body weight
The BB.com thing has been showing that I’m due to update my stats. My wife was awake early this morning, so pulled the scale out of the closet. I was thinking that I would hop on the scale, see that my weight hasn’t changed and not bother with the body fat and body part measurements. I was surprised to see that I gained a few pounds since the last weight posting two months ago. Now I have to do the other measurements to see what happened: where the fat or muscle has accumulated. The surprising thing was that I gained any at all. This week I have been thinking, again, that I’m going no where (even compared to others my age). I know, I know, "don’t compare yourself to others".
Anabolistic wrote a comment on my profile recently, "you gotta train insane or remain the same". Am I training hard enough, not eating enough, or both? My wife thinks I’m working hard enough, based on the noise coming from the garage 
but I don’t know. I push to failure or at least failure of form on every work set. I think I’m eating a lot, but if I’m not gaining a bit of fat, then I probably could afford to go higher.
I ordered a sand bag kit, which arrived Tues. The kit includes a training booklet, one outer bag, and eight inner bags to fill with various amounts of sand. When I get back from the work travel I mentioned recently, I’ll try out some dino-style stuff, so include the bag work with basic barbell work, but don’t have a way to do heavy farmer’s walk. Two fifty-pound DBs are the heaviest transportable weights I can make.
The dino-style program calls for 5 x 5 sets, with two of those warmup and the work sets stable. I haven’t done five-rep sets before, so have to figure out the work-to-failure issue. I guess the target is really 4-6 reps. The plan includes squats too, but due to my squat comfort level, I’ll struggle with increasing the weight on those against depth.
5 November 2009 at 15:47
Be curious to see what the measurements tell you Brad. I like the sound of your dino training. Fill some buckets with bricks or stones for the farmers walk,(just a thought). You’ll be able to judge the right weight to use after the first few workouts.
5 November 2009 at 15:48
You know were I stand on it.
A gain is a gain. What did you do different during this last period that helped that happen? Whatever it was, do that again.
5 November 2009 at 15:55
Well ignore what your wife thinks on how hard you’re working Brad (but don’t tell her you’re ignoring her input…..LOL). Unless she’s working out, and knows what intense workouts are, well, you know.
You’ve simply got to quit comparing yourself to others. We’re all different, we workout differently AND we have different goals.
I like what Anabolistic had to say.
5 November 2009 at 16:06
I’d be interested in the stats too. I hope for you that it’s all muscle gain.
Way to go and the new work out; sounds interesting. I have to say, I agree with Al about your wife, but not totally "ignore". Just smile and nod and thank her, lol. She’ll feel appreciated. 
~L~
5 November 2009 at 16:14
Changing it up is usually a good thing. It keeps your muscles guessing and is far less monotoneous. Figure out those body stats though since they will tell you if you are making progress.
6 November 2009 at 09:38
I will be interested to see what the measurements show.
6 November 2009 at 12:30
hey brad,nice going,so its working then.
anibal is right in what he says but its difficult to maintain forever.
just do it mate and it will work! dats it.