bubba29 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Ha yeah, I always bring my bag full of "torture devices" as some people have called them. But they let me keep my axle there. Cause there is no way I'm hauling that big SOB in and out of there every time I lift. haha. Grippers and blob stay home, but my loading pin stuff comes with me. is your axle out in the open for anyone to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Yeah... But only one person has even considered it. Haha. And I think that was just a curiosity thing when I first got it... Someone said to me the other day "I can tell when you've been here, because that thing has moved." Really I think it would be cool if other people did. I've tried to get other people there interested in grip, but really no success. Only one guy seems to understand why I'm doing it, but has no interest himself in doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Goals by 23rd birthday, May 8: Close #3. (possibly IM cert; definitely MM0) 200lb RT deadlift. 70lb hub lift. Blob. If I have access to one. Bodyweight Military press. (currently 210). 480lb deadlift. No idea on what kind of progress to expect on squats, push press, or bench press really... I'll set goals for those later.... I'm thinking 320 with squats is realistic, but I'd like to claim more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 The squat number is for 20 rep sets. I think by my birthday I could do a 20 rep set with 320. But I have no idea about a 1 rep max... And honestly, I was considering 3 rep sets for the deadlifts. I think a 1 rep max could be set for 500lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba29 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Goals by 23rd birthday, May 8: Close #3. (possibly IM cert; definitely MM0) 200lb RT deadlift. 70lb hub lift. Blob. If I have access to one. Bodyweight Military press. (currently 210). 480lb deadlift. No idea on what kind of progress to expect on squats, push press, or bench press really... I'll set goals for those later.... I'm thinking 320 with squats is realistic, but I'd like to claim more... i have some similar goals by my 40th, next August. BW press (~180) and 500# deadlift. i got a lot of work to do but will get stronger tryin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Goals by 23rd birthday, May 8: Close #3. (possibly IM cert; definitely MM0) 200lb RT deadlift. 70lb hub lift. Blob. If I have access to one. Bodyweight Military press. (currently 210). 480lb deadlift. No idea on what kind of progress to expect on squats, push press, or bench press really... I'll set goals for those later.... I'm thinking 320 with squats is realistic, but I'd like to claim more... i have some similar goals by my 40th, next August. BW press (~180) and 500# deadlift. i got a lot of work to do but will get stronger tryin'. Oh nice. Yeah that's all you can do, get stronger trying. Just gotta keep pushing yourself. I haven't tested for a true max in anything in a while. My previous Military press max on an olympic bar was 160, but I've already surpassed that; recently I was doing 165 with the axle for singles, but found myself getting stagnant... maybe about the beginning of the year I will try for a max with an olympic bar. I feel like I could do 180... that would be good improvement for me. First I've got to hit 200 before hitting bodyweight. haha. When I originally set the goal to press bodyweight, I was 200lbs. I knew it would go up in the process. Where is your press max at now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Tuesday, 12-4-12, at the YMCA Axle Military Press- 75 x 3, 105 x 3, 130 x 3, 155 x 3, 155 x 2, 155 x 2, 155 x 1, 155 x 1. Deadlifts - 230 x 3, 320 x 3, 370 x 3. (stopped here, just out of gas. Should have stopped the whole workout really...) Lying dumbbell pullovers - 25 x 10, 50 x 20. Pullups - 5, +25 x 3, +50 x 1, +75 x not quite. Hub - Left - 35 x 3, 40 x 3, 45 x 3, 50 x 1/2, 47.5 x 1. Right - 35 x 3, 40 x 3, 45 x 3, 52.5 x 1, 50 x 2. (called it a day here) Today, with the exception of the military press, was crap. I am just exhausted from finals week. This has been a recurring trend lately for me. As a grad student, "finals week" is really a month. But, this is the last week for it. Military press went well, marginal improvement over last week. gotta keep fighting. Deadlifts went like crap. my warmups felt like working weights, so I just stopped early. Probably should have stopped it all here really. Tried dumbbell pullovers. They were fun. Didn't want to push it too much today. I think I will have to start doing these with a short bar though, and just use a really close grip; the dumbbells at the Y only go to 100lbs, and I think I'll pass that before too long. Can't figure out if the pullups went so bad because I'm exhausted or because I haven't done them in months. probably both. I used to do 70lbs for 3 sets of 3 reps. Of course, I think I was also 10lbs lighter at the time... Hub lifting... .ugh... I don't want to talk about it. Today is one of those days that just tests your confidence and will power. I will bounce back. I have to. Screw today, I'll look ahead to my next lifting session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba29 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Goals by 23rd birthday, May 8: Close #3. (possibly IM cert; definitely MM0) 200lb RT deadlift. 70lb hub lift. Blob. If I have access to one. Bodyweight Military press. (currently 210). 480lb deadlift. No idea on what kind of progress to expect on squats, push press, or bench press really... I'll set goals for those later.... I'm thinking 320 with squats is realistic, but I'd like to claim more... i have some similar goals by my 40th, next August. BW press (~180) and 500# deadlift. i got a lot of work to do but will get stronger tryin'. Oh nice. Yeah that's all you can do, get stronger trying. Just gotta keep pushing yourself. I haven't tested for a true max in anything in a while. My previous Military press max on an olympic bar was 160, but I've already surpassed that; recently I was doing 165 with the axle for singles, but found myself getting stagnant... maybe about the beginning of the year I will try for a max with an olympic bar. I feel like I could do 180... that would be good improvement for me. First I've got to hit 200 before hitting bodyweight. haha. When I originally set the goal to press bodyweight, I was 200lbs. I knew it would go up in the process. Where is your press max at now? max press is probably 155...did 150 a while ago but haven't maxed in a while. my weight keeps creapin up too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Ah, well you're getting close man! I refined my technique alot in both the clean and the press portions of the lift, and my max increased by 10lbs right away, in addition to working with different rep schemes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 Thursday 12-6-12 at the YMCA Axle Clean and Push Press - 95 x 3, 115 x 3, 135 x 3, 150 x 3, 160 x 2, 170 x 1, 175 x 1, 180 x 1 (Woooo!) Oly Squats - 100 x 5, 140 x 5, 160 x 20. Hise Shrugs 140 x 5, 215 x 5, 255 x 20. One arm Dumbbell press - 55 x 3, 65 x 3, 75 x L:1/R:2, 70 x 3, 70 x 3. Rolling Thunder - Left - 120 x 3, 140 x 3, 160 x 3, 170 x 3, 167.5 x 3, 167.5 x 3. Right - 120 x 3, 145 x 3, 165 x 3, 175 x 3, 172.5 x 3, 172.5 x 3. Carry - 105 x 1, 130 x 1, 155 x 1. (Each way, w/ switchoff. 155 with left hand had to stop halfway and pick it up again.) Today went great. Know why? I was well rested Really happy about getting 180 on the push press. that's a new PR, but also a weight I couldn't get off my chest two weeks ago. I tried a different set/rep scheme today and it obviously worked. haha. I did 3/2/1/1/1 for my working sets, and I felt alot better warmed up and prepared when it got heavy. Fingers crossed I'll get 200 by the end of the year.... Well, I guess there aren't 4 more weeks in the year... so, by the beginning of next semester. Rolling thunder went great today too. I was able to increase my weight without any issue. I honestly felt like I could have done 3 sets with my top weight, but I though I'd take it safe and kept to the program, only doing 1 set with it. I'll get back to card tearing next week. The only downside is my left thumb is really bugging me. I'll soak it today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) I think I'll start doing this 3/2/1 scheme with my big lifts (except squats of course). It felt like a really comftorable approach to the heavy weights. By my calculations, that should let me do 170 next week in the military press, a new PR. Bodyweight today on empty stomache is about 212. It's going up! Edited December 6, 2012 by Mephistopholes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 Saturday 12-8-12 between YMCA and Home Bottom position Bench Press- 115 x 3, 135 x 3, 155 x 3, 175 x 3, 185 x 2, 195 x 1, 200 x 1, 205 x 1. Dumbbell curls - 45 x 5, 50 x 5, 55 x 5, 55 x 5, 55 x L:4/R:3. Grippers Left - T x 5, #1 x 5, #1.5 x 5, #2 x 2 singles and close 3rd attempt. (silver Bullet with SM for 10 seconds) +10 x nothin (Accidentally overloaded it!), +5 x 1, +7.5 x 1, 2nd attempt, +5 x 5 seconds. (heavy attempt, with cheat close and hold) - SM x 1 past parallel. Right - T x 5, #1 x 5, #2 x 5, #2.5 x 3 singles. (silver bullet with GM for 10 seconds) +10 x nothing (see above). +5 x 1, +7.5 x 1, 2nd attempt. +5 x air. (heavy attempt, with cheat close and hold) - GM x 1 past parallel. Today went pretty good. I'm easing back into benching, so I started a little under par today. I had more in the tank, I know, but I'll stick to the program and work up in weight starting next week. Grippers went pretty well. Did a little better with the mock silver bullet today. I think I would have done better if I handn't done 3 singles each hand for full closes prior. And when I started, i accidentally miscalculated and had 10 pounds on there, and I really fought it for a bit, but then realized what I did, so that kinda sapped me... Off to the UofL basketball game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 12-9-12 at the YMCA Oly squats- 100 x 5, 140 x 5, 165 x 20. Hise Shrugs- 140 x 5, 190 x 5, 230 x 5, 260 x 20. DO axle deadlifts- 165 x 3, 215 x 3, 255 x 3, 285 x 3, 295 x 2, 305 x 1, 310 x 1, 315 x air... Eagle loop pullups - 5, +7.5 x 5, +15 x 5, +15 x 5, +15 x 5. Good workout today. Tried the 3/2/1 scheme with the axle deads, and it went alright, except for that last one. I thought I was gonna drop it so i put it down. DO NOT want to drop that kind of weight there. So I think I'll go back to the 3x3 for this. I was screwing around afterward at home and managed to closed the #1.5 with the first two fingers on my right hand, the #1 with the left, and the Trainer with my little fingers. I need to start training finger closes again... But I don't know when in my schedule... Maybe Wednesday? Body weight up to 214.5 today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 12-11-12 at the YMCA Axle Military Press - 75 x 3, 105 x 3, 125 x 3, 140 x 3, 150 x 2, 160 x 1, 165 x 2 failed attempts... this didn't go so well. Deadlifts - 230 x 3, 320 x 3, 370 x 3, 400 x 3, 410 x 2, 420 x 1, 425 x 1, 430 x 1. Barbell rows - 140 x 5, 160 x 5, 180 x 5, 180 x 5, (switch to dumbbell) 90 x 5. Dumbbell pullovers - 30 x 10, 45 x 10, 60 x 20 (With a couple stops) Gave the hub a rest today, instead did finger closes with grippers. Gripper finger closes Left (1st 2) - S x 5, T x 5, #1 x 5, #1.5 nope. #1 x 2. (Silver Bullet +5lbs) #1.5 x 3 10 second holds. (last 2) - G x 5, S x 5, T x 2 attempts, S x 3. (Sivler Bullet +5lbs) T x 7 seconds, S x 2 10 second holds. Right (1st 2)- S x 5, T x 5, #1 x 3, #1.5 x 3, #2 close attempt!, (Silver bullet +5lbs) #2 x 3 10 second holds. (last 2) G x 5, S x 5, T x 1, T x 3, T x 1. (Silver Bullet +5lbs) T x 3 10 second holds. Today was a hit-or-miss workout. Military pressing didn't go well. I tried the 3/2/1 scheme and was expecting to get to 170. I've lifted 165 for singles before, so i thought I could get this, but when I got to 165, it just sort of went to crap. I think this was maybe the result from a lack of recovery from the weekend. I fought and fought the first attemp, but couldn't lock it out. When I put it down, my legs were real shaky. Second attempt didn't get as far. On both of them, my clean wasn't very good, which is why I think this was from a lack of recovery. I can clean 180 without trouble, 165 shouldn't have been such an issue. So I don't know what I will do next week... Deadlifting went great. All according to plan. Switched to dumbbells on the last set of rows, because it was starting to turn into a sort of "heave" again. I may continue to use dummbells, because they allowed me to use better form. Problem is, the dumbbells at the Y only go to 100lbs. So I'll have to figure out something else soon... maybe use a curl bar. I skipped over the Hub today for a couple reasons: I wanted to give my thumb a rest (which is feeling mostly better), but also because after the pullovers, my forearms felt really pumped. I'll have to move those to the end of my workout next time. Instead, I did finger closes, which went pretty well. Got close to closing the #2 with 2 fingers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 I've been laying off the blob and 3" dumbbell to let my led thumb heal. Just thought I should put that note here. They seemed to aggravate it the most, the 3" dumbbell especially. When I'm confident it's feeling better I'll start working them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Thursday 12-8-12 Axle Clean and Push Press- 95 x 3, 115 x 3, 135 x 3, 155 x 3, 165 x 2, 175 x 1, 180 x 1, 185 x 2 attempts, couldn't get through the "catch" phase. Oly Squats- 100 x 5, 150 x 5, 170 x 20. Hise Shrugs - 140 x 5, 190 x 5, 230 x 5, 265 x 20. One arm Push Press- 60 x 3, 70 x 3, 80 x 3, 90 x 2, 100 x 1 with left hand only. (WOOOOO!) Rolling Thunder - Left - 120 x 3, 140 x 3, 160 x 3, 170 x 3, 175 x 2, 180 x 1, 182.5 x 1/2. Right - 120 x 3, 145 x 3, 165 x 3, 175 x 3, 180 x 2, 185 x 1, 187.5 x 1/2. Today was good. I could't get the 185 in the push press. I'm not sure if Its because I wasn't ready, or because this morning it was so hard for me to breathe... but I think I'll get it next time. I may revise this rep scheme though and instead of doing increasingly heavier singles at the top, do 3 singles of the same top weight... That may have better results. not sure. Breathing through the squats today was hard, but I'm glad I toughed it out. However, I was planning on doing pullups today, but it just wasn't going to happen. One arm Push Presses went great. I was able to get 100lbs up with my left hand, but the right wouldn't go all the way. Regardless, that made me pretty happy. Rolling thunder top lifts went up by 5lbs. I thought I'd try and go heavy today, and it went decently well, but I couldn't get past the second set of singles. Still, 185 is 5 pounds over what I was previously using for sets of singles, so that felt good. Same for 180 with the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 Saturday 12-16-12 at the YMCA and Home... (Note, I mis-dated my last workout; it should be Thursday, 12-13-12). Bottom Position Bench Press - 120 x 3, 140 x 3, 160 x 3, 180 x 3, 190 x 2, 200 x 1, 205 x 1, 210 x 1. Dumbbell Curls - 45 x 5, 50 x 5, 55 x L:5, R:4, 50 x 5, 50 x 5. Grippers Left - T x 5, #1 x 5, #1.5 x 5, #2 x 3 (reps!) (Max attempt) - SM x 1 (few mms short) ("silver bullet" with SM) +7.5lbs x 1, +10lbs x 1, 2nd attempt with air. +7.5lbs x 1, 2nd attempt. (alternating rep-out) #2 x 1, 2, attempt. #2 x 1, attempt. Right T x 5, # 1 x 5, #2 x 3, #2.5 x 3 (reps!) (Max attempt) - GM x 1 (few mms short) ("silver bullet" with GM) +7.5lbs x 1, +10lbs x 1, and 2nd 5 second hold. +7.5lbs x 1, 2nd attempt. (Alternating rep-out) #2.5 x 1, 2, 1. #2.5 x 1, 1. Today went great. Got reps for the first time on the #2.5 with the right and #2 with the left, then got in pretty close with the GM and SM. Holds got better, and then to end it, I tried to "rep out," alternating hands after each mini-set, and was still able to get some reps with my working grippers. Just got to keep fighting, I'll get the #3 yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Monday 12-17-12 at the YMCA Oly Squats- 100 x 5, 140 x 5, 175 x 20. Hise Shrugs - 140 x 5, 190 x 5, 230 x 5, 270 x 20. Axle DO deadlifts - 165 x 3, 215 x 3, 255 x 3, 285 x 3, 285 x 3, 285 x 3. Axle cleans 115 x 3, 135 x 3, 155 x 3, 165 x 3. Eagle loop chinups - 5, +10 x 5, +20 x 5, +20 x 5, +20 x 5. Today went good. Actually forgot my chalk at home, so when it came time to deadlift, I had to borrow some from somebody... but they only had powder, and I couldn't get the right consistency on my hands, so the axle was pretty slippery. Still got through it though. I think I over estimated the cleans. After the squats and deadlifts and shrugs, I didn't have as much explosiveness in me, so the last set wasn't quite as fast as it should have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Wednesday 12-19-12 at the YMCA Axle military press- 75 x 3, 105 x 3, 125 x 3, 140 x 3, 150 x 2, 160 x 1, 165 x halfway up... 160 x 2 singles. Deadlifts - 230 x 3, 320 x 3, 370 x 3, 405 x 3, 415 x 2, 425 x 1, 430 x 1, 435 x 1. T-bar Rows - (just counting plates) 90 x 5, 135 x 5, 135 x 3, 115 x 5, 115 x 5 Hub - Left - 35 x 3, 40 x 3, 45 x 3, 50 x 1/2. 47.5 x 3, 47.5 x 3, 47.5 x 3. Right - 35 x 3, 40 x 3, 45 x 3, 52.5 x 1/2. 50 x 3, 50 x 3, 50 x 3. Dumbbell Pullovers- 30 x 10, 45 x 10, 60 x 10, 70 x 10. Today was alright. Deadlifting went good. Hublifting went good for taking a week off. Tried T-Bar rows... not sure if I like them or not. I had no idea how much the machine itself weighed, so I just counted the plates. Got stuck in the same place I did last week with the military press at 165. So I did 160 for a few singles. Next week I will up everything by 5 pounds and instead of increasing weight in the singles, I'll just go for 3 of the same weight at 165. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Thursday 12-20-12 at home Gripper 2 finger closes - Left (1st 2) - S x 5, T x 5, #1 x 3, #1.5 x to parallel, #1 x 3. (Silver Bullet hold with #1.5) +5lbs x 1, +7.5lbs x 1, +10lbs x 1. (Last 2) - G x 5, S x 5, T x to parallel, S x 5, S x 5. (Silver Bullet hold with T) +5lbs x 3 holds. Right (1st 2) - S x 5, T x 5, #1 x 3, #1.5 x 3. # 2 x very close! (Silver Bullet hold with #2) +5lbs x 1, +7.5lbs x 1, +10lbs x 1. (Last 2) - G x 5, S x 5, T x 3, #1 to parallel, T x 3. (Silver Bullet hold with #1) +5lbs x 2 holds, 3rd attempt. Getting better with the finger closes. I can definitely feel my hands gettting stronger from this. I got really close with the #2 on my right hand, first 2 fingers, which made me pretty happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Friday 12-21-12 at the YMCA Axle Push Press - 100 x 3, 120 x 3, 140 x 3, 160 x 3, 170 x 2, 180 x nope. 175 x 1, 175 x nope. (switch to barbell) 175 x 1, 175 x 1. Oly Squats - 100 x 5, 140 x 5, 180 x 20. Hise Shrugs - 140 x 5, 190 x 5, 230 x 5, 275 x 20. Rolling Thunder Left - 120 x 3, 140 x 3, 160 x 3, 170 x 3, 175 x 2, 180 x 1, 180 x 1, 180 x 1. Right - 120 x 3, 145 x 3, 165 x 3, 175 x 3, 180 x 2, 185 x 1, 185 x 1, 185 x 1/2. Today was alright. Didn't get as heavy as I hoped on the push-presses. At the end I switched to a regular barbell to make a couple extra lifts. Was gonna do pullups today, but just ran out of time. Rolling thunder went well except for missing that last lift. Not sure If I'm going to stick with the 3/2/1 scheme or not... at least give it a couple more weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Sunday 12-23-12 at Home Grippers - Left - T x 5, #1 x 5, #1.5 x 3, #2 x 3. (attempt) TSM x Soooooo close. Thought I was gonna get it. (Silver Bullet hold with TSM) +7.5lbs x 3 holds. +10lbs x 6 seconds. (Alternating reps) - #2 x 2. Right - T x 5, #1 x 5, #2 x 3, #2.5 x 3. (attempt) TGM x Pretty close (Silver Bullet hold with TGM) +7.5lbs 1, +10lbs x 2 holds. +12.5lbs x nope. (Change to #3) +5lbs x 1. (Alternating reps) 2.5 x 2. Didn't have a whole lot of time today, so I just did grippers and will move bench pressing to tomorrow. Didn't feel I had the horsepower that I normally have, but still I did pretty good today. Got really close with the TSM on the left hand; I thought I would get it honestly, but just couldn't get all the way there. Today was a great day though. I didn't have a whole lot of time to workout because my best friend had a surprise for me today, for christmas. I didn't know what it was, but I had to meet her at 11, and I knew we were going somewhere... Turns out she had arranged for me to meet Brooks Kubik, a big idol to me, in person. Which was excellent. I got to sit down with him and talk for a couple hours, and he even gave us lunch, and me a whole stack of autographed books. It was really a great experience for me; he's a very generous, down to earth guy. Here's hoping some of his strength rubbed off on me; I know it certainly got me fired up to do some hard, heavy lifting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 Monday 12-24-12 at the YMCA Axle Eye-level press - 115 x 3, 135 x 3, 155 x 3, 170 x 3, 180 x 1, 185 x 1 (WOOO!) 175 x 1, 175 x 1. Oly Squats - 100 x 5, 120 x 5, 145 x 5, 185 x 5, 185 x 5, 185 x 5. Hise Shrugs - 140x 5, 190 x 5, 230 x 5, 280 x 20. Axle DO deadlifts - 165 x 3, 215 x 3, 255 x 3, 290 x 3, 290 x 3, 290 x 3. Eagle Loops Chinups - 5, +12.5lbs x 5, +25 x 5, +25 x 5, +25 x 5. Today went great. Changed my routine to 6 x 5 for the squats, and this really helped fix my form; it was getting sloppy with the 20 rep sets. Brooks Kubik must have rubbed off on me yesterday. Today I was planning on benching, but after talking with him I realized, I need to focus more on what fits with my personal goals, and benching isn't really a part of that. I'm an overhead lifter. So instead of benching, I did presses from the rack set at eye-level. I would do it set at the top of my head, but I am too tall, and eye-level is the highest I can set it. I managed to get up to 185lbs, which is the most I've ever put overhead in any fashion, so this was really exciting for me. Next week, I will drop back my top weight a bit and work up, probably at 180, but maybe 175. I'm not sure yet if it is better to do a 3 x 3 set up for this, or the 3/2/1 set up... I'm thinking the 3/2/1 though. I love partial lifting, and I'm excited to bring it back into my routine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 Wednesday 12-26-12 at the YMCA Axle Military Press - 75 x 5, 105 x 3, 125 x 3, 145 x 3, 155 x 2, 165 x 3 singles (woo!) Deadlifts - 230 x 3, 320 x 3, 370 x 3, 410 x 3, 420 x 2, 430 x 1, 435 x almost (accidentally used DO grip. If I hadn't, I would have got it for sure) 440 x 1. Deadlift from mid-thigh - 500 x 3, 550 x 3, 590 x 1. (hands were raw after this, so I stopped) One arm Dumbbell Press - 50 x 5, 60 x 5, 70 x 5, 70 x 5, 70 x 5. Hub Left - 35 x 3, 40 x 3, 45 x 3, 47.5 x 3, 52.5 x 1, 57.5 x nope. Right - 35 x 3, 40 x 3, 45 x 3, 50 x 3, 55 x 1, 60 x nope. Today went great, with the exception of the Hub (I was kind of screwing around.) Military pressing went excellent, I was super psyched up and lifted 165 3 times, which is great because that is a weight I've been stuck on for a couple weeks. Deadlifting also went great. 440 is a previous max for me, and today I hit it without much effort, at the end of my working sets, so I know my max has gone up. I accidentally lifted 435 with a DO grip and thought "this feels really weird." almost got it to the top before I had to put it down. I know if I had used an alternated grip I would have got it. I thought I'd try some partial deadlifts again... Haven't done them in awhile. It went alright except for the fact that my hands were raw from using that bar, so I stopped. Don't know if I'll continue to do these or not. Dumbbell pressing was perfect, just fought through it. Hubbing didn't go so great, but it wasn't bad either. I was just messing with using the 3/2/1 with this... but I think I'll go back to 3 x 3. I got a real silver bullet for Christmas, so I'll use that tomorrow, and a Twist Your Wrist device, which I'm pretty excited about, but didn't have time for today. Especially with the raw hands, I thought I'd just wait to use it on friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Thursday 12-27-12 at home Gripper Finger Closes - Left - (1st 2) - S x 5, T x 5, #1 x 3, #1.5 x very close attempt! #1 x 3. (Siver Bullet W/ #1.5) +5lbs x 1, +7.5 x 1, +10 x 1, +12.5 x 1. (Last 2)- G x 5, S x 5, T x attempt past parallel, S x 5, S x 5. (Silver Bullet w/ T) +5lbs x 1, +7.5 x 6 seconds hold. +5 x attempt, +2.5 x 1. Right - (1st 2) - S x 5, T x 5, #1 x 3, #1.5 x 3, #2 x super close attempt! (Silver bullet w/ #2) +5lbs x 1, +7.5 x 1, +10 x 1, +12.5 x 1. (Last 2) - G x 5, S x 5, T x 3, T x 3, #1 attempt past parallel. (Silver bullet w/ #1) +5lbs x 1, +7.5 x 6 seconds hold. +5 x 8 seconds, +2.5 x 1. Today went pretty good. Making steady progress. Got to use my new, real, silver bullet today, so that was fun. I think this specific finger close work is really helping. I feel like Sunday I will be able to close my super master with my left hand... One thing is for sure though, the musculature in my fingers is getting crazy. My fingers have definitely gotten thicker over the last month, especially in my first two finger where I've got more horsepower. My index fingers have this big wad of muscle around their base now, and are starting to look like my legs haha.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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