joed's intro

joed · 08-15-2005, 05:21 PM

Even though I've just started posting in the Over30 forum where there are some familiar names, I thought I'd give everyone a wave.

I started lifting about 1 1/2 yrs ago to regain muscle & to rehab a rotary cuff that, you're gonna laugh at this one, was 'deteriorating' from lack of exercise & a flare-up of a major R shoulder separation from 20 yrs ago. Went to a phys. therapist, followed her directions, & am still working the muscles in both cuffs regularly. I've lifted on & off thru my life, starting at about 15 & later in the military, then stopped for 10 yrs, piddled around again on & off for a few months at a time (just long enough to overdo it 3 different times resulting eventually in 3 inguinal hernia surgeries - I learn slow but I learn good), which brings us to a year & a half ago.

Stats: 5'11 1/2" (without shoes ;>), 200 lbs., married (happily for the most part, you know what I mean) for 28 yrs this month, 61 yrs old, 4 incredibly wonderful grandkids (2 girls & 2 of the other kind) from a very productive daughter who lives with them & their dad a 7 minute drive from us. It's perfect: close enough to drive them here for sleepovers BUT too far to walk! Living SW of Denver atop the 1st row of foothills where the Rockies begin to rise from the plains.

9 yrs ago I had a double bypass heart surgery that scared the hell out of me. Did not have a heart attack. I'll tell ya about that another time. My surgeon advised me to begin walking everyday & to change my diet & lifestyle. I took his advice to heart because I never again wanted to see him coming at me with a knife. After 5 days on my back in the hospital looking at tubes with bloody junk oozing out of my chest & stomach, I began by walking inside my home for 1 minute at a time, 2-3 times a day, & adding 1 minute everyday. I'm proud to say 9 yrs later I've been walking outside everyday since then, worked up to 30-45 min at a time, never missing a day no matter what.

My current goals: to continue adding muscle, building overall endurance, and to lose the 10-15 lbs I've been carrying since winter. There are some things I'm thinking of changing in my diet & workout but don't quite know the effects they might have. I've noticed everyone's journal threads are a unique reflection of them, as mine will be. I guess they should be called lifestyle journals instead of workout journals. I invite your comments; feel free to say whatever you like. As we know the written word can be taken many ways without the facial & tone-of-voice cues we usually have to help us, but I assume the best in everyone until I'm proven thoroughly wrong. So, here I am.

RealFantasy · 08-15-2005, 05:29 PM

Fantastic Intro Joed! Welcome to the forum. There are a lot of nice people here that work hard, and will work with you!

Welcome Friend!
Brenda

Now, Dawgs going to get me again for putting my energy in the wrong places again.

You will enjoy this forum Joed, I am sure.

Pj-Macx · 08-15-2005, 05:29 PM

Welcome to IronMass Joed.... Great to have you here... Any problems PM the Mod or Admin staff and we will do our best to help you out...

Enjoy the Site....

**Peaked_18** · 08-15-2005, 05:45 PM

Ahhh!

More 30+ people

Welcome to Ironmass, the youth has been over run.

**dbflgirl** · 08-15-2005, 06:28 PM

Welcome, Joed

**Sholiz** · 08-15-2005, 06:30 PM

welcome to the site

... problems PM me

~~Hacking is a Felony~~ · 08-15-2005, 06:44 PM

Welcome to Iron Mass joed

Master Of Puppets · 08-15-2005, 06:47 PM

Welcome to IronMass. That was one of the best, if not the best intro I've seen! It's good to have another good-minded person on the boards.

MOP :saint:

joed · 08-15-2005, 11:06 PM

Thanks bren, Pj, Peaked, dbfl, Uber-, Proverbs, & MOP. I have a journal in the Old Folks home/forum. Feel free to stop by & comment.

**NNTB** · 08-15-2005, 11:15 PM

Welcome to ironmass Joed!

GeordieArtois · 08-15-2005, 11:22 PM

Welcome Joed, that was a great introduction, good to have you around.

**builtbeast** · 08-15-2005, 11:23 PM

Glad you joined :nosthumbs

**EME** · 08-15-2005, 11:24 PM

Welcome Joed,

I too am in the "Over 30 Club", but I refuse to let the young'uns put me in the home! haha.. Bring em on!

Seriously though, welcome to the forum. I think you'll like it here.

- EME

**dbflgirl** · 08-16-2005, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EME

Welcome Joed,

I too am in the "Over 30 Club", but I refuse to let the young'uns put me in the home! haha.. Bring em on!

Seriously though, welcome to the forum. I think you'll like it here.

- EME

EME - At 36, you are a young'un as far as I am concerned!

joed · 08-16-2005, 04:34 AM

I'm surprised so many people read the intros! Thanks Geordie, Built, & EME. Hey noneed, are you from the 'burg?

**DarkFalcon** · 08-16-2005, 04:58 AM

Wow fantastic intro joed! :nosthumbs Sound like a cool guy, really glad you decided to join up. I'm part of the over 30 crowd too but you'll never guess from my posts..lol. I think most of the 15 year olds here have me on maturity.

Looking forward to seeing you around the site. Don't just hide in the 30+ section! :bigthumbu

joed · 08-16-2005, 09:54 PM

Thanks Falcon. I'm nosing around a few places here, getting a feel for what's what.

mistermuscles · 08-16-2005, 10:10 PM

Hey joed! Great to have you here!

Welcome to IronMASS!

joed · 08-22-2005, 05:43 PM

Thanks MM.

nuge7076 · 08-23-2005, 10:05 AM

Welcome to IronMass...

joed · 08-23-2005, 03:52 PM

Hiya Nuge.

08-15-2005, 05:21 PM	#1
joed Pro Stature Join Date: May 2005 Location: More than a mile high Posts: 187 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	joed's intro Even though I've just started posting in the Over30 forum where there are some familiar names, I thought I'd give everyone a wave. I started lifting about 1 1/2 yrs ago to regain muscle & to rehab a rotary cuff that, you're gonna laugh at this one, was 'deteriorating' from lack of exercise & a flare-up of a major R shoulder separation from 20 yrs ago. Went to a phys. therapist, followed her directions, & am still working the muscles in both cuffs regularly. I've lifted on & off thru my life, starting at about 15 & later in the military, then stopped for 10 yrs, piddled around again on & off for a few months at a time (just long enough to overdo it 3 different times resulting eventually in 3 inguinal hernia surgeries - I learn slow but I learn good), which brings us to a year & a half ago. Stats: 5'11 1/2" (without shoes ;>), 200 lbs., married (happily for the most part, you know what I mean) for 28 yrs this month, 61 yrs old, 4 incredibly wonderful grandkids (2 girls & 2 of the other kind) from a very productive daughter who lives with them & their dad a 7 minute drive from us. It's perfect: close enough to drive them here for sleepovers BUT too far to walk! Living SW of Denver atop the 1st row of foothills where the Rockies begin to rise from the plains. 9 yrs ago I had a double bypass heart surgery that scared the hell out of me. Did not have a heart attack. I'll tell ya about that another time. My surgeon advised me to begin walking everyday & to change my diet & lifestyle. I took his advice to heart because I never again wanted to see him coming at me with a knife. After 5 days on my back in the hospital looking at tubes with bloody junk oozing out of my chest & stomach, I began by walking inside my home for 1 minute at a time, 2-3 times a day, & adding 1 minute everyday. I'm proud to say 9 yrs later I've been walking outside everyday since then, worked up to 30-45 min at a time, never missing a day no matter what. My current goals: to continue adding muscle, building overall endurance, and to lose the 10-15 lbs I've been carrying since winter. There are some things I'm thinking of changing in my diet & workout but don't quite know the effects they might have. I've noticed everyone's journal threads are a unique reflection of them, as mine will be. I guess they should be called lifestyle journals instead of workout journals. I invite your comments; feel free to say whatever you like. As we know the written word can be taken many ways without the facial & tone-of-voice cues we usually have to help us, but I assume the best in everyone until I'm proven thoroughly wrong. So, here I am.

08-15-2005, 05:29 PM	#3
Pj-Macx Pro Stature Join Date: May 2005 Location: 632 HP SS Posts: 3,336 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 68	Welcome to IronMass Joed.... Great to have you here... Any problems PM the Mod or Admin staff and we will do our best to help you out... Enjoy the Site.... __________________ Co-Owner @ BodyBuildingXtreme 2002 Navy Blue Metallic Camaro SS "The Blue Ghost" # 10354 -=LME LSX 454ci built for N20=-

08-15-2005, 06:30 PM	#6
Sholiz Soldier In Progress Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,431 Recipes: 3 Rep Power: 230	welcome to the site ... problems PM me __________________ You hear me before you see me, I got King Kong in the trunk

08-15-2005, 06:47 PM	#8
Master Of Puppets Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,014 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 47	Welcome to IronMass. That was one of the best, if not the best intro I've seen! It's good to have another good-minded person on the boards. MOP :saint: __________________

08-15-2005, 11:06 PM	#9
joed Pro Stature Join Date: May 2005 Location: More than a mile high Posts: 187 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	Thanks bren, Pj, Peaked, dbfl, Uber-, Proverbs, & MOP. I have a journal in the Old Folks home/forum. Feel free to stop by & comment. Last edited by joed : 08-16-2005 at 12:03 AM.

08-15-2005, 05:29 PM	#2
RealFantasy Pro Stature Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 684 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 10	Fantastic Intro Joed! Welcome to the forum. There are a lot of nice people here that work hard, and will work with you! Welcome Friend! Brenda Now, Dawgs going to get me again for putting my energy in the wrong places again. You will enjoy this forum Joed, I am sure.

08-15-2005, 05:45 PM	#4
Peaked_18 a la commode Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,247 Recipes: 2 Rep Power: 96	Ahhh! More 30+ people Welcome to Ironmass, the youth has been over run.

08-15-2005, 06:28 PM	#5
dbflgirl Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hurricane Alley Posts: 646 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 19	Welcome, Joed

08-15-2005, 06:44 PM	#7
~~Hacking is a Felony~~ I destroy property Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,105 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	Welcome to Iron Mass joed

08-15-2005, 11:15 PM	#10
NNTB rEVOLutionary Join Date: May 2005 Location: FL Posts: 2,446 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 161	Welcome to ironmass Joed! __________________ "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it." Abraham Lincoln

08-15-2005, 11:22 PM	#11
GeordieArtois Pro Stature Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 132 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 7	Welcome Joed, that was a great introduction, good to have you around.

08-15-2005, 11:23 PM	#12
builtbeast Großer Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: In a very red state Posts: 1,430 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 94	Glad you joined :nosthumbs

08-15-2005, 11:24 PM	#13
EME Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,264 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 51	Welcome Joed, I too am in the "Over 30 Club", but I refuse to let the young'uns put me in the home! haha.. Bring em on! Seriously though, welcome to the forum. I think you'll like it here. - EME __________________ PhysiqueFXonline - Online Nutrition and Training with Michael and Kendra Elias: www.PhysiqueFXonline.com www.MichaelandKendra.com My wife, and IFBB Fitness Pro Kendra Elias' personal site: www.KendraElias.com Proud member of Team ALR: www.ALRIndustries.com

08-16-2005, 04:34 AM	#15
joed Pro Stature Join Date: May 2005 Location: More than a mile high Posts: 187 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	I'm surprised so many people read the intros! Thanks Geordie, Built, & EME. Hey noneed, are you from the 'burg?

08-16-2005, 04:58 AM	#16
DarkFalcon I've got a RAGING clue! Join Date: May 2005 Location: dnyc99's cleaning staff Posts: 11,511 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 299	Wow fantastic intro joed! :nosthumbs Sound like a cool guy, really glad you decided to join up. I'm part of the over 30 crowd too but you'll never guess from my posts..lol. I think most of the 15 year olds here have me on maturity. Looking forward to seeing you around the site. Don't just hide in the 30+ section! :bigthumbu

08-23-2005, 10:05 AM	#20
nuge7076 Amateur Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 35 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	Welcome to IronMass... __________________ FAILURE --The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. -- Llody Jones SUCCESS--The road ahead is paved with bumps and pot holes. Knowing when to advoid these obstacle is the key in reaching your destination.-- Nuge

08-16-2005, 09:54 PM	#17
joed Pro Stature Join Date: May 2005 Location: More than a mile high Posts: 187 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	Thanks Falcon. I'm nosing around a few places here, getting a feel for what's what.

08-16-2005, 10:10 PM	#18
mistermuscles Amateur Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 84 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	Hey joed! Great to have you here! Welcome to IronMASS! __________________ GameDayDog Is The MAN! IronMASS Kicks IronASS. :nosthumbs

08-22-2005, 05:43 PM	#19
joed Pro Stature Join Date: May 2005 Location: More than a mile high Posts: 187 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	Thanks MM.

08-23-2005, 03:52 PM	#21
joed Pro Stature Join Date: May 2005 Location: More than a mile high Posts: 187 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	Hiya Nuge.

08-24-2005, 12:46 AM	#22
powerman2000 The Old Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 4,136 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 200