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Wanted to start a new log focusing on a long time goal of mine, reaching the CTD rolling thunder numbers. My plan is to work with the RT twice a week, slowly increasing weight each workout and possibly doing some kind of pinch accessory.

Weights will be just the weight loaded without the weight of the handle and loading pin and will be in kgs.

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11/29/14

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"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant.
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.

Posted

Awesome!

I will be watching this ..

Goals

CCS w/#2.5 @131#

MM0 Cert w/#3 @143#

Euro 2HP 200#

Posted

Following!

I too want to get the CTD done even if I'll never cert it officially.

Where are you at with hub and grippers?

Grip goals for 2016 - we'll see how many of these I can cross off;

Grippers; Cert GHP7, CCS 140, 146, 153 and 157lbs CoC3, MMS and 20mmBS 180lbs CoC3,5.

Pinch; Clean 20kg blockweight, curl 20kg blockweight, 1h euro pinch 45kg.

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Kilograms... Wow this just got serious.

I will be following along(& using my calculator)- humor

Good luck Tom.

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Hell ya! Good luck.

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Awesome!

I will be watching this ..

Thanks Dave!

Following!

I too want to get the CTD done even if I'll never cert it officially.

Where are you at with hub and grippers?

Thanks Peter. I probably couldn't hub 45lbs right now, but hub strength comes back quick. Right now with grippers I can MMS a ghp 6 for 4 reps, but for this rolling thunder program, I think I'm just going to focus on it and no other grip movement, to help me make the most progress.

Kilograms... Wow this just got serious.

I will be following along(& using my calculator)- humor

Good luck Tom.

Thanks Josh, yeah I gave most of my lb weights to my kids, so kgs it is!

Hell ya! Good luck.

Thanks Durrs!

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"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant.
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.

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W/O 2


12/2/14



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"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant.
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.

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W/O 3

12/6/14

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"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant.
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.

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Do you go near or to failure on any set or do you leave some in the tank?

I found that one set to failure each session gave me good results.

Really pushing it 100%.

Never really tried anything else for RT yet.

I really want to get past that magical 100kg mark.

Grip goals for 2016 - we'll see how many of these I can cross off;

Grippers; Cert GHP7, CCS 140, 146, 153 and 157lbs CoC3, MMS and 20mmBS 180lbs CoC3,5.

Pinch; Clean 20kg blockweight, curl 20kg blockweight, 1h euro pinch 45kg.

Posted

Do you go near or to failure on any set or do you leave some in the tank?

I found that one set to failure each session gave me good results.

Really pushing it 100%.

Never really tried anything else for RT yet.

I really want to get past that magical 100kg mark.

I'm experimenting with something that has been working for me with powerlifting. I'll warm-up then try to get anywhere between 3-6 reps and stop with one rep left in the tank. then I'll take 5-10% off and do drop sets, with 3-6 reps, until I feel I could only do one more reps, then the work out is over. The next workout I add 1kg if I reached 5 or 6 reps on the work set, if I reached 3 or 4 reps, I'll only add .5kg.

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"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant.
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.

Posted

Cool :)

Its nice to know the thought behind it all when following the log.

Keep it up and keep us posted :D

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Grip goals for 2016 - we'll see how many of these I can cross off;

Grippers; Cert GHP7, CCS 140, 146, 153 and 157lbs CoC3, MMS and 20mmBS 180lbs CoC3,5.

Pinch; Clean 20kg blockweight, curl 20kg blockweight, 1h euro pinch 45kg.

Posted

W/O 4
12/9/14

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Total Volume: 1270

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant.
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.

Posted

Where did your RT max out before?

“Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” - Japanese proverb

"I can, I will, I must.” ― E.T.

“Only death can finish the fight, everything else only interrupts the fighting.”  Andrzej Sapkowski

Posted

Where did your RT max out before?

Hey Josh, can't remember the last time I maxed out, it might have been last spring, but I got 165 in weights, so I got a ways to go to reach 200.

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant.
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.

Posted

W/O 5
12/13/14

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"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant.
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.

Posted

Is there a possibility of seeing video of the top set & maybe one of the drop back sets?

“Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” - Japanese proverb

"I can, I will, I must.” ― E.T.

“Only death can finish the fight, everything else only interrupts the fighting.”  Andrzej Sapkowski

Posted

Is there a possibility of seeing video of the top set & maybe one of the drop back sets?

Yeah, I'll get it on vid next session, I didn't think the weight was impressive enough to be videoed lol

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant.
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.

Posted

W/O 6
12/16/14

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Here's a vid of my working set:

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"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant.
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.

Posted

Cant be seen. Summin wrong with the clip

Grip goals for 2016 - we'll see how many of these I can cross off;

Grippers; Cert GHP7, CCS 140, 146, 153 and 157lbs CoC3, MMS and 20mmBS 180lbs CoC3,5.

Pinch; Clean 20kg blockweight, curl 20kg blockweight, 1h euro pinch 45kg.

Posted

Your left hand looks strong. Was it your better hand before? Are you doing these after regular lifting or on off days?

Thank you for the video. Domination of the weights cant be conveyed by numbers alone.

“Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” - Japanese proverb

"I can, I will, I must.” ― E.T.

“Only death can finish the fight, everything else only interrupts the fighting.”  Andrzej Sapkowski

Posted

Your left hand looks strong. Was it your better hand before? Are you doing these after regular lifting or on off days?

Thank you for the video. Domination of the weights cant be conveyed by numbers alone.

Thanks Josh. Yeah my left hand is a little bigger than my right so it's usually stronger with blobs too. I do these after my light workout days.

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant.
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.

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W/O 7
12/20/14

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Total Volume: 1041

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant.
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.

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W/O 8
12/23/14

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"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant.
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.

Posted

W/O 9
12/27/14

Had a great training day today, the RT handle felt like it was glued to my hand! I also added up the RT handle, loading pin and clip and it was exactly 8lbs or 3.6kg, so that's weight I'm not counting at this point.


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"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant.
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.

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