The Return of the jedi-This is not Sparta. This. Is. Madness.(now incl. Race to 100kg OHP)

Finished the trial of strength part2 and it could've gone better.
As per instructions I did 10 shoulder width chins and then hung on to bar* for as long as possible.
Time taken from start of chins.

1m 20s

It doesn't look much written down but it felt a whole lot longer in practice.
At least it didn't hurt as much as the dumbbell hold.




jedi

*course that is a very shiny bar in my gym. Very shiny indeed.
And thin.
Very shiny and thin.
And hard to grip.

Well done jedi, i'm doing back tomorrow(saturday) I'll give it a go first thing when i get there i might not even get 10 pullup's let alone hold on for any lenght of time. May the force be with me....

ORIGINAL: okey100

Well done jedi, i'm doing back tomorrow(saturday) I'll give it a go first thing when i get there i might not even get 10 pullup's let alone hold on for any lenght of time. May the force be with me....

Cheers mate I felt a bit disappointed with it at the time as I thought I had made a bit of a tactical error which I can't really go into at the minute but looking back I don't suppose I would have done much better no matter what tactics I'd employed. Like I said, at least it doesn't hurt as much as the dumbbell hold (which my left shoulder is still sore from) as there is less chance to 'fight', probably because it is a larger weight (huge in your case) testing the strength of smaller muscles. Once my fingers started to peel back there wasn't much I could do about it, no matter how much I told myself to hold on.

Enjoy




jedi

sorry jedi i didn't get round to giving the pullups ago today, i forgot my trainer had me booked in for a new back routine. I was going to give it a go after but my trainer decided to try and kill me off today.

Quick update:

Tonight's chins went

12
10
09

all wide grip, very pleasing.

Worth noting that the extra time taken chinning saved me from being the focus of hilarity as the person doing low pulley rows (as I would have been) had the cable snap on him
but also
Couple the recoil sending him back off the bench at a rate of knots and the kkkkerrrash of the weights and I reckon he thought he'd been shot. Got up looking most perplexed.

Gym now officially re-rated from sh!thole to deathtrap.




jedi

ORIGINAL: jedi


Next week I am looking for doubles on 100kg and 105kg and then a single, or dare one hope a double at 110kg.

Mission accomplished.






jedi

good going mate nice lifts there.

Tonight's leg workout included a set of 9 at 270kg on the leg press all done right down to the springs.
Pleased with that but probably wont be in a rush to repeat it, as it wrecked my legs when combined with the high rep stuff I have been working on. Was quite chuffed with it though and it was easy enough to show that if I wanted to go heavy it would only take a few sessions to have me back at 310kg which was my best before the op. Having said that I was doing sets of hack squats with the stack before and am not only nowhere near that now, I can't even imagine how I was managing it then.

In other news, rogging speed has increased to such a level that my trainers are falling to bits in the slipstream.
That or the little Vietnamese boy that made 'em was daydreaming when he should have been applying glue.





jedi

ORIGINAL: jedi

Flat Bench:
60kg x 15
80kg x 12
90kg x 10
80kg x 08
60kg x 10

This week;
Flat Bench:
60kg x 15
80kg x 12
90kg x 10
90kg x 08
80kg x 08
60kg x 10

...not quite as good as the ones they got in Egypt but not bad.

Looking good for an assault on 115kg on Friday.




jedi

good luck.
don't try too hard

ORIGINAL: daKensta

good luck.
don't try too hard

I just have this feeling in my bones that it is on.
Of course I may feel differently when I am underneath it.

I will, however, recruit a spotter as I am not "Banzai daKensta".





jedi
(Good wrestling name for you there)

Kamikaze Kensta sounds better

ORIGINAL: daKensta

Kamikaze Kensta sounds better

Course the literal translation would be "Kensta of Divine Wind"



Maybe you eat lots of peppermints?






jedi

Some classic updates recently Jedi, pmsl! This strength challenge thingy is quite entertaining - including shiny hard to grip bar!!

Nice work though, nice to see you enjoying it all.

Thanks Lisa

things going not too bad at the minute.

Last night included;

Chins
12
10
9 ....and three quarters


So close to 3 sets of double digits for the first time ever.
Major curl workout was also good, alternating between E-Z bar and Oly bar seems to be keeping my forearms pain free.
Biceps now measuring 16.5" which is nearly the same as before my op. but I am now more than a stone lighter.




jedi

ORIGINAL: jedi

...
Looking good for an assault on 115kg on Friday.

Warmed up with shoulder workout then on to bench fun.
Worked up through a few weights then did a nice easy double on 100kg.
Next up was one rep on 110kg which felt good and I just knew I was going to get the 115kg which I duly did.
Went up with effort but nice and smooth, certainly not a ragged max.

Next week may try for a triple on 110kg.





jedi

Right wheel.






Think the higher reps are paying off.





jedi

Leg workout now looks like;

Leg Press:
150kg x 20
190kg x 15
230kg x 12
270kg x 08
190kg x 15

Hack Squat:
55kg x 12
60kg x 12
65kg x 10
65kg x 10

Leg Ext:
pin6 x 15
pin7 x 12
pin8 x 08
pin7 x 10

Hams & calves are done Friday due to running.




jedi

Decided to step up a bit on the bench for reps day.

Flat Bench:
60kg x 15
80kg x 12
90kg x 10
100kg x 06
80kg x 07 stripset 60kg x 05
80kg x 07 stripset 60kg x 05


pleased with the set on 100kg but the guy I was training with creamed me on the stripsets.
Kept starting off on the 60kg part thinking I would get 10 easy only to change my mind 2 reps later
Maybe I'll get used to them.

jedi

Hi mate, looks like things are going well for ya