274.0

I am down from last week, but i am not happy about it. I was at 272.6 yesterday and even though i did not go over on my points, i gained weight. Damit. I need to get to 269.8, i just want to be in the 260 for change. This 270+ weigh in's are getting old. I has 10 weigh in's in the 280's (9 in a row and one after i was in the 270's) and now this is my 7th weigh in that is in the 270's. It has really put me in a bad mood.
And not i have memorial day weekend so i will be eating ALOT on Sunday. So come Monday i need to get back to running, but more then 1 time per week. I will still run on Wednesdays but do them as man makers and start keeping time on them so i can see my progress. I will also get back to doing cardio / snatches atleast 3 times per week, some how, some way but 3 times min. Then i will also keep trying for the Saturday stair runs at the High School, but of course the next 2 saturdays are out already (fishing trip & then Rich's wedding).
I have rested for the last 2 weeks on my presses & pull ups and bending. So now i am ready to give it my BEST shot at the Grand Shiny today. I will have Paige video me when she gets home from school. Then i can move on to training for the Steel Slayer Showdown (SSS). If i can not get this bend after all this rest, i need to take a step back and bend other 5 1/2" stock first. And i also wanted to kill a 6" Edgin. I think that will be easier for me anyway, and it is rated higher on the Nailmans Top 20 list.
I got my 45 lb Bolb today. And it was the numbered side. That was a nice suprise. So i will know next Thursday if i can lift it. I'm thinking i will break it off the ground and thats it. But if i start there i will be happy. My 42.5 lb is easy because it really old and has a rougher finish (it almost brown instead of black).
Last night i did the 37.5 again with my left. I actually got it a couple of times to a full dead lift. Then i got the 40 # about 1" off the ground. That is the first time i broke it off the ground with my left.
In the pinch block, i only got 57# with my left (PR 60#) but it felt tough all night with both hands so i think it was ust an off night. That may also be because i did not do any presses to fire up the muscles. I think next week i will start the contrast baths as a warm up before workouts and see it that helps. Not all workouts, ust grip workouts.
Earlier in the week i got the 2HP up to 145. So that is gradually getting better. And the hub lifting is getting there also. I really need to micro load that 25# hub so we can work toward the 35 lb'r. We did try adding two 21/2" plates and Bruce did it with his right & left, but i had no chance because i did a gripper workout just prior to this workout so my grip was already fried.
Grippers. I got the #2 down to 4 mils with my left and the #2.5 to 4 mils with my right. I still have another week left on the KTA program and then i will rest for a week and i think that will be my best shot at closing them. I am so confident that i will get those attempts on video. Considering the most rest i have had from grippers in the last 2 months is 1 day, a full week should do the trick. I have definately gotten stronger doing the program, ust not as strong as i thought, but like i said it is not over yet. Some progress is better then nothing.
I just can not wait to get done with these grippers so i can get back to Dead lifting, ripping cards etc. Next time i will make sure i do not start in unless i have 2 months i can sacrafise my other training for. (like maybe never) I'm not saying i am going to give up on grippers, i ust want to see if i can still make gains doing them 2 times per week, thats all. If not, that should atleast maintain the strength i have gained and then i will try it again some time in the future.