Thread: the sheik's routine

Originally Posted by sheik yerbouti

Thanks.

My purpose is to get constructive feedback though I expect some folks will choose to "laugh a whole lot" and be otherwise derisive at someone they deem worthy of ridicule. It's alot like meatheads who hang around in gyms and snicker at people busy doing routines... because they aren't lifting enough weight or have bad form or whatever. One with class might approach someone and offer constructive suggestions as to how one can avoid injury or ask what one's onjectives are with the weight levels they employ.... or they can hang in the gaggle of fellow ambulatory sphincters and laugh & point, making fun of someone not as hard core as they.

Regardless, it says alot more about them than the one(s) they attempt to ridicule. Perhaps I need to work on feeling ultimately flattered that someone clearly so hard core and bad ass would stoop so low as to laugh a whole lot a my pitiful little journal... this could be a "dear diary" moment in my life of lifes with fate dealing the severe blow of depriving me of the honor of being spit on by the likes of fufu. Hard as this may be I shall endeavor to counsel myself past this considerable trauma and move forward into my realm of slapstick exercise.

I know that Fufu is a respected member of this board and doesn't take pleasure in ridiculing others, especially here in journal land. I'm sure he was just laughing at the fact that there is almost a 3 year gap between posts in your journal. I hope we can all be a help to you in your journey to fitness!

Don't worry about the idiots. In the time you've been gone, IM has changed quite a bit. There are many more members, some good, some not-so-good. Some of them get off by ridiculing others, since it makes them seem superior, at least in their own eyes. Just add them to your ignore list. You won't be missing much.

And BTW, welcome back.

Originally Posted by FatCatMC

I know that Fufu is a respected member of this board and doesn't take pleasure in ridiculing others, especially here in journal land. I'm sure he was just laughing at the fact that there is almost a 3 year gap between posts in your journal. I hope we can all be a help to you in your journey to fitness!

I did note the post count and inferred that he is an established member. Perhaps one could pose in question form and ask why my extended absence... something I would be more than happy to address. Coming in and snickering narrows my scope of responses and doesn't win my respect.

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Don't worry about the idiots. In the time you've been gone, IM has changed quite a bit. There are many more members, some good, some not-so-good. Some of them get off by ridiculing others, since it makes them seem superior, at least in their own eyes. Just add them to your ignore list. You won't be missing much.

And BTW, welcome back.

Thanks.

I dunno about ignoring folks... I need my cheap entertainment too!

Wow welcome back Sheik. Long time no see.

Originally Posted by sheik yerbouti

I did note the post count and inferred that he is an established member.

Post counts mean nothing, especially when half of his consist of the single word "lawl".

Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Wow welcome back Sheik. Long time no see.

Thanks... good to see a few old friends here. How have things been?

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Post counts mean nothing, especially when half of his consist of the single word "lawl".

Sooo- does getting 'lawl'ed mean I've officially arrived? My tremendous appreciation to fufu for turning his beacon on for me so quickly.

...I was not attempting to "spit on or ridicule" you. My apologies, I didn't mean it that way. I just thought it was funny that a journal gets bumped from 3 years ago. It made me giggle.

You have my respect, your lifts are great! I love following journals and seeing others progress, keep it up,

Originally Posted by FatCatMC

I know that Fufu is a respected member of this board and doesn't take pleasure in ridiculing others, especially here in journal land. I'm sure he was just laughing at the fact that there is almost a 3 year gap between posts in your journal. I hope we can all be a help to you in your journey to fitness!

lawl, you hit the nail on the head.

btw, what kind of program are you on?

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Don't worry about the idiots. In the time you've been gone, IM has changed quite a bit. There are many more members, some good, some not-so-good. Some of them get off by ridiculing others, since it makes them seem superior, at least in their own eyes. Just add them to your ignore list. You won't be missing much.

And BTW, welcome back.

I am superior.

Originally Posted by BigDyl

I am superior.

If that were truly the case would you really need to point it out?

Originally Posted by fufu

...I was not attempting to "spit on or ridicule" you. My apologies, I didn't mean it that way. I just thought it was funny that a journal gets bumped from 3 years ago. It made me giggle.

You have my respect, your lifts are great! I love following journals and seeing others progress, keep it up,

Thank you for clarifying. I appreciate the humor you found in my rather extended absence. I like to keep a couple redundant journals and decided to stop maintaining a journal at a couple sites I had been frequenting. Since I already had an account here I figured why not take up where I left off. The feedback has been appreciated if somewhat interesting I guess that I originally left because I felt that keeping 4 or 5 journals was a bit overkill. 3 intervening years has seperated me from the intimacy with my former thought process so that makes the most sense now.

Originally Posted by fufu

btw, what kind of program are you on?

Hmmm. as I'm getting back on the horse after a week off (vacation). I'm not sure I'm on a specific program per se but I do follow a routine somewhat loosely: Saturdays I work legs and a little abs; Sundays or Mondays I do a push routine- chest and tri's; and mid-week I do back and bi's... with some shoulder and/or forearm work. This is in addition to usually two nearly 4 mile walks per week.

I'm older than many here and do this mostly because I've decided a good number of years ago to take charge of my health. Most of what afflicts people who aren't extremely elderly is a result of what they put in their mouths and the fact that they spend so much of their time sitting on their lazy butts. People incessantly complain about the shape they're in and I have to bite my tongue hard to keep from blurting out, "well, you only have yourself to blame for that." I get askes a fair number of times about what the "best way to..." (lose weight, get in shape, etc.). The best response I can come up with is, "the program you will stick with". I've wasted a bit of time and effort suggesting in detail what an individual can do not comprehending that the blank stare I'm getting in response indicates that the person has realized that I'm not offering a quick fix. Not any more... I can't change anyone but I CAN take care of myself.

Weight lifting is just one component in my health management program. You may eventually find that my style may resemble one program or another but I assure you that it is purely accidental. I do what works for me until I appear to have plateaued then I'll change things up a bit.

I work out at home. I've amassed over 500# in assorted iron, not including my hex DB collection which includes 20s thru 60s every 5# plus 75s, 80s, 90s, 100s, 110s, and 120s. I'm filling in gaps as funds become available when I can grab pairs at Dick's for $0.49/lb on sale.

Nice avatar. Is your name based on the Frank Zappa album?

Originally Posted by CowPimp

Nice avatar. Is your name based on the Frank Zappa album?

Yes it is.

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Post counts mean nothing, especially when half of his consist of the single word "lawl".

Please do not hate up this thread . fufu is 100% respectfull in the Online Journals....if you read his posts in them you would know that and would not just hate for no reason.....Well enough of that crap.


Welcome back sheik yerbouti

Originally Posted by sheik yerbouti

If that were truly the case would you really need to point it out?

Yes.


Next question please...


Yes, you in the polka dot suit.

Yeah I gave of trying to explain dieting and training to people, it's no use. Maybe if they had a truly keen interest I would help them out. Of course if they would pay me to tell them those kinds of things, I wouldn't bother it at all if they chose to be ignorant to it.

I've decided that most people are content to just complain and being out of shape gives them something easy to whine about. Actually following through with a fitness program removes the easy topic of conversation requiring actual thought to find something else to complain about.

The problem runs far deeper than expanding waistlines in a sedentary population- it's a culture that increasingly values appearances over content; instant gratification over hard work. There are quick fixes marketed for everything- promoted on the idiot box during sessions of the mass hypnosis commonly known as TVs prime time. Too fat? there's a pill for that; can't sleep? there's a pill for that; restless legs wiggle too much? there's a pill for that; forgetful? now, what was I saying....OH YEAH... there's a pill for that!

When I was in school, disruptive, hyperactive kids were taught to pay attention or face consequences. It wasn't easy but these folks grew up to be productive members of society. These days they'd be drugged worse than a water buffalo sporting a tranquilizer dart struggling vainly to get on its feet and charge the gaggle of scientists waiting to plant the radio tag so the hapless beast can be tracked. Currently my white-knuckle grasp on the obvious could be a diagnosable disorder... Excessive Reality Comprehension (ERC) and undoubtedly my fiends at Merck- Glaxo- Smith- Kline- Welcome- Unwelcome- Jingleheimer- Schmidt- Yomamajohnson are working on a pill for that!

Our culture of convenience tragically devalues the practice of following a time and effort intensive fitness program. Surely a 20 minute per day 3 times a week contraption can completely mitigate a sedentary lifestyle and the slow-poisoning diet of quick convenience golden arch diet that boasts a Sagan-esque clientelle in the billions and billions amassed not coincidentally as the national diabetes epidemic has emerged. To listen to news reports about it one might conclude that it just happened. In fact, collectively we've done it to ourselves. The irony is that if you've encountered someone truly interested in what you have to say, they've already made a healthful decision and would move ahead with a program regarless of what you have to say. You DO have an opportunity to steer them toward weight training.

Excessive reality comprehension, haha. Yeah, they have a pill for that, it's called television. Assimilate enough of that bullshit and your reality will be very different from that of true reality.

Originally Posted by CowPimp

Excessive reality comprehension, haha. Yeah, they have a pill for that, it's called television. Assimilate enough of that bullshit and your reality will be very different from that of true reality.

So very true... it's mass hypnosis. "We the Sheeple" are an ignorant docile bunch- easy to control and ready to be fleeced... active, fit minds go along with active, fit bodies.

BACK:
WG Pulldowns:
150×15
175×12
200×8
T-Bar Rows:
100×20
125×20
150×16
175×12
200×8
One arm DB rows:
40×20
45×20
60×8
80×6
90×6
100×6
110×4
120×4

Nice rowage. Are you able to disclose exactly how old you are?

Originally Posted by fufu

Nice rowage.

Thanks.

Taking the weak off and subjecting myself to what regular folk poison themselves with at mealtime has left me feeling noticably off. A few days of reduced crap factor in the pie hole and I'm starting to feel myself again.

Are you able to disclose exactly how old you are?

Two score and three.

I'm takin' over!

Oh great, now someone wants to fly my journal to Cuba! Friggin terrorists!

Originally Posted by sheik yerbouti

Oh great, now someone wants to fly my journal to Cuba! Friggin terrorists!

where is DP?