Fitness, fitness, and more fitness!

I've also changed my routine starting this week.

I'm doing a modified 5x5 instead of the 5/3/1 I was doing the last 3 months.

I saw results with the 5/3/1 so I will be switching back and forth between the modified 5x5 and 5/3/1.


Instead of a regular 5x5 I will be doing 5 reps then increase 10lbs, 5 more reps increase another 10lbs... etc.
So it will look more like a 5, 5, 4, 3, 1. When I get the last set to more than 1 or 2 reps then I will increase everything by 10lbs.

This puts me under heavier weight for a longer period of time than 5/3/1 so it will be more strain on the body.

The only reason I am really changing up is because of talking to a weight lifter friend of mine who has been lifting weights for 10+ years suggested I do so. I was doing a push/pull kind of workout and he suggested more of a body part kind of workout. Like chest day, and leg day and arm day.

I'm going to try to workout tonight. Having been sick, I haven't done so since Sunday. I'm also looking into new supplements & maybe a new protein shake. I stopped taking anything back in January; I just kind of burned out on the protein shakes.

Do you use Zinc? Does it work?
What about essential oils? I have heard they are proven to motivate the system to increase more testosterone.
I have been taking Amino Acids...

i just want to know....

does deadlifting and swinging around and carrying for hours twenty-odd pound grandsons count??

chasing them around the house and running around the yard?

i mean, i do a three mile walk in about 35 minutes every night it doesn't rain, but as far as the weight training, the kids have my shoulders plumb wore out.

You could probably write a book and sell the video.

You could be a millionaire.

The Grandma full-body workout.

Make sure you promote some supplement too. Like coffee, or some multi-vitamin...

i just want to know....

does deadlifting and swinging around and carrying for hours twenty-odd pound grandsons count??

chasing them around the house and running around the yard?

i mean, i do a three mile walk in about 35 minutes every night it doesn't rain, but as far as the weight training, the kids have my shoulders plumb wore out.

That stuff definitely counts! But to truly substitute for a workout you'd have to maintain your target heart-rate for at least 30 minutes.

Target Heart Rate Calculator

I think I got in one 20 minute workout in the last week and that took everything I had. Still sick 10 days later.. my energy comes and goes. But I'm going to attempt to go for a run today. That's something lol.

our son (...our only son, the son whom we love...) will be 28 in a few days. he runs all the time.

his dad did, too, at that age. he ran 12 miles a day for almost 10 years. when he was drafted for Vietnam, they wouldn't take him.

his heart rate was too low.

(i like your sig, btw )