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A year ago, I did a post where I posted pictures and videos of food taken with my Samsung S20 Ultra. These new pictures and videos are with my Samsung S21 Ultra. I would like to know if anyone sees a difference in the pictures. All pictures and video are taken on the fly with no special adjustments to the camera or filters added.
We do eat a variety of foods from diverse cultures. My previous post showed my workouts and I do not talk about nutrition. My only advice on nutrition or eating is do not overindulge and do not eat fast food often. I love eating and my wife cooks great plus we eat out frequently. I take a lot of pictures of my food when we go out and post it on Google reviews. My photos on Google has gotten more the 33 million views and all done with my Samsung phone.
I have over thirty-three million photo views on Google reviews.
What is the best way to stay in shape after 50? The answer for me is the path of least resistance. The exercises, lifestyle and eating habits that give you the most progress with the least effort. We all need to be careful after 50 to avoid injuries while training our body. I have injured myself many time doing things that I should not have done correctly or just plain stupidity.
Curtis Matthews at 204lbs and 54 years old.
The picture above was taken a few months ago when I heard about a new trend that started with guys like Will Smith. He is working on transforming his dad’s body at 50 plus. I cheated in the picture above as I did a few pushups and dumbbell presses to pump myself up. This was the best picture of the set, all the others pictures I took I look old and out of gas, a fat 50-year-old in denial.
I am a stepdad so I thought I could jump on the band wagon and learn something on my journey that I would be able to share. I do not have a gym membership anymore. My wife and I stopped going at the beginning of the Covid19 thing. That would be around February 2020 we canceled our membership at Anytime Fitness.
My exercise regime will mostly consist of walking and some home equipment. I have 25lb dumbbells and acquired a pair of 35lb dumbbells on Offer Up for $30. I also got a pull up bar from Walmart for $25, push up stands $10 and $10 floor mats.
My home workout is a variation of the workout below which is sort of a PHA/ HITT workout. HIIT workouts generally combine short bursts of intense exercise with periods of rest or lower-intensity exercise. PHA training or peripheral heart action training
A Extended PHA workout below is done with four round of each group done with rest the going straight to the other group and doing four rounds. That’s 16 sets per group and 64 sets after doing all 4 groups. This is done without rest and a minimum of 10 reps per set.
Group 1Leg press, seated dumbbell press, crunches, pull downs Group 2Curls, leg lifts, press downs, seated calf presses Group 3Leg extensions, cable rows, leg curls, peck dec Group 4Incline dumbbell presses, calf raises, dumbbell shrugs, hyper extensions
I do a form of these exercises above with my dumbbells since I do not have access to most of the equipment above so below is my dumbbell version of the workout.
Group 1 Goblet squats, bent over dumbbell rows, Standing dumbbell presses , Sit-ups Group 2 Dumbbell Curls, Sit-ups, Dumbbell Presses on the ground, standing calf raises with the Dumbbells in my hands Group 3 Dumbbell deadlifts, Bent-over dumbbell side rows, Straight leg deadlifts, Dumbbell fly’s on the ground Group 4 Pushups or lying dumbbell presses, dumbbell shrugs, standing calf raises, sit-ups
I do a minimum of ten reps per exercise and twenty for the light ones like standing calf raises, shoulder shrugs and sit-ups. The whole workout takes me close to an hour to complete all sixty-four sets.
Walking is part of my routine.
My wife and I try to walk at least three times per week. The trail behind where we live is about 2.4 miles round trip. It is great to get the fresh air and to be in nature outdoors.
Today we cooked a roast in our air fryer this was the first for us today, so I had to Google it read instructions and then wing it. We put it in for 45 minutes at 375 and it came out medium well. Hopefully the pictures below will give you somewhat an example of what it looks like.
