Saturday 26th July 2012

Saturday
Might need to work on lower back strength.
CG Bench Press
to 122.5-kilos x 2 x 4 reps

s/s heavy set with

LPD V-handle
to 130-kilos x 8 rough-n-ready reps - 80-kilos x 8 reps (hard)

Fat Gripz DB Deadlifts (in lieu of adjustable for comp)
biggest bell (70kg) x 1, 2 and 3 reps per hand. Miles way from being heavy enough.

Rack pulls (in lieu of frame hold)
to 200-kilos and still not putting my hips through properly. Sans chalk as per which doesn't help.

Friday 27th July 2012. Day 2

Friday
As I officially started training yesterday, even with the limited equipment I have access to, for Britain's Most Powerful Hands 2012 that dictated that I do holds for time (using a Vulcan at 5/5 (eqv to a CoC 3) and an HG300 held in the jaws as it were. Times noted in my log but not online for the benefit of my competitors. Other event numbers will fall out of the log as e get closer to the comp.

V/gripper
B/H: Usual warm ups
L/H: to 6/5 x 1 rep then down to 5/5 x 3 holds with HG300 -  a little better than last time
R/H: to 7/6 x 1 rep then down to 5/5 x 3 holds - as L/H

Britain's Most Powerful Hands 2012 - is go!

It has been announced. Britain's Most Powerful Hands 2012 is now official. Limited to 14 places (7 in each class - 105 and under and heavies).

Events:
1/ Adjustable thick bar
2/ Ironmind Silver bullet
3/ loading race ( 2 minute time limit)
( the loading race will include various circus dumbbells, blobs, anvil etc, to be loaded with one hand onto a varying height platform)

break then

4/ pinch lift
5/ sledgehammer deadlift
6/ Frame hold for time U105kg 450lb & heavyweights 700lb

Competitors
Heavywight
Steve Gardener
Rob "Stoneman" Frampton (3x WSM competitor)
Stew Killick
Elton Tobin

Under 105kg
Mark Martin Dye
Pete Kerr
Mike Mckenzie (to be confirmed)
Tom Balchin
Richie Bevan

I'm told Rob Russell wants to have a go.

Thursday 26th July 2012 - comp training begins

Wednesday
Off day + appointment. Stupidly hot too - very draining.

Thursday
Baring in mind the lack of a euro set up for at least another week (come to papa) and zero chalk...I'm now in competition mode.
2HP
Used my loading pin +
30-kilos (2 x 15) x 8 reps, 50-kilos x 3 reps, 60-kilos x 1 rep, 70-kilos x F (so humid), dropped to 62.5-kilos x 5 x 1 reps, 3 rep, 3 reps. Nice meat burn

s/s heavy sets with warm ups on press

Seated Iso Press
to 56.25-kilos a side x 6 reps

Hammer DB Curls
to 40-kilos x 8 loose reps (w/wraps on ) - 25-kilos x 8 reps

s/s with

TPD
to 77.5-kilos x 8 reps - 50-kilos x 8 reps 

Tuesday 24th July 2012

Tuesday
Even allowing for the heat training today was stupidly hard. My hips and knees aches on squats and leg press (less on this). My back did NOT like the rack pulls and my left wrist (front side) was not liking the wrist curls. All in all it was aches and pains. Bwt down to 280 from 282 but that may have just been water.

Squats
bar x 12 reps, 60-kilos x 12 reps (feet on floor) 60-kilos x 2 x 12 reps (heels elevated). I'm using straps to hold onto the bar as my wrists and shoulders do not like the usual holding the bar position at all.
 
Leg press
to 380-kilos x 15 hard reps

Rack pulls (4-6 inches)
to 220-kilos x 3 x 1 reps. Back was not liking this at all. I was getting pins and needles up the right hand side.

F/W/Curls 
to
R/H: 42.5-kilos x 6 reps - 20-kilos x 15 reps
L/H: tried 42.5... dropped to 35-kilos x 6 reps - 20-kilos x 15 reps

Monday 23rd July 2012

Monday
Trained, after warm ups, in the garden. I'm still red armed from yesterdays sun but it's to be made the most of.
V/Gripper
L/H: 5/6 x VN, VN, VN, 1, 1, 1, VVN, VVN 1 reps
R/H: 6/7 x VVN, VVN, 1, 1, 1 reps, 7/6 x 1, 1, 1  and TnG reps

NB: D/dip reps

Sunday 22nd July 2012

Sunday
Chest n back
CG bench press
to 120-kilos x 2 x 4 reps

Iso lever Row
to 81.25-kilo per arm x 8 reps

RT
RH not on form again - tsk. So volume instead
BH: to 112.5-kilos  x 2 x 3 reps

Deadlifts next time