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good job sean,

just read a lot of dave's posts. he's got all kinds of routines for all kinds of levels. he's our sounding board for experimental exercises! he tries everything in the book. i get dizzy with his info sometimes but just pick something you like to do and stick with it. nothing fancy, just something you look forward to doing at the end of the day. a lot of the guys here do hiking, biking, running etc.

there's tons of benefits where lifting is concerned. it's great for bones and overall health. so i hope you get a good trainer who doesn't put you off to the experience. bottom line, try to make it fun and challanging. it's not all about the physique but the strength and well being. so get a good beginners routine, i posted one so you might look that up. so ask away if you have questions. dave is our lifting guru......lol. good luck.......carbonblob

Gotta agree with CB: Do what you enjoy! I've always been an exprimenter. I did triathlons and worked on weights and all four swim strokes once - all at the same time. I love to experiment that's what keeps me going. I don't believe in stirring the pot too much, though. There's are always parts that I never leave out. 

I also get more of a thrill out of superficial attention from females than probably do most guys, so that also keeps me doing really a really rich and intense mixture of stuff.

Dave

Dave your making me reconider my running and I should spend more time in the gym I envy your back and shoulders. Doug.

Hi Doug,

I think back and careful shoulder work is really good on the musculosckeltal system. Let's see, if there's one exercise besides deadlifts, it's probably the three types of pullovers that I do on a 45 degress decline bench: Barbell pullovers, Dual dunbbell pullovers and Single heavy dumbbell (gripped with both hands) pullovers. Start light and work up gradually. Works just about every muscle group in the upper torso.

Dave 

There is one main them that I focus on: Endocrine system enhancement. I do anything that naturally pumps the juice. Which is so far (after weight loss):

1. Many compound weight exercises

2. Fistfulls of raw almonds every 3-4 hours

3. Grape juice (insulin is anabolic and if you exercise enough you won't gain weight)

4. One hour in a light deigned for treatment of SAD (increase****einizing hormone)

5. Glutamine

6. Arginine/ Ornithine

7. Working out heaviest in the a.m. 

8. Working out after sprints

I continue to add and alter these as I go on. I have a book called Natural Hormone Enhancement coming and I think it recommends macronutrient cycling. I may try that and other recommendations as well. My understanding is that the author also recommends sunlight or other bright light.

Best Wishes,

Dave

wow that's awesome... great info.  I'll be sure to use at least part of that, and of course get some input from the trainers at the gym, as they'll be able to see my current build and abilities and (hopefully) be able to help me come up with a routine that will maximize my results. I'm not looking to circa 1978 Ahhhhnold..... but as someone else posted above, I'd love to get my back/shoulders/arms in similar condition to yours. Thanks for the input and I'm sure I'll be posting more questions, especially in the next couple weeks as I begin the next part of my journey.

Sean, you don't have to go all out, but you can get a lot of improvement from Military Presses, Upright Rows, Pullovers, Dips and Curls. I never skip reverse curls and as a result, I think you can see the definition in the sides of my arms, which sort of points up at the deltoid, telling everyone it's there! lol

Okay, even if in reality it doesn't point at the lateral delt, it makes a little bit of distinction between where the deltoid ends and the side of the arm begins.

Dave

One other testo builder that I forgot: a roughly 3:1 work to rest ratio each set. That means 2.5 to 3 minutes rest between a 40-60 second set (acompanies 3-5 reps to failure - another testo builder).