Grip 2 - M37 W1

GRIP Training 2 - Mesocycle 37 Week 1

This is from Monday..

Gripper Training:
walmart gripper x 5 x 2
hg 150 x 3 x 2
No. 1.0: 2 —» almost close, no setting
No. 1.5: 2 + 2 + 2 = 6 attempts —» almost closed, mild setting
No. 1.0: 3 + 3 + 4 + 1 = 11 attempts —» 5 closed

Back - M37 W1

BACK Training - Mesocycle 37 Week 1

This is from Sunday as well..

Weighted Pull-ups:
+70 x 4
+70 x 4
+70 x 3
+80 x 2
+70 x 2
+60 x 4
BW x 16
Total = 35 reps
I've been pretty terrible with my diet recently..it's been healthy food but a lot of junk as well. Overall calorie surplus. Time to go step back into middle-ground territory.

Cable Rows:
100 x 12
120 x 12
140 x 8
160 x 6

Facepulls:
75 x 20
75 x 20

Video:

Grip 1 - M37 W1

GRIP Training 1 - Mesocycle 37 Week 1

This is from Sunday..

Gripper Training:
walmart gripper x 5 x 2
hg 150 x 3 x 2
No. 1.0: 2 —» closed
No. 2.0: 2 + 2 + 2 = 6 attempts —» no closes, mild setting
No. 1.0: 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12 attempts —» 6 closes, mild to no setting
hg 150 x 5

This is gonna take a loooooong time :-)

Deadlifts - M37 W1

DEADLIFT Training - Mesocycle 37 Week 1

Last night's workout…

Banded Deadlifts:
135 x 3
135 x 2
175 x 3
205 x 4
225 x 5
235 x 4
235 x 4
Beat last week's numbers and reps

Deadlifts:
425 x 1
475 x 1
495 x 1
495 x 1
Took a 20 minute rest before each of the 495 sets.

Pistol Squats:
10 x 5 x 2

Video:

Grip 2 - M36 W4

GRIP Training 2 - Mesocycle 36 Week 4

This is from Thursday..

Gripper Training:
walmart gripper x 5 x 2
hg 150 x 3 x 2
No. 1.0: 2 attempts, no close
No. 1.5: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4 attempts, mild setting and almost closed
No. 1.0: 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 = 10 attempts, mild setting and 5 closed with both hands
hg 150 x 5

Good stuff

Back 2 - M36 W4

BACK Training 2 - Mesocycle 36 Week 4

This is from Wednesday..

Weighted Pull-ups:
+35 x 8
+35 x 8
+35 x 8

Dumbbell Rows:
140 x 5
140 x 5
140 x 5

Video:
Posted above

Squat - M36 W4

SQUAT Training - Mesocycle 36 Week 4

This is from Tuesday.

Front Squats:
275 x 3
295 x 1
275 x 2
245 x 5
Damn good

Pistol Squats:
20 x 5
20 x 5
Working on form

Video:

 

Back - M36 W4

BACK Training - Mesocycle 36 Week 4

This is from last Sunday..

Weighted Pull-ups:
+70 x 4
+70 x 4
+70 x 4
+80 x 2
+60 x 5
BW x 11

Pistol Squats:
10 x 10
10 x 7
70 x 3

Dumbbell Swings:
65 x 15
65 x 15

Facepulls:
75 x 20 x 3

Video:

Grip - M36 W4

GRIP Training - Mesocycle 36 Week 4

Yesterday's session..

Gripper Training:
walmart grippers x 5 x 2
hg 150 x 2
hg 150 x 3
No. 1.0 : 2 attempts
No. 2.0: 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 attempts no close mild setting
No. 1.0: 3 + 3 + 3 + 2 = 11 attempts, closed 4 per hand
hg 150 x 10

Deadlifts - M36 W4

DEADLIFT Training - Mesocycle 36 Week 4

This happened TODAY….!!!!

Deadlift Warm-up:
Mobility Drills
135 x 2 «— Banded
135 x 2 «— Banded

Banded Deadlifts:
165 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 4
225 x 5
235 x 2
225 x 2
I used Eric's method of gauze and tape - it helped immensely.

Deadlifts:
425 x 1
475 x 1
495 x 2
495 x 1
I took a 20-25 minute breaks before each of the 495 attempts. Good stuff. No straps. No tape and gauze. Nothing. All RAW.

Called it a day.

Video:

Grip - M36 W3

GRIP Training - Mesocycle 36 Week 3

This is from Thursday…

Grippers:
Walmart Gripper x 5 reps x 2 sets
HG 150 x 3
HG 150 x 3
No. 1.0 x 2 attempts all close
No. 1.5 x 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4 attempts almost close on 2 with both hands
No. 1.0 x 2 + + 3 + 3 + 2 = 10 attempts closed 5 with both hands
HG 150 x 5

Press - M36 W3

PRESS Training - Mesocycle 36 Week 3

This happened last Wednesday…

Overhead Press:
155 x 3
165 x 3
175 x 0
175 x 1
165 x 1
155 x 3
LOL….I need to be consistent with this..

Dumbbell Rows:
140 x 5 x 3

Done

Squat & PC - M36 W3

SQUAT Training - Mesocycle 36 Week 3

This happened on Tuesday of last week…

Front Squats:
275 x 2
275 x 2
295 x 1
245 x 5
I take 2 months off from Front Squatting and here is where I'm at. Talk about Pistol Squats paying off!!!!

Pistol Squats:
Some reps and sets - I have the video

Cable Pullthroughs:
150 x 15 x 4

Supine GHRs:
BW x 15 x 3

Video:

Grip 1 - M36 W3

GRIP Training 1 - Mesocycle 36 Week 3

Callous tear has healed a bit so I decided to give this a shot..

Gripper Warm-ups:
walmart gripper x 5 x 2
HG 150 x 3
HG 150 x 4

Gripper Work Sets:
No. 1.0 —» 2 attempts, both closes
No. 2.0 —» 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 attempts, no closes
No. 1.0 —» 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 = 10 attempts, a few closes
HG 150 —» 10 attempts, all closes

Grip is getting better. It's been 2 weeks since I've done gripper work. I'll squeeze in another session this week on Wednesday most probably.

Back - M36 W3

BACK Training - Mesocycle 36 Week 3

Had a full house today. We had the whole GUS crew from Bombay. Kanishk and Gopi joined us. It was great.

Weighted Pull-ups:
+70 x 4
+70 x 4
+70 x 4
+80 x 1
+45 x 5

Video of some of our members and me:

Deadlifts - M36 W3

DEADLIFT Training - Mesocycle 36 Week 3

Finally back on schedule!

Banded Deadlifts:
135 x 3
165 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 4
225 x 4
235 x 1
225 x 1
Lots of things went haywire today. I couldn't grip the bar. I applied gauze on my callous tears but it made gripping too difficult. After the 205x4 set I had to rush home because my dad got locked out of the home so I had to go open the door. LOL….a 1 hour break in the middle of my session. But, I learnt something: I am going to use straps for all banded pulls.

Deadlifts:
425 x 1
475 x 1
495 x 1
505 x 0
505 x 0
No straps here. 505 failed because there is only so much my palm could take. Callous tears are ****ing painful.

Pistol Squats:
10 x 10
10 x 7

Dumbbell Swings:
65 x 15
65 x 15
65 x 15

Video:

Squat - M36 W2

SQUAT Training - Mesocycle 36 Week 2

My callous is healing well. It still has quite a ways to go. Work has been killing me. I've worked out 6 times in the last 3 weeks. This type of retarded work/life balance has to come to an end soon. Pulling 70+ hour weeks as a corporate slave is very disappointing.

Pistol Squats:
10 x 5
10 x 5
10 x 4
10 x 3
10 x 2
10 x 1 «— Deep and paused for a good 5+ seconds
I just wanted to work on technique

Supine Glute Ham Raises:
BW x 15 x 4

Dumbbell Swings:
65 x 15 x 3

Good stuff.

Deadlifts - M36 W2

DEADLIFT Training - Mesocycle 36 Week 2

I've had a very busy week - working 9 am - 11:30 pm for almost every day last week. I was supposed to go train on Saturday but too many work/family issues came up and I had to cancel again. So this is the second Sunday when I've had to go in and do a hybrid workout. The only good news is that from next weekend life will go back to normal.

Banded Deadlifts:
135 x 3
135 x 2
165 x 3
185 x 3
195 x 3
215 x 3
225 x 3
245 x Struggle Set
I tore off a HUGE portion of my left hand with the 225. My callouses just ripped off.

Deadlifts:
425 x 1
475 x 1
495 x 1
My hand was hurting the entire time. I was able to go through with this inspite of all the bleeding, etc because I used a tip Eric has taught me in the past: I placed a thick piece of gauze on the inside between my hand and the bar and used it as a cushion. I place it by first placing it on my hand and THEN placing my hand on the bar and gripping it tight. I focused so much on the grip I couldn't think of form.

Pistol Squats:
10 x 7
10 x 6
Awesome. Finally, 3 weeks into this I feel SO much at ease!

Weighted Pull-ups:
+45 x 4
+70 x 4
+70 x 3
Tiring

This next week is going to be hell as well. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Video::

Full Body - M36 W1

FULL BODY Training - Mesocycle 36 Week 1

I'm so swamped with work it's not even funny. I trained from 11:30 pm till 1:30 am last night/this morning.

Pistol Squats:
10 x 7
10 x 7
10 x 7
60 x 5
80 x 3
Good stuff!

Weighted Pull-ups:
+70 x 4
+70 x 4
+70 x 3
+80 x 2
+45 x 7
BW x 12

Dumbbell Rows:
140 x 4
140 x 6
140 x 3
140 x 4

Cable Pullthroughs:
120 x 15
120 x 15
130 x 15

Supine GHRs:
BW x 15
BW x 15

Video:

Grip 1 - M36 W1

GRIP Training 1 - Mesocycle 36 Week 1

This went down last night…

Gripper Training:

wmt x 5 x 2
hg 150 x 3
hg 150 x 2

No. 1.0 x 2 closes
No. 1.5 x 1 almost-close

No. 2.0 x 3 singles «— none closed, all attempts, deep setting
No. 1.0 x 8 singles «— most closed, mild to no setting

hg 150 x 8 reps

Good stuff…I am following GUS' Joe's plan for this progression for now.