and see him and offer to help him out there.

[Mac]

Biceps - missed them last night

Dumbbell concentration curls
25x25
45x10
55x4 ** did like one a few weeks ago
40x10
40x10
35x10

Rope curls - slow negatives
70x12
90x10
90x10
70x15

Seated Bicep Machine
4 sets of 15 reps

That's it. short and sweet. 22 minutes

Got home and took a picture from 300 feet as the sun was setting

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[cook]

Biceps - missed them last night

Dumbbell concentration curls
25x25
45x10
55x4 ** did like one a few weeks ago
40x10
40x10
35x10

Rope curls - slow negatives
70x12
90x10
90x10
70x15

Seated Bicep Machine
4 sets of 15 reps

That's it. short and sweet. 22 minutes

Got home and took a picture from 300 feet as the sun was setting

Attachment 184613

Nice! That's very similar to the way I work arms.

[Mac]

Nice! That's very similar to the way I work arms.

I am working my way back to a 70lb DB concentration curl and 50 for 10 reps. For many of you, that's not a lot but it's almost 1/2 my bodyweight. I was 156 last night. Down about 8lbs since March.

[Mac]

This is what I saw in the sky overhead yesterday. Hoping it was a UFO but it just planes refueling. Never saw this anything like this before.

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[cook]

I am working my way back to a 70lb DB concentration curl and 50 for 10 reps. For many of you, that's not a lot but it's almost 1/2 my bodyweight. I was 156 last night. Down about 8lbs since March.

Very impressive.I have never curled the 70s.I better pick up the pace a little.

[Mac]

Very impressive.I have never curled the 70s.I better pick up the pace a little.

Me neither, in the last 8 years or so. I am just going for one arm at a time as I do most all my exercises that way.

[Sunnyday]

Sunny: concentration curls with 20s. Note to self, must step up game.

[Mac]

Sunny: concentration curls with 20s. Note to self, must step up game.

That's impressive Sunny. You make up for it everywhere else in spades. Bet you can probably curl 30lbs DBs

[Sunnyday]

That's impressive Sunny. You make up for it everywhere else in spades. Bet you can probably curl 30lbs DBs

I was saying it's not impressive at all. :-/ Now 50s-70s IS impressive!
I've gotten to 30s on pinwheel/hammer curls but going that heavy fries my joints, and balancing the weight for reps hurts my back, so I had to dial it back down and use a belt for all standing curls. Chins, OTOH, I can really go to town and not hurt joints OR back.

[Mac]

I was saying it's not impressive at all. :-/ Now 50s-70s IS impressive!
I've gotten to 30s on pinwheel/hammer curls but going that heavy fries my joints, and balancing the weight for reps hurts my back, so I had to dial it back down and use a belt for all standing curls. Chins, OTOH, I can really go to town and not hurt joints OR back.

If you were curling 50s, now that might scare a lot of people in your gym.

I do the concentrations because my leg supports the arm and reduces the strain on my shoulders. Doing one arm at a time reduces the overall weight and allows me to really concentrate (ha) on the biceps.

My other favorite is preacher curls.