Friday, July 31, 2009

???

Still no weigh in for a while. I will try to get back on track again next week. I plan on starting my jogging again on Saturday, so i will know more at that time.
Last night work out
32 kg Bell
5 sets - Press 1/1/2/2

Between sets:
5 sets of pull ups 2 reps with 1-3/4" band
5 sets - 2 hp - 3 reps @ 115 lbs
Reverse Bend - 60 d nail (leather wraps 2" from ends) total of 5 nails
Horshoes - used - Leather wraps - total of 3 shoes

After Presses were done:
1 Frying Pan ($10 Pan from Grocery store - 12" Dia)
37.5 lb Blob r & L
1/1 - not full pull
1/1 - full pull
1/1 - 3 sec hold
1/1 - 5 sec hold
40 lb Blob (only brike it off floor, not by much with either hand)

All together it was a good workout, i need to increase the bending between the sets. And i will do DO & Braced on Mondays & Reverse & shoes on Thursday. But i need to do ISO's every day of each type on other days.

No grippers because of a painfull lump on my left palm right where the grippers hits my palm. I really should try them for just my right, it will help with the frying pan.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

???

Still no weigh in recently, and definately not tomorrow!!! I need to get back on track with my damn eating.
Did my first "work out today" and i only had pain for the first set of presses. But it went away after that. Now granted it was an easy night of presses so i can get back on track, SLOWLY

*** Presses - 5 sets of 1 with the 32kg bell (felt really good overall)
during the 5 min rest between sets:
** Pull Ups - 5 sets of 2 with the 1-3/4" rubber band (not easy but i did them, atleast i did not go backwards during my break / revovery peroid)
** Rolling Thunder - 5 sets of 2 with 141.8 lbs (started to get tough with my left on the 4th & 5th sets but i made them)

*** Blob 5 lifts with the 1/2 of a 75 lb
- held for the count of 3
- left missed on the first rep & only count on 1 on the second set, good after that

*** Bending
- Finished the 16oz x 12" framing hammer (felt really good about this even though it too me a couple of days to do it, i will get another one to kill it in one shot on video next time)
- Could not move the 24" x 5/8" bar that was already at 90 degrees. VERY painfull ISO's should help to kill some nerve ending.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

???

My weight is a question at this point. Ever since my wife broke her foot, standardized weight watcher meals have been tough. It just proves i need to try harder to stay on track. There is always something throwing me off track but thats life, i need to get on with this somehow!!!

Last nights workout was mostly trying to get a double door into my basement. But because i did not account for the fact that the double door is bigger then the stairway, we had to completely take the new door apart and then re-assemble it once it was in the basement. Damit!!!

But considering i needed to start working out again after my recovery time, we did some stuff.

2 Hand Pinch - 5 sets of 2 with 135
*** Started out slow, we need to incorperate some kind on a warm up for this.
*** We did not do our presses between because we had no time, but i really think those presses fire up the hands just right to be used as the warm up. For some reason i always do better with grip exercises during my 5 ladder press workouts with a kettlebell

Bending
- Killed another horse shoe. And this one i was supposed to be using for ISO's. My training partner helped me tweek my technique a little bit. I was trying to do what everone on Grip board / You tube does but now i have adjusted my technique. The beginning is the same but after it goes half way, I do something i have not seen on you tube yet, but it works. And works well. I will try and see if Dave Wigren from Grip Board can watch a vidoe for me to see what he thinks. I figure he is not going to the steel slayer showdown so they will still be suprised, and he is he is really good with shoes. I'll check with him latter today.
- Killed an 8" wrench. It was a monster, not like the cheap wrenches i brake at party's, this one was a real challange. So now i will go buy a couple more so i can work on them, plus it helps me train for the SSS also.
- I found a 22 oz framing hammer, i will be getting it and see how it bends. I would like to add that to my youtube page, it should look really cool. Unfortunnately it costs $23 so i can not afford to get a whole bunch of them to do at partys, but it adds to my list of cool stuff to do.