don chi Posted April 13, 2006 Author Share Posted April 13, 2006 Yeah, it's a tough deal Unseen, but oh well right? 4/12/06 Wednsday EZ Curls 1x12x35 2x12x40 Grippers Right Left 2x5x#1 2x5x#1 1x2x#2 5 negs w/ #2 4 negs W/ #3 2 3/8" offset DB (like a Holle) 1x45 1x50 1x60 Both hands just to get a feel for it wrist curls 1x15x60 1x14x60 1x15x50 reverse wrist curls 2x15x25 1x15x20 I'm getting some strength back but man it's tough. The #3 was barely moved without help but I wanted to try it anyway. I'm probably going to get some 3/16 stock to cut for some bending so we'll see how that goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 13, 2006 Author Share Posted April 13, 2006 4/13/06 Thursday OH Squat 1x12x empty bar 1x12x10 1x12x20 Regular Squat 5x12x135 burned the heck out of my thighs SLDL 1x12x25 4x10x35 Really good workout! Killed my legs something fierce. Very happy with the results, must be the nice weather. I cut some 3/16" stock to 7" so I'll probably give that a try tomorrow. I know it's small but I've never tried it before so we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 4/14/06 Friday Pinch (4x4) 20 lbs. passed back and forth 2x25 plate pinch both right and left 2 10's 3 10's 4 10's 5 10's missed both hands 4 10's Bending 2-7"x3/16" DU 2-7"x3/16 DO 1-6"x3/16"DO 1-5"x3/16"DO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 The bending was very easy. I had no idea what to start with so I will have to get some thicker stuff. DO definitely felt better but I think I will keep working on DU also. Need some better padding too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 4/16/06 Sunday EZ Curls 1x12x40 1x12x45 1x12x50 Grippers Right hand Left hand 1x5x #1 1x5x #1 2 singles w/ #2 forced 3 singles w/ #2 #3 clamped to 1 3/4" #2 clamped to 1" attempt 1- about 1" attempt 1- 1/8" attempt 2 thru 5- 3/4" attempt 2 and 3- 1/4" strapholds #1 5lbs.x 5 sec. #1 5lbs. slipped!! 3lbsx 12 sec. 3lbs.x 12 sec. Offset 2 3/8" DB Right hand Left hand 50 lbs. 50 lbs. 70 lbs. 70 lbs. 90 lbs 90 lbs.- got it airborne but almost lost it!! Wrist Curls 2x15x60 1x11x60 Reverse Wrist Curls 2x15x25 1x10x25 All I can say is, man is this #3 hard. Really,really,really hard! Anybody who thinks a MM set is cheating has never friggin' tried it. Lots and lots of hard work ahead of me. I'm looking foward to conquering this thing. My only nightmare is that I later find out it is a rather easy #3! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Damn! I just noticed that all of my info is jamming together. I'm spacing the right and left so it's not all jumbled but it's not turning out that way. Just great, now I have to figure out another way to organize it. I guess I should have been checking my damn posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 4/16/06 Sunday Grippers Right Hand 1x5x#1 2 singles #2 #3 clamped to 1 3/4" Att. 1- about 1" att. 2 thru 5- 3/4" straphold #1 5 lbs. x 5 sec. 3 lbs. x 12 sec. Left hand 1x5x #1 3 forced singles w/ #2 #2 clamped to 1" att. 1- 1/8" att. 2 and 3- 1/4" straphold #1 5 lbs. slipped!! 3 lbs. x 12 sec. Offset 2 3/8" DB Right and Left hands 50 lbs. 70 lbs. 90 lbs. - Left hand got it airborne but almost lost it Wrist Curls 2x15x60 1x11x60 Reverse Wrist Curls 2x15x25 1x10x25 Hope that makes a little more sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 18, 2006 Author Share Posted April 18, 2006 4/17/06 Monday Bench Press 1x12x100 1x10x115 1x6x125 1x2x145 All sets super slow and strict. Still didn't feel very strong though. Clean and Press 1x10x50 1x8x75 1x4x100 Tricep Press 1x12x25 1x8x35 1x6x35 Gotta take it real slow because of frequent elbow pain. Especially on the tricep presses. I'm also still trying to perfect my technique on the cleans. Hopefully some strength will kick in soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 18, 2006 Author Share Posted April 18, 2006 4/18/06 Tuesday Pinch (4x4) passed 25 lbs. back and forth 2x25 plate pinch-one handed 3 10's both 4 10's both 5 10's missed both - 5" spread is a bit much for me right now 4 10's + 5 got it w/ right, missed w/ left passed 4 10's back and forth 12 times Bending DO 1-7"x3/16" round 1-7'x1/4" NOT A CHANCE!!! Had no other steel to bend so I had to stop. Much to big of a jump for me. I guess I'll stick to 5"x3/16" for volume for now. Maybe find 3/16" square stock from somewhere and cut it to 6". What a reality check! The 5"x3/16" seems so easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unseenbeat Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Have you experimented with other forms of bending Don Chi? I'm guessing you have, but your strengths may lie elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 19, 2006 Author Share Posted April 19, 2006 I've only done DO and DU. Not sure what else there is. The DO feels really good though, the 1/4" stock must be too much for me right now. I really didn't think there would be that much of a difference. The fact that I couldn't even budge it concerns me a bit. I think 3/16" square stock is next on the progression, the list is in my garage. Thanx for the input Unseen, it's much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 4/20/06 Thursday EZ Curls 1x12x45 1x10x55 1x8x65 Grippers right hand 1x5x #1 2 singles w/ #2 #3 clamped to 1 3/4" 4 attempts to 3/4" 3 negatives left hand 1x5x #1 8 forced negs w/ #2- got the darn close down to about 1/16" most of the time! Offset 2 3/8" DB right hand 1st - 50 lbs. 2nd - 70 lbs. 3rd - 90 lbs. 4th - 100 lbs. 5th - 110 lbs. missed left hand 1st - 50 lbs. 2nd - 70lbs. 3rd - 90 lbs. 4th - 100 lbs. missed Wrist curls 2x15x60 1x12x60 Reverse wrist curls 2x15x25 1x11x25 Fried the heck out of my hands today! I had to wait a few hours before I could type. This #3 is killing me man, absolutely killing me. I really can't imagine closing this thing. I'm coming real, real close to getting the #2 with my left so I'm pretty happy about that. Decided to go with higher reps on the wrist curls it feels better that going real low with the reps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unseenbeat Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 A lot of ppl find higher reps better for wrist curls, at least 5-12 rep range (what I consider high reps), stick with it and see how it goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Side Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 This #3 is killing me man, absolutely killing me. I really can't imagine closing this thing. Keep training hard and you will love reading that line again down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Good stuff keith, I look forward to monitoring your progress. That 3 will come in no ime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerryg Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Keep up the good work Keith! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 Thanks alot guys. The encouragement is greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 4/23/06 Sunday OH Squats 1x15x empty bar 1x12x20 1x12x35 Regular Squats 1x12x125 1x10x150 1x8x175 1x4x200 - lower back got real tight skipped SLDL's, back didn't feel too good Plate pinch Right hand 1st - 30 (3 10's) 2nd - 40 3rd and 4th - 50 missed Left hand 1st - 30 2nd - 40 3rd - 50 broke off ground about 2" Plates kept opening up on bottom at 5, duct tape bottom for a little help Bending DO 1 - 6.5x 3/16 3 - 5x 3/16 G2 6x 1/4 missed! 1 - 4.5x 3/16 DU 3 - 5x 3/16 G2 6x 1/4 missed! 1 - 7x 3/16 The 3/16 is incredibly easy DO and DU. I can't seem to find any square stock anywhere, that being the next progression. The G2's are impossible, not even a kink. Not sure what my next move is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 26, 2006 Author Share Posted April 26, 2006 4/25/06 Tuesday EZ Curls 1x12x45 1x10x55 1x8x65 Grippers Right hand 1x3x #1 1x2x#2 3 attempts no set #3 - only got to parallel 3 negs #3 2 overcrushes w/ #2 Left hand 1x3x#1 7 negs w/ #2 2 overcrushes w/ #1 Offset DB Right and Left 50 lbs. - 10 sec. 70 lbs. - 10 sec. Right 100 lbs. - 1 sec. 105 lbs. - miss Left 100 lbs. - miss 85 lbs. - 5 sec. Wrist Curls 3x15x60 Reverse Wrist Curls 2x15x25 1x12x25 Torched my hands but it felt great! Grippers felt real good tonite. Funny thing about the #3, fully open to parallel - no sweat. From there on in - nope! Gotta love it man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisx9118 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Good luck on that #3 youll hit it eventually, your workouts look real good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 Thanks a lot for the encouragement Chris. I'm gonna tear into that baby by the end of the summer man. 4/28/06 Friday Bench Press 1x10x100 2x8x125 1x6x125 1x5x125 Clean and Press 1x10x50 1x8x75 1x6x100 Tricep Press 1x12x25 2x10x35 Good, hard workout. Still getting the technique on the clean and press down. I had a pretty hard hand workout yesterday. Ran a jackhammer for a few hours for the first time in about 6 months. Fairly tough! It felt great though. I also did a very small ab workout. Suprisingly, my abs are killing me. Long, long winter gentlemen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 4/29/06 Saturday EZ Curls 1x12x45 1x10x55 1x8x70 Grippers Right hand 1x5x #1 5 overcrushes w/ #2 (8 count) missed attempt #6 9 overcrushes w/#1 Left hand 1x5x #1 15 overcrushes w/#1 (8 count) Wrist Curls 3x12x65 Reverse Wrist Curls 3x15x25 Overcrushes did the job, beat the heck out of my hands. Smashed the life out of those grippers! Then proceeded to get my share of cardio teaching my son how to ride a bike. Running alongside trying to help him balance killed me. Wouldn't miss it for the world though!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unseenbeat Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Overcrushes did the job, beat the heck out of my hands. Smashed the life out of those grippers! Then proceeded to get my share of cardio teaching my son how to ride a bike. Running alongside trying to help him balance killed me. Wouldn't miss it for the world though!!!!! Strength will come and fade, but the memories of your life will last for ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted May 1, 2006 Author Share Posted May 1, 2006 Well said Unseen, well said. 5/1/06 Monday OH Squat 1x15x empty bar 1x12x20 1x10x40 Regular Squat 3x12x125 - took it easy on the back and hip, felt pretty good SLDL 1x12x25 1x10x35 2x8x50 Pinch grip passed 3 10's around my body 12 times twice (4x4) right hand 45 lbs. 50 lbs. - missed left hand 45 lbs. 50 lbs. - missed pinched 4 10's both hands missed 5 10's both hands - plates keep spreading out at the bottom Bent a 5"x3/16" square rod - went fairly easy, but don't know the quality of the steel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don chi Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 5/3/06 Wednesday EZ Curls 1x12x45 1x12x55 1x8x70 Grippers Right hand 1x5x #1 1x2x #2 1 no set #3 almost parallel 3 attempts clamped #3 to 3/4" 3 negs w/ #3 2 attempts w/ #2 MISSED - got so pissed, I whipped the #2 across my garage ground handles of #1 10 times, still really pissed!!!! Left hand 1x5x #1 8 forced negs w/ #2 3 overcrushes w/ #1 Thick DB offset down Right hand 70lbs. 100 lbs. 110 lbs. 120 lbs. 125 lbs. Left hand 75 lbs. 100 lbs. 110 lbs. 120 lbs. 125 lbs. Missed Wrist Curls 2x13x65 1x12x65 Reverse Wrist Curls 3x12x30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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