An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds

Fatpete said:Monday, 6th January, start 16:00

After a couple of weeks messing with singles it time for a change, fives should do.

Bench, squat boots on, very raw
20 x 15
20 x 15
20 x 15
50 x 5
60 x 5
70 x 5
80 x 5
85 x 5
90 x 5
92 x 5
95 x 5
97 x 5
100 x 5
last one paused on all of these, reasonable enough

Tricep pushdown, very strict
50 x 10
55 x 10
60 x 10
65 x 10
70 x 10
75 x 10
75 x 10
75 x 10
And that will do, quite quiet tonight but very enjoyable. It's good to be back into a routine

Wigan said:
Was it 92 and 97, or actually 92.5 and 97.5?

Finch said:
My competitive days might be past me now but little in life cheers me up like gym banter with old friends.

Martin1956 said: We're all different, just my two'pennurth.

Fatpete said:
It was, as I am sure you are aware, 92.5 and 97.5
It is because, as again I am sure you are aware, I am a dreadfully lazy fellow and all those .5's mount up and become tiresome. Plus the columns are more aesthetically pleasing by their omission.
During the last few years you weightlifting chaps have started going up in whole numbers, and while I have no wish to stop you doing this, I will not follow suit and I am far too old, lazy, and stubborn to change my ways.
If you splendid fellows would do me the favour of remembering that when I say two or seven, with reference to my own weights of course, I mean that there is an unspoken reference to .5 after it, I would consider it a kindness.
I recall that Alan used 2.5 increments but I am not sure about that but I do strongly suspect it. However I do recall with certainty my first British record, which was 13 years ago now, it was the 125+ (as it was then) masters 2 equipped squat, held by Dave Turner at 320 kilos. Neither Alan nor I ever countenanced doing 321 or 322, it was always going to be 322.5.
That lift was refereed by the late, great Barry Nelson, who afterwards informed me that I did not need to have done 322.5 but could have settled for 321. I informed him that neither Alan nor I wanted any truck with that. He approved of that, and his approval meant a great deal to me on that occasion.
Powerlifters do it for records and now, weightlifters do it all the time, Vive le difference and all that, but I reserve the right to furrow my brow on such occasions.

Fatpete said:
It was, as I am sure you are aware, 92.5 and 97.5
It is because, as again I am sure you are aware, I am a dreadfully lazy fellow and all those .5's mount up and become tiresome. Plus the columns are more aesthetically pleasing by their omission.
During the last few years you weightlifting chaps have started going up in whole numbers, and while I have no wish to stop you doing this, I will not follow suit and I am far too old, lazy, and stubborn to change my ways.
If you splendid fellows would do me the favour of remembering that when I say two or seven, with reference to my own weights of course, I mean that there is an unspoken reference to .5 after it, I would consider it a kindness.
I recall that Alan used 2.5 increments but I am not sure about that but I do strongly suspect it. However I do recall with certainty my first British record, which was 13 years ago now, it was the 125+ (as it was then) masters 2 equipped squat, held by Dave Turner at 320 kilos. Neither Alan nor I ever countenanced doing 321 or 322, it was always going to be 322.5.
That lift was refereed by the late, great Barry Nelson, who afterwards informed me that I did not need to have done 322.5 but could have settled for 321. I informed him that neither Alan nor I wanted any truck with that. He approved of that, and his approval meant a great deal to me on that occasion.
Powerlifters do it for records and now, weightlifters do it all the time, Vive le difference and all that, but I reserve the right to furrow my brow on such occasions.

Fatpete said:Wednesday, 8th January, start 16:10

Squat, sleeves on, boots on, no belt

20 x 5
20 x 5
20 x 5
20 x 5
20 x 5
60 x 6
80 x 3
100 x 2
110 x 1
120 x 1
130 x 1
140 x 1
150 x 1
the above raised question marks about the hip
160 x 1
and that answered them, hip is bad
140 x 1
This was the worst of the night, hip ached when on my haunches, a bit more on the way up and most of all as the bar was released. bas***d !
100 x 3
100 x 3
100 x 3
100 x 3
100 x 3
These were OK but they f**kin' well should be, five triples at 100, eleven year old schoolgirls with pink bows in their hair do more than that.
I was feeling very despondent after this lot so big thanks to Handsome Jeff and Mack for knowing what to say and when to say it and the amount of conviction to say it with. I am lucky to have them.
It did cross my mind to stop recording this nonsense, the weights are so low that they are surely of no interest to anyone and my whining and bleating is reaching the point where it is starting to annoy me. Plus it genuinely saddens me to realize how s**t I have become, but the purpose of this, its raison d'etre if you will, is to leave a path for others to follow, so no matter how bad it gets, how gutted I get, it all goes in here. If you know where the dog has s**t you don't have to step in it.

Patrin for powerlifters, especially old, fat ones.

We press on.

Wigan said:
so it is solely their fault!!

Wigan said:
A mere bump in the road Pete. You will carry on, for that is what you do.

Fatpete said:
You silver tongued rascal, go on then, I'll do another ten years for you