Blacksmith513 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 16 minutes ago, Charles Jones said: Thanks! Its on this harder steel where I'm really learning how to hit harder. Its like i start with my arms and chest but it wont budge until i get my lats involved. Its just a lot of muscle to activate all at once. So thats what I'll be focusing on, activating every muscle i can at the same time to hit harder sooner. Just rewatched the recording and my first hit on the 6.5x9/32 bar was 9 seconds and it didn't even move until after 7 seconds lol. That was the first bend where i really felt my lats engage before it started moving. Sounds like some isos might be beneficial 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matek Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 20 hours ago, Charles Jones said: Bending today. Some progress today but no new completed bends. I attempted to record a 6.5" x 9/32" cert bar DO from ECGB. At 5 minutes I was 3/8" away from finishing but the bar left the frame so many times without me realizing it, It would have been a fail anyway. I learned a lot though. Drill rod is a humbling experience, my crush needs so much work. Bent my first grade 5 bolt today also, but was out of gas around 90°. I'll save that bolt to work on crush another day. The IM yellow and 60d were the easiest they have been today, slow but steady progress there. All DO 6 timber ties 1 ECGB 6.5" x 9/32" failed by 3/8" 1 IM yellow nail 1 60d bright 1 grade 5 bolt 6" × 1/4" failed by a lot I want to keep going today but the elbows say to stop. Great work. You will get that DR next time if you're fresh. Btw the 9/32" DR is a very good practice bend for the 5/16" CRS. If you can put down like 4-5 in a workout, I think you're ready for a IM red nail (not the cert) or the Horrido A2/BSC Moose certs (although the Moose is somewhat harder than the others). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 1 hour ago, matek said: Great work. You will get that DR next time if you're fresh. Btw the 9/32" DR is a very good practice bend for the 5/16" CRS. If you can put down like 4-5 in a workout, I think you're ready for a IM red nail (not the cert) or the Horrido A2/BSC Moose certs (although the Moose is somewhat harder than the others). Thanks for the feedback and encouragement. A few weeks ago i told myself i wasn't going to buy a lot of steel and just stick to nails because they were so much cheaper. I guess I lied lol. I have so much steel in the mail right now. An assortment of bolts from Horrido, Bars and bolts from BSC, 5/16" O1, crs, and ss from ECGB, and blue and red nails from iron mind. I'll have a lot to work towards and a lot of variety to play with. This should keep me busy for a long time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 Blobs today. Took a while to warm up. Plenty of successful lifts with the half 75 and a few on the half 85 with my right hand. Left hand felt mostly strong on the half 75 today. I didn't really track anything today, i just lift until i couldn't anymore. Tried lifting the half 85 and half 75 at the same time with no success as well as transfers with the half 65, but it was fun trying. Hands are sore from bending yesterday which probably effected today. Adjusting the workout schedule to spread things out a little better. Video of nothing special, mostly the fun but failed attempts. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Knowlton Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 All of that with no shoes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 Grippers today. Warm up - unrated HG100 and 85rgc Right 102rgc - 5 sets of triples, long pause Left 98rgc - 5 sets of triples, long pause 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Knowlton Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Nice grip work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 Bending 2 days ago. Forgot to post this. I had somewhere to be right after my workout. I didn't really plan this out, but I felt good and decided to attempt the ECGB 9/32"x6.5" cert bar again. I got it down to 1/16" inside of 2 inches in 3 minutes, so a success. Crush is brutal on these things for me. Just waiting to hear back from Devin to see if everything is clear in the vid. Either way, I'll do another on Monday or Tuesday. Behind that I bent a 1/4"x6" drill rod and 2 IM yellow nails. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 Grippers today. Light workout before a deload next week. This workout was supposed to be yesterday, but it slipped my mind. Warmup - unrated HG100 filed and 98rgc. Right 102rgc - 3 sets of triples, long pause Left 98rgc - 3 sets of triples, long pause 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 (edited) And the bend was accepted! I go by my middle name, Mitch. So it's listed under Mitch Jones. I don't know what I was thinking when I signed up for grip board under my first name. Edited September 9, 2023 by Charles Jones added link to video 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 33 minutes ago, Charles Jones said: And the bend was accepted! I go by my middle name, Mitch. So it's listed under Mitch Jones. I don't know what I was thinking when I signed up for grip board under my first name. Out of excitement, I celebrated with 2 more bends. Another 9/32x6.5 cert bar, and attempted a grade 5 bolt again. Bolt was a finally a success after several attempts over the last few weeks. Today has been a good day. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matek Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Great bends and congrats! I can see the second one went down with a lot of confidence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted September 18, 2023 Author Share Posted September 18, 2023 Pushed my back too hard too soon and aggravated the injury I had a few weeks ago. So I haven't really trained anything to let it rest. Tonight I felt pretty good although I likely still have a few weeks of recovery left to feel normal again. Since I felt ok tonight I tried some bending. I bent one grade 5 bolt 1/4x6" DO and was too gassed out to bend a second, although i was able to kink it half way. I'm having a lot of trouble putting even a kink in anything as thick as 5/16" even if it rates lower than thinner bars. I'm not sure why that is. I'm going to just focus on increasing the number of bars i bend per session and only bending bars that i know i can bend, Maybe that will be best for a while. I have about 110-120 grade 5 bolts to work on. Now that I'm all worked up and adrenaline pumping, its time for bed lol. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) Bending today. Since injuring my back again, I slowed down a lot in grip training. I did some blob lifting about a week ago, and bend a few bars here and there. I had to take about 5 days off from everything from my hands feeling bruise and pain shooting from my palms up the ulnar side of my fore arm. All healed up now. Focusing on higher volume of somewhat easy steel to develope hand toughness, finishing up with a harder piece of steel. Today I was able to bend my first 5/16" diameter steel. The kink to me is a completely different animal compared to higher rated but smaller diameter steel, don't know why. All DO. Bent 10 60d bright nails in cordura Bent 1 Horrido 4.8 bolt in cordura Bent 1 Horrido A4 bolt started in cordura. Added a horrido pad for the sweep because my hands hurt to much at that point to keep pushing in cordura alone. Failed close to the end of the sweep, no gas left. I'll finish the sweep and crush next workout when I'm fresh. Edited September 25, 2023 by Charles Jones 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 Bending today... again. I felt pretty recovered today, so decided to bend. Warmed up on a IM blue nail and tried a Horrido A2 bolt. To my suprise, I felt it start to kink and just leaned into it. I'm glad I recorded this one. Video (below) submitted to Jan as a cert attempt. I tried to bend an IM red nail after and only got a slight bend in it. Followed by 5 60d brights to help condition hands. Left shoulder started not feeling right, so I stopped. Happy day. Long video, but bend starts at 4:20. A2 bolt in IM pads and Horrido pads. 60d all cordura. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted October 8, 2023 Author Share Posted October 8, 2023 I've been dabbling in a little grip stuff here and there the past week. Waiting on my left thumb pad to heal up. I can bend 60d brights and IM blue nails with minimal pain, anything rated 400+ hurts quite a bit. It's certainly better than a week ago. Hopefully another week or two it will be 100%. I bought some 5/16" HRS for something new to try. It feels hard. 7" hurt my hand and I have no idea what it rates. I thought it would be easier than crs, ss, O-1. I also bought a bunch of 9/32 O-1 I may cut mostly to 7" to get some volume. I should be able to get several of those bent per session. Can't wait to give these bars a proper try when I'm healed up. HRS is cut to 6, 7, 7.5, and 8". 4 pieces of each. Should get 25 pieces of 7" O-1. But I might cut one piece at 6" for fun later. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted October 8, 2023 Author Share Posted October 8, 2023 Did something a little different today. Grippers right hand, Blobs left hand. Last time i said i was going to cut some weight, i was 197. I'm not proud to say that i am now 206 lol. Started a cut yesterday. so far so good. i'll try for more than 3 days this time. I'm using an app to track food called MacroFactor. its pretty good but not cheap and no free version. Grippers Right hand only CCS focus Warmup - 35rgc 1 set 20 reps Slow build up to max ccs - 35rgc x1, 64rgc x1, 70rgc x1, 75rgc x1, 79rgc x1, 85rgc x1, 89rgc x1, 96rgc x1 Max reps ccs - 79rgc 7 reps with rep 8 @ 1mm miss Filed MMS closes - 78Fx1-10 second hold, 89Fx2 sets of 1-10 second hold Cool down with wide set - 64rgc x15, 35rgc x15, IM blue extensor band 3 sets of 15 Blobs Left hand only Half 65 - 2 sets of 1 Half 75 - 3 sets of 0,1,1 Half 75 - 3 sets of 3,3,0 Half 65 - 1 hold for 6 seconds Cool down - IM blue extensor band 3 sets of 15 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 (edited) Bending and grippers today. I did chest and back at the gym today. Never been a very strong person, but today I hit a new pr on bench press. My max has been 195 for over a decade. Today I hit 205 easy, then 215 for a challenging rep with a little more in the tank. Pleasantly suprised. Bending probably wasn't the best choice today but I just practiced my kink. I'll finish them when my chest is recovered. Thumb pad slightly better, still not quite 100% DO in IMP and horrido pads, 2 hits each. 4 pieces of 9/32"x7" O-1 5 iso hits on a red nail Grippers Right hand only Warm up 35rgc x20 CCS 64rgc x1, 75rgc x1, 85rgc x1, 96rgc x1, 102rgc miss 79rgc 1 set 7 reps 78rgc filed 1 set 10 reps, deep set Cool down 64rgc x10, 35rgc x20 Edited October 12, 2023 by Charles Jones typo 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted October 14, 2023 Author Share Posted October 14, 2023 (edited) Bending today. Went well. Higher volume of harder bars/Bolts. Finished off the 4 pieces of 9/32x7 O1 that I kinked a few days ago. Removed some skin from my fingers attempting a piece of 5/16x7 O1 from ECGB, but no blood lol. Fun session. All DO Warmup - IM blue in IMP 2x horrido A2 8mm x 180mm bolts in doubles 1x horrido A4 8mm x 180mm bolt in doubles 1x ECGB 5/16x7" O1 cert bar in doubles - Failed on kink 4x O1 drill rod 9/32x7 pre-kinked from last workout, 3 in doubles, 1 in single cordura Edited October 14, 2023 by Charles Jones 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 Grippers, blobs, bending, today. Grippers Right hand only, felt good and made progress on the rep gripper, i'll go up to 85rgc next week. Pinch felt weak today. I was going to bend Saturday, but bent a few bars/bolts today. Grippers RH All ccs 35rgc x10, 64rgc x5, 75rgc x5, 85rgc x3, 96rgc x1, 79rgc x9 Cool down 64rgc x15 mms Blobs Half 75, 4 lifts each hand. Few lifts slipped out Bending All DO in doubles - IMP and horrido pads Horrido A4 5/16x7 O1 dr 9/32x6 - crush was brutal on this G8 1/4x6 bolt - haven't tried to bend one of these in a while, I've never been able to budge one. Got it bent pretty good this time, but ran out of gas on the crush, very springy. Still sore from chest and back at the gym yesterday, probably should have waited until Saturday to bend. Fun day. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matek Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 4 hours ago, Charles Jones said: Grippers, blobs, bending, today. Grippers Right hand only, felt good and made progress on the rep gripper, i'll go up to 85rgc next week. Pinch felt weak today. I was going to bend Saturday, but bent a few bars/bolts today. Grippers RH All ccs 35rgc x10, 64rgc x5, 75rgc x5, 85rgc x3, 96rgc x1, 79rgc x9 Cool down 64rgc x15 mms Blobs Half 75, 4 lifts each hand. Few lifts slipped out Bending All DO in doubles - IMP and horrido pads Horrido A4 5/16x7 O1 dr 9/32x6 - crush was brutal on this G8 1/4x6 bolt - haven't tried to bend one of these in a while, I've never been able to budge one. Got it bent pretty good this time, but ran out of gas on the crush, very springy. Still sore from chest and back at the gym yesterday, probably should have waited until Saturday to bend. Fun day. Great work man. You can see from the bend radius that that's one mean G8. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 I went to bend a few bolts and ended up punching myself in the jaw pretty hard when a 5/16x7" grade 2 bolt snapped at the threads. After that I just bent a horrido A4 and a 1/4x6" grade 5. After a few days rest, maybe friday, I'm going to try a horrido A2 at 6". 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matek Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 With hardened bolts, this can be an even bigger problem (more dangerous). I recommend wrapping the thread side deeper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith513 Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 10 hours ago, Charles Jones said: I went to bend a few bolts and ended up punching myself in the jaw pretty hard when a 5/16x7" grade 2 bolt snapped at the threads. After that I just bent a horrido A4 and a 1/4x6" grade 5. After a few days rest, maybe friday, I'm going to try a horrido A2 at 6". That hurts... I've never snapped a bolt but ive punched myself a few times.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Jones Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 Grippers today. Right hand. Warm up - 35rgc x20, 64rgc x10 ccs - 75rgc x1, 85rgc x1, 96rgc x1, 102rgc miss, 85rgc x7 mms - Filed 89rgc x5 cool down - 64rgc x15, 35rgc x30 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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