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[Mephistopholes]

Not a workout day today, but at work I shoveled tons (literally) of mulch. 12 bulldozer scoops worth. I'm whooped.

The other guys brought up the wheelbarrows, and I shoveled it all.

[TentacleGrip]

Grow or die.

[Mephistopholes]

Haha yep.

[Mephistopholes]

5-9-13 at home

One arm dumbbell press- 42 x 5, 57 x 3, 67 x R3/L0
"..." push press- 67 x 3, 72 x 3, 77 x R1/L2

Hub
Left - 35 x 3, 45 x 3, 52.5 x 3, 60 x nope.
Right - 35 x 3, 45 x 3, 55 x 3, 62.5 x nope.

Well, today sucked. I'm just exhausted and everything is fried. Ugh. I didn't even go to the Y because the bottoms of my feet are raw or something and every step hurts, and just the idea of all the walking involved just to get in the gym was not appealing at all. Next week will be better.

[Mephistopholes]

Saturday 5-11-13 at Home

Log press- 120 x 3, 135 x 3, 150 x 3, 165 x 2.

RT
Left - 125 x 3, 145 x 3, 165 x 3, 185 x 2, 185 x 2, 185 x 1, 185 x 1.
Right - 125 x 3, 145 x 3, 165 x 3, 185 x 2, 185 x 2, 185 x 2, 185 x 1.

Today was alright. I was hungover, so I just took it easy on myself today. I'll add a set on the log press next time, do more on the RT...

Not sure if I might be better off doing the RT and Military press once a week instead of twice a week...

[Mephistopholes]

May do the eye level press and Holle dumbbell in exhange for those... Or the push press. Not sure.

[Mephistopholes]

Sunday 5-12-13 at Home

 

Log Cleans - 120 x 3, 135 x 3, 150 x 3, 165 x 3 (5 sets)

 

Anvil Horn

     Left - 87.5 x 3, 102.5 x 3, 117.5 x 3, 132.5 x nope (wtf?) 125 x 2, 125 x 2.

     Right - Same as left.

 

Pops Grip Machine - (all bands on) 90 x 3, 125 x 3, 155 x 3, 185 x 2 (5 sets)

 

Grippers - 

     Left - T x 5, #1 x 5, #1.5 x 3, #2 x nope.

     Right - T x 5, #1 x 5, #2 x 3, #2.5 x nope... ugh.

 

Well, today was a mixed bag. Log cleans went well (did those today since I skipped em yesterday), but the anvil horn kinda went like crap. Grip machine went well, grippers went like crap. Don't know if it was an off day or what. kinda frustrating...

 

Also, today I went and bought some more standard plates, and was able to find one (only one) 1 1/4 pound plate, which I figured might help with some grip stuff (hub, maybe?) in the future...

[TentacleGrip]

Love the fractionals! Too bad you only found 1, but you're right that it's great for the hub.

[TentacleGrip]

How's your RT max?

[Mephistopholes]

Yeah I figured I'd just grab it while I could and I'd find something to do with it. Haha. It was only like 50 cents anyway. Hopefully I can find another one somewhere though so I can use em for dumbbells... I need to get more 25s to so I can do the farmers walk with the 2" dumbbells I have, but it's gonna take awhile to amass the amount I need...

[Mephistopholes]

5-14-13 at the YMCA/Home

 

Axle Military Press - 80 x 5, 105 x 3, 130 x 3, 155 x 2, 155 x 1, 155 x 1, 155 x 1.

 

Bottom Squats - 135 x 5, 185 x 3, 225 x 3, 250 x 3, 250 x 1. (out of steam)

 

RT - 

     Left - 125 x 3, 145 x 3, 165 x 3, 185 x 2, 185 x 2, 185 x 2, 185 x 2, 185 x 2.

     Right -  125 x 3, 145 x 3, 165 x 3, 185 x 2, 185 x 2, 185 x 2, 185 x 2, 185 x 1.
 

Today was mixed. my "big lifts" didn't go so well, but Rolling thunder went alright. I need to figure out what is and is not going to work for me in terms of lifting after work.  What I can do in terms of reps or singles or whatever. Last summer, I pretty much did all singles and it went well enough. Its hard at the end of the day for me to muster up the energy to do reps of anything really. Of course, I probably still need more time to adapt to the extra workload from working all day. Today especially was a long day. I don't know... Maybe I should lower some weights and just work back up, or not lower the weights and switch to singles.... really not sure. Its going to be hard to stick to a strict schedule though, I know that. somedays I simply won't have it in me, depending on what I had to do all day.

[Mephistopholes]

Guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and drop back my weights a bit. Probably the simplest answer. Haha.

A couple of things I'm tossing around:
1) finding a way to do squats or deadlifts twice a week... Maybe on Sunday?
2) dropping my squat weight way back to maybe 185 and doing the 20 rep death set thing again. Which would go well with twice a week.
...Or maybe doing 3 working sets of 5. Like the 5x5, but with 3 warmup sets.

I am going to keep doing the military press twice a week for maybe the next month or so and see how it goes.

[Mephistopholes]

Thursday 5-16-13 at the YMCA/Home

 

Axle Military Press - 75 x 5, 100 x 3, 125 x 3, 145 x 2 (5 sets)

 

Deadlifts - 135 x 5, 225 x 5, 315 x 3, 365 x 3, 395 x 2 (5 sets)

 

Hub - 

     Left - 35 x 3, 45 x 3, 50 x 3, 57.5 x nope. 55 x 2 (5 sets)

     Right - 35 x 3, 45 x 3, 52.5 x 3, 60 x nope. 57.5 x 2 (4 sets) 57.5 x 1.

 

Today was alright. Obiviously I've dropped my weights back a bit, but it went okay for Military Press and Deadlift.... what frustrates me is the Hub. Ugh. I already knew that this job wipes out my back and so my deadlift numbers and squat numbers would go down. But the hub is a new thing. It doesn't seem to affect thickbar strength too much, but the Hub is what I would call "finger intensive" and at the end of the work day, my fingers are feeling fatigued. So it didn't go so hot. I think what I've learned here is that maybe I need to move the Hub to the weekend, and put something else in its place for today. Anvil, maybe. I'll test this out next weekend.

Also, I've put all the standard plates I have on the Holle dumbbell and just left it sitting like that in the garage. I don't know what the dumbell itself weighs, but I have 105 in plates on it now... as I get more, I'll gradually put more on it. What I've been doing basically is just popping out a couple lifts in passing, not seriously working on it. Its not heavy, but I get a feel for it. Started to do the same thing with grippers too. Just pop out a few closes (not attempting heavy or anything) in passing, just to keep a feel for em. Using them more like a "civilian". haha.

Actually, I get real bored a work. Was thinking maybe I'd bring a couple with me sometime and hit em on my break...

 

Hopefully I'll get a day off soon and I can talk to the machinist about the orb handle (see other thread...)

Also, will start throwing in another lower body lift on sunday... either squats or deadlifts. Not sure which...

If you could choose which one to do twice a week, which would it be and why?

 

Could also alternate weeks with them, I suppose.

[Mephistopholes]

Thursday 5-16-13 at the YMCA/Home

 

Axle Military Press - 75 x 5, 100 x 3, 125 x 3, 145 x 2 (5 sets)

 

Deadlifts - 135 x 5, 225 x 5, 315 x 3, 365 x 3, 395 x 2 (5 sets)

 

Hub - 

     Left - 35 x 3, 45 x 3, 50 x 3, 57.5 x nope. 55 x 2 (5 sets)

     Right - 35 x 3, 45 x 3, 52.5 x 3, 60 x nope. 57.5 x 2 (4 sets) 57.5 x 1.

 

Today was alright. Obiviously I've dropped my weights back a bit, but it went okay for Military Press and Deadlift.... what frustrates me is the Hub. Ugh. I already knew that this job wipes out my back and so my deadlift numbers and squat numbers would go down. But the hub is a new thing. It doesn't seem to affect thickbar strength too much, but the Hub is what I would call "finger intensive" and at the end of the work day, my fingers are feeling fatigued. So it didn't go so hot. I think what I've learned here is that maybe I need to move the Hub to the weekend, and put something else in its place for today. Anvil, maybe. I'll test this out next weekend.

Also, I've put all the standard plates I have on the Holle dumbbell and just left it sitting like that in the garage. I don't know what the dumbell itself weighs, but I have 105 in plates on it now... as I get more, I'll gradually put more on it. What I've been doing basically is just popping out a couple lifts in passing, not seriously working on it. Its not heavy, but I get a feel for it. Started to do the same thing with grippers too. Just pop out a few closes (not attempting heavy or anything) in passing, just to keep a feel for em. Using them more like a "civilian". haha. EDIT: I used to do something similar with pushups and bodyweight squats. Just drop and pop of 50 or so of them at a time, which eventually added up to a couple thousand a day.

Actually, I get real bored a work. Was thinking maybe I'd bring a couple with me sometime and hit em on my break...

 

Hopefully I'll get a day off soon and I can talk to the machinist about the orb handle (see other thread...)

Also, will start throwing in another lower body lift on sunday... either squats or deadlifts. Not sure which...

If you could choose which one to do twice a week, which would it be and why?

 

Could also alternate weeks with them, I suppose.

Edited by Mephistopholes, 16 May 2013 - 02:26 PM.

[Mephistopholes]

Actually, doing that with Chokered grippers might not be a bad idea... Open it up a couple milimeteres every few weeks as I get used to it.... Hmmmmmm

[TentacleGrip]

If you deadlift, will you be pulling them twice a week? Also, which one do you like doing more?

[Mephistopholes]

I prefer the Deadlift. Haha. But my squatting needs work...

Yeah I mean Sunday would be an "extra" day. Either I'd deadlift twice a week, squat twice a week, or just alternate weeks (which is probably what I'll do), in one week squatting twice and deadlifting once, the next week doing the opposite.

[TentacleGrip]

Yes, do that. Alternating sounds good.

[Mephistopholes]

Saturday 5-18-13 at Home

Log Press - 120 x 3, 135 x 3, 150 x 3, 165 x nope. 165 x nope. 160 x nope. Ugh.

Anvil Horn -
Left - 135 x 2 (crap, way misloaded this.) 85 x 3, 95 x 3, 110 x 3, 125 x 2, 120 x 2, 120 x 2, 120 x 2, 120 x 2.
Right - same as left.

Today sucked pretty much. Guess i'm just worn out. That would at least explain why the log press was so crappy...

Anvil is a combination of factors. For one, the thing felt greased when I first picked it up. Guess it's the humidity. So I had to season it down good with chalk... Then I started pulling, and at first I couldn't even get it. Then I pulled it a couple times and It felt real heavy. Then I realized I had accidentally overloaded it by a whole 45lb plate! So that got me off to a bad start... And then it just didn't go so well... I ended it after that...

Also, my legs are sore. And not my thighs, not even the muscles really, but it's like my shins are sore. Like the bones are sore. Maybe that has something to do with my crap lifting today. All in all, today was just frustrating.

[Mephistopholes]

Sunday 5-19-13 at YMCA/Home

Bottom Squats - 95 x 5, 135 x 5, 185 x 20.

Hise Shrugs - 165 x 10, 255 x 10, 345 x 20.

Dumbbell curls - 30 x 5, 35 x 5, 40 x 5, 45 x 5, 50 x 5.

Pop Grip Machine - (all bands on) 90 x 5, 130 x 3, 160 x 3, 190 x 2 (5 sets)

Well, today went well. Got back on the mass builder volume plan. Haha. Death set squats and Hise Shrugs. Threw some curls in too. Grip machine went well. Still not super hard or anything...

Ive been closing grippers on and off today, but no concerted effort to sit down and do it. Going pretty well actually. I like doing it this way... Same with the hills dumbbell. No chalk, no big psych up for it, I just grab it and go. Be cool if I could start TNS-ing them like this.

May do some wrist roller stuff later. Right now im just taking it easy though.