SquatchDawg

And he wasn’t a skater



I mean seriously…WTF?

Arrest anyone that obstructs justice or invites violence. Then arrest anyone funding these activities and seize the money.

I promise you, if there was an NGO that was funding anti Israel or pro life protests with people actively interfering with anyone’s activities they’d be shut down with quickness.

I’ll be 55 this year and started lifting seriously about 2 years go using a Greyskull template modified to work around some joint issues here or there. Started out at 240 and am currently 220. My goal was to lose fat but also I wanted to maximize my strength while I still could given my age.

A few observations:
2-3 times a week lifting is ideal. As you get older recovery is tough. I’ve tried 4 day programs here and there and feel ragged out.
Dial in your diet - hit your protein goals and maintain a deficit.
For me, it helped to level out and maintain weight for a period before trying to cut weight again. Being in a deficit for months will also wear you out and it helped to give your body time to adjust. I had less to lose than you do but taking a break from dieting every now and then helps IMO.
Focus on low rep, heavy compound lifts. When you’re in your 50s you’re just not going to move the needle with high rep low weights IMO.
Get to work on those legs! Bulgarian split squats with dumbbells will give you all you can handle and wake up those glutes and hamstrings. Also RDLs will be your friend too. Your lower body and back are your foundation as you get older.

I’ve been pushing hard and feel like the first phase is just waking up your CNS and maximizing the muscles you already have but haven’t been using. It’s a different animal to start in your 50’s vs lifting for 20 years and turning 50. My experience is you have to really strain to get results and get your juices flowing after 50. When I go into the gym I have 4 exercises I’m doing and pressing for either 1 more rep or 5 more lbs every time. I’ve come up with a rep/set combo that gets me there slowly:

2x5, AMRAP - when I get 8 clean reps for AMRAP then
2x6, AMRAP - when I get 8 clean reps for AMRAP then bump weight and go back to sets of 5. Rinse repeat.
For presses if I stall out I do drop sets until it starts moving again.
On off days eat small and walk a bunch.
Limit or cut out alcohol - drinking will derail your weight loss.

Consistency is king but also lifting heavy enough where you barely can get what you’re supposed to get that day is just as big. I have a buddy who went on a hardcore clean diet and lost a ton of weight but only works out with push-ups and bands. He’s definitely healthy but looks like he just got out of a refugee camp. At our age you can’t afford to lose the muscle you have because it’s too damn hard to get back.

For fans of the Prince show the Charasmatic Voice lady does a breakdown. It’s long and she back tracks a lot but you can see how she’s blown away.

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Prince clears.

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Prince playing live electric guitar with actual live vocals in a downpour plugged into all of those watts was as good as it’ll ever get. He freaking owned it and had the whole stadium singing Purple Rain. It wasn’t 100% perfect note for note but it was raw and real.

I’ve watched that half a dozen times.

I can’t believe nobody has asked the most important question yet.

Is she hot?

Maybe you can work out a way for her to pay it back….after she gets her grille fixed of course.

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I like my women like I like my . . .
. . . coffee.

Cold and bitter.

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Strong and black

I can watch curling for hours.

Especially if there are blonde European women in tight pants yelling in a foreign language.

I mean, I’m sure the jumps and tricks are incredibly difficult and I respect their ability but yeah, whatever.

This doesn't include the traditional ski jump which is awesome.

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Probably keeps the bread from getting moldy.

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That’s a great point. I remember when I was a kid bread would get moldy pretty quickly.

I also notice that mosquitos avoid me and the ones that bite me drop dead. So maybe there’s a benefit.