don't be upset if i seem critical in this, i have a lot on my plate. i do not have the quality of life to be able to have a normal one. i am busier now than when i wasn't retired and i did a lot when i was working. such as remodeling two houses, including the wiring, water and gas lines, roofing, repairs/maintenance on vehicles, changing engines, as needed, (all of which i actually did myself, no help), as well as working so i had the money to do it, and i still managed to get regular workouts in. now, i'm limited to doing a couple of things in a day and hope it's not too much due to pain interfering with it. my physical problems also include copd, emphysema, and asthma and am allergic to a multitude of chemicals and can't go out in the world so well because so many people wear fragrances and scents that i have difficulty breathing. people don't care how much they affect others by wearing so many perfumes/fragrances/scents and it transfers to others. heck my wife comes home with it on her or the two kids we take care of and they need showers and clean clothes, because i'm so sensitive to the chemicals. then i have to have breathing treatments. people do not understand, even when i try to explain about chemical sensitivities, nor do they care, nor willing to accommodate.
i eat a variety of foods. i make homemade pancakes with only 7 ingredients. i also eat oats. i prefer whole oats over pasty cut ones. i eat a very nutritious diet overall. which includes meat, potatoes, vegetables, fresh fruits and vegetables and milk. i do indulge in treats at times. most meals are prepared at home. as i said i eat what i want when i want. there is no counting calories, never have. i eat as my mom did and the families before them. regular meals. i'm only considered overweight because i am muscular. i asked the doctor once where i was suppose to lose weight at with my build. never been asked again. never really been a bodybuilder, just happen to be built like one. worked hard all my life and am a weight lifter. didn't do a lot of supplements along the way either. i work out just to maintain these days and have to work around all the physical problems, which are extensive anymore.
don't get me wrong, about doing a log, but with my current condition, it will be somewhat erratic. i have a lot of things i do which inhibit me from doing other things like getting a decent workout in. i can tell what i do in a routine, but it is not regular anymore. i need to do cardio, yes, but am limited by the severe pain. read that again please. i'm lucky if i can do a couple of hours work on a given day, such as change oil, replace brakes, change water pumps, or other vehicle work, do electrical work, climbing ladders and mowing the lawn. i'm not a sedentary person and i hate having acquired all these problem with age. the problem is the pain gets in the way so bad that i am laid up for a day or a couple/three. i helped load a trailer not long ago, one day and was laid up for two weeks so severe i could hardly walk. this is not to mention i have chronic fatigue and an insomnia. i do what i can when i can. i thought this would have been clear from my first post about doing trt. i do my own trt religiously. everything else is just me trying to get better if i can. i'm hoping they will schedule the surgery soon, but i'm still in limbo for the time being. i'm not trying to be harsh about it, just trying to explain this log won't be very ideal as i'd like under the current circumstances i'm dealing with. i've logged workouts in the past, but they were mundane at best. i'm just a weightlifter and worked a lot of years as a laborer, with past events as a marine coming back to haunt me. my routines were basic with free weights, since i don't/can't go to a gym. pullups/downs, bench, flys, curls, triceps extensions, squats, crunches, etc. no logs, because i'd remember what i've done and where i was at. ex. i'd do bench with a warm up of 135, then start increasing the weight til i reached what i wished for the day. sometimes go to 225, others 255 or more. i didn't use steroids. same for other exercises.
i found this site in 2017, because i needed trt and wasn't being helped by physicians. i got a lot of information here as well as other places. i enjoyed many of the discussions and tried to contribute where i could. i started my own trt program after a whole lot of research.
what i do now when i can is as follows:
pulldowns 1x15-18x115; 1x13x125, 1x10x135, 1x18x155.
pullups will be incorporated when i get my rack back up
stand chest press with bands: one set 10-12 reps with 175 rated band
one set 6-8 reps with 235 rated band
band easier on shoulder with injury.
seated db curls 1x15x35ea, 1x45x8-10, 1x55 as many as i can do or 2d set with 45
laying tricep extension 1x15x75, 1x10-13x85, 1x8-10x95
use rubber band pushdown rated for 175 if shoulder acting up too bad.
one legged squats 3x6-8 depending on knees/hips/back.
crunches/leglifts 1x50-60reps/1x20reps.
cardio needs work stamina sucks.
it does change sometimes just because i wish to try something else at the time, but the basics are always there:
i'll put up a couple pics as soon as i get them.
