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Advice how to get out of plateau...

Posted on 12/9/25 at 4:45 pm
Posted by BigPapiDoesItAgain
Amérique du Nord
Member since Nov 2009
3409 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 4:45 pm
57M 5'9" 147lbs. I'm on "my own plan" because I've just had to do what I've had to do to stay uninjured. I've had a litany of injuries over the last 3-4 years running Grayskull and various PPSA plans. I'm not trying to get jacked. I just want to be strong and healthy in my latter years and keep a nice aesthetic. I have good definition in chest, arms and abs from what you see below, not sure what to do from where I am now. No supplements othere than creatine 10 gm/d in split doses. Protein intake is 100-140 grams/d depending on schedule.

Here is my upper body routine:
Morning before leaving for work - weekdays only: Unweighted Pull ups 3 sets 10, Chin ups 3 sets 10, Pushups 6 sets 15. This is my no CNS fatigue get the blood flowing

3 upper lift days evenings:
Curl Bar curls 10@65, 8@70, 6@75, 6@80 (failure)
Weighted pullups 5@20# plate x 4
Shrugs 10@165 x 4
Yates Row 10@85 x 4
Pushups 20 x 4
Skull Krushers 6@70, 5@75, 4@80, 4@80 (failure)
Abs 12 sets 40 second leg raise holds

I have been stuck here the last two weeks...take a week off? reset at lower weights?

I can't do overhead press or bench because my left AC joint gets so inflammed (had a mumford procedure to clean out the joint and shorten the clavicle when I had labrum/RC surgery on right shoulder in 2015, I think my left AC joint needs cleaning out too).
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
37102 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 5:24 pm to
You’re 587, of you aren’t new to training and only plateauing, you’re way ahead of the game
Posted by Saintsisit
Member since Jan 2013
5073 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 6:38 pm to
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You’re 587



I also hope to be in well enough health to be lifting when im 587 years old!
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
43081 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 7:06 pm to
Seems heavy on biceps and light on chest.
Posted by Tiger Ryno
#WoF
Member since Feb 2007
107537 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 2:20 pm to
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147 lbs


Eat way more. Gain weight.
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
12815 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:10 pm to
Compound exercises for overall growth. Deadlift, squat, bench press, pull up. You already do the pushup and pullups. Add the squats and deadlifts for overall strength, increase in muscle building hormones and kickstarting your central nervous system.
Posted by Bigdawgb
Member since Oct 2023
3389 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 9:07 pm to
Is there a difference in how you do the warmup push-up sets & the working set? It seems like a LOT of push-ups
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
36769 posts
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:29 am to
i mean what is the goals? i mean what are you looking for?

i mean you are 57 and knocking out multiple sets of 10 on pullups and chins and sets of 15 on pushups with ease.....you are damn strong for your age and size


are you in a home gym or are you in a commercial gym? if at home what do you have available?
Posted by BigPapiDoesItAgain
Amérique du Nord
Member since Nov 2009
3409 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 10:56 am to
quote:

Add the squats and deadlifts for overall strength, increase in muscle building hormones and kickstarting your central nervous system.

I train these one day a week each (regular squats and quad bar dead lift). I don't push those too hard because back is dodgy.
Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
Member since Apr 2007
37597 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 11:01 am to
What are your goals that you’re trying to break through the plateau towards?
Posted by BigPapiDoesItAgain
Amérique du Nord
Member since Nov 2009
3409 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 11:08 am to
quote:

i mean what is the goals? i mean what are you looking for?

I reflected on that and thought, damn that was a stupid post that I made when I was frustrated after finishing a workout. Only goal is to look good and be fit, I'm happy with that, low body fat, good functional strength. I should probably concentrate on staying fit without pushing to injury, which I have a habit of doing.

quote:

i mean you are 57 and knocking out multiple sets of 10 on pullups and chins and sets of 15 on pushups with ease.....you are damn strong for your age and size

You were the guy that got me back into the gym 4 years or so ago and introduced me to Greyskull and PPSA. I had a setback last summer with a torn meniscus I had surgery for in the fall followed by a tear in my lat from going ham on the upper body while I was out on leg work and basically took 7 months off of lifting and saw my gains nearly vanish. Corrected my diet and got back in the gym and feeling good again.

quote:

are you in a home gym or are you in a commercial gym? if at home what do you have available?

Both, though I don't need the commercial gym anymore. I keep a membership at Anytimefitness in my neighborhood because I know the owner and for when I travel.

I have at home a Rogue pullup bar mounted to the wall, a bench/rack setup with an olympic barbell, trap/hex bar with enought weight to do what I need, dumbells and treadmill.

Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
36769 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 11:14 am to
if you want....email me and ill send you over the other greyskull programs.

need to keep it simple, intense and then not push until complete failure


or do something like 531 where you use a low training max


also you may want to invest in a vbt meter so you can set PRs on lifts without that meaning more weight or reps.

tdlsu777

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Posted by BigPapiDoesItAgain
Amérique du Nord
Member since Nov 2009
3409 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 11:15 am to
quote:

What are your goals that you’re trying to break through the plateau towards?

I let this thread lie for a couple of days and looked at the replies and realized I'm making the mistake of not really having a goal. Just going in there and working hard and trying for progressive overload. Not frickarounditis - I'm working hard, but no real goal per se.

Functional strength without injury and good metabolic health is what I'm looking for. I feel good about my grasp on the diet and that side of the equation is on cruise control, so that thakes care of the metabolic health part. Maybe I don't need to worry about progressive overload? Again, I'm not trying to get huge and that just isn't my body type anyway.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
37102 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 11:27 am to
quote:

I let this thread lie for a couple of days and looked at the replies and realized I'm making the mistake of not really having a goal. Just going in there and working hard and trying for progressive overload. Not frickarounditis - I'm working hard, but no real goal per se.


Find something you want to do and sign up for it. That’s the best way I stay “motivated”

I’m going to train every day no matter what, I can get myself there. But when I have a concrete goal on a concrete day I find my intent and intensity levels up. I did a 70.3 this year. Every day I didn’t want to go bike for 3 hours or run 10 miles or whatever I just thought “you’re going to be one miserable bastard when you actually have to do this if you don’t just take an hour and do it now”
Posted by bayouvette
Raceland
Member since Oct 2005
5602 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 3:50 pm to
Biggest plateau breaker is to take a week off completely. Eat what you want, drink what you want, no exercise.
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