On schedule

[Roark]

This morning, for the psychological plateau,

I tried 200 for a rep in the wrist curl. Got it

at a bodyweight of 202 (pounds not kilos). I

probably could not have done 202- it was the

absolute limit for me this morning- my strength

reserve was as empty as Mother Hubbard's

Cupboard, and cleaned out more than Vince Basile's

grip machine surface!

Dropped back to 175 and got two sets of six reps,

and they were not that hard- had some to spare on

them.

By the end of January I need to add five more

reps at 200 to reach my goal of a set of six- about a

rep a week, and about once per week is all I go that

heavy.

About a month ago I got 176 x 6 and it was HARD. This

morning the same weight, though not easy, was well

within my comfort zone.

[Guest CalvinP]

Roark,

Seemed like you love that wrist-curl a lot, don't you? Did you use full range motion or very short range like some of arm wrestler pros do?

In 86' I was tired of being beaten in arm-wrestling, one of the first thing I did to improve my arm power was doing wrist-curl standing up. With my arms at 90 degree, I held the barbell close to the body and just curl it as if my hand is on the bench. But I tried not to rock the arm at all. It had served me well after one month (as I went and get my pride back easily). Any way it was something I created just to be different...

[Roark]

CalvinP,

I use full range of motion on the warmup sets,

then for 155 and above I only go low enough

so that the backs of my hands are parallel to the

floor- well actually, a little lower than that. But

I do not hyper-extend the wrist with what (to me)

is a heavy load. As my limit gets heavier I do full

range with heavier weights for the warmups also.

I'll try that exercise you mentioned. Do you prefer to

over-the-knees- seems like the biceps would be

more involved?