23 October 2007 - Park Workout

Grippers

RH:

• Filed HG150 - 10 reps (TNS) warm-up
• CoC #2 - 5 over crushes
• HG300N - 3 over crushes, 2 forced reps
• HG350 - 1 over crush, 2 forced reps
• CoC #3 - 1/4" away on my max attempt - 5 negatives (10 sec)
• CoC #2 - 5 over crushes
• Filed HG150 - 6 reps (TNS)

LH:

• Filed HG150 - 10 reps (TNS) warm-up
• CoC #2 - 5 over crushes
• HG300N - 1 over crush, 4 forced reps
• HG350 - 3 forced reps
• CoC #3 - 5 negatives (10 sec)
• CoC #2 - 5 forced reps
• Filed HG150 - 7 reps (TNS)

Swing Set Climb (2.5" triple bar end of a huge playground swing set - I take hold of 2 of the 3 bars and climb up to a height of roughly 10', across a 1.5" bar and back down the other legs of the swing set. Up and back down is 1 rep)

• 1 X 2
• 2 X 3
• 1 X 2

Monkey Bar Static Hold (2.5" main bar on an old set of playground monkey bars)

• 3 X Failure (~30 seconds, standard grip)
• 3 X Failure (~15 seconds, opened grip)

2" Pony Clamp (Set on a table and crushed with the thumb on the clamp and fingers under the table)

• 5 X Failure (Negatives)

Extensors

• Various strength rubber bands for reps - pyramidal reps based on band strength

NOTES: Grippers felt really terrible today. I felt weak in all aspects of my grip except for the swing set climbs. I guess I'll call it an off day (?). You'll see above, I've done twice the static holds on the monkey bars today. That's mainly because I found a new grip that really hits the fingers and the thumb HARD. By simply rotating my wrists toward me, I've opened my grip significantly, thereby creating greater stress on the fingers and thumb to keep the grip over the large bar. I think this hold will have direct carry over into an event like the axle deadlift or a feat like lifting the Inch Dumbbell. FYI - I can't even hold on long enough for it to hurt.

I've scouted out a few potential pet rocks hidden in the bushes of the school across from the park. I'll have to wait until nightfall to look them over, several are quite sizable so they could make great training tools if procured. We shall see.