Buccos1 Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Sun (8/16) RRBT Phase 3 -- Day 1 We were at Busch Gardens all day, and I wasn't able to get my first rep in until 10:00 pm. This was the first session I wasn't able to get in all of the planned reps. Gave it a shot, but fell short … was still attempting closes well past midnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Fri (8/14) RRBT Phase 2 -- Day 9 My wife and I took a trip down to Virginia, so today was spent mostly traveling. I also had a scare with some Chinese food on the way, which I thought was going to derail the entire weekend. Luckily, it was only minor. MSG. That stuff is evil and used in a lot of Chinese restaurants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 I've eaten Chinese a few times and really liked it (at least what I got). But this place was different. Almost everything seemed like it was in the freezer and tossed on the grill. I love Japanese food and eat it all the time. Never read much on MSG, but will definitely check into it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Mon (8/17) RRBT Phase 3 -- Day 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Tue (8/18) Bench Press (1x8) 135 (1x5) 185 (1x2) 245 (1x2) 285 (1x2) 315 Shrugs (1x5) 225 (1x5) 315 (1x5) 405 (1x5) 475 Decline Kettlebell Pushups (1x25) Lying KB Extensions (1x8) RRBT Phase 3 -- Day 3 Despite my hands feeling/being wrecked from grippers, bench felt pretty good today. The warm-ups seemed to hurt my palm the most, but after I was dialed-in, everything felt pretty good. I was going to bend today, but decided to wait until tomorrow. I've bent a Red Nail (at least one) in single IMPs every 7-10 days for well over 5 years straight, and am going to do everything I can to keep this streak active. But my hands lately have been feeling rough, and I know doing this will be difficult in the upcoming weeks. The last couple Reds I've bent in singles have ripped my palm/fingers up pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I've eaten Chinese a few times and really liked it (at least what I got). But this place was different. Almost everything seemed like it was in the freezer and tossed on the grill. I love Japanese food and eat it all the time. Never read much on MSG, but will definitely check into it! We had Japanese tonight, as a matter of fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 LOL. I wish I had some rolls right now! We have some really good places around here … especially in Pittsburgh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 Wed (8/19) DO - IMPs Yellow Nail 5/16 x 7" Grade 2 Red Nail DU - IMPs Yellow Nail 1/4 x 6.5" Grade 5 DU - BBW 1/4 x 7" Grade 8 RRBT Phase 3 -- Day 4 My hands are getting torn up from RRBT. There are a couple of things I could probably do better for conditioning, especially with cream and stuff (which I haven't been doing enough). It was great to get through today's bending, and not have any major tears! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 Thur (8/20) Squats (1x5) 135 (1x3) 225 (1x1) 315 add briefs (1x1) 405 (1x1) 440 (1x1) 455 RRBT Phase 3 -- Day 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 Fri (8/21) RRBT Phase 3 -- Day 6 I started getting a callous in the middle of my palm from all of the high-rep stuff. I ended up getting an "egg" and started to file it down, as it seems to be getting a little worse this past week. My hands are worn, but seemed to be getting a little more accustomed to the volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 Sat (8/22) Football Bar Bench Press (1x5) 130 (1x5) 180 (1x3) 220 (1x2) 240 Speed Bench Press (1x3) 135 (1x3) 155 (3x3) 155 - add chains Lying Kettlebell Extensions (2x8) 35 RRBT Phase 3 -- Day 7 Grippers today felt pretty good. At least compared to the past week-or-so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 Sun (8/23) Deadlift (1x5) 135 (1x3) 225 (1x2) 315 (1x1) 405 (1x1) 440 RRBT Phase 3 -- Day 8 I am still attempting to alternate conventional and sumo pulls, each successive week. Today was raw conventional. I wasn't able to get my scheduled day in earlier in the week, so went today instead. Looking forward to the break with the RRBT! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 Mon (8/24) Bench Press (1x8) 135 (1x3) 185 (1x3) 225 (1x1) 260 (1x1) 295 (1x1) 320 Bench Press - Slingshot (red) (1x1) 350 (1x1) 360 RRBT Phase 3 -- Day 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 Tue (8/25) Shrugs (1x8) 135 (1x8) 225 (1x8) 315 (1x5) 405 (1x3) 475 (1x3) 525 Football Curls (3x5) 90 Decline Kettle Bell Pushups (2x20) Lying Kettle Bell Extensions (2x8) 35 RRBT Phase 3 -- Day 10 My hands have been wrecked from RRBT the past month, but I have been dying to close one of my harder grippers, despite some of the high-rep stuff with the easier ones not feeling too solid. I tried to shut my 126lb. Super Master today and just missed it, which isn't too bad, I think. Probably 2mm from touching. All-in-all, seeing that I am definitely not 100%, I'm happy to still be close with this gripper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Wed (8/26) RRBT Phase 4 -- Day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Thur (8/27) Deadlifts (1x3) 135 (1x2) 225 (1x2) 315 add suit/straps down (1x1) 405 (1x1) 445 straps up (1x1) 475 (1x1) 500 RRBT Phase 4 -- Day 2 My hands and fingers are getting torn up! I ended up doing some gripper reps in-between sets of deadlifts today, which ended up knarling my fingers up pretty good. My deadlift bar has pretty sharp knurling; this combined with the gripper sets/closes left some nice marks. I am going to have to tape up most of my fingers the next few days. More-and-more lately, it seems, my gripper strength is starting to return (at least compared to the closes I've been getting the past few weeks). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 Fri (8/28) RRBT Phase 4 -- Day 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Have you tried some electrical tape on the finger side handle and craploads of chalk on the palm side? Might save your hide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 I haven't really used electrical tape, but might try that too. I was using athletic tape on the handles, which seemed to help a lot the first few sessions, but was causing me some trouble when trying to set it after some of the later closes. I started taping my setting finger with athletic tape, which really seems to help. Sometimes I am using chalk but a lot of my reps are done at work and it's tough with the chalk there. The GHP grippers seem to do damage after a lot of closes. I haven't had as many issues with the #2 knurling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I did a lot of KTA work at my office when I ran through that program. I used liquid chalk a lot for that. Much cleaner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Sat (8/29) Squats (1x3) 135 (1x2) 225 (1x1) 315 add briefs (1x1) 405 (1x1) 425 (1x1) 455 (1x1) 465 RRBT Phase 4 -- Day 4 I did most of today's reps during squats and they felt strong! Probably the best gripper closes I've had in the past month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Sun (8/30) RRBT Phase 4 -- Day 5 After the higher-rep closes with the hard gripper yesterday, my hands and fingers were destroyed today. Still, though, I think I am finally adapting to the high-volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Mon (8/31) Bench Press (1x8) 135 (1x3) 185 (1x3) 225 (1x2) 260 (1x2) 295 (1x1) 315 Bench Press - Sling Shot (Red) (1x1) 345 (1x1) 355 Speed Bench - mini bands (1x3) 135 (5x3) 155 RRBT Phase 4 -- Day 6 Today's reps felt strong. I ended up getting a lot of closes during my bench session, and they felt solid! There is no doubt (at least with me) that you are stronger on grippers in the middle/during a compound weight session. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 Tue (9/1) DO - IMPs Yellow Nail 5/16 x 7" Grade 2 Red Nail DU - IMPs Yellow Nail 1/4 x 6.5" Grade 5 DU - BBW 1/4 x 7" Grade 8 RRBT Phase 4 -- Day 7 Overall, my hands feel OK, but still pretty torn-up. It was still good to get in a decent bending session, though. Took down the Red in about 15 seconds, which was a lot stronger than the past few Reds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 Wed (9/2) Phase 4 -- Day 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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