Road To Crushing The Blob And Pinching The No.3

[bencrush]

Best of strength at the comp, Anthony!

[Anthony C.]

Best of strength at the comp, Anthony!

Thank you Ben!

[rico300zx]

Good luck in the comp

[rico300zx]

Good luck in the comp

[Royz]

Go and knock out some pr's at the comp dude!

[Anthony C.]

Good luck in the comp

Go and knock out some pr's at the comp dude!

Thank you guys!!

[Anthony C.]

Morning gents,

So this weekend was the NY Grip Throwdown. Had an excellent time! So many good people in the sport of Grip, and we had a great turnout for the competition.

I came in for the weight class I wanted, the 74kg class. So I was happy about that. (This will hopefully be the last time I compete in that class as I would like to put on some more weight).

Grippers were a competition PR for me, closed a 136 Baraban with 20mm block.

For Euro, I really wasn't expecting anything over 125, as I don't train with the euro and never really excel with it. But I surprised myself. PR of 141.xx, and I was about an inch away from hitting 148!

Axle I did as expected, 261.xx. I dropped 271 about halfway up the lift. However, with the axle lift, I have qualified for Nationals I don't think I'm going to go as I'm really not strong enough to warrant a trip to Ohio, but definitely next year.

Over and onwards

[Anthony C.]

This morning Chest Shoulders and Triceps

Flat barbell bench press

6x160 6x185 5x185

Flat dumbbell bench press

10x70 8x75 4x80

Incline Hammerstrength press

2 x 4 x 95 per side

Dumbbell lateral raises

3 x 25 x 15

Dumbbell extensions on flat bench

12x30, 12x30 8x30

Cable pulldowns

7x80 11x70 8x70

Flat Machine Press

15x140 7x140

Sweet workout. My shoulder felt better. Lower back has been feeling great. I'm back!

[Jüri Sankman]

Well done there!

J.

[JoshW]

Sounds like you had a great time at the competition mate awesome stuff! I will have to go one day! Also hope your shoulder and lower back continue to get better.

[John McCarter]

Killer work at the comp.

[Buccos1]

Great job at the comp Anthony! Especially with the grippers … solid as always!

[Royz]

Congrats on the PR's at the comp!

[Anthony C.]

Well done there!

J.

Sounds like you had a great time at the competition mate awesome stuff! I will have to go one day! Also hope your shoulder and lower back continue to get better.

Killer work at the comp.

Great job at the comp Anthony! Especially with the grippers … solid as always!

Congrats on the PR's at the comp!

Thank you for all the support guys! I was really happy with my results, mainly because my overall grip training hasn't been going great with all the bending I've been doing. I was shocked that I maintained or gained strength on everything.

Today was back and biceps

Hammer grip pull ups

3 x 6 x bw+60

Pull ups

3 x 8 x bw+25

Dumbbell rows supported on the rack

10x80 8x80 6x85

Hammerstrength rows with neutral grip

3 x 12 x 95 per side

Break for some abs

Barbell curls

10x60 8x70

Reverse EZ bar curls

high reps with a 10 on each side

[rico300zx]

You always do well at competing, keep up the good work.

Rico

[Anthony C.]

You always do well at competing, keep up the good work.

Rico

Thanks Parris! I seem to do at planning my attempts and knowing what I'm capable of. Now all I need is some strength lol.

[Anthony C.]

Yesterday's workout

Grippers, all 20 mm block set

Right 7x114, 5x114, 6x114, 2x124, 5x114, 2x124, 6x114, 5x114

Left 6x104 left turn, 6x104, 3x104, 5x104, 6x104, 5x104, 7x104, 2x109 (last rep I forced closed)

TTK both hands at same time

15x20, 3x25, 5x25, 3.5x25, 8x22.5, 8x22.5, 4x23.75

[Geralt]

Solid!

[Anthony C.]

Saturday I bent and did Legs/biceps

Squats 3 x 10 x 245

Lunges 2 x 8 x 135

Bent 3 L's in single IMP's

Chest Crushes with 185 tetting. These were meh. I don't really think they help at all.

EZ Bar Curls 2 x 10 x 80

4x100

Reverse EZ curls

Don't remember, used 60 pounds.

Edited April 27, 2015 by Anthony C.

[Anthony C.]

Righty-o. Chest shoulders and triceps today

Flat barbell bench press

6x155 8x185 3x195 3x195

Decline barbell bench press

6x165 5x165 4x165

Standing dumbbell lateral raises

20x20 15x20 12x20

Seated overhead dumbbell extension

15x70 8x80

Lying dumbbell extensions

10x30 8x30

Push ups on handles of round dumbbells

15 15

[Anthony C.]

Back

Hammer Grip Chins

4 x 2 x bw+80

Pull ups

3 x 5 x bw+50

6xbw+50

Dumbbell rows

3 x 8 x 85

15x65

Wide Grip Hammerstrength rows

3 x 10 x 95 per side

[Anthony C.]

Grip yesterday

Grippers

Right 7x114 (20mm) 6x114 (20mm) 2x124 (20mm) 2.5x124 (20mm) 5x114 (20mm) 1x128 (20mm) 2x128 (20mm) 1x128 (1'')

Left 7x104 (20mm) 7x104 (20mm) 1x114 (20mm) 6x104 (20mm) 3x104 (30mm) 1x109 (30mm)

Hub

Right 4x42 3x42 6x39.5, 6 second hold 39.5

Left 2x42, 3x42 6x39.5, 5 second hold 39.5

TTK both hands

5x25, 7x25, 6x25, 15x20

Crushing strength is doing good so far. Hub has decreased since I trained it. One thing I hate about grip is that if you stop training a lift for a bit, you get weaker on it. Even if you are still training that aspect of grip. So all my months of two hand pinching did absolutely nothing for my hub, and my hub regressed. Now that I'm focusing on gripper training for a bit, I'm sure my thick bar strength will go to crap too.

Why can't hands just be strong with training?

[Royz]

One thing I hate about grip is that if you stop training a lift for a bit, you get weaker on it. Even if you are still training that aspect of grip

I hear you man. I hate that too! Everything is specific. If you get better at the Vulcan your TSG strenght goes down. If you get better at wide pinch your normal pinch goes down. etc etc. There seems to be very little carryover from one thing to the next. Aaaaargh.

[Anthony C.]

One thing I hate about grip is that if you stop training a lift for a bit, you get weaker on it. Even if you are still training that aspect of grip

I hear you man. I hate that too! Everything is specific. If you get better at the Vulcan your TSG strenght goes down. If you get better at wide pinch your normal pinch goes down. etc etc. There seems to be very little carryover from one thing to the next. Aaaaargh.

Lol it's so aggravating. Where's the carryover??!!

[JHenze646]

I am just barely starting to figure this stuff out the least bit. If you find an exercise that improves your general hand strength, it produces better results than focusing on a specific lift.

Finger curls are working for me right now. They have carryover to pinch, tb, and grippers but I have to work the technique to be able to exhibit that strength.(especially grippers) Blockweights have good transfer too.