Road To Crushing The Blob And Pinching The No.3

[Anthony C.]

Today full body workout

Squats

8x280 8x280 8x280

Standing barbell military press

12x95 12x105

Tbar row bar stuffed in corner

8x145, 10x145, 10x145

Dumbbell flat bench press

8x85, 8x85, 7x80

seated db hammer curl

8x35 8x35 8x35

dips

12, 12, 12, 15

Got home and bent a green nail. Video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L-QwZhCSkA

[Tom Scibelli]

Nice bend Anthony!

[Anthony C.]

Nice bend Anthony!

Thanks brother

[Durrs]

Good stuff bro!

[Anthony C.]

Good stuff bro!

Thanks man!

[Josh O'Dell]

I believe you will do very good in bending.

[Anthony C.]

I believe you will do very good in bending.

Thanks man. The crush was very very easy. The initial kink was a little tricky but after that it bent like a soft pretzel

[dlewis8589]

Nice bend bud! Gonna be awesome to watch your progress in bending.

Question, how do you plan on balancing grippers and bending? Their both pretty hand taxing

[Anthony C.]

Nice bend bud! Gonna be awesome to watch your progress in bending.

Question, how do you plan on balancing grippers and bending? Their both pretty hand taxing

Thanks man! Feels good to have all this support here.

Well, I'm not really gonna be going crazy with bending...yet. I plan on doing some light bends after workouts to just get my technique and form down good, and then after I cert the MM0 (if I ever do), I'm gonna go nuts and attempt to get the red nail. Keep in mind this is all just a simple plan, and we all know how plans tend to unfold lol.

[dlewis8589]

Thats a very smart approach, I hear yah about plans too!

Wouldn't mind bending the red myself eventually, maybe one day

[Anthony C.]

Thats a very smart approach, I hear yah about plans too!

Wouldn't mind bending the red myself eventually, maybe one day

You absolutely will!

[Anthony C.]

Full body today

Sumo deadlits done with DO grip and hands on no knurling part

8x225 8x245 8x265

Dumbbell incline press

8x80 8x80 8x75

Vbar pull ups

15 12 10

Standing dumbbell lateral raise

10x25 10x25 10x25

Dumbbell preacher curls

5x30 6x30 7x30

Seated overhead dumbbell extensions

8x80 8x80 8x80

Wrist curls and reverse wrist curls, abs

[Anthony C.]

Grip today

Grippers

Right Hand: 1xBBSM 128 (20mm block), 3x Choked BBGM 138, Almost 5xcoc 2.5 125 (20mm block), 3x choked bbgm138, 20xVulcan (level?) 20mm

Left: 1xBBM 118 (20mm block), 1xchoked BBGM 138, 8xTRex 3/4inch mount, Almost 1rep x Trex 10/16inch mount, 14xVulcan (level?) 20mm

Plate Curls

Right: 9x21.25, 10x20, 3x25

Left: 5x21.25, 9x20

Front/Rear Levers High reps 3 sets

TTK

Right: 14x11.25, 5x12.5, 5x12.5, 4x12.5, 17x10

Left: 7.5x11.25, 5x11.25, 4x11.25, 2x12.5, 10x10

Both Thumbs Wide set: 35x10

Yeah! Great session. Got a few PR's. Tendonitis was acting up on the plate curls. Gonna be icing all week. Training 20mm block for Chez's competition in July. Videos up on Gripboard.

[PeterSweden]

You dont know how to count the levels on your vulcan?

http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/vulcantraining.html scroll down mate. (in case you dunno how to check the level.)

[Royz]

You dont know how to count the levels on your vulcan?

http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/vulcantraining.html scroll down mate. (in case you dunno how to check the level.)

I must've read that page at least a dozen times over the last couple of years. I still get my levels mixed up when I use the Vulcan.

[Anthony C.]

Ahh awesome! Thanks guys! Wow, my Vulcan strength is really low compared to you guys lol

[PeterSweden]

The highest I've gotten is paralell close @ lvl 15.

That was a long time ago tho.

[Anthony C.]

The highest I've gotten is paralell close @ lvl 15.

That was a long time ago tho.

Damn...well if i'm right in determining the level, then it was a measly 7 lol. Although once i set the monster it was easy. Damn that sucker is hard to set.

[PeterSweden]

I dont agree. Atleast its not that way for me I can set and hold a coc4 214 lbs shut with my settinghand but I cant close my BB Elite rated at 161 lbs yet.

Strong set, messed up crush strength

[Anthony C.]

I dont agree. Atleast its not that way for me I can set and hold a coc4 214 lbs shut with my settinghand but I cant close my BB Elite rated at 161 lbs yet.

Strong set, messed up crush strength

If your set is that strong, the sky is the limit for you. When you're ready to go back to grippers, you'll dominate!

[Anthony C.]

Full body today

Leg presses

15x823 15x913 10x1003

Hyperextensions

10, 10, 10x bw with 20lb barbell behind head

Dumbbell rows

8x90 8x90 8x90

Machine chest press

8x170 8x180 8x190

Seated dumbbell curls

3x40 3x40 3x40 5x40

Close grip push ups

8, 8, 8 xbw+50

Abs, bent 2 white nails and 2 green nails

[Josh O'Dell]

You killed it bro,

[jvance]

Anthony, work some thin pinching into your routine. Go for volume not weight, thin pinching stimulates the extensors better than bands and helps balance things out. Plus thin pinch has great carryover to medium width pinching, helps develop natural tension in your hand in the pinch position. Think of beyond the range overcrush with grippers.

[Anthony C.]

You killed it bro,

Thanks man, it felt good to be leg pressing over a thousand with solid, deep reps. But I only used the leg press because all 3 squat racks were taken. It's a workout in itself just loading the damn plates onto that thing.

Anthony, work some thin pinching into your routine. Go for volume not weight, thin pinching stimulates the extensors better than bands and helps balance things out. Plus thin pinch has great carryover to medium width pinching, helps develop natural tension in your hand in the pinch position. Think of beyond the range overcrush with grippers.

Hey jon,

Sounds interesting. How thin should I go? Can I do like 2 tens and then loop a rope through the holes and add weight that way? Should i do like hand to hand passes and what not?

[Anthony C.]

Full body today

Squats

2x315 1x335 1x335 1x335 25x225

Standing barbell military press

12x100 12x110

Cable row

8x170 8x180 8x180 8x180

Dumbbell flat bench press

8x85 8x85 6x85

Seated dumbbell hammer curl

8x35 8x35 8x35

Dips

15 15 15

Wrist curls/reverse wrist curls 2 sets each

My legs are f-r-i-e-d. I could've got to 30 reps with 225, but just didn't have the cardio.