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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2023 15:11:38 GMT
I go to the Boy's & Girls Club which has activities for seniors, I use the weight room as I prefer working with barbells. There's a rack with barbells 30 to 90lbs and the grip has a nice thickness, there's also an Olympic bar for deadlifts and bench press, unfortunately no squat rack just a Smith machine and leg press.
Monday is arms, over and under grip BB wrist curls, over grip BB curl, BB skull crushers and BB bicep curls.
Tuesday is DB pull-overs BB bench press, BB bent rows and pulls on the seated machine with close grip handle.
Thursday I do legs, Smith machine squats, leg press and deadlifts.
Weekend the B&GC is closed so unless I go Friday I'll use the Fitness Room at my apartment building, upright rows, DB laterals, shoulder press, pulley pull-downs. Obviously I prefer the B&GC weight room.
It's a 15 minute walk to the B&GC and weight room opens at 7:30am.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2023 17:39:27 GMT
Looks like a good plan. I use Cronometer too, and have for many many years. It's excellent!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2023 18:39:46 GMT
I used it a while back when doing a vegan challenge to track amino acids but now working hard in the gym want to keep my macros going otherwise it's too hit and miss.
I got into Hatha Yoga 1973, went to a Sivananda studio, since 2015 have been very regular with Yoga and Hot Yoga studio classes.
I have been into advanced Tai Chi Chuan since Feb 1979, includes sword and sabre forms done right and left handed, I do my forms pretty much everyday in my apartment.
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Post by BigBruvOfEnglandUK on Mar 17, 2023 6:01:32 GMT
I use cronometer occasionally just to get an idea of how I'm doing with vitamins and minerals.
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Post by teacup on Mar 17, 2023 18:48:45 GMT
Hi thinman,
What style of Tai Chi Chuan do you practice? Have you tried the spear form? I did it about 20 years ago and it loosened up my lower back nicely.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2023 19:19:22 GMT
I have a book on Tai Chi spear and had a spear with an iron blade made in Vancouver's China Town, it's a large leaf shape with a shark fin. I still have the blade but not the pole.
The book is "The Wind Sweeps Away The Plum Blossoms".
I do Cheng Man Ching 37 Yang style and mirrored version, Yang style sword and sabre, Wu 108, I use to do Chen 57 but dropped it. My style is more advanced than I see many do, I started 1979 so it was a younger person application. I've been with many clubs. I've been at it 44 years and have my artistic expression, more like a kung fu.
I did Yoshinkan Aikido and Kenjutsu for 4 years or so, 8 hours a week at a Dojo, 1/2 was focused on weapons training, no spear but did Jo staff, also tanto's, bokken and that small sword. I have a katana but not sharpened.
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Post by mr potatohead on Mar 17, 2023 20:22:37 GMT
Hey Henry, welcome back!
What do you think about this statement?:
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2023 20:41:42 GMT
Hey Henry, welcome back! FANX M8!What do you think about this statement?: You can be flexible ..... or you can be strong, ..... but you can't be both. My Cross Fit instructor said the same thing. When I was doing a lot of Yoga classes I would tend to lighten the weights a lot.
Like now it's just weights and Tai Chi Chuan, but at 70 I'm not too worried about much flexibility, It took me 6 months to get over my sacrum inflammation I think being into advanced mobility class and lifting heavy had something to do with it.
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Post by Michael on Mar 17, 2023 23:14:26 GMT
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Post by teacup on Mar 18, 2023 7:54:10 GMT
I have a book on Tai Chi spear and had a spear with an iron blade made in Vancouver's China Town, it's a large leaf shape with a shark fin. I still have the blade but not the pole. The book is "The Wind Sweeps Away The Plum Blossoms". I do Cheng Man Ching 37 Yang style and mirrored version, Yang style sword and sabre, Wu 108, I use to do Chen 57 but dropped it. My style is more advanced than I see many do, I started 1979 so it was a younger person application. I've been with many clubs. I've been at it 44 years and have my artistic expression, more like a kung fu. I did Yoshinkan Aikido and Kenjutsu for 4 years or so, 8 hours a week at a Dojo, 1/2 was focused on weapons training, no spear but did Jo staff, also tanto's, bokken and that small sword. I have a katana but not sharpened. Hi thinmam, My respect to you sir, your dedication to martial study puts me to shame! I studied the spear through Erle Montaigue’s training video, I used a cut-off broom handle for convenience. After he taught and demonstrated the form and applications with his son Eli, he ended the video with “you finish the demonstration, you kiss your son, then you bow to the camera!” www.taijiworld.com/MTG233-Advanced-Wudang-Spear-Form_p_241.html |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2023 9:22:56 GMT
I maintain a certain amount of flexibility also my weight lifting isn't dead heavy like a powerlifter. Summer 2022 outdoor Yoga
Since I mentioned Attila's 5 lb DB I'll be doing his workout after Tai Chi, except it will be my variation with what I have learned from TC and Yoga. The punch lunge I do and leg over same as Strongfort.
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Post by mr potatohead on Mar 18, 2023 14:12:16 GMT
If you read what I wrote HERE, and then on down to the 7th and 8th post below it, you will see that I was agreeing with you - that, as you said, I also don't agree with the general statement that "you can be flexible or you can be strong, but you can't be both" and I also posted a supporting link to 20 studies, a video by John Meadows and a link to Jason Gallant's YT channel showing that increasing strength also increases flexibility if desired. Increasing flexibility does not exclude increasing strength and increasing strength does not exclude increasing flexibility. You said that "someone told you" that, so I don't see any reason to take offense as if it was your idea. Along with that, you said (and I made it bold so you wouldn't miss it) that you didn't agree that one must sacrifice flexibility for strength, so I don't understand your issue about it. Henry said someone told him the same thing, as did I. So, we each heard the same thing from three different sources. This is an old saying that I remember circulated long ago when I was in school and has been shot down in practice by many quite strong and flexible athletes, BB'ers, etc, because it doesn't reflect reality without some qualification and I always heard as someone who built muscle should be afraid of becoming "muscle bound" (inflexible due to too much muscle). The statement of a trade off between a choice of either being strong OR flexible, but not both, must be understood within the context of some specific circumstances. The link you provided (x2) to the other forum discussion of Stu McGill's statement that a top level yogi contortionist cannot be a powerlifting competitor and vice-versa offers the necessary context and qualification for it to be true for those specific and dedicated life style choices. There may be some exceptions to that, but it makes sense there because McGill has provided some qualifying context to the statement that "you can be flexible or you can be strong, but you can't be both" when comparing, specifically, a powerlifter with a highly flexible yogi since these two are outliers compared to the rest of population. The entire discussion on that forum about McGill's statement seems very thorough and many posters there basically said the same thing the linked studies, John Meadows, Jason and I claimed, unless I misunderstood what everyone was saying. Thanks for posting it. However, the number of people who fall into either of those two categories are relatively small compared to perhaps 99%+ of world population. I think you would acknowledge that pro sports competitors, like basketball, football, etc, are both strong and flexible because they need to be. So my conclusion is that the statement "you can be flexible or you can be strong, but you can't be both" does not apply to most people, but only to those who are dedicated to becoming extremely focused on the kind of body development required for those two specific activities/pursuits (powerlifter & yogi contortionist) because they are trading the one capability to excel in the other. |
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Post by mr potatohead on Mar 18, 2023 14:18:15 GMT
I maintain a certain amount of flexibility also my weight lifting isn't dead heavy like a powerlifter. Summer 2022 outdoor Yoga
Since I mentioned Attila's 5 lb DB I'll be doing his workout after Tai Chi, except it will be my variation with what I have learned from TC and Yoga. The punch lunge I do and leg over same as Strongfort.
Exactly. You're not a powerlifter, BUT you are both strong AND flexible, as I recall. That's why I asked the question of you. Thanks, m8! |
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