Becoming the Iron Lion

[Veneficus]

Happy Birthday! 40s are pretty good. Stuff starts to hurt for no reason but it's not entirely permanent yet lol.

 

[Montego]

Jesus bud well happy birthday. Special meal planned?

We were going to do all you can eat sushi tonight but with everyone sick we postponed it.

Don't think shaggy dog rolls flying out of people's mouths would have been too fun

 

[Montego]

Happy birthday. bro,

Happy Birthday Bro! All down hill after 40
I’m 41 lol

Happy Birthday! 40s are pretty good. Stuff starts to hurt for no reason but it's not entirely permanent yet lol.

Thanks guy, I think lol.

I started hurting a few years back so I'm completely fucked lol. I am enjoying the family side of things so much though.

Grandson just lights up my world every time I'm around him.

My kids are grown enough finally to have REAL conversations with them and give advice they're more likely to follow. I wasn't a "friendly" Dad to them growing up, hell I wasn't even a "good" Dad in terms of having a real relationship with my kids. I was the disciplinary parent and I was tough on them. Now though, since they are out in their own, we have gotten much closer and I'm just trying to make up some lost opportunities.

 

[Montego]

Was supposed to train legs today but didn't feel up to it.

Went and got labs drawn this morning, when I got home I had my pre workout meal then fell asleep watching TV.

Slept about 3 hours somehow so I just called it a day and continued to lay around.

Took care of the wife and youngest but nothing else really.

This week of vacation that I was going to enjoy myself hasn't worked out very well so far. This coming weekend the wife and I are going to stay at the beach for a couple days to just chill.

Tomorrow I'll train legs and hopefully get a day all to myself lol.

 

[Bigjape34]

Was supposed to train legs today but didn't feel up to it.

Went and got labs drawn this morning, when I got home I had my pre workout meal then fell asleep watching TV.

Slept about 3 hours somehow so I just called it a day and continued to lay around.

Took care of the wife and youngest but nothing else really.

This week of vacation that I was going to enjoy myself hasn't worked out very well so far. This coming weekend the wife and I are going to stay at the beach for a couple days to just chill.

Tomorrow I'll train legs and hopefully get a day all to myself lol.

Hope everyone’s on the mend at least

 

[Rubhercon]

First off happy birthday. I just turned 40 as well. Whatever you guys had going around, our household just got over it. I haven't been sick in at least 3 years just glad it happened now and not when I leave for Florida vacation. Love checking into your log keep it up man.

 

[Montego]

Hope everyone’s on the mend at least

First off happy birthday. I just turned 40 as well. Whatever you guys had going around, our household just got over it. I haven't been sick in at least 3 years just glad it happened now and not when I leave for Florida vacation. Love checking into your log keep it up man.

Thanks guys.

Yeah everyone in our area is sick. I still haven't come down with anything so hopefully I'll make it out the other side

 

[Montego]

I'm sick. Cold chills all day and right on the verge of throwing up. Body aches, tight muscles.

No fever though. Haven't moved

 

[MindlessWork]

I'm sick. Cold chills all day and right on the verge of throwing up. Body aches, tight muscles.

No fever though. Haven't moved

Oh no, better rest up! Seems something is going around as I also feel rather lethargic today myself...weather been changing as now it's getting rather chilly.

 

[Wardamn]

Well, today was definitely not what I expected my 40th birthday to consist of.

Daughter called me this morning asking if I would go to the ER with her and the grandson since my son in law was going to work.

Poor grandbaby (I call him Goose because he makes a goose sound when he gets worked up lol) was projectile vomiting everywhere. She was also throwing up so I went to help out with him.

He's 6 months old so it was best to get him checked and we were there for around 5 hours? I guess he got past the worst of it since last night because, he was able to keep down some Pedialyte and slept most of the time we were there. Daughter was still down though.

While we were there, youngest called and was running 101 fever. Then the wife called with fever. Wife picked up the youngest and went to the urgent care. My wife didn't get them tested for covid but, that's what they have given all the symptoms. They called it a viral infection.

Finally got home, went to train pull, it was good, picked up everyone's medicine and now I'm back home waiting on all the sicko's.

Hopefully I don't catch whatever they have. I rarely get sick, tren kills germs, so the rest of the week should be much better lol.

Happy belated birthday. Welcome to the 40s club.

 

[Montego]

Lost 15lbs since Wednesday.

Woke up feeling much better Friday morning and drove to the beach with the wife for our weekend. She's feeling better as well so it worked out pretty well.

Just gonna not eat like a fuck wad and try to get completely over this stuff by Sunday on the way home.

 

[Nood]

Damn bro, That’s alot of weight! Glad your feeling better!

 

[Montego]

Damn bro, That’s alot of weight! Glad your feeling better!

You ain't lying.

I stepped on the scale and it said 235, reset that ho 3 times before I accepted it lol.

 

[Montego]

Trained push today.

Definitely felt the huge weight drop but, the joints and everything feel pretty good after a week off, even if it was under less then ideal conditions.

I was back up to 240 this morning after the weekend (diet wasn't perfect by any means but, I was able to eat as least). Another couple days and I'll be back to pre plague condition.

 

[Nood]

Trained push today.

Definitely felt the huge weight drop but, the joints and everything feel pretty good after a week off, even if it was under less then ideal conditions.

I was back up to 240 this morning after the weekend (diet wasn't perfect by any means but, I was able to eat as least). Another couple days and I'll be back to pre plague condition.

Glad to Hear it! It comes back quick

 

[Montego]

Pull today was a good one.

Changed up some exercises, I've been doing this more often. I would usually pick my movements and just beat them into the fucking ground for months on end in the past, now I'm switching every 3-4 weeks. IMO finding things you can feel the best and continually load heavier and heavier over time is the best way to grow.

Worked for me and countless others. Just takes a certain mindset which, I currently don't want or honestly have. It comes down to either A - you love progressing the weights week to week to challenge yourself mentally and physically or, B - you love progress more then you love enjoying your gym time. Lucky for me, for a long time, those both went hand in hand.

Now I'm just enjoying new things and not expecting much if any progress. It's part of the deal for me because I KNOW what I have to do to grow.

So today -

4 sets of a plate loaded pull-down to failure in the 8-12 range

4 sets of a chest supported row (it's a Prime row clone) but I'm standing doing one side at a time like a DB row

3 sets of a chest supported t bar

3 sets of 1 arm pulldowns

3 sets of seated DB shrugs

There's was a lot of biceps in there as well. Back was pretty pumped by the end of the session. Appetite is fine, just gotta get getting the meals in.

3x is starting to fit a little better.

 

[Nood]

Pull today was a good one.

Changed up some exercises, I've been doing this more often. I would usually pick my movements and just beat them into the fucking ground for months on end in the past, now I'm switching every 3-4 weeks. IMO finding things you can feel the best and continually load heavier and heavier over time is the best way to grow.

Worked for me and countless others. Just takes a certain mindset which, I currently don't want or honestly have. It comes down to either A - you love progressing the weights week to week to challenge yourself mentally and physically or, B - you love progress more then you love enjoying your gym time. Lucky for me, for a long time, those both went hand in hand.

Now I'm just enjoying new things and not expecting much if any progress. It's part of the deal for me because I KNOW what I have to do to grow.

So today -

4 sets of a plate loaded pull-down to failure in the 8-12 range

4 sets of a chest supported row (it's a Prime row clone) but I'm standing doing one side at a time like a DB row

3 sets of a chest supported t bar

3 sets of 1 arm pulldowns

3 sets of seated DB shrugs

There's was a lot of biceps in there as well. Back was pretty pumped by the end of the session. Appetite is fine, just gotta get getting the meals in.

3x is starting to fit a little better.

As long as you’re enjoying the workouts that’s all that matters! The drive to push will always come back.. by the way how tall are you? First pic I’ve seen and envisioned you shorter in my head lol

 

[Montego]

As long as you’re enjoying the workouts that’s all that matters! The drive to push will always come back.. by the way how tall are you? First pic I’ve seen and envisioned you shorter in my head lol

5'10ish.

Too tall to be anything more then a shitty amateur bodybuilder with my genetics

I look big walking around at 240 at this height, but I'm usually 260-265 in the "off season". After my last show in 22 though, I haven't gotten that heavy, 255 was about as hard as I pushed. Then had the knee issues, wrist exploded with subsequent fusion surgery and then the possibly torn quad.

I was on my way back to 255 then the stomach bug hit me. 243 this morning.

 

[Montego]

As long as you’re enjoying the workouts that’s all that matters! The drive to push will always come back.. by the way how tall are you? First pic I’ve seen and envisioned you shorter in my head lol

These were in 22 before I started prep. Looks like I was hovering around 265 at that point as reference.

 

[Nood]

These were in 22 before I started prep. Looks like I was hovering around 265 at that point as reference.

Goals for me right there! You look awesome man! Trying to get to atleast 230 lean by next spring. I’m 6’2, you still do coaching?

 

[Montego]

Goals for me right there! You look awesome man! Trying to get to atleast 230 lean by next spring. I’m 6’2, you still do coaching?

Just takes time, a ton of food and lots of heavy weights.

Yessir. Just added 2 more guys to the roster this past weekend.

 

[thebiggestdumbass]

IMO finding things you can feel the best and continually load heavier and heavier over time is the best way to grow.

The best I’ve ever grown was picking 3 or 4 movements, per muscle, to keep in the log book and doing which ever of them I felt like for the given session. Log book progressed with 0 plateaus. Where running an A and B day I’d hit plateaus every training block

 

[Oakley6575]

No idea how I’m just finding this thread. You are a beast dude. I’m following along now. And I have a lot to catch up on.

 

[Montego]

No idea how I’m just finding this thread. You are a beast dude. I’m following along now. And I have a lot to catch up on.

Can't believe you haven't been following! Shame on you!

 

[Nood]

Just takes time, a ton of food and lots of heavy weights.

Yessir. Just added 2 more guys to the roster this past weekend.

Dm sent

 

[Montego]

The best I’ve ever grown was picking 3 or 4 movements, per muscle, to keep in the log book and doing which ever of them I felt like for the given session. Log book progressed with 0 plateaus. Where running an A and B day I’d hit plateaus every training block

Same but, I always ran a and b days for each session.

For me, if I just ran the exact layout every session I would stall faster or, more likely, get dinged up from the same movements over and over.

The days would look the same, I would just change the variation if the movement. Typically, the free weights on one day would be machines on the opposite day.

If I did -

Incline DB
Flat machine
Pec Deck
Machine dips

B day would be -

Incline machine
Flat DB
Cable or DB fly
Bodyweight dips

I believe rotating in the machines helped a lot with the tweaks and dings while still getting that unique loading on the free weights as well.

 

[ERock5]

Dm sent

team Monte!

 

[Montego]

team Monte!

Oh no lol.

I can't stand "teams"

My guys do usually end up supporting each other though which is always cool to see.

 

[Chemicalreaction]

These were in 22 before I started prep. Looks like I was hovering around 265 at that point as reference.

Your chest genetics are insane man looking great

 

[Montego]

Rest day.

Getting stuff done around the house today. Yard work, changing some light bulbs and stuff, cleaning, food prep, client work just an average day after 12 hours of work last night and 4 hours of sleep.

It's amusing to me when I see people say they're too busy to do something. If you've been following me for a while you'll know how busy my life is, especially before my kids started going out on their own.

If you want something bad enough you never say I can't do this, you figure out a way to make it work. Finding a way around problems has always been something I've been pretty good at, part of the reason I'm a decent coach, so there's always a way, it just takes creativity.