Originally Posted by loochy:
Yeah, that's just high creatinine and it's barely out of range. Don't worry about it. Just stop the creatine, keep drinkning water, and don't do a heavy workout a day or two before you go back in. You don't even need to change your diet or anything.
That 72 egfr does not mean you only have 72% kidney function. It's just an estimated ratio based on the other measured values.
Originally Posted by -King-:
I think I'm the only one in the world that just hates working out biceps. Every single bicep exercise (which are all basically a variation of a curl) are boring as fuck. Preacher curls. Boring. Low weight, high rep. Boring. High weight low rep. Boring. 21s. Boring. Dumbbell curls. Boring. Hammer curls. Boring.
I have to force myself to get through working out biceps.
The pump is so good, and I have had some good cosmetic results.
Variation is key. Keeps changing it up to keep it fresh. [Reply]
Originally Posted by lewdog:
I have learned as I've gotten older, that I just can't do as much frequency. I generally lift 3x per week, 60-75 minute sessions though. Between work and life, I don't really want to be getting up at 4 am another day of the week. However, I do float workouts within a routine so if I wanted to do a 4th workout in a week, I can.
I also very much vary my loads and intensity, depending on how my body is feeling. Feeling good, I will blast heavy sets for a few weeks doing singles, doubles and triples. Feeling beat up, I will go to 8-12 reps and decrease the volume. I used to be a prescribed reps/sets kind of guy but too many other factors in life happen to creep into the gym as you age.
I'll post my new routine after this. It's 5 workouts and I just do them in order, so some weeks my chest only gets hit once and in others it will be 2, same with other muscle groups besides legs which always get hit twice a week. It depends how those 5 workouts rotate into a 3 day lifting routine. Hope that makes sense.
Welcome to getting old! My only advice is listen to your body. Don't try and fight it and end up spending a year getting surgeries and recovering. [Reply]
Not very happy with my chest is coming along. So I do upper/lower split would it hurt to throw in another chest workout in those upper workouts? I usually do 2 different chest workouts per upper day [Reply]
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Not very happy with my chest is coming along. So I do upper/lower split would it hurt to throw in another chest workout in those upper workouts? I usually do 2 different chest workouts per upper day
Instead, focus more on form and really squeezing your pecs hard on every rep. Hold the squeeze at max contraction for two seconds. Also do a two second pause at the maximum stretch position of each exercise (but don't rest, like resting a barbell on your chest during bench press).
Also, maybe try forced reps, drop sets, or up your weight. Add intensity instead of volume. [Reply]
Originally Posted by loochy:
Instead, focus more on form and really squeezing your pecs hard on every rep. Hold the squeeze at max contraction for two seconds. Also do a two second pause at the maximum stretch position of each exercise (but don't rest, like resting a barbell on your chest during bench press)
It was on the hack squat machine. I did place my feet a bit higher. I'm guessing that's what originally was placing the stress on my knees [Reply]
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
It was on the hack squat machine. I did place my feet a bit higher. I'm guessing that's what originally was placing the stress on my knees
