Mikael Siversson Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 That's a very good start in the 1HP. Interesting that you use a much wider width for the 1HP. You might well be better in the 1HP relatively speaking if you put in some training time. I have found I can do much more volume in the 1HP than in the 2HP. Less taxing on the CNS I think. Did some maxing out tonight to reset numbers. 4/6/2015 Paused Bench - 5x 70.4Kg, 3x 100.4Kg, 1x 120.4Kg, 1x 130.4Kg, 1x 140.4Kg, 1x 145.4Kg (320.55#) Last one went up slow, all were at least 1sec pause on chest. Seated Unsupported Militarty Press - 1x 70.4Kg, 1x 80.4Kg, 1x 82.9Kg (182.76#) 1HP Euro RH only - 58mm - 1x 45.8Kg 64mm -> 0x 46.23Kg, 46.23Kg Neg, 1x 46.23Kg, 1x 47.23Kg, 1x 47.23Kg, 1x 48.73Kg, 0x 49.13Kg (3in lift) - All to normal 2HP crossbar standard Was testing the 1HP really for the first time as I've never really trained it on the Euro. Very happy with the Bench and MP results after only 2 months training them. - Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 320# bench after only training 2 months? Holy crap! Not the first time in my life doing bench. Just was about 18months of not doing it before starting again due to shoulder issue. I stopped benching regularly in my mid 20's and had a pretty decent bench at that point. I took 9 yrs off from lifting at that point and since then have trained it off and on but I don't think ever more than 4 or 5 months straight. Best lift in that time was a 375# touch and go Bench in a Push/pull comp 2yrs ago. Really hopeful to get back up above 400# again before the end of the year and before I get too old and broken to do it again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 That's a very good start in the 1HP. Interesting that you use a much wider width for the 1HP. You might well be better in the 1HP relatively speaking if you put in some training time. I have found I can do much more volume in the 1HP than in the 2HP. Less taxing on the CNS I think. Did some maxing out tonight to reset numbers. 4/6/2015 Paused Bench - 5x 70.4Kg, 3x 100.4Kg, 1x 120.4Kg, 1x 130.4Kg, 1x 140.4Kg, 1x 145.4Kg (320.55#) Last one went up slow, all were at least 1sec pause on chest. Seated Unsupported Militarty Press - 1x 70.4Kg, 1x 80.4Kg, 1x 82.9Kg (182.76#) 1HP Euro RH only - 58mm - 1x 45.8Kg 64mm -> 0x 46.23Kg, 46.23Kg Neg, 1x 46.23Kg, 1x 47.23Kg, 1x 47.23Kg, 1x 48.73Kg, 0x 49.13Kg (3in lift) - All to normal 2HP crossbar standard Was testing the 1HP really for the first time as I've never really trained it on the Euro. Very happy with the Bench and MP results after only 2 months training them. - Aaron Never done it really with the Euro so I need to test the other widths 1H still. the 64mm is pretty close to my favorite pair of 45# plates pinch width at 2 5/8" or ~66mm so not a big surprise there. I had done the pair plus 20# magneted on when I was training it maybe 5 yrs back. I may play with this lift some, haven't decided yet if it will help my goals or not. - Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Siversson Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Can you pinch 4x10 with the green Eleiko plates? You should give it a try, given how much you did at 64mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Can you pinch 4x10 with the green Eleiko plates? You should give it a try, given how much you did at 64mm. I am very close. It is wide for me and not at a optimal width as well as pretty slick still. I can get them about half way to lockout even so as well as hold at the top a few seconds if I assist on the way up. That is a goal for this year as well as a pair of the Eleiko 25Kg plates pinch. - Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Siversson Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) The thing I like about these Eleiko plates is the consistency in quality. With generic brands its very hard to evaluate difficulty. What about 3x15k with the Eleiko plates? Edited April 7, 2015 by Mikael Siversson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 The thing I like about these Eleiko plates is the consistency in quality. With generic brands its very hard to evaluate difficulty. I agree. An Eleiko of a certain size is always going to be that exact width, diameter and weight. Also they are beautiful which is a bonus. My 2HP euro looks so much better with 8x 10Kg Eleiko's on it than it did with a bunch of mismatched 25's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 The thing I like about these Eleiko plates is the consistency in quality. With generic brands its very hard to evaluate difficulty. What about 3x15k with the Eleiko plates? I only have a pair of the 15K plates right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Siversson Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Needless to say as a Swede I am a bit biased but yes they do look good on the Euro pinch. I know Martin Arildsson bought a mother load of them for the upcoming LGC grip competition in July (on independence day!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Siversson Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Okay, I recall Juha indicating 3x15k was a fraction easier than 4x10. I think both Timo Lauttamus and Matti Heiskanen pulled 3x15k but missed 4x10k (Timo very narrowly so and that was with the 95mm wide Leoko plates). The thing I like about these Eleiko plates is the consistency in quality. With generic brands its very hard to evaluate difficulty. What about 3x15k with the Eleiko plates? I only have a pair of the 15K plates right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Needless to say as a Swede I am a bit biased but yes they do look good on the Euro pinch. I know Martin Arildsson bought a mother load of them for the upcoming LGC grip competition in July (on independence day!). Cool. A couple years back I bought a comp set. Spent more than $3K with Freight costs from what I remember. Have 4x 25Kg, 2x 20Kg, 2x 15Kg, 8x 10Kg, 2x 5Kg, 2x 2.5Kg, 2x 1.25Kg, 4x 0.5Kg, and 2x 0.25Kg. Needless to say I almost never use any of my other cast iron plates anymore except the occasional hubbing. But my new hubbing setup works with the Eleikos as well so using those even less. - Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Okay, I recall Juha indicating 3x15k was a fraction easier than 4x10. I think both Timo Lauttamus and Matti Heiskanen pulled 3x15k but missed 4x10k (Timo very narrowly so and that was with the 95mm wide Leoko plates). The thing I like about these Eleiko plates is the consistency in quality. With generic brands its very hard to evaluate difficulty. What about 3x15k with the Eleiko plates? I only have a pair of the 15K plates right now. Seems like from a width perspective that 3x 15Kg Eleiko's would be more optimal for me than the 4x 10Kg plates as well. Likely to be awhile before I can justify spending the money on another one though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 James Retarides, made the trek down to Tucson yesterday for a training session while he and his family are in state on vacation. Was nice to meet him and talk training as well as play with the toys a bit. I didn't write anything down as it was not a planned workout and still a bit sore from contest and earlier training in the week. Prolly talked for a couple hours. Some highlights though were bunch of different gripper closes up to 176# Adjustable mount BBSE we used at the comp. Did some hub hand to hand work and flip catches, Some Inch DB attempts and Negs, etc. - Aaron 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Did a bit of 1HP on Sunday. Going to shift some the training protocols and exercises a bit for this training cycle since there is no comp on the horizon. Going to shift primary pinch focus to 1HP and chase that 2-25Kg pinch lift. Adjusted Euro width down from last session to 54mm a weaker width for me but is about the same as the actual width of a pair of Elieko 25Kg plates. Gripper protocol changing too to minirep system for next cycle. 4/12/2015 1HP Euro 54mm Negs and Assisted lifts 45.66Kg x 5x1 each hand. Negs RH first few. Assisted LH. On assisted ones was shooting for 5sec total TUT per rep. Last night 4/13/2015 Paused Bench (workset only paused) - 6x 70.4Kg, 2x 90.4Kg, 5x 96.9Kg Grippers Warmup - #Tx10, #1x7 LH, #1.5x7 RH, #2x3 LH, 117# x 3 RH LH 3x 117#, 2x adj BBSM 121#, 2x 138# #3 RH 3x 138# #3, 1x 156# BBE, 1x 169# #3.5 1HP Euro 54mm - 45.66Kg LH (index finger and thumb assist ) - 4x 1 rep (assisted) RH x1 Neg, x1, x1, x1 (full lifts were about 2sec total hold) Seated Unsupported Military Press - 5x 55.4Kg Gripper Mini-reps to block for time Full Close - LH - 105# #2 - 11sec, RH - 121# Adj BBSM - 12 sec 1/2" - LH - 121# adj BBSM - 9sec, RH - 142# adj BBGM - 12sec 20mm - LH - 138# #3 - 9sec, RH - 154# #3 - 10sec 1" - 142# adj BBGM - 12sec, RH - 165# adj BBE - 11sec Thumbless RDL - 15x 55.4Kg about 45sec TUT 6# Hammer seated front levers - LH - 8x, RH - 12x Hammer pronation and supination work - Aaron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwwm Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Looks like you are back at 100% health-wise! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Looks like you are back at 100% health-wise! Thanks Martin! Definitely doing better. Still about 10% strength wise below my bests on grip events I'm currently training and tracking. But that is within striking distance. Closer to 20% below where I was 3 yrs ago on stuff like Bench and overhead press. But I hope to gain that ground quickly. - Aaron 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Last night's training. Pinch was up again. capable of longer holds RH and less assist LH. 4/14/2015 Paused Bench (on Workset) - 6x 55.4Kg, 5x 70.4Kg, 2x 90.4Kg, 5x 99.4Kg 1HP Euro 54mm - 45.66Kg unless otherwise noted LH - x1 Neg, 5x1rep Assisted with index finger tip and thumb RH - x1 Assisted, x1, x1 (3sec hold), x1 (4sec hold), x1 (4sec hold), x1 (4sec hold), 46.06Kg x1 (3sec hold) Seated unsupported Military Press 5x 56.4Kg Blob - RH - 3x1rep, LH - Broke off ground 2", Neg, Neg 1HP attempt Euro 54mm RH - 48.16Kg x 2x0 reps (about 2" off ground) - Aaron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Got a little behind on logging here. 4/15/2015 Paused Bench (workset) - 5x 50.4Kg, 5x 70.4Kg, 2x 90.4Kg, 5x 101.4Kg 1HP Euro 54mm RH 45.66Kg Neg, x1, 1x 46.16Kg, 1x41.66Kg (3sec hold), 2 1/2 x 41.66Kg, 3x 41.66Kg LH 45.66Kg Neg, Neg, 1x 41.06Kg (2sec Hold), 0x 41.66 ~ 4", 41.66 Neg, Neg, Neg Seated Unsupported Military Press - 0x 90.4Kg, 5x 57.9Kg 4/16/2015 Paused Bench 5x 70.4Kg, 5x 103.9Kg Grippers, #1x20, #2x2, RH 2x 138# #3, LH 2x 117# BBM Seated Unsupported Military Press - 5x 58.9Kg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Tonight's Training. 1HP went well once I figured out a better hand position. Tore a flap on my RH thumb on the last pinch though. 4/18/2015 Paused Bench (paused on workset) - 5x58.9Kg, 2x 90.4Kg, 5x 106.4Kg 1HP Euro 54mm LH - 40.56Kg Neg, x1, x1, 1x 41.16Kg, 1x 41.56Kg, 1x 41.56Kg, 1x 41.56Kg, 42.56Kg x0 - started slipping at top, 1x 42.06Kg, 1x 42.06Kg RH - 1x 40.56Kg, x1, 1x 45.66Kg, 1x 45.66Kg, 1x 46.16Kg, 0x 46.56Kg ~ 8", 1x 47.06Kg, 1x 47.56Kg, 1x 48.06Kg, 1x 48.56Kg, 1x 49.06Kg, 0x 49.56Kg ~ 6" - tore a flap on thumb Seated Unsupported Military Press - 5x 60.4Kg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Big Pinchin'!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Training from tonight. 4/20/2015 Bench (paused on workset) - 5x60.4Kg, 2x 90.4Kg, 5x 108.9Kg Grippers - #1x20, #2x3 LH, 117# M x 3 RH LH - 117# x 3, 121# adj BBSM @ 6mm x 3, 138# #3 x 3, 142# adj BBGM x 2 RH - 138# #3 x 3, 156# Elite x 2, 165# adj BBE x 2, 176# adj BBSE @ 4.5mm x 1 Seated unsupported Military Press - 5x 61.4Kg Gripper Minireps protocol LH - Full closed - #2 - 14sec, 1/2" - Filed adj BBSM @ 6mm - 9sec, 20mm - 138# #3 - 12sec, 1 1/8" - 154# #3 - 6sec RH - Full closed - Filed adj BBSM @ 6mm - 10sec, 3/8" - 142# Adj BBGM - 8sec, 20mm - 154# #3 - 12sec, 1" - 165# adj BBE - 12sec DO Thumbless Romanian DL - 10x 100.4Kg ~ 33sec TUT Standing Sledge Rear Lever hold - 6# - RH - 10sec, LH - 8sec Seated Sledge Front lever - 6# - RH - 14x, LH - 9x Finished with pretty pumped forearms. - Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 Tonight's training. Feeling a bit wiped today. RH pinch was off due to tear last pinch session. Skin at contact point still a bit raw and tender. 4/21/2015 Bench (paused workset) 5x 50.4Kg, 5x 70.4Kg, 2x 90.4Kg, 5x 111.4kg 1HP 54mm Euro LH 2x2x 36Kg, 38.56Kg - 5sec hold, -3sec hold, -5sec hold, -4sec hold RH 2x2x 36Kg, 46.06Kg -2sec hold, 38.56Kg - 5sec hold, 46.06Kg - 2sec hold, 38.56Kg - 5sec hold, -6sec hold Seated Unsupported Military Press - 5x 62.4Kg - Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Last Night's Training. Thumb skin issue RH still a problem so not pushing too hard. Feeling deep ache in most areas elbows down, nothing bad though. Guess I've been working something. Coming to the end of this training block for Bench, etc and back to Ladders next week. 4/22/2015 Bench (Paused on Workset) 5x 62.4Kg, 2x 90.4Kg, 5x 113.9Kg 1HP Euro 54mm LH 2x2x36Kg, 1x 38.56Kg, 1x 38.56Kg, 38.56Kg - 5sec hold, 38.56Kg - 5sec hold, 0x 43.56Kg ~ 2", x1 (with slight assist at lift off) RH 2x2x36Kg, 1x 43.56Kg, 1x 43.56Kg - 2sec hold, 1x 43.56Kg, 43.56Kg - 3sec (with slight assist at lift off) Thumb tip work - tip tool RH 8# - 10sec, -10sec LH 8# - 5sec, -10sec Seated unsupported Military Press 5x 63.9Kg Standing Rear Sledge holds 6# RH -10sec, -15sec LH -8sec, -10sec - Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 Last night. Took it easy and was a planned light (speed) grippers day. 4/23/2015 Bench (Paused on Workset) - 5x 50.4Kg, 7x 70.4Kg, 2x 90.4Kg, 5x116.4Kg Grippers - #1 x 20, #2 x 3, LH 117# x 3, RH 138# #3 x 3, LH Filed adj BBSM x 1, RH 142# adj BBGM x 1 Seated Unsupported Military Press - 5x 65.4Kg - Aaron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 Friday night training. 4/24/2015 Bench (paused on workset) - 8x 65.4kg, 2x 90.4kg, 5x 118.9kg 1HP 54mm euro RH 4X 36KG, 5X 36KG LH 3x 36kg, 3x 36kg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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