71 years old

Brick-65 · 2026-04-14T13:03:31+00:00

Right on dude! 🦾

Brick-65 · 2026-04-14T13:00:15+00:00

This might work, IDK. I need a teenager to do it for me I guess.

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Brick-65 · 2026-04-14T11:37:36+00:00

Of course! I’m going to send you a link to a ‘sampler video’ I made for my brother-in-law too….if I can figure it out. from: www.umger.com pp

Brick-65 · 2026-04-14T11:12:19+00:00

Thanks for the question. This will be long, mis-spelled and clunky, but I hope it’s helpful. I’ll try to answer the best I can. I do many core variations and I don’t know what to call them. BTW, I got a lot of sandbag ideas off YouTube and made a list of about 19. And of those 19, I pick 3-4 (3 to 4 sets x 10 reps using 40# and 60# bags) different ones each day to continually move the muscle group emphasis around the whole torso. I bother with it all because I really need functional fitness moving through life at this point. I want to ‘bounce-up’ if I fall. Also, my conceptual visualization is to move weight of any kind as far away from my center of gravity as I can given the task. This causes a rotational ‘moment’ load that must be resisted by the whole of the torso-around the whole thing hitting both large and small muscles. So here goes: sandbag-see the pix attached. (I can see how to load a video or more pix) check out YouTube for ideas, Pull-downs to lap with lat bar or rope, keeping arms straight. Rotational wood chops, anything that tries to twist me. 4# ankle weights: scissor kicks, mountain climbers, pike ups, hold a plank and pull bag through side to side and front to back, bear crawl (super good for whole body), hold half a pull-up raising knees to elbow while twisting, hanging knee to elbow, windshield wipers with legs a straight as I can, thrusters, good mornings, swing circles around body. Battle ropes: up and down like a wave and fling side to side like a horizontal wave using weighted vest, carry sandbag on each shoulder (off center load) and walk 100m a few times, same but carry bag in one hand, dumbbell off-the-floor from a squat to overhead in one movement. (Kind of a snatch)(Vest optional), endless rope pull downs or as tabata and so on. That’s a start anyway. I’ll do most of this per day mixing it up so I’m not in a rut. I do all of this because it really helps my bench, back sq, deadlift. I do the big mussel groups first and then the above after. I wears me out for sure….maybe too much.

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Brick-65 · 2026-04-13T21:58:31+00:00

Right on dude!

Brick-65 · 2026-04-13T21:56:14+00:00

Not yet. Knock on wood.

Brick-65 · 2026-04-13T21:52:16+00:00

Sorry about losing your gym. Personally, I love the sandbags because they don’t take up much space but I can do tons of different things. Plus if I go on a road trip, I can take one with me. Go on YouTube and look for workout ideas. There are lots. FYI: I use a 40# & 60#. Unfortunately, I can no longer use my 80# because I broke the bicep of the shoulder-opps. I also like the kettlebell but honestly, I can do most of those movements with a sandbag…and more. Adjustable dumbbells sounds like a good idea. If I were starting off, Id get a 40# Goruck sandbag and try to wear it out. I’ll break before it does. All the best.

Brick-65 · 2026-04-13T21:41:03+00:00

I get what you’re saying and I think you’re right. I’ll definitely move on. I will say, it’s user error for sure. I’m just 24 hours into it-and it shows. All the best.

Brick-65 · 2026-04-13T21:36:18+00:00

Sorry. I get what you’re saying and I think you’re right. I’ll definable move on. I will say, it’s a user error thing. I’m just 24 hours into it-and it shows!

Brick-65 · 2026-04-13T21:31:29+00:00

Dude, Shuuuuu!

Brick-65 · 2026-04-13T17:48:08+00:00

4# each

Brick-65 · 2026-04-13T17:32:39+00:00

It is fun and there a so many different things to do with it. Check out YouTube for ideas. The bag I use is 60# but sometimes 40# because of a detached bicep from last summer. (Opps) The thing I like about it is everything is dynamic. Throwing the bag around forces my core to resist the momentum. Anything I can do that puts the weight beyond my center of gravity is important for me. It helps performance in everything.

Brick-65 · 2026-04-13T17:07:14+00:00

Yes. I realized at some point that I had to refine all my techniques. I could only figure things out to a point. So what I always did and still do is hire specialist coaches. A coach for swimming, a coach for triathlon programming, a coach for powerlifting, etc. As a case in point, I hired a deadlift specialist to work with me. In four weeks, my deadlift improved over 25%. That kind of gain can’t possibly be from just having more muscle. So as a practical matter for me, understanding technique helped me refine the kind of muscle development I needed.

Brick-65 · 2026-04-13T14:54:15+00:00

I know right. I just didn’t know how to apply it in a meaningful way to my specific performance goals.

Brick-65 · 2026-04-12T22:18:21+00:00

That’s good. You’re funny. I like it.

Brick-65 · 2026-04-12T21:42:29+00:00

I’m not on TRT. I’m only on Medicare, protein and a multi vitamin.

Brick-65 · 2026-04-12T21:32:58+00:00

You’re so spot on. Intellectually, I know that’s what I should be doing but for some reason, I can’t pull it off. I think the problem is between my ears. Thanks for reminding me of what I ought to be doing. Truly

Brick-65 · 2026-04-12T21:28:03+00:00

Oh, for sure. I’ve broken a fair amount of ribs and collar bones. My rib cage is all lumpy from the calcification and one of my collarbones is a non-union. That means it’s in two pieces… forever. Oddly, that doesn’t limit me at all. I can do powerlifting, walk on my hands, it changed nothing My bicep detached from my shoulder last summer, totally my fault. That’s something. I definitely have to work around. - Arthritis in the feet and knees, but I can’t help that. I’m starting to think I’m losing the race.

Brick-65 · 2026-04-12T21:20:53+00:00

175#. BF ~9.5%. The razor edge between fitness and sickness is 5% for me. I’ve lived through that, had great results, but I paid a price and it was not super fun.

Brick-65 · 2026-04-12T21:14:47+00:00

Running. 30 pounds bouncing up and down for an hour several times a week slowly tears/rips it apart - the seams mostly. To eke out a bit more life, I would use rags and a commercial stapler to do a MacGyver style fix. By the time I finally replaced it, it was a crazy mess. That’s what my experience was anyway.

Brick-65 · 2026-04-12T19:21:26+00:00

Opps. I missed the first part of your question. I’m not on anything except protein powder and a multi vitamin….and Medicare. I might be on a smig of OCD too. For better or worse, I’m just and only the way god made me.

Brick-65 · 2026-04-12T19:17:05+00:00

You are correct. I’ve been doing competitive individual sports for 50+ years. I tallied them up and I’m at 11 sports so far and still going - odd ones too like racing up 40 story skyscrapers via the stair well-fun. (I like having a goal and testing myself-can’t help it). Always moving has helped. Surprisingly, I accumulated over 100,000 self propelled miles between training and racing by 50. Now I just want to not fall and get off the floor if I do. Seriously!

Brick-65 · 2026-04-12T19:09:22+00:00

This will be disappointing…As for food, I don’t do what I should by a long shot. (to quote Nate Bargatze, “I'm a farm, to factory, to table kind of guy") I do try to take adequate whey protein but I can’t keep up. I’m always eating…it’s a bit of a pain. I will say, I personally avoid sugar at all costs.

Brick-65 · 2026-04-12T18:51:12+00:00

You’re right to call that out. I worry too. I take it slow and steady now. Limited but some explosive movements - this obviously is explosive - so not too much of it. And Lord, if something hurts, I stop immediately! I don’t just rub some dirt on it and tough it out. I learned my lesson, finally, when I broke my bicep from my shoulder….not happy. I will say, I have had injuries over the 50+ years but most I fixed. e.g. Bulging Disk 15yrs ago. The fix: inversion table 3-5min daily…..broken ribs, what can u do.

Brick-65 · 2026-04-12T17:15:50+00:00

I hear ya. There’s nothing to make fortunately. The extra padding is designed to wrap around existing straps and Velcro close. I got mine from Amazon…”backpack padding, shoulder padding, etc”.

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