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[big_swede]

Real good deadlifts big val! SFW on the press!

[big valsalva]

Originally Posted by big_swede

Real good deadlifts big val! SFW on the press!

Thank you, my viking friend.

It's been hot and sweaty here in the "frozen tundra." I've had a few irons in the fire this past week and haven't had time to post my workouts. Here are a few retro entries to get you up to speed.

[big valsalva]

Thursday, 6/28/12

Cycle 2 Wave 3 Workout 4

OHP (alternated w/ chins)
45x5
55x5
65x5
80x5
95x3
105x8

Chinups (between sets of OHP)
x/x/x - I had to use a different station today, one with ergonomically "correct" hand grips. Threw me off a bit. I don't know why they don'tmount a bar on the wall or something.

Dips
BW + 5 7/9/8

DB Curls
30x12x2
30x10

EZ Bar Tricep Ext.
70x12x2
70x10

[big valsalva]

Sunday, 7/1/12

Cycle 2 Deload

Squat
45x5
115x5
140x5
170x5

Superset
Leg Press
340x15x2
Prone Leg Curl
105x8x2

[big valsalva]

Tuesday, 7/3/12

Cycle 2 Deload

BP (alternated with sets of Chinups)
45x5
70x5
85x5
100x5

Chinups (between sets of BP)
1/1/1

Deficit BP
70x10
85x10
100x10
85x10
70x10

Pendlay Rows
140x5x3

[big valsalva]

Thursday, 7/5/12

Cycle 2 Deload

Deadlift
135x5
175x5
210x5

Power Shrug
135x5
225x5
315x5

DB Rows
65x15

[big valsalva]

I had planned on lifting today, but they gave my dad a 12 hour pass from the assisted living home (rehabbing double knee replacement). Mom took him home to the farm for the afternoon. I'm going out. Might still get one in later, but I'm not forcing the issue.

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by big valsalva

I had planned on lifting today, but they gave my dad a 12 hour pass from the assisted living home (rehabbing double knee replacement). Mom took him home to the farm for the afternoon. I'm going out. Might still get one in later, but I'm not forcing the issue.

My mom's in for hip replacement. She gets out Wednesday. She's going stir crazy in that place. Hope your dad is doing better than my mom.

[big valsalva]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

My mom's in for hip replacement. She gets out Wednesday. She's going stir crazy in that place. Hope your dad is doing better than my mom.

Dad's doing just great. He had some complications post-op. Nothing with the knees, but there was an issue with anemia, pneumonia, low blood sugar, and constipation which set him back and kept him in the hospital three or four extra days. I visited him on Saturday, and he was going nuts, not at all excited about spending Sunday (no NASCAR on TV) let alone another week in the nursing home. It was quite a blessing to get him out for a bit today. He had no problems for the few hours he was at home. He was able to sit in His Chair and get back up. He tried getting in and out of bed with no problem. He also went out into the machine shed and tried puttering with the lawn mower. About the only problem there was was in the bathroom. Before I left I put up a handle for him to pull himself up.

He's chomping at the bit to get back home and get on with life. I hope Mom can keep him from overdoing things.

Hope your mom fares as well as my dad. My mother-in-law had a hip done just a year ago. She wasn't to good about keeping up with her therapy. Still uses a cane. Make sure your mom works at it. Teach her how to squat. Squatting is the cure for everything. Proper squatting that is.

[BendtheBar]

Did your mother-in-law have stairs in her house? My mom has no choice but to do stairs X number of times per day.