Goals & Gains Devil's power/strength training log

ahahaha....that's awesome. I truly hate people like that. Do you not carry an old dirty sock just for such occassions? midset u just come up and jam it in...
 
signed up today at 24 hour club for 599 for 3 years then 49 a year thereafter....great deal imo. First it was 750 but that included 5 personal training sessions so I asked for one without. This includes all the clubs up to 'Sport' designation. Only few clubs i cant go to are super-sport and ultra-sport for which it would have been extra but those are almost like country clubs...far away from where I live and pointless....

www.doctorstrust.com has a deal on creatine monohydrate 54 total oz for 17.99
....basically buy 1 get 2 free deal...if you get 50$ or more u also get free shipping. Also got a good deal on glucosamine/chondroitin/MSM deal 56.89 for 3 240 bottles of 1500/1200/500 per 3 tablets.(also buy 1 get 2 free)
 
I may be a tool but come Jan 2008....you are going to be wearing a dress. Klotz is one sneaky bastard. All tied up eh?
 
bench is feeling super good. i will be disappointed if i dont get 300 be end of the year. :D
 
11/17/07 6:50pm


-400mg caffeine+500mg enteric coated aspirin+~500mg chocamine+500mg magnesium+B-Complex

Squats:
bw(210)-10 reps
135-5 reps
225-5 reps
305-12+0 reps....+belt as tight as possible
-vid coming
335-1 rep...belt very loose
365-1 rep...belt very loose...grinded out
-readjusted safeties to be 2 notches higher
385-1 crappy rep....realized I set safeties too high so that at the lowest point I am hitting the safeties...so I hit safety at the bottom and went up with the bar at like 30 degree angle from left to right side....FUCK....so had to rebalance weight midrep and finish out the rep.
-belt was 1 notch looser than 305 set...

225-10 reps...

Sohp:+belt....1 notch looser than tightest
135-5 reps
155-3 reps
185-3 reps
225-1+0 reps...

BORs:
135-10 reps
+straps:
225-3 reps
315-5 reps...vid coming....started out semi strict and became sloppy
405-3 reps...sloppy...vid coming
315-10 reps....sloppy...

Grippers:
#3.5: forced close and neg with right...right hand opened up only 1/4"....getting more and more doable...2 forced closes and neg left
BBE: got right hand either to 1/8" or better...thought i closed it for a sec..vid coming.....left was 2 forced closes and negs
BBE: forced close right hand and held completely shut for ~10 sec...left hand was 2 forced closes and negs..

Sitting Calf Raise Machine:
2-45s:5 reps
4-45s:5+0 reps
5-45s:1+0 reps....plates are loaded on 2 sides...so 5th plate was on right side and it obviously placed more pressure on right left..

Sitting Leg Curl Machine:
120-10 reps
180-5 reps
262.5(255 stack+7.5 weight)-22+1 reps..

Incline Bench Press:
135-10 reps...pinkies inside outer rings
225-10 reps...pinkies inside outer rings...
185-10 reps...pinkies inside outer rings...

9pm END...

-2 solid workouts in a row....I started taking creatine more often 5g twice a day....also took chocamine at 500mg both times...so has to be one of the two....I am thinking improved endurance is due to chocamine....
 
Why do you bring your grippers to the gym and just keep them at your home?
 
forgot to mention I also did

Pull Ups:
bw: 3x5 and 1 set with a loading pin and carabiner to see how it would feel...I am afraid that the belt will snap...eh....

Horizontal Rows: bw: 12 reps

Handstand push ups: bw: did 3 reps against a glass door/window...felt really awkward as the feet kept producing friction on the way up which interfered with the movement...but it was fairly easy....just did it for the hell of it...will try it again later when fresh at a playground...
 
Hey DS can you check out my log, I need a depth check on my squats.
 
Ok that makes a lot more sense now lol. Yes I train grippers both at the gym and at home. The heavy lifting(heavy squats, bench, etc) serves very well to activate/stimulate my CNS so that I often feel stronger for a short period of time. I use that time to try to do grippers or some other training.

I checked my BBE vid on the comp and I was indeed 1/8" or about there from closed...I think with a few more sessions I will get it closed.

Next week I will hopefully get my hex 35, 50 as well as blob40 to train my blockweights.
 
Was the BBE from parallel? I really like to just set it as deep as possible then slowly widen the distance between the handles.

You've been going pretty hard on the grip purchases the past couple weeks. If this progresses we might have to take you to Grippers annonymous. Zero hates seeing you this way. Do it for him.
 
Yea I usually use a set that's between parallel and CCS...slowly trying to widen out the set.

Yea i did get a few grip things. But I am done for the forseable future. I just wanted a few blockweights. Zero is an utter pussy until he closes his #1.

It was funny shaking the hand of the guy who signed me up at 24hours. He had the most limp handshake I have had in a long while. For a guy who 'works out' and works in the fitness industry that was quite sad.
 
My number 3 is so much harder than my 2.5. Its going to take a while for that beast to be taken down.

And about that guy with a limp handshake: Do you really need a strong grip for curls and when straps are so easy to use? nope.
 
If you dont mind defacing your gripper...I'd start filing your 2.5 little by little. It will be easier to get to the #3 this way. Ofcourse forced closes/negs on the #3 and slowly building up volume on the 2.5 will work also.
 
Need to edit them. Chose a bad angle on the squats but I guess i'll post it anyway.
 
I dont feel a parallel set to be easier than a no setup close. My sticking point is always close to the end where the gripper starts to slide sideways or my fingertips move slightly over the handle and get in the way. I can easily close the COC #1 for reps but the #2 just doesnt want to be closed (my best was about 5mm shy of closing, my brohter even thought I had it but I felt that I didnt - then the gripper started to slide again).
Any pointers?
 
Graedy I would practice setting gripper parallel or even deeper. When you curl your fingers while keeping them straight there's a big fold in your palm...like a line...that where the doglegged handle should be when you're setting a gripper. Then try to assist with your other hand so that the other handle sits in between your first and second knucles of the fingers. This ofcourse depends on the length of the fingers but that's where I always aim to have it.

It's funny in the summer catalog strossen made some backhanded sarcastic remark about parallel/MMS closing. Something like 'if you want to feel stronger than you are then go ahead and do parallel closing but if you want to gain real strength then do full closes/NS'....I was laughing pretty hard at that. That guy showed that he had 0 clue about what he was saying as every strong guy on gripboard regularly focuses their training on deep or parallel closes to progress. Deep closes carry over pretty well to NS but not vice versa it seems.
 
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