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Got home from vacation last night. 1:00am in the morning and I went down to check and see what my pinch was doing. 182 came up twice, and easier than my previous pull, too. PR. And I've only been training grippers since the GGC. Seems grippers have some carryover after all. I'm guessing I can hit around 210 on Jedd's Euro right about now. I then went over to the TTK, where I still had 10lb on it, and ripped off some reps. EASY...felt more like 5lb actually. Gonna get back two lifting today, too. It's been way too long. Haven't done anything since 9/16, and my diet's been garbage while I've been on vacation, which is doubly bad considering I went straight into it from just getting over a cold. I fear to think what happened to my numbers :fear I'll be satisfied it I can still pull 440 and bench 300. Not to convinced, though. We'll see.

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Dude calm down, you've got the rest of your life. Time off is good you'll come back better than before maxes will be off that's all

Rico

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Dude calm down, you've got the rest of your life. Time off is good you'll come back better than before maxes will be off that's all

Rico

Well, you're right. It did go a little better than I thought it was going to :D

Monday, 10/5/09

Just getting back into the groove

Benchpress:

Warm-up - DB 40 x 8

115 x 8

215 x 5

265 x 2

285 x 1

301 x 1

301 x 1

301 x 1

265 x 3

265 x 2

The 301 benches were EASY. They flew right off my chest every time. Considering my bench is usually the first thing to go, strength-wise, I'm pretty happy with that.

Strict DB hammer curls:

Starting out slow and light with these.

40 x 10

Barbell curls:

114 x 8

Inch handle work after that. Did some thumbless rows with 106, the worked up to 166 doing regular deads with it.

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Tuesday, 10/6/09

5-10s:

W/ pipe - a few quick rows to warm-up

Added weight up to 27lb (77 total), only got it left handed. Forget where I stopped righty. 68 total, I think.

Back down to lighter weight for rows after that.

TTK

10lb x 20 reps, each hand. Feeling stronger on this thing

1hp @ 48mm

Thumbs fried by this point. Worked up to 72lb.

2hp @ 48mm

Just a single @ 152

A few drop passes on my inch handle @ 126lb

Grippers

#3 x a 1 set of 3 reps, then some knurling grinding, then some mini reps, both hands.

Secret Weapon x 1 hold/mini-reps mix each hand @ 50lb

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Did another little gripper workout tonight too.

Right hand - #3.5 x 5, #3.5 x 1, #3.5 x 1

Left hand - #3.5 x 2, #3.5 x 2, #3.5 x 1, and I think another single.

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Did another little gripper workout tonight too.

Right hand - #3.5 x 5, #3.5 x 1, #3.5 x 1

Left hand - #3.5 x 2, #3.5 x 2, #3.5 x 1, and I think another single.

That's just not right.

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Did another little gripper workout tonight too.

Right hand - #3.5 x 5, #3.5 x 1, #3.5 x 1

Left hand - #3.5 x 2, #3.5 x 2, #3.5 x 1, and I think another single.

That's just not right.

It's a hard chain to break.

Did some quick benching today, and I realized that things north of 300 are beginning to feel easy. Did 305 twice. Felt like 260, and the second one was easier. Felt downright rep-able.

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Sick gripper workout Frank. I gotta get back into them i'm slipping way off the mark.

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Sick gripper workout Frank. I gotta get back into them i'm slipping way off the mark.

I'm sure...as in you can only do 18 reps on the #3 now instead of 20 :D

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Shoulder workout from yesterday. Only thing worth note:

Seated DB press - 80lb x 3 sets of 8

That was the first shoulder-specific workout I had in a while.

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Sunday, 10/11/09

Brother in law was over today, so we both went for maxes.

115 x 10

165 x 10

215 x 2

265 x 2

285 x 1

315 x 1

315 is my old PR. I wasn't really feeling it today. I think if I hit it the other day when I was feeling good, I might have hit around 330.

Casey hit 265...not bad, considering all he ever works out on it the machine where he works.

Also deadlifted 454 on a lark. Felt good.

Also realized something about the bar I use for benching. The inner collars are off center by 3" in the right side's favor.

That means my left has been adapted to the extra weight, cuz I never really realized that the left was heavier, but I felt it when I used that bar for doing deads (cuz I never use that bar for deads). Explains why the outer head on my left tricep is bigger than the right one. Wonder what my maxes would do if it was centered correctly. Gonna cut that collar off and weld it back in place where it should be.

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That's weird you could feel that on your deads, I've ran out of plates and been uneven and I couldn't tell. Your such a sensative guy frank the girls will just eat you up some day. :)

Rico

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That's weird you could feel that on your deads, I've ran out of plates and been uneven and I couldn't tell. Your such a sensative guy frank the girls will just eat you up some day. :)

Rico

Yummy :D

Monday, 12/10/09

Since I already did benching yesterday, just had a long bicep workout today.

Warmed up w/ DB curls, 50 x 5 reps

Barbell curls:

114 x 5

134 x 2

154 x 2

174 x 6 (cheated)

200 x 3 (cheated) - PR. First time ever trying anything over 176. Felt really good.

134 x 8 (strict)

134 x 8

Barbell lap curls - strict:

104 x 8

The rest was kind of a circuit:

Ez-bar - 102 x 8, top 1/2 ROM

Ez-bar - 84 x 8, full ROM

Full hammer curls - 50 x 8

Hammer concentration curls - 30 x 8

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Wednesday, 10/14/09

Part 1, grip

Hang cleans on 2-3/8" Axle:

Warm-up - 114 x 5

164 x 5

164 x 5

Let the weight hit the bottom with full force to get that dynamic thang going. This bar is slick as heck.

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Wednesday, 10/14/09

Part 2

Deadlifts:

483 x to knees

397 x 6 (thought this was 400...ehhhh)

403 x 3 ... wasted all that energy on a sub-400 poundage. Dang it.

Skull Crushers:

132 x 12

132 x 12

Straight-bar press-down:

Very strict

80 x 8

80 x 8

80 x 8

Underhand-grip pull-downs, single hand:

Very slow/strict. Just for pump.

20 x 12

20 x 12

+ a bonus grip feat :D

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Way to go Frank, you deserved that!

Parris

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Pulled 3 singles on my Inch handle loaded to 172lb tonight. Locked all the plates to keep the rotation in effect. Way stronger than I've ever been at this thing.

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Monday, 10/19/09

Barbell curls:

Did some light barbell curls and cable hammer curls to warm up.

164 x 2

174 x 6

200 x 4

164 x 6

136 x 8

Full DB hammer curls:

70 x 8

70 x 8

Reverse straight bar curls

Slow, strict, continuous reps.

65 x 10

65 x 10

Chest workout went to pot. Got really messed up.

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Grippers:

Right - #3 x 10, 172lb BBE x 1, BBE x 1, BBE x VVN, Bunch of reps on filed/remounted HG250

Left - #3 x 10, 172 BBE x VVN, BBE x VVN, Bunch of reps on filed/remounted HG250.

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Grippers:

Right - #3 x 10, 172lb BBE x 1, BBE x 1, BBE x VVN, Bunch of reps on filed/remounted HG250

Left - #3 x 10, 172 BBE x VVN, BBE x VVN, Bunch of reps on filed/remounted HG250.

Sick. Awesome stuff buddy. Way to pull on your Inch too! :tongue

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10/20/09

Starting experimental program. I used this basic program before, but this time I've tweaked it. I'm looking for 520 by the time I'm done.

Deadlifts:

485 x 1

341 x 1

341 x 1

341 x 1

341 x 1

341 x 1

341 x 1

341 x 1

341 x 1

341 x 1

341 x 1

341 x 1

341 x 1

341 x 1

341 x 1

341 x 1

Abs after that. Boo me.

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