Still On The Right Side Of The Grass

[gymdad150]

3/21/20

#kickcancerinthedick reps/sets

Radiation day 23, just passed halfway

Single Leg Reverse Lunges - 10*5
Paused Squats - 10*5
Planks - 40 second holds *5
Step Ups - 10*5

Life in the time of Quarantine. It's body weight work for now until...???

It's no fun training alone

[codgerus maximus]

Radiation day 23, just passed halfway

Glad to hear that!
I'm so used to training on my own that I miss my set-up when I have to use commercial gyms when I travel. On the other hand there's not much camaraderie happening in my garage...hence my posts here!

[gymdad150]

3/23/30

#kickcancerinthedick reps/sets

Radiation Day 24 This shit is at RPE 10 at the moment

Push-Up Circuit:
Incline 10*3
Neutral 10*3
Decline 10*3

Paused Squat (5 ct) 10*5

Just a brutal Sunday, everything I ate came out the other end...ALL DAY / ALL NIGHT

[mybeautifulparadoxiallife]

gymdad150 Man look at you!!! Such a fighter! Still working it at home!! I miss going to the gym too...I get I have everything in my house, but it's not the same..the energy is so much better at the gym even if I workout alone Sending positive vibes your way!!!

[codgerus maximus]

Some serious props to you, Chas. Not sure I could do that...

[gymdad150]

gymdad150 Man look at you!!! Such a fighter! Still working it at home!! I miss going to the gym too...I get I have everything in my house, but it's not the same..the energy is so much better at the gym even if I workout alone Sending positive vibes your way!!!

I'm finding it takes a lot of discipline to get up off the couch....A.LOT.OF.DISCIPLINE.
Thanks for the kind thoughts!

Some serious props to you, Chas. Not sure I could do that...

There are days I'm not sure too...

[gymdad150]

3/25/20

#kickcancerinthedick reps/sets

Radiation Day 26 SEE BELOW

Squats - +20lbs 10*10
Step Ups - +20lbs 10*5
Curls - +10lbs 40*3

So I scrounged up a couple of casks of Whey Protein and a gallon of water and put them in my racquet bag...voila 20lbs.

And now for the REALLY GOOD NEWS: my normal radiation treatments consist of 4 interminably long passes of the machine as I lay on the table. They have been cut to 2 passes...I cannot begin to express how happy I am, I can do 19 more days of a couple of minutes on the table.

Of course there's probably a fly in the ointment, like me peeing fire in another week, but for now I'm thrilled.

[codgerus maximus]

I cannot begin to express how happy I am, I can do 19 more days of a couple of minutes on the table.

I'm really glad to hear that. Almost there!

[gymdad150]

3/29/20

#kickcancerinthedick reps/sets

Radiation Day 28...17 to go

Push Ups:
incline 15*3
neutral 15*3
decline 15*3

Planks 45 sec *5

2 1/2 mile walk

Intestinal issues are KILLING ME...

Motivation is really hard to come by right now. The weather isn't helping things either. Still, we persevere...

[codgerus maximus]

Great workout as usual. I'll have to keep this in mind next time I travel for work.

17 to go

Some celebrating will be in order 17 days from now...

[gymdad150]

4/1/20

#kickcancerinthedick reps/sets

Radiation Day 31, developing some bleeding...too much diarrhea. It was always a possibility.

Anyway, here's some training:

Squats 20*5
Step Ups 15*5
Calf Raises 20*5
Planks 45 seconds *5

Love to go for a walk, but intestinal issues scotched that idea.

[codgerus maximus]

Your doctors must be impressed by your strength. I don't think they see many patients like you.

[gymdad150]

Your doctors must be impressed by your strength. I don't think they see many patients like you.

Actually, the lead doc is a "go for a walk" kind of guy. They all kinda pass off the strength training aspect of my life as a curiosity. Obviously Austin is not lumped in with that group, but the in town team is fairly oblivious to our kind of training.

I remember the first Urologist that I saw being kind of incredulous when he asked me what I did to stay active. His exact words were: You don't look like a weightlifter. After I corrected his terminology, he came back with: well, you don't look strong. That was back in the spring, prior to Spokane. I fired his ass after the second appointment...

[codgerus maximus]

he came back with: well, you don't look strong.

You should have pressed him over your head.

[gymdad150]

codgerus maximus he was small enough, I probably could have

4/3/20

#kickcancerinthedick reps/sets

Radiation day 33 of 45, off in the distance I can see the finish line

Push Up Circuit:
Incline 20*4
Neutral 15*4
Decline 10*4

And that was plenty on 3 minute rest periods

I'm paying for those calf raises the other day...OWWW