Oldguyjiujitsu and Sorbate's Road to 50!

Oldguyjiujitsu said:
My “Road to 51” goal is 195lbs with same condition as now

I don’t want to get any heavier than that. Start becoming a little too slow for jiujitsu. But I’ll look very athletic at that size.

Just want to bring my arms and chest up more. Made most progress this year on back and legs. Covid was a blessing for legs…Did not have access to leg press or hack squat so I had to focus on on front squats, Bulgarian split squats, and kettlebells for legs and completely change the shape and size


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Leg presses and leg extensions have nothing on squats. I don't even bother doing the others now, Just 12-14 sets of high bar squats, hamstring curls and calves.
My legs hurt way worse, hobbling around like an old man if I sit down for 1/2 an hour, lol.

You'll look filled out just right at 195 and not look like you are geared up. Perfect for our age.

I'm not sure what I'll do. Keep training hard and see where it leads me.
I don't know how big I want to get. I'm not worried about achieving the size if I want, but how do I want to be perceived by the general public. Right now I look like a very in good shape old man, but do I want to look like I take gear? The closer I get to 200 lbs and that will happen, and like you its because we are lean, a fatter 200 lbs no one would think anything, but a lean 200 lbs at my height is now getting close to like a national bodybuilder size and is it going to look really out of place on a 50 year old man?

Or I'm just being paranoid thinking everyone understands about gear, and next thing I know I'll be stupidly huge like a baby with muscles and not realize it because we always think we are too small. (because of my height, lol, thats what my grandson calls me, lol, fucker is now taller than me at 11)
 
Lol I`m closing in on 62! At 5`6 ish and 170lbs I am hovering around 18-19% I can see my abs if I tense them. Looking to drop down to the 10-12% range I got started this week.

Posted my basic meal plan with Goldenrods thread on what did you eat today. I have a serious case of elbow tendonitis in my left elbow right now. I have about 5% use of my right arm and the lefty gets a real beating!!


Watching you guys has helped me out alot. So much to know so little time!!
 
granpa1959 said:
Lol I`m closing in on 62! At 5`6 ish and 170lbs I am hovering around 18-19% I can see my abs if I tense them. Looking to drop down to the 10-12% range I got started this week.

Posted my basic meal plan with Goldenrods thread on what did you eat today. I have a serious case of elbow tendonitis in my left elbow right now. I have about 5% use of my right arm and the lefty gets a real beating!!


Watching you guys has helped me out alot. So much to know so little time!!
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Keep up the fight. Make sure you rest the good arm, don’t want it to become your bad arm as well, lol.
Use moist heat on the tendon, so nuke a wet cloth.
 
Ok real pictures.
I figure for only training for 6 months I didn’t do too bad.
Can’t wait to see how I’ll look in a year.

If you guys want different poses, to really laugh at me, just ask, I’ll need a week to blow out the water from my binge drinking last week, btw, yes my legs are small, I am working on that one.
Also I think I would have done better if I actually dieted. But like I stated before, I just didn’t have the mindset to do it. So this was removing a few calories, still eating a bunch of shit food, and no cardio.

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Sorbate said:
Ok real pictures.
I figure for only training for 6 months I didn’t do too bad.
Can’t wait to see how I’ll look in a year.

If you guys want different poses, to really laugh at me, just ask, I’ll need a week to blow out the water from my binge drinking last week, btw, yes my legs are small, I am working on that one.
Also I think I would have done better if I actually dieted. But like I stated before, I just didn’t have the mindset to do it. So this was removing a few calories, still eating a bunch of shit food, and no cardio.

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Outstanding my friend....you don't look a day over 39. We had some adversity...which is expected at 50 but we pushed on and made it. Congrats! I will update mine in two minutes
 
Oh here is my final results. @Sorbate

I started at 181lbs and finished at 190lbs - I am a little fluffier but overall happy. Was not convinced i could continue to gain muscle at 50 but definitely was under eating at the start.

Measurements - start/finish in inches - won't be blowing any records for size but i am happy
Chest - 43.5 / 44
Thighs - 22 / 23.5 (the biggest improvement)
Calves - 14.5 / 14.75
Arms - 14.75 / 14.9 (did not make it to 15....damn that 6 foot wing span)
waist - 32 / 32

i had planned on primo and DBH but given covid, new job, etc i changed my approach and never went above 120mg test per week.

I started Cals at 3000 and increased to 3500 slowly over the initial 1/2 of the contest and then held at maintenance for the last few months. Am slowing getting leaner again. yeah metabolism.

@ABMonkey @gondar1 @flexappeal @Funnyman critique away.

Next year 195lbs and leaner and bigger arms and need to focus on shoulders

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Oldguyjiujitsu said:
Oh here is my final results. @Sorbate

I started at 181lbs and finished at 190lbs - I am a little fluffier but overall happy. Was not convinced i could continue to gain muscle at 50 but definitely was under eating at the start.

Measurements - start/finish in inches - won't be blowing any records for size but i am happy
Chest - 43.5 / 44
Thighs - 22 / 23.5 (the biggest improvement)
Calves - 14.5 / 14.75
Arms - 14.75 / 14.9 (did not make it to 15....damn that 6 foot wing span)
waist - 32 / 32

i had planned on primo and DBH but given covid, new job, etc i changed my approach and never went above 120mg test per week.

I started Cals at 3000 and increased to 3500 slowly over the initial 1/2 of the contest and then held at maintenance for the last few months. Am slowing getting leaner again. yeah metabolism.

@ABMonkey @gondar1 @flexappeal @Funnyman critique away.

Next year 195lbs and leaner and bigger arms and need to focus on shoulders

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You look great.
Damn I wish I kinda took before measurements.
I could take them now but they mean nothing.

If you get on a cycle and hammer it for a year you’ll have 16” arms next year for sure.

Your waist measurement is great. I measured mine and shit myself when it read 34”. I remember a time when it was 28, but those days are gone.
 
Pretty cool boys. Not really anything to criticize, compared to the general population you are both in the upper percentiles. If either one of you were headed for the bodybuilding stage the first advice would be "you need more of everything". That might sound like a criticism but it's not. Every single guy headed that way would have needed to add "more" in a few areas on their way up, saying you need more of everything is a compliment to your balance. Symmetry is the first thing that judges look at. Back in my day (lol) the first round of judging was actually dedicated to analysis of exactly that. The judging system has changed but that should still be the most heavily weighted thing on the judges mind, at least in my opinion.
Kudos on the tight waist to both of you, you won't see that on very many 50 year old who are carrying any muscle, scrawny fuckers notwithstanding.
Good luck to ya both in the coming year
 
gondar1 said:
Pretty cool boys. Not really anything to criticize, compared to the general population you are both in the upper percentiles. If either one of you were headed for the bodybuilding stage the first advice would be "you need more of everything". That might sound like a criticism but it's not. Every single guy headed that way would have needed to add "more" in a few areas on their way up, saying you need more of everything is a compliment to your balance. Symmetry is the first thing that judges look at. Back in my day (lol) the first round of judging was actually dedicated to analysis of exactly that. The judging system has changed but that should still be the most heavily weighted thing on the judges mind, at least in my opinion.
Kudos on the tight waist to both of you, you won't see that on very many 50 year old who are carrying any muscle, scrawny fuckers notwithstanding.
Good luck to ya both in the coming year
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What he said 👏

You both look great. Good work!
 
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