Partly inspired by drtbear1967, I've decided to put up a log. I haven't been on MC in years, but was a regular at one time. There's a fair amount of relevant background, so bear with me while I set the stage.
I'm 56 and generally very active. I tell people I'm either retired or unemployed, depending how you look at it.
That doesn't mean I'm not busy. My wife and I bought an old farmhouse when I quit working and we escaped our blue former home state. This is a huge construction project. I don't have a job, but I work hard every day (well, most days - more on that).
I'm a hockey player. I've been playing hockey for 52 years but until 2 or so years ago, haven't had any coaching for 40 years. We play a game once per week, either Tues or Wed night and I have a coaching session on Thursdays during the day. There's an SPHL (professional, minor league) team in the same city where I play. I tried out for this team last summer and will be doing so again this year in the fall. To be clear, I have no expectation, at 56 years old (I'll be almost 57 by the time the tryout comes around in late September/early October) of actually making the team. However, I did well last year and told the coach I want to be considered for substitute duty in the event of a player injury or call-up, etc. He was very receptive to that. But in November, I had to have lumbar spine surgery.
I had two surgeries over the winter. The first was the lumbar spine surgery. A "microdiscectomy" along with what I think is called "decompression." I have pretty bad arthritis in my lumbar spine (among other places); the surgeon ground up the body, arthritic growth that was impinging my sciatic nerve. The herniated disc was also aggravating the nerve. It took a great deal of post surgical physical therapy for the nerve pain (by which I mean the feeling of being electrocuted and shutting down my left leg) to go away. It finally has, but my lumbar spine is still pretty weak and fatigues easily.
I also had hand surgery, 3 weeks after my back surgery. That was to resolve an old injury and deal with more arthritis. Picture attached; easier than an explanation. This is already too long. This has been and continues to be a difficult recovery. I still have a fair amount of pain and weakness in my hand and wrist. It's coming back, but slowly.
I also have rotater cuff issues in both shoulders. I've had surgery on both, the left one twice. Most recent was 2019. Prior to that was 1999. So, years ago, but both have been re-injured since. Not badly enough for surgery, but it's a nagging issue. Arthritis is also a major issue in my shoulders.
Prior to surgery, I was 196 and probably 10% or so body fat. My weight training was more or less "maintenance" training. I hadn't done any arm specific training in a number of years. I track my calories and macros using the Cronometer app and have been for a couple of years. Post surgery, I reduced my calories in order to avoid getting fat while my activity level was so drastically reduced. I got a little bit leaner over that time but naturally, I lost some muscle, too. I bottomed out at 184 lbs. I'm 5' 10" BTW. I'm now trying to regain the muscle I lost and then some. I want to be at LEAST 196 and just as lean as I am now for tryouts. I'd prefer to be 200.
I weigh myself in the morning after taking a leak and before breakfast or anything to drink. This way, I know I'm getting as accurate a measurement as I can without it being affected by water, food, etc. Unless I have a particularly salty meal the day before, then I'm a couple pounds heavier but it's just water retention.
I'm on basically a TRT cruise and have been since I was 42. Originally doctor administered, I've been doing it on my own for about 10 years. My weekly stack:
TE250: 150mg
TP100: 30mg
Deca200: 120mg
Mast E 200: 420mg
Generic HGH: 3 it's daily - I'm not very good at being consistent with the HGH. I get fed up with mixing it up every 3 nights and the nightly pins. I'm also almost out of it. I really should get more and higher quality and keep going with it. It helps with joint pain if nothing else.
The Deca is mainly to help with joint pain; the Mast to help keep the hydraulics working. I've had bad ED in the past; Mast keeps that at bay. I'm going to increase the total test to 210 and the Deca to at least 200. We'll see how much that helps me. I want to try to make lean gains. I strongly dislike cutting so I'd prefer to avoid getting fat to begin with.
Attached are pix of my hand surgery and also a couple day old Pic of where I stand now at 190 lbs.
I'm 56 and generally very active. I tell people I'm either retired or unemployed, depending how you look at it.
That doesn't mean I'm not busy. My wife and I bought an old farmhouse when I quit working and we escaped our blue former home state. This is a huge construction project. I don't have a job, but I work hard every day (well, most days - more on that). I'm a hockey player. I've been playing hockey for 52 years but until 2 or so years ago, haven't had any coaching for 40 years. We play a game once per week, either Tues or Wed night and I have a coaching session on Thursdays during the day. There's an SPHL (professional, minor league) team in the same city where I play. I tried out for this team last summer and will be doing so again this year in the fall. To be clear, I have no expectation, at 56 years old (I'll be almost 57 by the time the tryout comes around in late September/early October) of actually making the team. However, I did well last year and told the coach I want to be considered for substitute duty in the event of a player injury or call-up, etc. He was very receptive to that. But in November, I had to have lumbar spine surgery.
I had two surgeries over the winter. The first was the lumbar spine surgery. A "microdiscectomy" along with what I think is called "decompression." I have pretty bad arthritis in my lumbar spine (among other places); the surgeon ground up the body, arthritic growth that was impinging my sciatic nerve. The herniated disc was also aggravating the nerve. It took a great deal of post surgical physical therapy for the nerve pain (by which I mean the feeling of being electrocuted and shutting down my left leg) to go away. It finally has, but my lumbar spine is still pretty weak and fatigues easily.
I also had hand surgery, 3 weeks after my back surgery. That was to resolve an old injury and deal with more arthritis. Picture attached; easier than an explanation. This is already too long. This has been and continues to be a difficult recovery. I still have a fair amount of pain and weakness in my hand and wrist. It's coming back, but slowly.
I also have rotater cuff issues in both shoulders. I've had surgery on both, the left one twice. Most recent was 2019. Prior to that was 1999. So, years ago, but both have been re-injured since. Not badly enough for surgery, but it's a nagging issue. Arthritis is also a major issue in my shoulders.
Prior to surgery, I was 196 and probably 10% or so body fat. My weight training was more or less "maintenance" training. I hadn't done any arm specific training in a number of years. I track my calories and macros using the Cronometer app and have been for a couple of years. Post surgery, I reduced my calories in order to avoid getting fat while my activity level was so drastically reduced. I got a little bit leaner over that time but naturally, I lost some muscle, too. I bottomed out at 184 lbs. I'm 5' 10" BTW. I'm now trying to regain the muscle I lost and then some. I want to be at LEAST 196 and just as lean as I am now for tryouts. I'd prefer to be 200.
I weigh myself in the morning after taking a leak and before breakfast or anything to drink. This way, I know I'm getting as accurate a measurement as I can without it being affected by water, food, etc. Unless I have a particularly salty meal the day before, then I'm a couple pounds heavier but it's just water retention.
I'm on basically a TRT cruise and have been since I was 42. Originally doctor administered, I've been doing it on my own for about 10 years. My weekly stack:
TE250: 150mg
TP100: 30mg
Deca200: 120mg
Mast E 200: 420mg
Generic HGH: 3 it's daily - I'm not very good at being consistent with the HGH. I get fed up with mixing it up every 3 nights and the nightly pins. I'm also almost out of it. I really should get more and higher quality and keep going with it. It helps with joint pain if nothing else.
The Deca is mainly to help with joint pain; the Mast to help keep the hydraulics working. I've had bad ED in the past; Mast keeps that at bay. I'm going to increase the total test to 210 and the Deca to at least 200. We'll see how much that helps me. I want to try to make lean gains. I strongly dislike cutting so I'd prefer to avoid getting fat to begin with.
Attached are pix of my hand surgery and also a couple day old Pic of where I stand now at 190 lbs.
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