Frank's Log

[Magnus]

Btw, one other thing. During my bicep workout on Monday, I managed to work in an 80lb(80 in plates + handle, whatever that is)

dumbbell strict curl. Biceps weren't feeling 100%, but I still managed to pull it off twice. I'll try to get in on video next week.

[rico300zx]

Btw, one other thing. During my bicep workout on Monday, I managed to work in an 80lb(80 in plates + handle, whatever that is)

dumbbell strict curl. Biceps weren't feeling 100%, but I still managed to pull it off twice. I'll try to get in on video next week.

Cool well let us all know about the DO, where u been got a new BF or something, nice curl too. I'm in disney right now be home Sunday.

Rico

[lifesnotfair]

You know you're a grip addict when you're at Disney and still manage to be one of the day's top posters.

[MANTHOS]

Btw, one other thing. During my bicep workout on Monday, I managed to work in an 80lb(80 in plates + handle, whatever that is)

dumbbell strict curl. Biceps weren't feeling 100%, but I still managed to pull it off twice. I'll try to get in on video next week.

You better do that...!!

[rico300zx]

Hahahahahahah

[rico300zx]

Congrats on the inch pull! Did you just get one?

Rico

[Magnus]

Congrats on the inch pull! Did you just get one?

Rico

Thanks, man! Nope, did it up at Jedd's.

[Magnus]

Maybe I should start doing this stuff again.

[Shoggoth]

Maybe I should start doing this stuff again.

Sounds like a plan :-)

[FrankyBoy]

Yeah you definately should.

[Jedd Johnson]

Frank, if you want to get the fire burning again, you can get it started this weekend at my place. We are having a World's Strongest hands contest, as well as a full qualifier for next season's National championship. Call me if you need more info. We are starting at 11.

Jedd

[Magnus]

Really good time at Jedd's today. Despite total lack of training (1 year off from grip/9mos. from powerlifting), I matched my best 2HP from last year's GGC (203.9lb) and got 3 more pulls on the Inch in (which makes a total of 6 pulls ever - 1 right hand and 5 left hand). Really need to work on getting my overall strength back up. I was having a tough time on the 303lb DO axle deads for reps. Ordinarily 300lb deads would be child's play, but I was (and still am) really feeling those. Grippers are off, but the Vulcan was still fun. Never used one before. Wrist developer = . That thing's about as much fun as the Weaver stick. Block-weight thing that Brent came up with was awesome. We used a 37.5 blob and two tables. Pick it up off one table, set it on the other. Each time you touch a table counts as a rep. Jedd got 72 reps, I got 50-something, and Brent got 44(I think?). Glad he thought that one up, since it was one of only two things I managed to beat him at today

[Magnus]

Monday, 9/13/10

Feels good to be doing this again.

Bench:

Went really light to get back into things again.

205 x 10

205 x 10

205 x 10

That's all I did, since pretty much everything else is still trashed from Jedd's Saturday.

[Magnus]

Friday, 9/18/10

Oh how the mighty have fallen.

Barbell rows:

205 x 10

205 x 10

205 x 10

Dumbbell rows:

112 x 12

112 x 12

Fortunately, these all felt kind of easy.

[Magnus]

Lemme see if I can remember any of this.

Monday, 9/20/10

Barbell curls:

135 x 10

135 x 10

Hammer curls:

50 x 12

50 x 12

Bench:

Worked up to 300

Tuesday. 9/21/10

Barbell rows:

135 x 10

135 x 10

205 x 10

235 x 10

245 x 12

Don't remember what else I did.

Wednesday, 9/22/10

Seated barbell press:

70 x 12

70 x 12

135 x 10

155 x 6

In between here I went to jump to 205, because I really felt like I could handle that. When I went to clean the bar, the left side got caught on a filing cabinet, and tweaked something in my left shoulder.

155 x 8 - weight felt easy, but shoulder felt weird.

Strict lateral raises:

30 x 14

30 x 14

Reverse flyes:

Barely did these because they were really making my shoulder feel bugged out.

Well, another couple of week workouts in the books. Didn't lift today because I'm sick, which stinks because I was going to do deads. Oh h'well. Now that I've got my light re-introductory week out of the way, I'll start moving some serious weight Monday...hopefully.

[Magnus]

These are just projected numbers I want to try to hit in my next few workouts, sans warm-ups, of coarse. Attempting to plot a course in steady increments back to where I was a few months ago. Based off of how I felt during the past week of getting back into things, I feel this list realistic.

Monday

Barbell curls (previous best - 195lb x 2 sets of 5 + 1 set of 4) 

145 x 10
145 x 10

Bench (previous best - 345):

Work up to 315

DB incline bench (previous best - 110 x 2 x 10):

90 x 2 x 10

Tuesday

Deadlifts (previous best - 525lb, no belt):

450

Wednesday

Barbell rows (previous best - 331 x 2 x 6):

255 x 2 x 10

Skull crushers (previous best - 145 x 2 x 10, strict)

120 x 2 x 8

Thursday

Seated barbell strict press (previous best - 197 x 6)

185 x 5

Again, just some rough guesstimating, but something I'm going to try to hold myself to. These are also just the meat-and-potatoes lifts I'm listing here, not the fillers (lateral raises, pull-downs, flyes, etc).

[Magnus]

Not much to report except I've blasted all my goals thus far except for the bench...I don't know what the heck it up with that.

[Forever]

Not much to report except I've blasted all my goals thus far except for the bench...I don't know what the heck it up with that.

nice overall workout, and you'll get that bench back in no time

[Magnus]

Not much to report except I've blasted all my goals thus far except for the bench...I don't know what the heck it up with that.

nice overall workout, and you'll get that bench back in no time

Thanks man. Muscle memory seems to be taking effect.

Tuesday, 10/4/10

EZbar curls:

Strict

112 x 8

112 x 8

112 x 8

112 x 8

112 x 8 - switched to narrow grip.

Bench press:

135 x 10

135 x 10

205 x 4

235 x 4

255 x 1

275 x 1

305 x 1

235 x 5

235 x 5

Not good, but at least I hit 305.

Incline DB press:

90 x 10

90 x 6

Wednesday, 10/6/10

Barbell rows:

112 x 20

112 x 20

135 x 10

205 x 10

245 x 8

245 x 8

245 x 8

245 x 8

Dumbbell rows:

100 x 20

100 x 20

[Forever]

Muscle Memory is comin right on time then

[Magnus]

Monday, 10/11/10

Barbell curls:

112 x 6 (on EZbar to warm up)

112 x 6 (on EZbar to warm up)

145 x 8 (straight bar from here on)

145 x 8

145 x 8

DB Hammer curls:

62 x 10

62 x 10

50 x 12

Bench press:

135 x 10

135 x 10

205 x 4

235 x ?

255 x 1

275 x 1

305 x 1

316 x 1

Used my handy-dandy 5.5lb plates to get 316, cuz I wanted to get more than 315.

DB Incline press:

100 x 10

100 x 10

[Shoggoth]

Pipes McGee is on his way back! Damn strong Frank!

[Magnus]

Pipes McGee is on his way back! Damn strong Frank!

Thanks, Jason! Amazing how lifting can make you feel at least non-useless.

Tuesday, 10/12/10

Deadlifts:

Worked up to 430 x 1. These are still bloody pathetic, but it's 20lb better than last week. Which is weird, btw, because it wasn't that long ago that I was repping 450. These went downhill fast somewhere along the line.

[Magnus]

Monday, 10/18/10

Barbell curls:

135 x 5

135 x 5

155 x 8

155 x 8

155 x 8

105 x 12

DB Hammer curls:

66 x 6

66 x 6

66 x 6

Incline DB bench:

(warmed up with flat bench)

110 x 8

110 x 8

[Magnus]

There were a bunch of workouts that I never posted from last week. Wasn't slacking.

Monday, 10/25/10

Made it quick. Was in a bit of a time constraint.

Bench press:

135 x 10

135 x 10

205 x ?

255 x 4

275 x 2

305 x 1

305 x 1

305 x 1

305 x 1

305 x 1

Switched to 2 board:

255 x 5

255 x 5

255 x 5

Seated Alt. dumbbell curls:

50 x 12

50 x 12

50 x 10

Seated Alt. DB hammer curls:

50 x 10

50 x 10

50 x 10

Tuesday, 10/26/10

Barbell rows:

135 x 14

135 x 14

205 x 10

265 x 5

265 x 5

265 x 8

265 x 6

265 x 6

205 x 12

T-bar rows:

220 x 12

220 x 15

Reverse flyes:

40 x 12

40 x 12

40 x 12