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September 2018 to September 2019 year in review in 2018 this month average body weight was 189-193 lb. I was alerted to an upcoming event and was told to prepare my Dumbbell lifts. From the end of 2013 to that point was calisthenics and gymnastics with very little grip work. The little I was doing was pinch grip and some vertical bar. In October Tommy Jennings suggested getting some guys together to lift. That became a standing appointment every week to this day. My daily training switched from handstands, bar work, and floor exercises to fat gripz doh lifts, rolling thunder, gripper holds and Saxon lifts. My barbell lifts were down from previous years but my body felt great and moved well. Lifting a bar 4-5 days a week will transform your body. Over the last year my weight has moved up to nearly 30 lb. For the year the two real targets have remained axle & Saxon. Axle went from a tough 375 in October to 445 lockout and being able to lift 412-420 any day of the week and day after day in training. In January I lifted 220 on my 2.5 bar, now on any day I can lift 268-275 consistently with best lift being 283. In every contestthis year I have lifted over 400 doh and pinched over 220. Silverbullet was the biggest jump. In the December meet I used a 3 for something small like 15 seconds. In March at the Arnold set and held #4 for 2 seconds, and Europa #4 for 6 seconds, at Metroflex for 8 seconds. This was the largest proportion increase of any event. Rolling thunder is the slowest progressing event. My December result was 215 and missed at 220. At Europa I locked out 231. On any given day I may be repping 220 or missing 211. Crazy variations in performance. My strong side has been left but the last 5 months I’ve had a nagging injury that flares up with bent arm lifts. Getting better fast. The Rollie handles always a wild card in my score sheet. Some notable prs this year in grip lift Thomas Inch 20 reps in 60 seconds Pinching 131 kg at South West contest. Rogue Record Breaker Farmers walk attempt- just so amazing to able to try. 440 lb axle weighing 207 lb For the coming year I will continue this focus to consistently chase these lifts. I know what meets I will travel for and I have my off season months marked off. I’ll have two rounds of 20 rep squats and will possibly move up a weight class for a portion of the year. Lots of hamburgers and revolver on the menu. For the guys coming up behind me - consistently showing up to the gym and moving plates is the only way I know that always works. Most of the programs and rep schemes so frequently discussed are useless compared to the mindset of showing up week after week and doing work. This is a S L O W process. My results this year are that if someone returning to climb again. Muscle memory that whole deal. If you are coming in to this with no real foundation it will be a slow go for the first 2 years. 9 out 10 will give up- be that 1 who doesn’t. Dont get caught up in whatever the shiny thing of the week is. Don’t worry about the new handle. Stay on that axle or fat gripz until you are consistently lifting a heavy load for your skeleton size. Dont worry about what everyone else is doing. Worry about what you’re doing. Build a local crew. Don’t make it all a virtual thing. Your challenge is not to find people who care about what your training for- it’s finding some people that care about training. Out of the Texas team some are all about arm lifting but others power lifting others arm wrestling others steel bending- doesn’t matter. We get together and keep the ball moving towards the goal post every week. A good year of training in the books. I hope yours has been as well. If not I hope you do something about it other than explain why it wasn’t.

Thanks man. Many hours where spend testing and figuring out how to run this. And while I’m 110% happy with how everything went I see room for continued improvement.

Outstanding contest Andrew! One of the best run I've attended over the last decade plus.

Decided to go a little heavier than usual today to join in the fun. 276x3

I would have dominated the womens' class!

Deadlift 95x7 125x7 175x5 205x2 230x7 Snatch Grip 197.5x8 PR! Supinated Rows 75x5 105x7 Pronated Rows 125x3 Shrugs 175x7 230x15

10.9.19 lift at the edge, bw 221 upon rising FBBC 2” saxon 135-1, 155-1, 175-1, 195-1, 215-1, 225-1, 245-1, 265-1, 275-1, 285-1, 290-1, 225-24 PR plate curl 20 kg x2, x2, 25 lb x11 im pinch Block 55-3/3, 60-3/3, 65-3/3, 70-1/1-4 im hub 30-3/3, 35-3/3, 40-3/3, 45-3/3, 50-3/3-5 cable extension 4 sets cable pull down 4 sets ssb 135x20 +hold sauna 35 minutes

Very nice Mike!

Time to log tonight's training. hit legs tonight. Again, I haven't done squats in a while because of some back and legs issues that occurred even before the hand injury so I'm weak on them but I'm getting stronger every week. Barbell Back Squats 2 Warm Up Sets 225 lbs - 5x 275 lbs - 3 sets of 5x Leg Extensions 130 lbs - 10x 150 lbs - 10x 170 lbs - 8x 190 lbs - 8x Lying Hamstring Curls 95 lbs - 8x 110 lbs - 3 sets of 8x Machine Leg press Single Leg Calf Extensions 120 lbs - 4 sets of 25x each Leg. Still battling Achilles Tendonitis so I am going light here and really feeling the stretch Ab Machine Crunches 110 lbs - 4 sets of 25x. Been lazy with my abs but they are important for core strength Entensors Ironmind Red Band - I lost track of the sets cause I did them while drinking wine and watching a movie (recovery :)) but 4-6 sets of 50x each hand Note - Decided to postpone wrist training until this weekend because I'm exhausted. I'm going to get back on my regular grip train schedule. I also figured out why my stomach has been feeling like shit lately (felt like that again tonight). I checked the label of the new shampoo I just bought and sure enough it contains Wheat causing my wheat allergy to act up (yes, I'm that sensitive and it absorbs through my skin). I hate this allergy because its in like everything and I have to check the ingredients of everything. Thank god I checked. Live and learn....... Getting stronger every week. In a good flow right now. Gotta harness it. It’s circular. All good things “ You gotta rise above it. You gotta harness in the good energy, block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. Feel the flow Happy. Feel it. It's circular. It's like a carousel. You pay the quarter, you get on the horse, it goes up and down, and AROUND. It's circular. Circle, with the music, the flow. All good things.”

Santa Claus is rowing to town Santa Claus is rowing to town Santa Claus is rowing to tooooowwwwwnnnnn!

Incredible pinching & determination Adam! 226 lb x 24 reps after your top end sets - WOW

Coming up fast! I’m right at 383 now- let’s race for next 20 lb - your 373 and my 403 thumbless

Womens Masters? Throw me a bone Pantke!

Awesome comp, Andrew! Thanks to you and everyone else who put all that work into it. And it was really fun hanging out as well!

9/10/19 Great axle work along with a near miss of Thumbless 353lb IM AXLE. Vid below

Great job from Andrew in putting it on and Congrats to all the competitors!

Some videos from yesterday: 130x2 benchpress set 2 Platepinch 15x2 transfer

Thank you. And I wish I got it on film but Jason got air on the 200# bell to shin height post contest. Insane.

The best run contest of any kind I’ve been in! Thankful I got to participate in it. Andrew, Katie, and the rest of the crew did an outstanding job!

Nice lifts! I haven’t done thumbless since the end of last year, but then there was almost no difference for me.

Still bending every week, and started pinching too. Killed a new red nail in BBW but when I tried in imps my finger just popped so I bailed, index finger skin still not fully healed and I didn't want to push too much. That was a new red nail, after doing 2 spirals. Also had just a regular physical, not a specialist but primary doctor thinks my shoulder problem is AC (Acromioclavicular) joint and that makes sense. Gave me some topical voltaren gel, but it seems to be more for pain (not really an issue) and won't really do too much else.

That’s my overhead in a nutshell: easy, then add a little weight and not even close. The pinch of compound movements!

I tried to hide my beard behind the post so you wouldn’t make fun of me. Thank you! I like that there’s nearly an infinite variety of rows.

Powerful rowing Eric!!

HEAVY SNATCH GRIP PULLS!

Thanks Adam. I always have that few mm left and I hope I can get this done by this year by using Nathan Holle gripper training routine.

Awesome contest! Congrats to all comps!

So close now. Your very consistent on the gap- so much power to keep taking shots like that.

09/10/2019 CCS training

Adam, that sounds fantastic- lets do it! Best of luck to me as you don't need any:) I appreciate the challenge as its an honor for sure!

Eric you’ve contributed so much to the gains this year

I approve this message. Great progress, Adam! If you’ve never trained with Adam don’t get the erroneous idea it’s all burgers and beer. He’s one of the most focused individuals you’ll ever meet. No freakish gifts of genetics, just consistent hard work for the long haul. Determination trumps all.

Training today after 4 days off. 1st year anniversary weekend with my wife. Burning off pizza & ice cream... Guess hand strength is kinda coming back

Doing my damndest

There will be no doubt about my award winners️

Thanks!

Thank you!

Good stuff brother! Keep working.

Impressive bench!

Nice PR brother! Keep it up!

Yeah buddy! I love AARP looking out for us older persons. Plus, AARP has some good informational e-mails:)

I think I'm just below you on both those numbers, so my ratio is just about the same. Must be an AARP thing.

Thanks Ben, Iam glad you got back into the axle lifts. As far as my thumbless to thumb ratio I would say 93%,too:) Currently, 348-350lb.ish thumbless Max and 372-375lb. thumb wrapped Max

9/2/19 Today's very rare superset. 343 lb. Thumbless IM Axle w/ 111.9 lb. 2 hands shallow hub(Griptopz) KP - Jersey is reason why my handle is Kluv#0 Pride of L.O. Kevin Love

1.9.19 day 7 pulling in a row - 291 yesterday, 296 today. Lifted 301 to the knee.

Left shoulder still a probem, been that way for years, gets better/worse but never totally gone, going to really focus on getting that sorted out soon. It's causing my left shoulder and elbow to drop througout the bend, I can bring my elbow up if I concentrate but shoulder still drops. Been bending every week but just now getting back to stuff worth sharing. 5/16×7 ebay (easy) CRS in imps, spiral red in BBW missed by about 1/8" in a minute, finished it after a breather.

I’ve been drilling this variation for a few weeks and I am digging the gainz. Great wrist and open hand focus with large loading potential

Very good! I like throwing thumbless lifts in sometimes, too.

There are relatively few motor units controlling the hand. Therefore, in order to increase force, the impulse to contract needs to increase in frequency (often referred to as "rate coding"). This is different from a squat or bench press where there are multiple large muscle groups controlling the movement. In those cases, an increase in force is primarily achieved by recruiting more motor units. So, there is a difference in the way the nervous system controls force development in the hands, as compared to the larger muscle groups.