Grip/Condioning
Fat Gripz pullups
First time doing them.
×5
×6
×4
× 2 1/2
20 second fat gripz hang
15 seconds
6 normal pullups
@danteism these are hard as hell, you bust out weighted sets and sets of 20+, Jesus!
Also as you’ve mentioned the back pump is wayyy better than regular pullups.
Sandbag carries
Did a bunch of carries for max distance, drop bag, rest about a minute then pickup and go again.
Hand band expansions
They are pretty awesome, aren’t they?
Six on your first try is pretty good, I know a good amount of people who can’t even get one with them. One day you’ll get to 20 too, I’m sure of that
Yep!
Thanks man! I was a little surprised at 6 to be honest, considering i never do pullups, so i wonder how many more i’ll be able to do as my grip gets stronger.
One neat thing is that the carryover to regular pull ups is great, I did couple of sets of 20 with practically no effort a few weeks back after a leg session. 20 used to be pretty much my max.
Fat gripz are certainly effective i suppose. I still couldn’t do chinups though 
I don’t think I’ve tried chins with fat grips, pull ups have always felt way more natural for me even though I’m stronger on chins
Give them a go, i’m not sure how your joints will like them though.
It’s probably just me but i feel like the added strain isn’t good for your elbows. I’m the same that pullups feel alot more natural so my thoughts here is that the fat gripz just exaggerate it because 1. A badder position for the joints and 2. Added difficulty puts more strain on the already bad position or something like that. Pullups feel good though.
I’ll give them a whirl tomorrow if I remember
It may be, playing with the grip width could help. If you have access to a bar that provides a semi-neutral grip it could be a pretty good way to do chins with fat grips, got to try it without them once and they felt really good on my joints
Neutral grip chins feel fine, i have an attachable pullup bar here somewhere. It sucks that i can only use it at home though, it doesn’t fit my door at the college.
Oh and a weird thing is after those fat gripz pullups my back has been feeling great, like my back health feels incredible right now.
You could get one that fits your college door, they aren’t incredibly expensive. Just make sure it’s not against the rules (or just don’t get caught, I’d imagine hiding a pull-up bar is rather easy)
Oh yeah, they feel good on the back and -for me at least- the shoulders as well. I remember thinking of how damn good my shoulders felt compared to regular pull ups when I first tried them with fat grips.
Fat grips feel really good on pressing movements as well, I haven’t used them on the biggest ones but stuff like pin or floor presses and OHP variations feel great with them
The door frame is to small to fit an attachable pull up bar so i’m thinking of buying something like this:
It’s cool how a little piece of gear like fat gripz can make such a difference on training
If you don’t get too heavy for those they will probably be pretty good. (I’ve used one with a 90kg weight limit while weighting over 100 kilos so I think you’ll be all good)
Yeah, it’s like having an axle in your gym bag
I should be fine lol
Basketball
1hr of basketball at school, 2 things happened. Firstly i saved my self from near death, i slipped and twisted my leg and before i hit the wall with my head i put my hands out just in time to stop brick wall vs head. was limping for a little after and it feels messed up but i can walk so should be okay. Secondly whilst jumping for the ball i collided with someone and banged my head against their head. I’ve had a massive headache since lol.
MMA
1 hour. Wasn’t going to go but didn’t want to skip training. Leg was meh i guess
I would make sure you dont have a concussion
That would have been the smart thing to do. Woke up without the headache so it’s okay.
Still be carefull young Duke.
If you start feeling dizzy or the headache returns, see a pro.
Thanks man
BJJ
2hrs, my BJJ instructor took me to the next town where he holds a class today, every two weeks i’ll be going.
Even better than last Session, was really switched on today.
What we went through is pretty much exactly what i’ll be doing tomorrow. Today was just same class with different town and people.
Captains of Crush
Forearm stretches and warmup with the trainer
#1
1×11 left arm, 1×16 right arm PR
Kind of pissed off that i’ve made zero progress lately with my weaker arm, which i always start off with and match the reps with my right and never do any extra (except today where i wanted to see how much i could get with my right), but apparently my stronger arm gets stronger anyway. Lol.
1×10 both arms
1 minute iso hold
1 minute iso hold with the trainer
Some hand bands.
