training log : September 2015

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Sept 23, 2105

I've been training in Cyprus the past two weeks, still with focus on grip sport, ninja warrior, and arm wrestling (in order of what I'm focusing more). For grip I do plate pinching for time/distance, blue and red fatgripz rack lifts for time, grippers TNS and then MMS. I also took some days off after working out daily since June. I'm not motivated anymore to keep up with a training log, at least not here in Cyprus. Perhaps I will get back to it in the future to better monitor my progress and help others that have similar goals.

Coming up comps
National Ninja League West Coast- October 11
International king Kong grip challenge (California) October 24

Monday, September 14, 2015

nail bending

1/4 inch x 6 inch bolt

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Sunday, September 6, 2015

September 5, 2015

2" crusher one hand DL up to 175lb
IM hub lift up to 62 lb (I removed some of the paint to hold chalk better)

IM hub 64.5 lb off the floor a few inches not to full lockout
50lb blob drags L and R
one hand pinch euro up to 60lb
TNS CoC 2 and GHP5

Saturday, September 5, 2015

September 4, 2015

gripper workout home

TNS closes L up to CoC2 103, R CoC2 106 and GHP5 109lb
TNS HG 116lb, just missed
practiced setting to parallel and deeper 156lb MM2 rep
silver bullet with no added wt MM2 rep ~15 sec hold
some work on the shallow hub in between sets up to 25lb only for reps and time holds

Friday, September 4, 2015

September 3, 2015

bouldering again today about 1hr

training with 2.5" crusher rolling handle:
one hand deadlifts up to 136lb
one arm bent over rows with 101 lb
wrist curl isometrics for time and reps seated with 81lb
filed coc1 88lb in between sets TNS to failure both hands

- coc3 silver bullet w/5lb ~13 sec

-41 lb blob deadlift

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

September 2, 2015

Just did bouldering today x 30 min

September 1, 2015

nothing special today, was feeling tired from long day at work. I worked a bit with orbigrip, RT one hand deadlift and pulldowns, and lighter gripper workout. Did a silver bullet attempt and did better today, ~13 sec with 5lb. Aiming for 20 sec by the end of the month.

I ordered some steel from Andrew from FBBC (beginners stuff) and plan on starting bending as soon as it arrives!

August 31, 2015

started with dumbbell row with fatgripz up to 120 lb a few reps (fatgrizp do not fully wrap around the handle)
deadlifts with dumbbell/fatgripz 130, 135, 145, 150. These are the heaviest dumbbells at my gym, next time I'm bringing my olympic dumbbell that I can add weights.

one arm dumbbell curls in standing up to 70lb x 4-5, 75 lb x 2 each side (got inspired by the recent arm wresting thread)

table curls 75lb dumbbell

wrist curls cable machine with wrist wrench replica I got from Luke here

practiced one hand pinch deadlift with the euro in the parking lot, I went up to 60lb when the webbing of my thumb started to hurt and I couldn't squeeze as hard as I wanted to (the edges of the plates are sharp).

August 30, 2015

Local ninja warrior comp, grip obstacles felt super easy, I had some trouble with some of the other stuff though.Ninja warrior requires a lot of specialized training besides grip strength. Did some obstacle course training after the comp.

Picked up the euro device earlier from a friend here. I tested it home with light wts and look forward to training with it tomorrow.

August 29, 2015

-2" crusher up to 170lb, I feel I could go heavier if the crusher wasn't painted
-Gripper machine one hand holds for time 180 lb L and R a few sets
-pronation with towel at cable machine up to 70lb (As the pic I posted above for James).
-OAC two good reps and two half reps right, almost two good reps with L

bouldering for 30 minutes almost finishing that V6 I've been working on, also did some balance/ stability training on balance board (pistol squats)