Finnegan's Wake

ghostwipe said:
Finn,

Want to get rid of that cold? (And anything else living inside you?) Chop up a raw clove of garlic and down it with a drink a few times a day.



Bacon,

I love you, and feel that you may have been my gay lover or twin brother/sister or something similar in a previous life.

*projectile vomits*
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I just went out and bought a 1200 mg Garlic supplement. Does it need to be a fresh clove?
I'd rather take my vegetables in pill form if possible.

Grip Work
I'm off work the next couple of days, and I suppose I should take it easy, which means I'll be doing some grip work tonight. I have a question about gripper training: I can close the thing really easy and fast until the last half an inch or so, then it just fails. Are there any assistance exercises that would improve my finishing strength on closing the gripper?
 
bacon said:
That's an awful lot of badass to be fitting into one paragraph, but you pulled it off nicely.

Food poisoning sucks....

It was August, 2001. I was hung over and I'd slept way to long to jump back on the sauce, so I went to IHOP
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From here I knew a legend was coming.
 
Oh, and at IHOP all I order is Corned Beef Hash.




You guys are all pussies with the intestinal fortitude of a South Beach Homosexual at a Hunting tournament.
 
Grip Work

CoC #2 Gripper
5 cheat closes w/ negatives
5 attempts at full closes, zero successes (10 minute rest between attempts)

Vice Grips
adjusted tension so it was very difficult to clamp various things

Channel Locks
set them to the center setting so the handles were close together. 5 overcrushes

Impressions
Its coming along. I'm getting closer each time on the CoC. I figured the Channel locks would be a good way to train finishing grip strength until then. I didn't feel like dragging any weights upstairs to do any pinch work. I'll pick it up next time.
 
Strap holds with an easier gripper will help you through that last little bit, tie a weight to the end of a webbing strap or old belt and then shut the gripper round the other end, lift weight off floor using the gripper, hold for time.
 
Thanks for the tip. Will my old, plastic handled cheap gripper be enough, or should I spring for the #1.5?
 
Hose clamp the handles to the point where you get stuck and just work the close.....u can adjust how far u hose clamp the handles from like 1/4 inch to 1" from close or whatever u want....office depot sells plenty of sizes so should be no problem....
 
Great. I think I just pulled something in my lower back at work. Just fucking great.
 
Just read through the last long post and yea....it was badass.....worthy of one of Bacon's posts.....which ofcourse bacon not to be outdone posted one of his......which involved booze.....which ofcourse made me get a Macaulay Culkin shocked face....

Yea I learned that lesson also a long time ago. I ordered a burrito in a hamburger place or was it a hamburger in a burrito place.....to make long story short....i had the worst case of food poisoning......diarrhea did not begin to describe what my asshole felt....or was that vomitting....to make matters worse i wasnt drunk when i was there and what I was eating tasted like shit....it was on a long drive back....from vegas i believe...could have been la....dont know....all i am thankful for is that i didnt shit in my buddies backseat....it started when i got home....
 
On further reflection, it doesn't feel like I pulled a muscle. I think I may have pinched a nerve. I can feel it my legs all the way down. I'll be going to the chiropractor tomorrow.
 
finnegan said:
On further reflection, it doesn't feel like I pulled a muscle. I think I may have pinched a nerve. I can feel it my legs all the way down. I'll be going to the chiropractor tomorrow.
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I started going to ashiatsu sessions instead of chiropractic ones:

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If you've never had it, and there's someone in your neck of the woods to do it, I highly recommend it. You're back will thank you...
 
^^^That looks interesting, however, chiropractor is a friend of mine, so it only costs me a couple of beers for an adjustment.
 
Okay. This injury lets me know two things: One: I've probably been overtraining. Two: That is an excellent excuse to not work out for a couple of weeks. I'm going to focus on sub grappling, conditioning, etc for a little while. I'm pretty happy with my numbers right now. I'm going to give my back a rest, and my core a much deserved rest from the Zercher Hell I've put it through.
There are some fight teams around here, and I think its time I need to decide where I'm going with all of this. My current trainers, while good at what they do, aren't MMA trainers. If I'm going to fight, its about time to move on. If I'm not, then I'm going to take some time for myself to socialize (yeah, I met a girl, before you ask). So, we'll see how the coin flip goes. I leave most major decisions to pure chance, and this qualifies as one of those.
I'll still chime in occasionally if I do anything noteworthy (namely when I close that damned CoC #2) and keep up w/ everyone. Thanks again to those who've helped me so far. I'll be back in a month or so.
 
She's going to either love you or hate you the moment you say "yeah, in my spare time I build massive fires for orgy-loving hippies and get drunk while I watch them".
 
juanlawnmower said:
She's going to either love you or hate you the moment you say "yeah, in my spare time I build massive fires for orgy-loving hippies and get drunk while I watch them".
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Where do you think I met her?
And it isnt just hippies. The next one is a biker hog roast, and the following one after that is...more hippies. Its a conference on herbal medicine. As soon as college starts, the party season picks back up. I've done burns for IU students before.
 
Finn: You can't leave this log...I'm addicted to the stories contained herein.

Hashbrowns at IHOP are good too. Anything "breakfast-ey" at IHOP will be edible, beyond that, well, that's when you start cupping your balls when you shit so you don't drool vomit onto 'em.
 
:::weeps::: damn it ....i have grown to like this log....what the hell am i going to do for a month while you're gone?...i can pop into zero's log and laugh for only so long....u know what i mean? just kidding zero....or am i?
 
finnegan said:
1RM
From one month ago:

Current 1RMs:
Deadlfit: 475
Bench Press: 315
Zercher Squat: 315 (definitely more. Still procrastinating on the saw horses)
Hack Squat: 405
Zercher Deadlift: 375
Push Press: 185

Current 5 reps:
Deadlift: 405 x 5 (this will go up really soon)
Bench Press: 300
Zercher Squat: 315
Hack Squat: 350, probably closer to 375 now
Zercher Deadlift: 325
Push Press: 165, possibly 175 soon.

Goals:
Deadlift: 500 within one month. *w/ straps/ chalk* +25 lb
Bench Press: 325 before I die. +10 lbs
Zercher Squat: get some fucking sawhorses and do 350 or more within one month.
Hack Squat: 415 within one month +10 lbs
Zercher Deadlift: 405 within one month (primary goal) +30lbs
Push Press: 205 within one month +20 lbs
Grip Work: Turn my weak hands into steel cables. Will know more later after some tests.
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Deadlift: met
Bench: unmet
Zercher Squat: unmet, but did 325 x 5
Hack Squat: Unmet and untried.
Zercher Deadlift: Technically unmet. I hit 400. and know that I could have hit 405.
Push Press: Unmet, but close.
Grip Work: getting there.

I just really didn't take into account how much of my energy was going towards firetending this month. I missed most of my goals, but mostly due to them just not being tried. These will remain my goals for when I come back.
 
Good luck with the back, and the training. And any potential future orgies.
 
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