@BEAst_in_I he sounds like a blast. One of my favorite characters was a bard whose performance skill was stand-up comedy. It meant that, in the middle of battle, he had to inspire the party with zingers and observational humor. One of our most iconic moments was when our party was slaughtered on our sleep by an inn-keeper and the party leader got mad at me asking if I locked the doors before we slept, and my characters dying words were “We’re being attacked by the inn-KEEPER. He has ALL the keys. That’s what makes him an inn-keeper! If he didn’t have the keys, he’d simply be a squatter that was charging rent!”
Now our party has a practice of killing the inn-keeper before we sleep: just in case.
@dagill2 Thanks man. It’s been crazy eclipsing my past PRs like this.
Haha thats amazing. Can’t trust those skeezy Inn-keepers.
One of our first missions we were hired to go check out some unsanctioned fighting group “fight club”. I just started playing my bongos so I could “Raging Song” while my friends fought. They kicked some butt, so the Bongos of Doom became a thing. I can’t find the paper its written down on but its singing about if you hear these bongos you better run because they spell doom for you.
I want to play more Pathfinder, but right now my friend group is really caught up in Magic the Gathering. Which is fine because MTG is fun, but so much weird/funny off the cuff stuff happens in pathfinder and d&d.
Bench workout got a little crazy. Ended up doing half of the workout on Wed and then half of it today due to scheduling craziness.
WEDNESDAY WORKOUT
LUNCHTIME WORKOUT
Axle bench press 281
3x10
Close grip axle bench press 241
3x10
Dips
2x30
1x25
Standing ab wheel between sets
6x8
THURSDAY
Fat gripz swiss bar incline bench 225
3x10
Fat gripz standing ab wheel between sets
2x8
Poundstone curls
1x100
Notes: 3:25 between sets of benching, 2:00 between sets of dips. The Wednesday workout got cut short because I had to build something for my kid but also because my right forearm was in so much agony that I couldn’t unrack the swiss bar. I started to do some thinking and I realized that my forearm doesn’t ache on the axle benching, and it aches like hell on the ab wheel and swiss bar. I realized the variable was bar diameter, and that the narrow diameter stuff was just killing me. Slapped the fat gripz on the swiss bar and the ab wheel and though it wasn’t an absolute and total game changer, it did significantly reduce the ache I was experiencing. I’m excited to have a way forward. Ideally, I’d stop benching the day after squats, but my schedule doesn’t permit that often.
I know I’d be bad at this since I have a weak grip but that stuff looks like serious fun.
It’s a really big thing in Russia. Someone I know (Australian) was invited to the world cups there and he sent lots of pics from huge halls and gyms solely dedicated to mas wrestling.
He also ended up drinking Vodka with the Russian minister of sports and ended up having to give a speech infront of a huge crowd of university students. If the two events are connected or not, I don’t know.
Well I specifically meant to say it ISN’T a gamechanger and screwed it up haha, but the handle on an ab wheel tends to be thin, so it puts a lot of pressure on a concentrated area. Putting fat grips on it widens the area, which spreads out the pressure. Same way pressing or curling with an axle causes less connective tissue pain than a barbell.
I actually have elbow problems and have started wondering if I shouldn’t try to see if they might help with other things, so imagine my surprise to see them on your list of ab wheel gamechangers. Now I am super bummed.
It still helps quite a bit, it just doesn’t completely eliminate pain. I would definitely give it a try if you are experiencing it, as that is what I am doing going forward.
I may do so just out of general principle, but likely what causes most of my issues is A) oldness, and B) doing too many things that put a lot of torque on my elbows where FGs probably won’t be possible.
@Cyrrex I have never gotten anything out of wrist wraps. My wrists seem to be mutants, and bend in all sorts of crazy directions, haha. For me, I’m certain it’s the low bar squatting each week, as before I was rotating between implements. Might be something to consider.
PM WORKOUT
MAX EFFORT
High handle trap bar pulls
5x135
5x225
3x315
1x405
1x495
1x585
1x675
Daylight but no rep x700
12x585
Notes: 3:45 between heavy pulls. Worked nights again, came home, 4.5 hours of sleep, protein bar and a rockstar and went at it. I got out of position on the 700, which is frustrating but not at the same time. Typically, if I can crack something off the floor, I can get it locked out, so this was a first that it DIDN’T happen, but it meant I had the ability still to get it off the floor. Part of it is the poor sleep and nutrition, but I also think the weight gain has altered my leverages a touch and I need to find what is better for me as far as singles goes. Buddy of mine pointed out how the best technique for reps isn’t always the best technique for singles, with Mark Felix being a fantastic example of a dude that can crush it on deads for reps but doesn’t have the sort of performance you’d expect when singles come up.
In that regard, the set of 12 for 585 was outstanding, and a real morale booster. Cool to see all the rep work from the supplemental paying off. I haven’t done any car dead simulator proper this cycle, but stuff like this makes me feel pretty confident going in.
Also, that music could not have timed out any better.
Hey mate, quick q on deepwater.
When you did beginner/intermediate did you do your 3x10 bench/incline/close grip based off your 1RM x .77 then x .7 like for the 10x10 stuff or did you just work up to a heavy set of 10?
Glad I’ve started it though. Fun stuff
