Broly Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 12/26 2HP Euro (54mm) 54x10, 104x5, 4, 124x3, 135x2, 140x1, 145x1, 150x1, 155x1, 159x1, 164x1, 170xF Red Rafter 10x6, 15x3 Finally seeing some progress on the Euro. 54mm feels the best and I'm getting more comfortable with it. Took a much wider stance and proper prep for each lift. First go around with the Red Rafter from strongergrip.com. Simulates the same feel as plate curls perfectly! Much more challenging too with 10lbs feeling almost the same as a 25lb plate. This will help me achieve my goal of a 33lb plate curl. My new weightlifting sneakers feel awesome. I feel more balanced and sturdy. True test will be with deadlifts and squats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 12/27 Squats 45x10, 10, 95x10, 135x6, 185x2, 195x1, 205x1, 215xF Hub 25x6, 6, 35x4, 45x2, 50x1, 55x1, 50x2, 45x5s, 5s 1arm Axel 109x3, 129x1, 150x1, 159x1 Not seeing much of an improvement in squats or Hub. I know I'm still very gun shy with my max on squats and it's a huge mental block for me. 205 felt easy but i constantly over think and psych myself out when I go higher than that. Improved 2HP Euro: Starting to feel a bit more comfortable and seen a nice jump to 164lbs from my very first 159 and constant 154's. Grippers: Constant improvement and am so close to my 149 COC3. Axel DL: Hit double body weight and has been feeling solid. Anvil Trainer: Saw a very big 15-20lb increase last session. Hopefully getting into a groove here. Stalled / No Improvement. Squats/Bench: 205 has been a sticking point for me. Anything past and I get very gun shy. Need to change up the approach Hub: Awesome showing at the King Kong Grip Challenge but since then it's been stagnant. WD: Wrists have been feeling great but for some reason I'm not in my comfort zone anymore with this device. Need to keep working on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 12/31 Grippers Tx10, #1x7, #2x5, #2.5x1, COC3xF, F,F #2.5 w/20mm block x2, 1 Deadlifts 135x10, 223x3, 289x2, 339xF (Huge Surpise!, wtf happen???) Euro 54x10, 104x10, 124x3, 154x1 Red Rafter 5x10, 10x6, 12.5x5, 6 WD Lv1 x10, Lv3x8-6 Well that's it for my 2013 training. Was a great year, worked through some bumps in the road and on to 2014! This last workout kind of sucked. I think my body is just sick of constant max attempts. It's not really training at this point so this has to change if I want to improve. From now on I will start working in that sweet spot of 3-5 reps and occasionally go for max attempts. Will start to incorporate back off workouts too once a month. I will improve each session through more reps or slightly more weight. I won't see results if for example I max out at 205 with squats and try for 215. I just wont perform the squat and get no benefit. However if I try a few more singles at 205 then then next session 207.5 or more reps at 205 then it's a slight improvement. The goal here will always be to make the next session more difficult by adding more weight but it needs to be in line with a smarter approach. if I can do 5 reps with a 300lb deadlift then my next session should be 5 reps with 305 or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 1/8/13 Squats 45x10, 95x10, 135x8, 155x6, 165x5, 175x3 Grippers 20mm block set: Tx10, #1x10, GHP5x6, #2.5x2R (1L), GHP5x1R (3L), 5 Pullups 10, 25x10, 45x3, 35x4, 3 Hub 25x10, 45x3, 3 Red Rafter 5x10, 10x7, 13.75x3, 5 WD Lv1x10, lv3x7, lv4x4, 5 First real training session with the focus on training and not max attrempts Squats felt good but legs were jello after 3 sets. Probably due to the fact that I've never done reps and it's always been max attempts really. Need better conditioning and will see improvement but I'm heading in the right direction. Hub was really uncomfortable as I cut my nails really short and the tips of my fingers felt raw Rafter and WD were nice strength improvements and I felt stronger on each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvx Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I think my body is just sick of constant max attempts The goal here will always be to make the next session more difficult by adding more weight but it needs to be in line with a smarter approach. if I can do 5 reps with a 300lb deadlift then my next session should be 5 reps with 305 or something like that. I've been having a lot of luck doing deadlifts 3x5 once a week adding 5lbs every week. I was sort of in the same spot, maxing out too much and losing progress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 1/12/14 Dips 10, 25x9, 50x6, 75x5, 100x4, 125x1 (sloppy) 2HP Euro 54x10, 104x6, 124x5, 135x3, 4, 140x2 Blob snatches 30x5 (2R), same Vulcan Pinch silver spring LV1x10, 8 Axel 109x10, 197x6, 247x4, 4, 4 Anvil50x10, 100x5(4R), 5, 110x3 Pronates7.5x7 (6R), 10x6 (2R) hercules bar 10x10, 12.5x10, 15x10 reverse sledge DL 6x6 (3R) 6x4 +magnet (4R no magnet) cup of coffee + 2 shots of espresso on about 7.5 ours of sleep and empty stomach. Felt great! Felt super strong in dips Axel was exactly 80% of max working sets Hercules bar was with perfect formGreat workout! very efficient, got everything done in 1.5 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 1/16/14 Squats 45x10, 13510, 170x5, 180x5, 3 Grippers Tx10, #1x5, GHP5x3 / 20mm block sets: #2.5x2.5, 2R, GHP5x5, 3 Pullups 25x8, 37.5x5, 40x6, 42.5x4 Red Rafter 10x8, 15x5 (4R), 4, 3 WD LV1x10, lv3x8, lv5x5, 5 Sledge finger walks 6x2, 2 Great improvement on everything. Squats, Pullups, WD and Red Rafter all felt much stronger than last week. Should start adding on Saxon Curls after Red Rafter Going to change needs up next workout and do GHP negatives then go back to 20mm block sets. Might do a max attempt workout end of the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 1/19/14 Bench 45x20, 135x12, 165x7, 185x5, 190x4 2HP Euro 54x10, 104x8, 135x5, 140x4, 145x4, 170x1 Blob Snatches 30x7, Double 30x3 Vulcan Pinch (silver spring lv1) 10, 10 Axel 109x10, 197x5, 252x4, 298x1, 313xF Anvil trainer 50x10, 115x3(2L), 2, 110x5 Hub 25x10, 47.5x3, same, 45x4(3R) Sledge to Face 6x7, 8x5(4R), same, 10x2 Limiting factor on Axel seemed to be thick bar grip so will need to start doing more RT work. Sledge felt really good but didn't want to push it. Euro was a nice gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 1/24/14 Squats 45x10, 10, 95x10, 140x20 Grippers Tx10, 10, #1x5, #2x5, GHP5x1, #2.5x1, GHp5x1, GHP6x1, COC3xF, GHP negs 105xF Pullups 10, 25x10, 45x5 Had good energy for the morning but right after I finished that 20th rep on squats (super squats routine) Everything just went to shit. Energy dropped dramatically and got taken mentally out of the game. Could barely close a 2.5 after this. I was that shot. Felt better on pullups but just didn't feel it anymore and didn't want to bother if I wasn't into it. I can make it up on Sunday most likely. Missed out on the following, Red Rafter, Saxon curls, WD, Finger walks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electron Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Was nervous about you hitting 170 a few weeks ago butI hit 173 last session. The race to 180 is still on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 Good stuff Yori! I honestly haven't been into training since my last session. I've been extremely mentally exhausted with the baby and work. It's honestly been crazy. The time I am finding to workout, I'm just not into it as I use to and to top it off my right hand is feeling messed up from shoveling these past weeks. Hoping I didn't do any damage and it'll heal with time. For now I'm just trying to take it easy till I get out of this mental funk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electron Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Though with a baby this is a tall order, I hope you get enough sleep. Rest up, and get back on track soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Just a personal update but I'm realizing I haven't been in top form in almost 4 weeks!!!! Not concerned at all though. I've been through this type of stuff before. My strength will dramatically dip but all i need is a few weeks or month of solid performing to get back into it and surpass all my previous max numbers. I will never be counted out. There's always time for a resurrection!!!. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I'm throwing a comp this summer. I expect you to be there and put up solid numbers dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Past 2 workouts I've been feeling a little better. Will post up some numbers once I feel I'm back to a somewhat normal self. Still in this. Not counting myself out at all. I'll get myself back to the frame of mind I used to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Still staying consistent with the workouts. Biggest hit with the lay off has to be open hand strength. Dropped the most out of everything but I'll get it back. Working on Axel and RT. Will start replacing Axel with regular deadlifts for a few workouts and still stick with RT then rotate axel back in. Experimenting with higher volume with grippers. Doing pretty good as I can now do 10 reps with my GHP5 and 5 reps with my COC 2.5. Going this route though really effects strength for bigger grippers. My last high volume session near the end I couldn't even close my GHP6 so If I want to chase the #3 I need lower volume. Was still fun to experiment. Changing up the workouts to afternoons feels better mentally and energy wise but very difficult to stay focused during my lunch breaks needing to be shorter. Morning was no longer working out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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