Selfish but short

[vicarz]

As predicted by me, 405 left the ground twice yesterday. True to beard-man's youtube hints about glutes, hams, and romanians - when I prepped correctly, the weight felt lighter. In fact on my first 405 attempt, it literally felt "light." My form was perfect or at least good, as the weight just came up with me. Simple. The only part of me that was failing was my grip. I almost did 3, but ... it's really hard to reset with this lifting technique of squeezing the glutes, engaging hammys, and trying to reach the bar with my back perfect.

Making me happy is that Im at home today with sore hamstrings (so yes, they engaged and the follow-up did impact them) and my back is only just now slightly sore. I feel like my traps/lats should feel more, but this is good compared to days when I only felt pain in my lumbar/back area. So next month I'll go for a max of 415, presuming successes 425 and 435 after that.

But I passed a hurdle / had a breakthrough.

Note - I got stumped by the ortho doc's question "Why lift?" My answer lately is "it is fun," but part of that fun is being a tiny guy who has shockingly good lifts, while a bigger part is...I'm constantly setting records. Over and over, I get better and better. Slowly. I'm old though - this won't be forever. Will it still be fun when I flatline? Decline?

Comments

[wantedonvoyage.livejournal.com]

Sweet.

Even once you can't anymore, you still did it, and nobody can take that away. You will, I suspect, always be at or ahead of your age-peers.

[wantedonvoyage.livejournal.com]

I'm also kind of surprised that a doctor would ask that. I keep seeing that weight training is good even for older folks, just to keep themselves strong. Maybe not "lift 405 lbs." but that's a different question.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

It was a valid question. A lot of training is done "for a sport," or with some goal in mind. My "strength training" is arguably like "being rich," where the sub-goal has supplanted the actual goal.

However, originally I liked it for being a balance of athleticism with a smaller investment of time. That's changed, but I'm kind of hooked on what I'm doing. I could just as easily be hooked on yoga, running, or swimming I suppose - less sexy people staring at you in the gym though. Though if that's my thing you'd think I would body build...so...this is my current sweet spot.

I felt it was a fair question - also funny.

[(Anonymous)]

> Note - I got stumped by the ortho doc's question "Why lift?"


The proper answer is "Because something is on the floor and it should not be."