mcalpine1986 Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 1 hour ago, John Knowlton said: Nice work have a great day Thank you John, You too. I know it's thanksgiving in the USA so happy thanksgiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 BW 76.3kg his morning in my birthday suit. I'm creeping upin bw putting on my winter coat. Pushdowns 10kg 2x 10 20kg X 8 30kg X 6 40kg X 15, 12 Grippers Coc T X 30, 25 L+R Cable riser curls over the knuckles 10kg X 10 L+R 20kg X 6 L+R 30kg X 6 L+R 25kg X 8 L+R 20kg X 12 L+R Cable thumb Pronation ,strict against a bench 10kg X 25 L+R 20kg X 25, 20 L+R 15kg X 25 L+R 10kg X 30 L+R Cable thumb supination ,strict against a bench 10kg X 20 L+R 20kg X 20 L+R 25kg X 20 L+R 20kg X 30 L+R Thumb Adduction Stress ball 3 x failure L+R IM Extensor bands thumbless Green X 20 L+R Red X failure L+R Blue x failure L+R Green X failure 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Knowlton Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Killer workout today I know what mean about putting on a winter coat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted November 26, 2023 Author Share Posted November 26, 2023 23 hours ago, John Knowlton said: Killer workout today I know what mean about putting on a winter coat Thanks and oh yeah, as soon as the weather gets colder my appetite increases a lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted November 27, 2023 Author Share Posted November 27, 2023 Seated cable row 40kg X 8 60kg X 8 70kg X 8 80kg X 8 Grippers All speed reps with an loud audience click Coc S X 3 Coc T X 3 Coc 1 X 3 Coc 1.5 X 3 Coc T 6 x 3 All left and right. Cable riser curls over knuckles 10kg X 8 L+R 20kg X 12 , 10, 8 L+R Cable thumb Pronation strict braced against bench 10kg X 25 L+R 20kg X 25, 20 L+R 15kg X 30 L+R IM Extensor bands Green X 20 L+R Red X failure Yellow X failure Green X failure Thumb progress video, I've been doing direct thumb work for just over 2 months now. My thumb pads have really grown, I've still a long way to go but it's good progress. Bigger thumb lads really help with grippers and other grip lifts 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith513 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 2 hours ago, mcalpine1986 said: Seated cable row 40kg X 8 60kg X 8 70kg X 8 80kg X 8 Grippers All speed reps with an loud audience click Coc S X 3 Coc T X 3 Coc 1 X 3 Coc 1.5 X 3 Coc T 6 x 3 All left and right. Cable riser curls over knuckles 10kg X 8 L+R 20kg X 12 , 10, 8 L+R Cable thumb Pronation strict braced against bench 10kg X 25 L+R 20kg X 25, 20 L+R 15kg X 30 L+R IM Extensor bands Green X 20 L+R Red X failure Yellow X failure Green X failure Thumb progress video, I've been doing direct thumb work for just over 2 months now. My thumb pads have really grown, I've still a long way to go but it's good progress. Bigger thumb lads really help with grippers and other grip lifts Some people want Bette Davis eyes and some people want John Brzenk thumbs Good workout 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted November 27, 2023 Author Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Blacksmith513 said: Some people want Bette Davis eyes and some people want John Brzenk thumbs Good workout Your are not wrong man Thanks, They have grown a lot in 11 weeks. Edited November 27, 2023 by mcalpine1986 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith513 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, mcalpine1986 said: Your are not wrong man Thanks, They have grown a lot in 11 weeks. Your thumb looks like it’s in its 3rd trimester All kidding asideGreat job man really. That’s really impressive Edited November 27, 2023 by Blacksmith513 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted November 27, 2023 Author Share Posted November 27, 2023 29 minutes ago, Blacksmith513 said: Your thumb looks like it’s in its 3rd trimester All kidding asideGreat job man really. That’s really impressive Thanks man, Ive always had large palms but not very thick but that's changed, they are really starting to thicken up and I've only gained a few lbs but my hands looked like they have gained about 30lbs. I've really put the work in. I've pretty much done the same workout or a slight variation of it now for 11 weeks but it's working so I'm sticking at it until Christmas. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted November 29, 2023 Author Share Posted November 29, 2023 So I'm not one of these people who trains grippers at home and has a nice display of them as I just dont have the space. I've just bought a new storage case for them and customised the inside to store them all nice and neatly and in order. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Knowlton Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 that looks way cool . 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted November 29, 2023 Author Share Posted November 29, 2023 16 minutes ago, John Knowlton said: that looks way cool . Thanks man, it's nice to have somewhere to keep them all neat and tidy. Before them now I just had them in an old tool case in a pile lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 I've trained chest, shoulders and leg in the past 2 days I just can't be bothered to write it here. I'm only posting my grip workouts. BW 77kg! Yikes I'm creeping back up Seated cable rows, totally strict 40kg X 8 60kg X 8 80kg X 8 90kg X 6 Pushdowns 10kg X 15 20kg X 8 35kg X 5 50kg X 8 40kg X 12 Grippers Coc S X 10 L+R Coc 1 X 3 CCS L+R STD gold 92RGC X 5, 6 ,5 CCS R X 4, 3 L STD gold X 6 MMS R Coc 1 X 10 MMS L Cable riser curls over the knuckles 10Kg X 8 L+R 20kg X 4 L+R 30kg X 2 L+R 35kg X 6 L+R 30kg X 8 L+R 20Kg X 12 L+R Cable Thumb Pronation, strict braced against bench 10kg X 25 L+R 20kg X 35, 30 L+R 15kg X 30 L+R Cable Thumb supination, strict braced against bench 10kg X 20 L+R 30kg X 10 L+R 25kg X 15 L+R 20kg X 25 L+R Thumb Adduction Stress ball to failure IM Extensor bands thumbless Green X 20 L+R Red X Failure L+R Green X failure L+R* at least 150 reps, crazy pump in my Hypothenar/pinkie pad 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Knowlton Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 On 11/30/2023 at 2:45 PM, John Knowlton said: nice work Thanks John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 BW 77kg! Seated cable rows* very strict 40kg X 8 60kg X 8 80kg X 8 90kg X 8 Pushdown 20kg X 8 35kg x 4 50kg X 10 45kg X 8 Grippers Coc S X 10 L+R Coc 1 X 3 L+R STD gold 92RGC X 7, 6, 7 R STD gold 92RGC X 4, 3 L Coc 1 X 18 L Thumb pronation 10kg X 25 L+R 20kg X 30, 25 L+R 20/15kg drop set X 20/10 L+R IM Extensor bands thumbless Green X 20 L+R Red X failure L+R Yellow X failure L+R 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 I received these 2 wide beauties in the past 2 days. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Knowlton Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) BW 76.7kg Seated cable rows with angles 90 grips 40kg X 8 60kg X 8 80kg X 8 90kg X 8 Box step ups BW 4 x 20 at 20" Grippers Coc T 2 x 3 L+R Coc 1 X 2 L+R STD gold X 1 L+R Left hand GHP 5 107lbs - 5 attempts down to about 5mm Negatives Filed coc 2 110lbs 2 x 5 Right hand Filed COC 2 110lbs - 5 attempts down to about 3mm *Filed grippers are damn tough, they ramp up massively at the end as expected. I'm weak in this range for now but this is exactly what I need. Also this is about 90% of my max which isn't easy. In hindsight I should have waiting an extra day to try this but it's hard to wait when you have new grippers. When fresher I think I can close this. Negatives COC 2.5 126lbs X 5 Filed Coc 2 x 5 x 5 Close but no Cigar. Edited December 7, 2023 by mcalpine1986 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilBB Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 1 hour ago, mcalpine1986 said: BW 76.7kg Seated cable rows with angles 90 grips 40kg X 8 60kg X 8 80kg X 8 90kg X 8 Box step ups BW 4 x 20 at 20" Grippers Coc T 2 x 3 L+R Coc 1 X 2 L+R STD gold X 1 L+R Left hand GHP 5 107lbs - 5 attempts down to about 5mm Negatives Filed coc 2 110lbs 2 x 5 Right hand Filed COC 2 110lbs - 5 attempts down to about 3mm *Filed grippers are damn tough, they ramp up massively at the end as expected. I'm weak in this range for now but this is exactly what I need. Also this is about 90% of my max which isn't easy. In hindsight I should have waiting an extra day to try this but it's hard to wait when you have new grippers. When fresher I think I can close this. Negatives COC 2.5 126lbs X 5 Filed Coc 2 x 5 x 5 Close but no Cigar. Looks like your fingers are overwrapping, your ring finger is pushing against the "palm" handle. Maybe this is just what it looks like to close filed grippers though, I don't know since I don't really use them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 1 hour ago, EmilBB said: Looks like your fingers are overwrapping, your ring finger is pushing against the "palm" handle. Maybe this is just what it looks like to close filed grippers though, I don't know since I don't really use them. Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate that. looking at the photo now you mention it it does look like it's placed a bit off where it should, it did slide back in my palm a bit though, the knurling is so light it was hard for it to stay put. I had a bad gripper day in general, my setting felt bad today and everything else just felt off today. Saying that though although it's the first time trying a file gripper I felt once you got close in it felt a bit skewed, like the handles align slightly different to a non filed gripper. I shall see how I fare next week. I should have rested today and tried tomorrow but the new grippers were calling my name lol. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted December 8, 2023 Author Share Posted December 8, 2023 Riser curls over knuckles 10kg X 10 L+R 20kg X 8 L+R 30kg X 6 L+R 25kg X 8 L+R Strict thumb pronation braces against bench 10kg X 20 L+R 25kg X 25 L+R 20kg X 30 L+R 15kg 2 x failure Strict supination braces against bench 10kg X 20 L+R 25kg 2 x 20 L+R 20kg 2 x failure L+R IM Extensor bands Green X 20 L+R Red X failure Yellow X failure My hands continue to keep thickening up, my palms but also the Interossei muscles between my metacarpals on the dorsal side of my hand. 3 pumps pop out when I flex my hand, pretty freaky but cool I think. *Its a shame YouTube's quality of the video is rubbish and you can't upload in better resolution. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted December 12, 2023 Author Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) Various warm ups Seated cable rows as strict as can be 40kg X 8 65kg X 8 85kg 2 x 8 Grippers Coc S X 10 L+R Coc 1 X 2 L+R STD gold X 1 L+R Coc 2 x 1 L+R Filed COC 110lbs RGC 3 attempts down to a few mm R STD gold 92 RGC X 4, 4, 3 L COC 1 X 15 R X 12 L Coin holds(holding a thin 50p) Coc 2 102 RGC X 9 secs then 12 sec R STD gold 92 RGC X 8 sec then 9 sec L I Forgot his tough these coin holds are but great for building strength in the final few mm range. Riser curls over knuckles(on seated cable machine and arm on pad so super strict) 5kg X 10 L+R 10kg X 8 L+R 15kg X 4 L+R 10kg X 20 L+R Thumb Pronation strict against bench 10kg X 20 L+R 25kg X 20 L+R 15kg X 50 L X 55 R IM Extensor bands thumbless Yellow X 100 L+R Edited December 12, 2023 by mcalpine1986 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Carney Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 2 hours ago, mcalpine1986 said: ... I Forgot his tough these coin holds are but great for building strength in the final few mm range. ... I have a Coin Lift from @Cannon that I may repurpose for "Junior" Silver Bullet holds (with only a pound or two) to work that range (or at least periodically test it). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted December 12, 2023 Author Share Posted December 12, 2023 37 minutes ago, Douglas Carney said: I have a Coin Lift from @Cannon that I may repurpose for "Junior" Silver Bullet holds (with only a pound or two) to work that range (or at least periodically test it). That sounds great. I also actually have a penny coin with a lifting hook on it but i have never thought of using it for these holds. Great idea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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