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Naps are awesome. At Ogygen gym in Dubai/Kuwait/Wherever-it-is they make the pros nap every day after their lifting session.Originally Posted by Chris McCarthy
What does it mean in your training when you write "red"?
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Naps are fun when you can enjoy the "luxury" of having them - less so when you can't keep your eyes open or otherwise function without 'em.
"Red" refers to my Red Handled cheap-ass Gripper I bought many, many years back...it's a hold over from my more OCD days where - as different grippers have different handle thicknesses - 'twas a useful thing to note when doing over crushes at various points along the ROM.
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Wed 23-Aug-17 11:11 - 12:18 (<01:07:00)
HL (DO) / GR / PU: 2 x 70 x 8, 2 x 100 x 4 / 4 x Red x OC / 4 x BW x 8
HL (MX) / GR / PU: 2 x 110 x 2, 122.5 x 2 / 3 x Red x OC / 3 x BW x 6 (All in 17:50)
HL (MX) / GR: 8 x 132.5 x 1, 2 x 137.5 x 1 / 10 x Red x OC (01:00) - 4 MIN THEN:
PC / MP / GR: 2 x 42.5 x 1, 3 x 47.5 x 1, 5 x 50 x 1 / 2 x 42.5 x 5, 3 x 47.5 x 3, 5 x 50 x 2 / 10 x Red x OC (02:00)
PC / GR: 2 x 55 x 2, 3 x 60 x 2 / 5 x Red x OC (02:00)
DL (Clean Pull, DO) / GR: 3 x 70 x 3 / 3 x Red x OC
Again with the Beer Stopping Play; the frequent requirement of sessions like today - sweating Alcohol - is getting a bit old but it's obviously serving a short-term need (unfortunately)....
The work I did here was actually pretty good - especially the ten singles at 60%-ish - but it felt like total Dog Shit and the pretty bad mood I was in anyway wasn't helped by hurting both my left wrist and my right forearm before I'd even started (don't ask)...I may have cut a slightly pathetic figure muttering to myself this morning so this one probably won't make the Highlight Reel.
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Thu 24-Aug-17 11:14 - 12:13 (00:58:55)
HL (MX) / GR / PU: 70 x 5, 82.5 x 4, 90 x 4, 100 x 3, 112.5 x 3, 122.5 x 2 / 6 x Red x OC / 6 x BW x 6
HL (MX) / GR: 132.5 x 1, 137.5 x 1, 3 x 142.5 x 1, 150 x 1 / 6 x Red x OC (All in 24:20) - 3 MIN THEN:
DL (Clean Grip, DO) / GR: 112.5 x 3, 2 x 122.5 x 2, 132.5 x 1 / 4 x Red x OC (02:00) - 3 MIN THEN:
PC / MP / GR: 5 x 42.5 x 1, 52.5 x 1, 55 x 1 / 5 x 42.5 x 5, 52.5 x 1, 55 x 1 / 7 x Red x OC (02:00)
PC / GR: 2 x 57.5 x 1, 57.5 x 4 / 3 x Red x OC (02:00)
Bent Plate Lateral Raise: 2 x (2 x 10) x 10 / 2 x Red x OC
Alt Plate Hammer Curls: (2 x 10) x 10 (each)
Not horrible - Hacks and Deads were again surprisingly snappy - but forearms are definitely a but fucked as of right now...not overly concerned mind you: I've been doing quite a lot of work on the PC and sometimes these things need a day or two to work themselves out and so we'll see. Tired going into this one too, just struggled to get to sleep last night - sleep has been a bit all over the place this week anyways but it seemed that all of the remaining bits of my brain had something to say last night and weren't about to be ignored.
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With the impressive and insane volume of grip work you do I don't understand how your forearms are ever not fucked.
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Years of typing as GPP...
Fri 25-Aug-17 11:11 - 12:26 (01:15:00)
HL (MX) / GR / PU: 2 x 90 x 4, 2 x 100 x 3, 112.5 x 3, 122.5 x 2, 132.5 x 1, 142.5 x 1, 147.5 x 2 / 10 x Red x OC / 10 x BW x 7
HL (MX) / GR: 4 x 112.5 x 3, 112.5 x 4 / 5 x Red x OC (All in 34:45) - 4 MIN THEN:
PC / MP / GR: 3 x 42.5 x 1, 6 x 50 x 1 / 3 x 42.5 x 5, 6 x 50 x 2 / 9 x Red x OC (02:00) - 2 MIN THEN: 5 x 52.5 x 1, 2 x 55 x 1 / 5 x 52.5 x 1, 2 x 55 x 1 / 7 x Red x OC (01:00) - 2 MIN THEN:
Standing BBC / GR: 2 x 30 x 6, 30 x 8 / 3 x Red x OC (02:00)
Overhead BB Ext's / GR: 2 x 30 x 8 / 2 x Red x OC (02:00) - 1 MIN THEN:
Bent Plate Lateral Raise: 2 x (2 x 10) x 10 / 2 x Red x OC
Pretty stoked with this actually - the right forearm was still-a-niggling but, apart from that, I actually felt fairly healthy in both Body AND Mind and I also felt an unusually unified sense of purpose in what I wanted to achieve...which has perhaps been lacking a bit lately.
It felt good.
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Sat 26-Aug-17 11:12 - 12:17 (01:04:40)
HL (MX) / GR / PU: 2 x 90 x 4, 2 x 100 x 4, 2 x 122.5 x 2 , 132.5 x 1 / 7 x Red x OC / 7 x BW x 7
HL (MX) / GR: 2 x 142.5 x 1, 2 x 145 x 1, 147.5 x 1, 150 x 1, 122.5 x 3, 2 x 112.5 x 1 / 9 x Red x OC (All in 32:25)
PC / MP / GR: 10 x 50 x 1 / 10 x 50 x 2 / 10 x Red x OC (02:00) - 1 MIN THEN:
PC / PP / GR: 50 x 1 / 50 x 3 / Red x OC - 2 MIN THEN:
PC / GR: 55 x 1, 3 x 60 x 1, 2 x 55 x 1 (01:00)
Standing BBC / Overhead BBC Ext's / GR: 20 x 20 / 20 x 15 / Red x OC
A little tired again but another good one - right forearm continues to improve.
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Sun 27-Aug-17 11:02 - 12:08 (01:05:30)
HL (MX) / GR / PU: 2 x 90 x 4, 100 x 4, 112.5 x 2 x 3, 122.5 x 2, 132.5 x 2 / 6 x Red x OC / 6 x BW x 7
HL (MX) / GR: 6 x 142.5 x 1, 112.5 x 8, 112.5 x 3, 112.5 x 4 / 9 x Red x OC (All in 28:10) - 4 Min then:
PC / MP / GR: 6 x 50 x 1 / 6 x 50 x 2 / 6 x Red x OC (02:00) - 1 Min then: 6 x 52.5 x 1 / 6 x 52.5 x 1 / 6 x Red x OC (01:00) - 2 Min then:
PC / GR: 4 x 55 x 2. 57.5 x 2, 60 x 2 / 6 x Red x OC (01:30)
PC / SQ / GR: 50 x 1 / 50 x 5 / Red x OC (02:00)
Bent Plate Lateral Raise: (2 x 10) x 15, 2 x (2 x 10) x 8 / 3 x Red x OC (02:00)
Feeling (and getting) better. And Fatter, but mainly Better...overall, these are starting to move as they should.
It will probably be a while until the issue with my forearm disappears completely - I can feel it whilst doing an hour or so on the Computer right now - but I shall press (ha!) onwards.
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Mon 28-Aug-17 11:03 - 12:10 (01:06:30)
HL (MX) / GR / PU: 2 x 90 x 4, 100 x 4, 5 x 112.5 x 3 / 8 x Red x OC / 8 x BW x 7
HL (MX) / GR: 122.5 x 2, 132.5 x 2, 5 x 142.5 x 1 - 4 MIN THEN:
PC / MP / GR: 10 x 50 x 1, 42.5 x 1 / 10 x 50 x 2, 42.5 x 5 / 11 x Red x OC (02:00)
DL (MX) / GR: 90 x 3, 112.5 x 3, 132.5 x 3 / 3 x Red x OC (02:00) - 1 MIN THEN:
Bent Plate Lateral Raise: 3 x (2 x 10) x 10 / 3 x Red x OC (02:00) - 1 MIN THEN:
Standing BBC / Overhead BB Ext's / GR: 20 x 20 / 20 x 15 / Red x OC
Bangedy-Bang-Banged this one out - solid.
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Let's get this on here and button up August before I forgetzz...
Tues 29-Aug-17 11:03 - 12:19 (01:15:05)
HL (MX) / GR / PU: 2 x 100 x 3, 2 x 110 x 2, 2 x 120 x 1, 2 x 130 x 1, 2 x 140 x 1 / 10 x Red x OC / 10 x BW x 7
HL (MX) / GR: 4 x 140 x 1, 120 x 2, 120 x 8, 2 x 120 x 2 / 8 x Red x OC (All in 37:05) - 4 MIN THEN:
PC / MP / GR: 2 x 42.5 x 1, 2 x 47.5 x 1, 2 x 50 x 1 / 2 x 42.5 x 5, 2 x 47.5 x 3, 2 x 50 x 2 / 6 x Red x OC (02:00) - 2 MIN THEN: 4 x 52.5 x 1 / 4 x 52.5 x 1 / 4 x Red x OC (01:00) - 2 MIN THEN: 2 x 55 x 1 / 2 x 55 x 1 / 2 x Red x OC (02:00) - 1 MIN THEN:
PC / GR: 2 x 57.5 x 2 (02:00)
Standing BBC / GR: 3 x 30 x 10 / 3 x Red x OC (02:00)
Overhead BB Ext's / GR: 3 x 30 x 8 / 3 x Red x OC (02:00)
Wed 30-Aug-17 11:03 - 11:57 (00:53:30)
HL (MX) / GR / PU: 2 x 90 x 4, 2 x 100 x 4, 112.5 x 3, 122.5 x 2 / 6 x Red x OC / 6 x BW x 7
HL (MX) / GR: 10 x 132.5 x 1, 145 x 1 / 11 x Red x OC (01:00) (All in <25:00) - 4 MIN THEN:
PC / MP / GR: 3 x 50 x 1, 2 x 52.5 x 1, 2 x 55 x 1 / 3 x 50 x 2, 2 x 52.5 x 1, 2 x 55 x 1 / 7 x Red x OC (02:00)
PC / GR: 55 x 2, 57.5 x 2, 60 x 2 / 3 x Red x OC (02:00)
DL (MX) / GR: 100 x 3, 122.5 x 3, 2 x 132.5 x 1 / 4 x Red x OC (02:00)
Thu 31-Aug-17 11:22 - 12:23 (01:00:15)
HL (MX) / GR / PU: 2 x 100 x 3, 2 x 122.5 x 2, 142.5 x 1, 152.5 x F, 2 x 152.5 x 1, 155 x 1 / 9 x Red x OC / 9 x BW x 8
HL (MX) / GR: 5 x 122.5 x 2, 100 x 10, 110 x 6 / 7 x Red x OC (All in 34:05) - 4 MIN THEN:
PC / MP / GR: 2 x 42.5 x 1, 5 x 50 x 1, 3 x 55 x 1 / 2 x 42.5 x 5, 5 x 50 x 2, 3 x 55 x 1 / 10 x Red x OC (02:00)
PC / GR: 60 x 1, 62.5 x 1 (02:00)
Nice few days training, a solid end to what was a solid month despite a bit of a mid-month dip...fatigue is pretty high right now, which is just about where I want it to be, but it did lead to a somewhat embarrassing failure on the first rep at 152 when I apparently didn't bother taking a proper grip and the bar just about squirmed out of my left hand about half way up - I corrected that and the next few popped up beautifully (wiping my sweaty brow immediately beforehand was a bit foolish too).
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