285.0

Wow, i need to get back on track and fast. This is my first weigh in in a long time. And now it will serve as motivation to loose some weight again. I will be working out tonight, tomorrow etc... I can't go back up to 300.

Bad night for bending & kettlebells. I did 1 set of 1 rep with the 32 kg for presses. And then i jumped into bending, i started with a St Croix Lite 2. I just it started okay and even got it to 90 degrees pretty good. Then the battle was on. I could not move it at all pulling it on my knee so i went back to my thigh. Nothing. So i switched to my left thigh, and while i was pushing i felt something move under where i was putting all the pressure, but i kept on pushing and it moved a little bit. Bad part is now i have a hole in my thigh. It seems like i pushe apart the muscle fibers. I don't know but it hurts and keeps getting worse. I'll know more when i wake up in the morning.
So i should have been done for the night but after a 15 min rest i figured i needed to do some DO. I know i was not able to jump on that 525 hex so i tried a 475 bastard. It was unusually hard to kink. And even the crush took all i had. But i got it. So then i did some iso's on some older crushed red nails, and they would not move at all, So i put them one in the crush pads and i got it to 1". So my weakness is definately the crush in the leather wraps. I will try and work that every night really hard and take a week off before the comp. Lets see how it goes.

??? (still no weigh in)

It has been a while but i am back from Vacation and i will do a better job of updating this blog.

My weight is way up, i have not stepped on a scale for a long time. Starting tomorrow i am back on weight watchers because this vavation really put my over the edge with my eating. Hopefully writing about it will help me also.

Bending is doing pretty good. I've been training for the Steel Slayer Showdown (SSS) and i have noticed progress in all of my bends. I recently made a devise for calibrating also so i can see my progresion more accurately. It make a BIG difference. Now i have found that my 7" shiny's were onle at 440 and the bastards were at 475 and the hex's at 525. That explains why i never could do a hex, and why the 6" shiny seemed easier than the 6" bastard and 6" golden bastard. But it is all doo now because i calibrate every batch i bend now. It is sooooo much better that way.

I am almost at 530 for my DO. I came real close with a 530 pcs of stainless that eric sent me, i just needed crush pads for the last 3/16". So i think i can finish that soon, definately by the comp.

My Reverse is actually around 440 for a 6" pc of 1/4" square CRS. I only got that to 26 degrees but 40 degrees is not far off now.

Braced, i did a 475 lb 8" spike. That took EVERYTHING i had. So i'm thinking the 455 at the comp but a goal of 500

Horse shoes are still a question. The problem is i have never done any of the shoes at the comp so i do not know how they rate. I do know that i killed a Diamond Classic 0 and when i first started it took me 3 aorkouts to get that same shoe to almosy 90 degrees. So all of those used shoes really helped so far. I'll just keep doing the used ones and see what happens. Yhe only problem is all of the EASY looking shoes are bend. So now i am making a pile of shoes that i can not do (after i try them) so if nothing else i am getting alot of ISO work for the starting position. I should add some ISO at the mid point and the end position.

Kettlebells have been off for about a month also. Between Bruce and I going on vacation seperate weeks, and both of us being injuried at different times. It has been over a month since a good Kettlebell press workout. I plan on starting them up again tomorrow and hopefully doing some manmakers (snatches & running) to get back in shape. And i need to go to class again on Tuesdays at the gym.

I still have a lump on my left palm (below the base of the pinky finger where the grippers post against the plam). I've tried teatree oil, it helped but the lump is still there. It does not seem to be as sore so hopefully i can do a full KB workout. I'll know soon. But i am still staying away from grippers & wrench bending for now. After the comp i will go and see a doctor (maybe).

I did make progress with my Dead Lift. I was talking to Eric Milfeld and when he heard my PR was 475 and my grip was my failing point. He said to try a mixed grip. I did and i pulled 500. I still have not done a DL workout in a while so i was very happy. I'm thinking i can get that number up if i can start an actual workout routine. The bar never even left my palm using the reverse grip. What a difference. Now it is my back & leg strength i can work on. Finally, i can get motivated about DL again. It's been over a year, and that time only lasted about 2 months.

Bottom line is i am still training for bending and i am going to start on my weight next. Plus i will start up with the kettlebell presses tomorrow also and maybe DL.

???

Another bad week with my damn eating. I am just not motivated to loose weight for some reason?
Last nights work out
Warm up: Ripped 2 books (Architectural digest, not thick but the colored pages make it tough)

Presses: with 32 kg bell
1/1/2/2, 1/1, 1/1, 1/1, 1/1
2HP 120 lbs 5 sets of 2
Pull Ups with a 1-3/4" band 5 sets of 3
DO with IM wraps - 3 pcs (one at a time) 1/4" square x 7"
Horshoes - 3

I did ISO's on the DO with a G2 x 5/16" x 7" in IM wraps - 2 sets of 3 sec
ISO's with horshoe with an un movable show - 2 sets of 3 sec

*** I will try going the ISO's as a warm up between the first 2 sets of presses and then bend between the last 3 sets and see how that goes. If it is too intense for a warm up i will go back to doing them at the end, i'm just trying different things. Maybe ISO's are just for non bending days? Who knows?

???

I am definately weighing in next week. I finally started running today, so i am using that as the turning point. I only completed 3 laps today before i popped out a rib and went to the chiropractor. He said my wrist pain (actually the vertebre that affects the wrist) was 100%. WOW first time in over 2 years. So that functional movement from that RKC a couple of weeks ago really did work. I need to start a thread on DD to thank him next time i get a free moment.

I braced bent a 8" x 3/8" spike yesterday. It was very hard to crush between my legs, but i got it. I looked at my video from a while ago on youtube and i did that one in like 30 sec's. this one took everything. Tough thing is i do not know what either calc'd at. I really need to do that set up!!! Plus i was not wearing any shoes, so i think that makes a big difference. I need to do a spike every day or so now, plus all those ISO's.

Presses:
1/1/2/2 rest 3/3
jog 1/4 mile
1/1/2/2/ rest 3/3
Jog 1/4 mile
1/1/2/2/3/3
jog 1/4 mile
1/1/2/2/3/3 Popped rib, done for day