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ok, fair enough. just be careful that the back does take over when the legs are tired, and that you end up round back lifting the last 30 reps!!

may the craziest win!!

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12/15/2006 Gym Session

Strong day!

I didn't a full program today since I'm planning a very hard bending session on sunday.

So 2 working sets were enough per exercize.

Bench

15x20kg

15x20kg

10x20kg

5x50kg

2x80kg

1x100kg

4x120kg PR :rock

3(A)x120kg

4x120 (calc. 1RM = 136) unassisted. NICE!

That 4th rep need an endless time but was finally up.

Lat-Pulldown Wide Grip

10x30kg

5x55kg

3x80kg

2x95kg

5x105kg

5x105kg

Back feels stronger every session, cool.

DB Shoulder Press

5x5kg LR

5x10kg LR

5x15kg LR

Left

26.5kg x 5,4

Right

35.5kg x 6(PR),4

Scott DB Biceps Curls

5x10kg LR

3x15kg LR

Left:

20kg x 5 (PR),2

Right

25kg x 5(PR),4

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Thanks Honky! :)

12/16/2006

Deadlifts: 25x100kg :angry:

Passed out after rep 25 with a HR of 179. :whacked

Grippers

10xS LR

10xT LR

1x#1 LR

1x#2 LR

Left:

1x med RB210

1x hard RB210

1x #2.5

1x BBSM

0xCGM

10xBBM

7xBBM

Right

1xez #3

1xez Elite

0x#3.5 :whacked

0x#3.5

0xhard #3 (<1/16")

0xhard #3 (<1/16")

6x#2.5

10x#2.5

Pinch

Short session up to

0x35kg L (20cm)

1x37.5kg R

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Passed out?? Are you kiddin' me?

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Well kinda.

Enough to get down on my knees and lay on the ground for about 5 mins pumping air. :blush

Cardio deficits are obvious. :(

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Happened to me too, doing some crazy leg presses.. Nearly passed out, popped a vein in my eye and had really heavy headaches for over a week.. Hope this is not something that will befall you!

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@Theo: Ouch, yours definately was a tougher session.

12/17/2006 Bending: 1 hour session with 3 bars

Rude awakening today.

1. Still sore from fridays bench.

2. On short bars a good bench doesn't means much. Very technical there.

Failed on a 6.5" Edgin from 30°. Tiny movements only.

I need to be better rested before trying such bars.

Failed on a 4 3/4" x 7.6mm german common nail. :angry:

Kink was easy but those things get ridiculous tough in the sweep. Came to 70° and that was it.

I definately need that bar before thinking of the Mag. bars (round'n hex).

1x 5 1/4" x 1/4" FBBC square.

They have a pretty soft sweep so it was no problem to bring it into the crush area.

Nevertheless I was wasting alot of time searching suitable hand positions.

Bar was cold after the bend, not good.

Now everything is aching:

Hands, Elbows and shoulders. Not sure if I can bench on tuesday.

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Sore as hell I actually didn't want to train but Heike forced me to. :laugh

Her bench was on my wasn't.

So only easy weights for me. :blush

Bench

20x20kg

15x20kg

20x20kg

8x40kg

5x50kg

5x70kg

3x80kg

5x90kg

8x100kg

On the higher weights everything did hurt.

Lat Pull Down Wide Grip

20x25kg

20x35kg

20x50kg

10x70kg

Lat Pulldown Narrow Front

10x30kg

10x50kg

10x60kg

10x70kg

Rowing Narrow

10x30kg

10x40kg

10x50kg

10x60kg

10x70kg

Lets hope all that soreness is gone on friday.

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Squats today:

26x100kg, not easy

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:yikes

Damn, you are improving fast.

My DL still suck.

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Thanks Franky, but I only did 1 rep more than the last 100kg session. I don't know if I was simply not strong enough, did not eat enough or did not wait long enough after the last meal until the squatting - perhaps a combination of all components.

You will improve - just train and see what happens. The next training I'll go for 70+ reps with 60kgs - hopefully 100 reps. After this session I'll get the 30x100kg!

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Try doing some reps with 120kg first, maybe 2 or 3 sets of 3, or with 140kg, and then go back to maxing out at the 60kg.. will feel much lighter!

2day i did some heavy singles, and then went back to 130 and got 10.. If i do that first, it's much heavier and i probably would have gotten less, or same but with much more effort..

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Wow, I'm lazy with my training and with updating my log as well.

Did grippers and pinch on thursday.

Grippers were ok.

Pinch a bit under average. (<30L and 37.5R)

Yesterday Gym.

Wasn't on so there was some lack of motivation.

Bench

2x120kg

10x100kg

7x100kg

Lots of other things also.

Today I'll plan RT.

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Sunday 24th.

DL: 20x100kg. Too lazy to torture myself. :blush

Calfs were burning. :blink

Today:

Grippers

Lefty was good

Up to 1x#2.5 and 0xBBSM (1mm), 9x#2

Righty

Up tp 1xez Elite, 0x hard #3 (paperthin), 5xez #3, 11x#2.5

Pinch: Stopped session, hands were shot after grippers.

vbar:

120kg L and 130kg R, ok.

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I forgot:

Monday I benched:

120kg x 2,1,1,1,1

Left upper arm (former arm break) did hurt so no fun here.

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Did some RT training today.

Nothing special.

I stopped my preparation for HGC today since I can't attend this time.

The good thing is I can recover a bit now, 10 contests are behind me.

I can focus now on the things I really like.

Benching, Bending Grippers I'd like to improve.

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Franky - go on and train hard on the deadlift! It'll pay off for sure! :rock

Squats today:

75x60kg - sorry Martin, the 100 reps will come, sooner or later! :rock

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Great Squats.

Of course I'll continue the DLs. :D

Tomorrow a 90min squash session is planned, so if I don't continue this log you know what happened. :tongue

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Yesterdays training

Got visited by an earlier gym trainer of mine.

We benched a bit first

I did:

5 sets with empy bar (10-20 reps) (was cold in the basement and I have no rowing machine which I'm using in the gym as a first warmup always)

6x60kg

3x80kg

1x100kg

1x120kg

1x125kg

4x110kg

10x90kg

11x90kg

Afterwards we played squash for an hour.

Damn, not easy to play against a marathon runner when you have zero endurance. :whacked

At least I won all 9 sets we played.

Difference was: He was still fresh and I looked like a tomatoe. :D

Last time I played was about 2 years ago and at least 15kg lighter.

I developing a plan soon how to train for BBB3.

Grippers, Axle, Bending, Scale Weight, Blob and Inch are things I should train for.

Maybe Axle is an event in SGC too so I should start soon.

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12/30/2006 vbar & Grippers

After reading the discussion on vbar benefits

I felt motivated in another vbar session.

Got 122kg lefty pretty high and tried 137-138kg righty (>300# was the goal) and hoovered it a bit.

Felt good today.

Grippers

Warmup

10xS

10xT

3x#1

1x#2

Lefty

Working with the IM #2.5, parallel reps

Before that workout a single on my #2.5 was my best, though I have closed harder grippers before but thats a pretty

long time ago.

x 1 (2nd rep failed by 3mm) Set was horrible, handles slipped, I caught them a bit less under CC width an closed it from there.

First indicator for a good day.

x 2 PR (2nd rep didn't felt too hard but since it was a PR I stopped more or less automatically)

x 3 PR (that was max)

x 3

x 2

x 4 PR !! (set was perfect on that one)

Very strong today, should have easily closed my ez. #3 too but focussed on a good training session.

Righty

working with my ez #3 only, parallel reps.

x 5 (didn't max out because I was thinking of a 5x5 scheme)

x 5 (again no max)

x 6 (couldn't resist, that was max)

x 6 (max)

x 4 (5th rep by 2mm)

x 2 (3rd rep by 1mm)

probably the best session ever lefty and one of the best righty.

Great workout.

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Thanks Toddel.

Due to the shift of bench days this week (monday and thursday instead of tuesday and friday) I had one additional rest day so its actually a good opportunity to do some bending 'tests' tomorrow.

Many options are coming into my mind.

Some of them are

6 1/4" Shiny Bastard (full bend, best so far 6 3/8")

6 1/2" Edgin (from prekinked though, best so far 7" Edgin from 90°)

but there are a lot more possible PR bends.

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12/30/2006 vbar & Grippers

After reading the discussion on vbar benefits

I felt motivated in another vbar session.

Got 122kg lefty pretty high and tried 137-138kg righty (>300# was the goal) and hoovered it a bit.

Felt good today.

Grippers

Warmup

10xS

10xT

3x#1

1x#2

Lefty

Working with the IM #2.5, parallel reps

Before that workout a single on my #2.5 was my best, though I have closed harder grippers before but thats a pretty

long time ago.

x 1 (2nd rep failed by 3mm) Set was horrible, handles slipped, I caught them a bit less under CC width an closed it from there.

First indicator for a good day.

x 2 PR (2nd rep didn't felt too hard but since it was a PR I stopped more or less automatically)

x 3 PR (that was max)

x 3

x 2

x 4 PR !! (set was perfect on that one)

Very strong today, should have easily closed my ez. #3 too but focussed on a good training session.

Righty

working with my ez #3 only, parallel reps.

x 5 (didn't max out because I was thinking of a 5x5 scheme)

x 5 (again no max)

x 6 (couldn't resist, that was max)

x 6 (max)

x 4 (5th rep by 2mm)

x 2 (3rd rep by 1mm)

probably the best session ever lefty and one of the best righty.

Great workout.

Awesome workout, congrats on the PR's. Good reppage of the no.3.

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Thanks Peter.

Bending, HARD session

Warmup

3 sets of each: biceps curls, bench, bb rows

1x290kg challenge bar (~15s)

Training

0 x 345kg Challenge Bar :whacked

30° in 20s then my weak portion of the bend came

Very hard sweep.

1 x 6 1/4" Shiny Bastard PR

Very intense and extremely tough bend for me, might be 20mins bending time.

Finished with 2 attempts to crushdown two 6 1/2" Edgin and failed on both, felt weak after the Shiny.

I still need much more upper body strength it seems. :blush

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