W8 JJ - Press

May 3, 2015
Afternoon

Week 8. Last workout of this 8 week cycle. Next time around I'll get outside to do some standing pressing for 8 weeks barring rain days.

Seated BB Shoulder Press
45 x 3 x 10r
95 x 5
135 x 3
155 x 6 x 5r

Spoto Press
260 x 4 x 6r

EZ Upright Row
125 x 4 x 8r

Plate Curl - I think it's been a couple of years since I've done these. It shows. When I write sets/reps out like this 5-5 means 5 right, 5 left, immediately 5 right, and then 5 left again.
25 x 5-5, 3-3, 3-3

45 Hubbing x a bunch

Some Arm Stuff

October 21, 2013
Before Supper

1a) Plate Curl 25# x 3 x 8r
1b) Sledgehammer Curl 8# @ 20" x 2 x 5r, 17" x 8r

2) Rope Hammers
54# x 2, 3, 3 - trips

3) M Handle
25# x 2 x 20r

4) DB Side Laterals
25# x 3 x 15r - Wow these were tough on the grip after everything else today lol.

Squat, Squat *hack-gag* Squat Some More

October 15, 2013

Lunch

1) Thumbless NN (been working it every couple of days)
WU to 215 x 2 x 12r

2a) Plate Curl 25# x 8, 5, 5
2b) 8# Sledge Hammer Curls 20" x 3 x 5r

3) Reverse EZ Curls 65 x 3 x 15r

4) M Handle 25# x 20, 15



Before Supper

Still hacking out a lung but I need to keep getting some work in. I was tempted to back off the weight a bit but felt aggressive today so I just went for it. I feel pretty good about getting 500+ at the end of this run.

1) Squats - TK Sleeves and my soft Rehband Belt on the Work Sets
WU to 435 x 3 x 3r

2) Paused Reps - 3 ct
355 x 3 x 3r

3) 1 Leg Glute Bridges x 2 x 15r

Oogy Deload

October 9, 2013
Noon

Still feeling like a bag of smashed buttholes and hacking my guts out. Really apparent during the squatting. Such light weight and I was sweating my guts out and huffing away. Another note is to maybe not do wrist curls between squat sets as it makes it really hard to hold the bar.

Bench Press - 135/155/195 x 5

Squat - 185/235/285 x 5

Stuff done between the core work sets:

Plate Curl - 25# x 3 x 5r

Blob Transfers - 40# x 3 x AMRAP

M. Handle Wrist Curls - 25# x 2 x 25r

Lunchtime Grip

December 31, 2012
Noon

1) Guillotine Gripper
55 x 10
65 x 3
75 x 3 x 10r

2) Red Rafter Pinch Curls
20 x 2 x 5r

3) Attempt at reversing a 6" gr8. Something still not feeling right do I left it be.

Weekend Pressing and Pinching

July 14, 2012
Noonish

1a) Bench Press
45 x 10, 10
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
275 x 1
295 x 1, 1
250 x 5 x 3r

1b) Euro Pinch - 48mm
55 x 10, 10
105 x 3
145 x 3
175 x 2, 3, 2
185 x 1
195 x 1

50# Legacy Blob Pulls x a few - Left needed assistance.

2)BB Bent Rows - Worked on keeping the hips rotated
225 x 10, 10, 10

3) Laying External Shoulder Rotations
5# Plate x 25, 25

4) Red Rafter Pinch Curls
20# x 5, 5, 5

5) Reverse Bend - IM Pads
6" x 1/4" Gr8, 4H 33'

Arizona Grip Shootout 5 - How I Did

March 17, 2012

Competition

Weight - 119.29kg - Open

Parallel Set Grippers - Winner was 173
131.6
140.5
150.0 - Miss by a bit
150.0 - Nada, should've grabbed something in the 145 range

Euro 2HP - 48mm - Winner was 197.27
157.28
172.27
182.28
197.27 - Nada. I should've been smarter. The 182 felt a bit heavy but I knew Zach was going for 197. 192 would've went I think but I got greedy.

DO Axle Pull - Winner was 353
283
298
313
318 - Nada. The 313 felt good but the 318 ripped out of my fingers at the top. I think my hands were starting to get pooped.

2" V Bar - Winner was 285
175
185
195
215 - Nada. 195 felt awesome so I thought I was good for a bigger jump. I should've stuck to my game plan.

Medley - Winner got 20 items
I got 14. I really need to get my wide pinch in shape to be half decent at medley's.

Rows and a Grip Run

March 10, 2012

Well I did some back then went into a mock run of next Saturdays grip comp. I know it's probably not the best to be posting what I'm hitting right now but I'm not in contention for first anyways so I don't really care. In doing this mock run I set my timer to be doing a rep/lift every 4 minutes to try and simulate the contest pacing a bit. Everything was like that up until I had to set things out for the medley. I would've set out a lot more but I ran out of room in my little workout area.

1) V Handle on a Barbell Rows - Weight is Plate Only
140 x 12
175 x 12, 8, 8

2) Gripper - MMS
#1 x 3
#2 x 1
GNC200 x 1
T6 x 1
RB260 x 1
New #3 x 1
Old #3 x 1/8" - Bad set

3) Euro 2HP at 48mm
55 x 10
105 x 5
145 x 3, 3
175 x Miss!! This scared the hell out of me
175 x 1
180 x 1
190 x F I think my thumbs are still pooped from all of the pony work

4) DO Axle - Sumo
243 x 1
273 x 1
293 x 1
313 x 1
318 x 1

5) 2" V Bar
140 x 1
160 x 1
180 x 1
190 x 1

6) Medley - 4 minutes
Done
Tree Island 60d in touching BB Cordura
45 Hub
25 Shallow Hub
2 x 25's
35 DB on End
40 DB on End
Heavy Hammer Pro/Sup w/10# x 2
2-3/8" Wrist Roller w/100#
Plate curl 25
Load L Blobs - 27, 32, 40, 45

Missed
2 x 35's - Surprised I missed it
#2 Straplift Load 25# - Same here, surprised
2.5" Crusher w/125# - Hahaha! I did at the end and was fried
4" HSS w/65# - Nada. Got some hops though

Pressing and Pinching

March 6, 2012
Noon

1a) Seated BTN Press
45 x 10
105 x 5
190 x 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1
135 x 10

1b) Blobbing w/ York 50
Iso's - 3 x 1
Couch - 5 x 1

Before Supper

1a) Incline MG Press
40 x 10
130 x 8
180 x 8, 8, 8, 6

1b) Euro 2HP
105 x 5
145 x 3, 3
175 x 1, 2, 2, 2
Added a MM band and stood on it
105+MM x 5
155+MM x 2, 2

2) Red Rafter Pinch Curls
15# @ 3.5" x 10, 10, 10

Whatever Day: More Assistance Work

February 19, 2012

1a) Multigrip Incline Press
130 x 8
180 x 8, 8, 8

1b) Axle Rows
123 x 8
233 x 8, 8, 8

2) Red Rafter Pinch Curls
15# @ 3.5" x 10, 10

3) Reverse in DH Suede - Touching
6" x 1/4" gr8 - 1h ~5'

Reverse in BB Cordura - 2.5" Wrapped
7" x 1/4" FBBC CRS Sq - 2h 53' - Bent on the flat

Squats, 2HP, Blobbin' and the Red Rafter

February 13, 2012
Before Supper

1a) SSB Squat
65 x 5
215 x 5
Belt 295 x 5, 5, 5
Belt 315 x 5, 5

1b) Euro @ 48mm
55 x 10
95 x 5
TnG 135 x 5, 5
TnG 145 x 5
TnG 155 x 5, 7

2) Blob Iso's x 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

3) Red Rafter Curls
15# @ 3.5" x 10/10, 10/7

Well I decided to change things up again and started using my SSB again. By the way it was hitting my quads I'm thinking it's probably more useful than the front squats for this plus looking back when my deads were climbing well I was using the SSB exclusively for squatting. I think it'll also be good just to give my shoulders a break from having the bar resting on them for the front squats.

The rest of the work felt really well. One weird thing is that I've got a strange hot spot in my left hand thumbpad for some reason. It's still there even as I'm writing this. Didn't seem to affect me so no worries.

Pressing, Pulling and TORQUE!!!

January 31, 2012

Noon


1) Seated BTN Press
45 x 10
105 x 5
155 x 3, 3
185 x 1
190 x 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
135 x 11

Before Supper


1a) Bench Press - Narrow Grip
155 x 5
250 x 6, 6, 6, 6, 6

1b) Deadlift - CV
265 x 5
405 x 2
475 x 2

2) BB Row - 45' Back - 1 second hold at top
225 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5

3) Reverse Bend for David Horne's TORQUE!!
166.3K @ 6", 6" gr5 - 2h 73'

4) Plate Curls
25# x 8, 8, 8

5) Wrist Rocker
1.2# x 100 EW/BH
1.2# x 50 Ext/BH

Well I didn't have any high hopes for my shoulder pressing today. Either I slept wrong or had the bar off a tad doing front squats yesterday. I woke up at about 4:30am with my right rotator cuff just killing me. Pounded some ibu and it seemed to help but was still pretty stiff throughout the morning. Did a bunch of band work and it seems that it helped me a lot today.

Bench is still progressing well both on the medium days and the heavy so that's making me happy. Deadlift is another story. I think I just do to much work on these pressing days to have the real energy required to pull. I think on Saturdays I'll deadlift or do a variation and Wednesdays get some assistance work in.

I also recieved my package of steel and wraps from David Horne for his TORQUE!! bending list. Steel is calibrated and sold by David, thin suede (also from David) that's harder than IM pads, wraps touching, reverse in 30 seconds. I've got some 10mm bars in the batch and Christ they're big lol! I started with just one of the gr5's and I'll go for an 8mm next week.

Pressing and Pinching

January 3, 2012 - Before Supper

1) Seated BTN Presses - Heavy - 205 Base
45 x 10
105 x 8
155 x 3, 3
175 x 1
180 x 1
185 x 1, F
175 x 3, 2, 2, 2

2) Bench Press - Medium - 305 - Close Grip
155 x 5
235 x 5, 5, 5, 4+1

3) Blob Iso's

4) Plate Curls - 25# x 10

5) Hubbing - 45# x A Bunch

This freaking illness SUCKS! I'm losing all kinds of strength and start sweating uncomfortably even with the warm-ups. Missing a lot of weight I should be getting like the presses. I was getting doubles and triples with 185 just a couple of weeks ago same as my bench dropping.

Decided to do some iso's on my blob50 and man I could really feel them. Never thought of doing them before but Daniel used them as part of his regimen to lift his Blobzilla so if they're good enough for him......

Did a quick set of plate curls, the first in ages and some hubbing which is another thing I haven't touched since Jedd's weekly competitions last summer.