Fitness and prepardness.. but im tired today

[Celt]

Still going decent. Program is now full body weight routine + 30 min on treadmill with 30lb pack, 6% incline at 3.2mph. It takes abput 1.5 hours total and i take 2 days off between workouts.

An example looks like this

Rear flies 4 sets light for warm up
Front raises 4 sets light for warm up
Leg curls 4 sets

No rest between exercises

Close grip seated row 4 sets
Dumbbell bench press 4 sets
Leg extensions 4 sets

No rest between exercises

Lat pull down 2 sets
Cable flies 2 sets
Deadlifts 2 sets

No rest between exercises

Then i throw on the 30lb pack and hit the treadmill for 30 min. I change up exercises every couple of workouts to help keep overuse injuries at bay, and all exercises are done for 20-25 reps tp keep it light.
My left shoulder still has something going on but i avoid exercises that aggravate it.

Stepped on scale today and weigh 225.4

 

[libertysnake]

Should really run this when I haven’t had two cups of coffee in me, but making good progress with the morning rucks.

Also not a true VO2 since it's based off my resting heart rate of around 55 ish. Should run it right when I wake up.

 

[Jmac00]

I woke up, checked my pulse to make sure I had one, stumbled into the kitchen for coffee, and then proceeded to check my stocks on my TD Ameritrade account, thats what gets my heart pounding.... LOL

 

[Celt]

I have some kind of tendonitis in my left shoulder but it only gets aggravated during external rotation, benching and under heavy tension (like doing shrugs or dead lifts) so Im still working around this.

While taking down the above ground pool a couple weeks ago i slipping climbing out of it and heard a pop in my right knee, it hurt like hell for a minute. So i havent done any leg work or rucking (weighted treadmill work) since. My feet were starting to hurt alot anyway, as in all the bones in my feet so i think i needed a rest, and i ordered new sneakers as well since i think i wore out the support in my current pair.

Hovering around 225lbs and feeling pretty solid, although not the same 225 i was several years ago, i could stand to lose 10-15lbs of fat and id feel better.

 

[GOPerfect]

I have some kind of tendonitis in my left shoulder but it only gets aggravated during external rotation, benching and under heavy tension (like doing shrugs or dead lifts) so Im still working around this.

While taking down the above ground pool a couple weeks ago i slipping climbing out of it and heard a pop in my right knee, it hurt like hell for a minute. So i havent done any leg work or rucking (weighted treadmill work) since. My feet were starting to hurt alot anyway, as in all the bones in my feet so i think i needed a rest, and i ordered new sneakers as well since i think i wore out the support in my current pair.

Hovering around 225lbs and feeling pretty solid, although not the same 225 i was several years ago, i could stand to lose 10-15lbs of fat and id feel better.

I am sitting right around 220 myself, not the 220 that I want to be.

Going through a bit of depression adn laziness.

 

[Celt]

I am sitting right around 220 myself, not the 220 that I want to be.

Going through a bit of depression adn laziness.

We all have ups and downs, good thing about being on the down is the only place to go is up. Force yourself to be better tomorrow than you are today!

The reality of getting older and my body breaking down gets me down sometimes, but i just tell myself to be better than most other 48 year olds and Ill be ok.

 

[GOPerfect]

We all have ups and downs, good thing about being on the down is the only place to go is up. Force yourself to be better tomorrow than you are today!

The reality of getting older and my body breaking down gets me down sometimes, but i just tell myself to be better than most other 48 year olds and Ill be ok.

I will be 52 in a month, I am doing much, much better than many 52 year old man around me.

 

[libertysnake]

I have some kind of tendonitis in my left shoulder but it only gets aggravated during external rotation, benching and under heavy tension (like doing shrugs or dead lifts) so Im still working around this.

While taking down the above ground pool a couple weeks ago i slipping climbing out of it and heard a pop in my right knee, it hurt like hell for a minute. So i havent done any leg work or rucking (weighted treadmill work) since. My feet were starting to hurt alot anyway, as in all the bones in my feet so i think i needed a rest, and i ordered new sneakers as well since i think i wore out the support in my current pair.

Hovering around 225lbs and feeling pretty solid, although not the same 225 i was several years ago, i could stand to lose 10-15lbs of fat and id feel better.

I had something going on shoulder wise as well. Maybe get an X-Ray to make sure you didn't knock anything out of alignment, but otherwise I was told it could be calcium buildup. My understanding is there isn't really much to do if it's probably calcium, just let your body heal it / strengthen it with weight lifting / proper in-between rest.

I backed off my shoulder training down to 1x a week for shoulders and I feel better / am making progress strength wise and my pain got better as I strengthened it. That was, after I took I think 1-2 weeks off completely before starting it.

Over time your body will just reabsorb the calcium if that's the culprit, but it takes a while, up to a year I think for the whole cycle of bad > good to take place.

 

[Celt]

I had something going on shoulder wise as well. Maybe get an X-Ray to make sure you didn't knock anything out of alignment, but otherwise I was told it could be calcium buildup. My understanding is there isn't really much to do if it's probably calcium, just let your body heal it / strengthen it with weight lifting / proper in-between rest.

I backed off my shoulder training down to 1x a week for shoulders and I feel better / am making progress strength wise and my pain got better as I strengthened it. That was, after I took I think 1-2 weeks off completely before starting it.

Over time your body will just reabsorb the calcium if that's the culprit, but it takes a while, up to a year I think for the whole cycle of bad > good to take place.

Ive been dealing with shoulder issues for a loooonnnggg time, ive had several surgeries to remove bone spurs that were digging into my tendons. I can no longer do any overhead work, pulling or pushing. I will need an mri to determine the source of the tendonitis, but im doing some home therapy to increase bloodflow to the bad area and ill see how that goes for the next month.

 

[GOPerfect]

Ive been dealing with shoulder issues for a loooonnnggg time, ive had several surgeries to remove bone spurs that were digging into my tendons. I can no longer do any overhead work, pulling or pushing. I will need an mri to determine the source of the tendonitis, but im doing some home therapy to increase bloodflow to the bad area and ill see how that goes for the next month.

I am almost in the same boat with my knees. No squats and low weights for leg exercises that need the power of the knees. I cannot kneel or squat down without assistance getting up. My knees are shot.

 

[libertysnake]

I am almost in the same boat with my knees. No squats and low weights for leg exercises that need the power of the knees. I cannot kneel or squat down without assistance getting up. My knees are shot.

If there is one saving grace, it's that my knees are still good. I don't sprint, max I try to do is a trot when I do downhill with weight so I don't blow them out. Trying to keep them good as long as I can till they're not.

I hate squats, but I do them out of hate at this point just to get them done.

 

[GOPerfect]

If there is one saving grace, it's that my knees are still good. I don't sprint, max I try to do is a trot when I do downhill with weight so I don't blow them out. Trying to keep them good as long as I can till they're not.

I hate squats, but I do them out of hate at this point just to get them done.

We went to Perry NY today for a craft show, I walked probably 3-5 miles; got back to the truck and my left knee was locked and about 40% larger due to the swelling.

I have won all of my VA claims for the knees, now that they are all won, I am thinking it is time for some serious knee area cleanout. Maybe a bit of roto rooter action.

 

[camper4lyfe]

I am sitting right around 220 myself, not the 220 that I want to be.

Going through a bit of depression adn laziness.

I feel that. I’m not at 220, but I’m headed in that direction

 

[holdover]

Tore both rotator cuffs about 7months ago. I wasn't able to work out since. Its just starting to feel better now.

Some warriors we are.

 

[holdover]

We went to Perry NY today for a craft show, I walked probably 3-5 miles; got back to the truck and my left knee was locked and about 40% larger due to the swelling.

I have won all of my VA claims for the knees, now that they are all won, I am thinking it is time for some serious knee area cleanout. Maybe a bit of roto rooter action.

Give it time,

 

[GOPerfect]

Give it time,

I have given it a couple of years. Been holding off until all was done with the VA

 

[Celt]

Tore both rotator cuffs about 7months ago. I wasn't able to work out since. Its just starting to feel better now.

Some warriors we are.

Older warriors have good value too. We have wisdom and experience.

And thankfully my knees are still pretty good (not counting the recent injury). I was always a runner(along with heavy lifting), and being over 200lbs since I was 25 that puts alot of extra pounding on the knees.

Although, they dont like running anymore. They will get achy when I run after about the first week. Thats why i just do the walking with a 30lb pack on (looking to increase weight soon).

My problem is always my shoulders. Bad technique in mybyouth coupled with heavy weight beat them up too fast. Everything ive been doing lately is all with lighter weight and higher reps. Last year i was lifting pretty heavy and was going to try to get up to a 500lb deadlift
, but ive rethought that for now. Just gonna stay light and hope to stay away from injuries.

 

[Robin]

I have about four square inches of skin above my right kidney that doesn't ache, so I'm thankful for that.
Robin

 

[Rap]

I'm back on my push, pull, legs splits. Easy weights while the body re-acclimates to strength training again. Incorporating a lot more jogging and cardio than in my plate-pushing youth.

 

[GOPerfect]

I'm back on my push, pull, legs splits. Easy weights while the body re-acclimates to strength training again. Incorporating a lot more jogging and cardio than in my plate-pushing youth.

Good to see you still on the forum....

 

[Blimey]

If there is one saving grace, it's that my knees are still good. I don't sprint, max I try to do is a trot when I do downhill with weight so I don't blow them out. Trying to keep them good as long as I can till they're not.

I hate squats, but I do them out of hate at this point just to get them done.

Went for my last run a decade ago. I was crazy fit and absolutely loved it but my knee would not play ball. A decade on the damage I did in that five years of semi-competitive triathlon has given me permanent tendinosis of that knee. To be honest, I have to say it's been better this year than it has been in fifteen years, which I attribute to several walks a week. It seems to be the best when I do either absolutely nothing (I bet a comma would be good for it), or moderate light activity. Doing no activity but regular living makes it achy.

My knees have crackled during squats since my twenties. I can go up and down without issue but I do not do any kind of heavy lifting for my knees. Haven't done a barbell squat in a decade. Truth be told I don't even train my lower body right now. If I look at really old bastards who are still going on hikes in their 70's and 80's it seems to me the majority of them never did much except walk everywhere all the time. And obviously be leaner than the bulk of us are (including me).

We went to Perry NY today for a craft show, I walked probably 3-5 miles; got back to the truck and my left knee was locked and about 40% larger due to the swelling.

I have won all of my VA claims for the knees, now that they are all won, I am thinking it is time for some serious knee area cleanout. Maybe a bit of roto rooter action.

That's definitely tough. I think the new england journal of medicine (?) some years back did a thorough analysis of knee debridements (the "minor" surgeries) and found very limited indication of their use; basically a lot of patients who got a placebo vs the real thing did equally as well. I hope in the future the medical establishment figures out how to properly grow cartilage or come up with truly bad ass knee replacements. Joint pain absolutely sucks and virtually all of us suffer it at some point.

 

[GOPerfect]

Went for my last run a decade ago. I was crazy fit and absolutely loved it but my knee would not play ball. A decade on the damage I did in that five years of semi-competitive triathlon has given me permanent tendinosis of that knee. To be honest, I have to say it's been better this year than it has been in fifteen years, which I attribute to several walks a week. It seems to be the best when I do either absolutely nothing (I bet a comma would be good for it), or moderate light activity. Doing no activity but regular living makes it achy.

My knees have crackled during squats since my twenties. I can go up and down without issue but I do not do any kind of heavy lifting for my knees. Haven't done a barbell squat in a decade. Truth be told I don't even train my lower body right now. If I look at really old bastards who are still going on hikes in their 70's and 80's it seems to me the majority of them never did much except walk everywhere all the time. And obviously be leaner than the bulk of us are (including me).

That's definitely tough. I think the new england journal of medicine (?) some years back did a thorough analysis of knee debridements (the "minor" surgeries) and found very limited indication of their use; basically a lot of patients who got a placebo vs the real thing did equally as well. I hope in the future the medical establishment figures out how to properly grow cartilage or come up with truly bad ass knee replacements. Joint pain absolutely sucks and virtually all of us suffer it at some point.

The little surgeries that I have had, I am to the point if thinking they have done more harm than good.

The scraping of the joint seems to do nothing. I have been toldas recently as three months ago, that I should start considering complete knee replacement In both knees. Not sure if I want that, yet.

 

[Celt]

The little surgeries that I have had, I am to the point if thinking they have done more harm than good.

The scraping of the joint seems to do nothing. I have been toldas recently as three months ago, that I should start considering complete knee replacement In both knees. Not sure if I want that, yet.

Same here with my shoulders. I had bone spurs rempoed (3 total surgeries)only for them to come back. The doc cut through the muscle to do it, not sure it was worth it looking back.

 

[speedkills27]

The scraping of the joint seems to do nothing. I have been toldas recently as three months ago, that I should start considering complete knee replacement In both knees. Not sure if I want that, yet.

have you looked into stem cell therapy or regenokine treatments?

 

[GOPerfect]

have you looked into stem cell therapy or regenokine treatments?

A little bit. A few here have mentioned it to me in the past.

 

[GOPerfect]

May seem like a stupid reason, no... It is a stupid reason, but, I just got a new tat on the front of my leg and I have one picked out for the other leg and the scars from knee replacement will screw with my ideas.

 

[libertysnake]

Went for my last run a decade ago. I was crazy fit and absolutely loved it but my knee would not play ball. A decade on the damage I did in that five years of semi-competitive triathlon has given me permanent tendinosis of that knee. To be honest, I have to say it's been better this year than it has been in fifteen years, which I attribute to several walks a week. It seems to be the best when I do either absolutely nothing (I bet a comma would be good for it), or moderate light activity. Doing no activity but regular living makes it achy.

My knees have crackled during squats since my twenties. I can go up and down without issue but I do not do any kind of heavy lifting for my knees. Haven't done a barbell squat in a decade. Truth be told I don't even train my lower body right now. If I look at really old bastards who are still going on hikes in their 70's and 80's it seems to me the majority of them never did much except walk everywhere all the time. And obviously be leaner than the bulk of us are (including me).

That's definitely tough. I think the new england journal of medicine (?) some years back did a thorough analysis of knee debridements (the "minor" surgeries) and found very limited indication of their use; basically a lot of patients who got a placebo vs the real thing did equally as well. I hope in the future the medical establishment figures out how to properly grow cartilage or come up with truly bad ass knee replacements. Joint pain absolutely sucks and virtually all of us suffer it at some point.

I'm honestly surprised I haven't blown out my knees, since I was over 300 lbs for a good chunk of my life. My feet are flat, and I have to be very protective and put moleskins on the hot areas all the time, but as long as I know what to look for, my knees seem to hold out.

Still, when I feel it's time to rest, as much as I HATE doing it, I force myself to. Today, I wanted to go for a ruck. Back is still a little sore from 45lb ruck on Monday, so I'm going to do tomorrow, and end with Sunday this week as the last one I do. I aim for 3x a week, but my body may only be able to handle 2x a week outside of the weight lifting some weeks.

End of the day, all I care about is stable progress and not hurting myself. Once those checkmarks are cleared, then I'm gtg.

 

[Blimey]

The little surgeries that I have had, I am to the point if thinking they have done more harm than good.

The scraping of the joint seems to do nothing. I have been toldas recently as three months ago, that I should start considering complete knee replacement In both knees. Not sure if I want that, yet.

I've not researched them in a while but first hit on google claims 82% of TKR still functioning after 25 years. That's pretty damn good--particularly since that includes ones done decades back. Generally with these things if you can hold off surgery it's better, in part because the outcomes gradually improve over time. I'm sure that at some future point in time knee replacements will be as good as original knees: full mobility, multi-decade life-spans, full stability, etc.

Basically all throughout human history if your joints got screwed you were sol. We are lucky to live when we do now given that they have helped millions. My father got a hip replacement a couple of years ago. Put it off for a very long time ago but finally couldn't fight it any more. Now can walk and I am pretty sure he wishes he had done it sooner.

 

[Blimey]

I'm honestly surprised I haven't blown out my knees, since I was over 300 lbs for a good chunk of my life. My feet are flat, and I have to be very protective and put moleskins on the hot areas all the time, but as long as I know what to look for, my knees seem to hold out.

Still, when I feel it's time to rest, as much as I HATE doing it, I force myself to. Today, I wanted to go for a ruck. Back is still a little sore from 45lb ruck on Monday, so I'm going to do tomorrow, and end with Sunday this week as the last one I do. I aim for 3x a week, but my body may only be able to handle 2x a week outside of the weight lifting some weeks.

End of the day, all I care about is stable progress and not hurting myself. Once those checkmarks are cleared, then I'm gtg.

This knee issue I had was the first time in my life I had an injury that wouldn't heal. It made me take stock of what I was doing. I stopped doing barbell bench press around this time. I had never, ever had a shoulder injury from it but many had and I knew that if not done properly I was running that risk, so I just moved away from it. Any time I do some new activity now if I start getting any joint pain I back away really quickly because tendons just heal up so slowly it's pitiful. Some years back I was going to do 50 pull ups a day for a month (obviously not in one set). After just a few days I noticed my elbow tendons were getting a little achy and it wasn't going away. Stopped immediately with such high volume. Joints suck!

I've also been lucky enough to have some long term injuries that did heal. I had major wrist pain when younger from poor keyboard form which has not recurred in years. Even in my twenties I had such bad low back pain it would take my breath away when I'd lay down. I finally figured it was a combination of stomach sleeping plus hideous posture. I corrected those and now many years later I just don't have it.

 

[libertysnake]

This knee issue I had was the first time in my life I had an injury that wouldn't heal. It made me take stock of what I was doing. I stopped doing barbell bench press around this time. I had never, ever had a shoulder injury from it but many had and I knew that if not done properly I was running that risk, so I just moved away from it. Any time I do some new activity now if I start getting any joint pain I back away really quickly because tendons just heal up so slowly it's pitiful. Some years back I was going to do 50 pull ups a day for a month (obviously not in one set). After just a few days I noticed my elbow tendons were getting a little achy and it wasn't going away. Stopped immediately with such high volume. Joints suck!

I've also been lucky enough to have some long term injuries that did heal. I had major wrist pain when younger from poor keyboard form which has not recurred in years. Even in my twenties I had such bad low back pain it would take my breath away when I'd lay down. I finally figured it was a combination of stomach sleeping plus hideous posture. I corrected those and now many years later I just don't have it.

Same. I was going too hard on a lot of muscle groups, and had to back off to 1x a week. I feel much better and stronger for it. You have to really listen to your body, and if it wants to back off you have to back off if you want long term use of those joints and muscles. I was surprised I made more progress at 1x a week then I did going hard 2-3x a week per muscle group.

Put in the work, but put in the rest as well. If you can't go hard, just walk a lot. When I work on my Mandarin, I just walk a bunch while on my phone learning the characters. Two birds, one stone. Gets the blood flowing / calories burning. That's all that matters, honestly.