Evel Knievel Dead at 69 - RIP

Who can ever forget the "Snake River Canyon" jump?

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) -- Evel Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.

Rest of the AP Article here.

Friday - 11/30

530AM - Snow storm on the way. Right elbow bordering on useless.

YMCA

Close Grips 5x10 - finish last 2 sets w/325
JM Presses on Hammer Incline and Flat
Kelso Bench Shrugs - Hammer Decline
Rope Face Pulls
Abs

We see Mr Biggripperclosefuzzyvideo's mum will not allow visitors/"witnesses" over. How convenient. If it's not that, our hero is too tired from work. Oh well another black eye for gripdom. ;)

For you newcomers, this is the same bloke who thought pinching 2 rubber coated 45's was legit. ;)

Thursday - 11/29

530AM - Right thumb web torn.

Reverse Hypers/45 degree hypers. These are more important than grip. You have a choice for when you get older; crush apples from your wheelchair, or pee standing up. You decide.

Grip Training

Right - Titan's Telegraph
Left- Blob50 Pinching - 6 lifts
Seated Fat DB Hammer Curls
Chins using squat racks w/Apollon's Axle
Homemade Formulator extensions - Ours lasted longer than the official ones. ;)


I just noticed this week marks four years in grip and on the Gripboard.

What is with these pinheads who post piss poor, grainy, obscured videos of themselves closing big grippers, then getting offended when questioned? For example, some nitwit posted a video the other day of a HG500 close, then blocks the close with his leg, now the poor baby is insulted by the negative comments. And we wonder why the folks at IronMind make jokes at our expense. ;)

Wednesday - 11/28

530AM

YMCA
Hammer Lat Pulls -> Hammer High Rows -> Rope Pulls - 4 laps
Hammer Seated Press -> Smith Press -> Hammer Laterals - 4 laps
Arms
Abs

Thumb Healing

Tuesday - 11/27

530AM

Reverse Hypers/45 degree hypers.

Right Thumb web torn. Deload Day

Right - Titan's Telegraph - reps and holds.
Left - Blob50 - 5 singles
Chins in between sets with Apollon's Axle.
Homemade Formulator extensions.

Monday - 11/26

530AM - Rain

YMCA
Close Grip BP - 4x10 finish w/325
JM Presses on Hammer Flat/Incline
Kelso Bench Shrugs on Hammer decline
Tri Pushdowns - in between most other sets.
DB Pullovers
Abs

Right thumb web has some sting from the tear. It's been weeks since the last one. I will use it as an excuse to deload this week.

Saturday 11/24 - Sunday 11/25

16 degrees
Saturday - 8AM - YMCA

Hammer High Row - 5x10 medium heavy
Hammer Lat Pulls - 5x10 medium heavy
Smith Presses -> Hammer Laterals - 3 laps
Seated Hammer Press - > 4x5 fairly heavy
Arms
Abs

Sunday - 9AM
26 degrees

Reverse Hypers/45 Degree hypers. Too frigging cold out there.

Grip Training
Managed to tear right thumb web. Fuk.

Right - Plate Pinching
Left - Blob50 pinching

I picked up a set of squat racks yesterday. The cellar ceiling is too low for a power rack.
Set them to the highest setting, tossed the Apollon's Axle on, and did chins in between grip work. Slow - controlled - hold at top.

Friday - 11/23

530AM - 34 degrees

YMCA

Close grip Bench - 4x10 finish with 325
JM Presses on Hammer Incline and Flat
Kelso Bench Shrugs on Hammer Decline
Rope Face pulls
Abs

Grip Training

80 percent of yesterday.

Thursday - 11/22

9AM - The Rebel Yell is still echoing.

Reverse Hypers/45 Degree Hypers

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching
Left - PDA Blobette and Blob50 pinching
Seated DB 2.5" Hammer Curls
HomeMade Formulator Extensions
Titans Telegraph

STATUS UPDATE

I have been obsessed with setting up a wireless internet cafe style service with WiFiDog, DD-WRT, Linksys WRT54GL and backend Radius authentication. So the updates have been lacking.

I hit the Y on Monday and Wed, but skipped grip on Tuesday. I pulled an all nighter then went into work .

Tonight will be dedicated to lounging, cigars and REBEL YELL Bourbon.

The Grip Clubhouse does more than just squeeze things. ;)

HOPA!

Sunday - 11/18

It's been fuking snowing all day.

I've been obsessed with Radius, wireless WPA2-enterprise authentication along with captive portal testing. The weekend had been a blur of being a propeller-head, smoking cigars and downing Jack Daniels. Fuck proprietary solutions. Open source!

Got a fairly good upper body workout on Saturday, and two good grip workouts this weekend.

friday - 11/16

530AM - Still raining

YMCA

Close Grip BP - 6 sets of 10. Finish w/325
JM Presses on Hammer Flat & Incline
Kelso Bench Shrugs on Hammer Decline
Rope Pullovers
Abs
Ridiculed Hillary Clinton

Thursday - 11/15

530AM - Raining all night.

Reverse Hypers/45 degree hypers/ 45 degree hypers locked out position/rows with plates.

Grip training - 80% day

Right - Plate Pinching - 45+25 - fast pulls and over crushes. Finished with 2 singles w/ 45+45
Left - PDA Blobette pinching
Titan's Telegraph
Been doing some levering all week as a cooldown.

I have 2 pair of old York 45's. According to the scale they all come in at 45lbs on the digital scale. The scale is fairly accurate( within less than 8 ounces, which is good as bathroom scales go). I have seen some off brand plates at the Y weigh 39lbs and others weigh 48lbs. These will screw your shoulder up big time if benching.

If you are going to start plate pinching take some time to weigh what you have. If you have some lighter plates, match them up for progression.

Wednesday - 11/14

Had to hit the Y at 5AM

Rope Face Pulls
Cybex Rows
Hammer Lat Pulls
Hammer High Rows
Hammer Seated Presses
Worked in light DB hammer curls between sets.

Tuesday - 11/13

530AM - 49degrees - 92% humidity - Lower back cramped.

Reverse Hypers/45 degree hypers/aspirin

Grip training

80% day

Right - Plate pinching
Left - Blobette Pinching

Fictional!

Bob just surfed over to the Fictional Strongman Site. He was greeted by an entry detailing "The Blob". We are fed a dubious quote that "no chalk is allowed". Truly in the vein of Fictional Nonsense.

Please observe the photos in the following link. The second photo is of R. Sorin the FATHER of the BLOB. He is clearly using chalk. If this esteemed gripster, INVENTOR of the BLOB, and first to close the #3 GRIPPER, is using chalk, then who are to we to argue? R. Walker, of KTA2 fame needs no introduction in the grip world.

BLOB PHOTOS HERE WITH CHALK

If you are a newbie, don't waste bandwidth asking questions on your favorite grip forum if it's okay to use chalk. It is. Stop worrying and get to training.

Keep your training real and the Fictional Hand stuff in the crapper where it belongs. ;)

At least we have not been bombarded with endless SPAM hawking Christmas grippers engraved with Rudolph's anus on the handles. ;)

Monday - 11/12

530AM - 36degrees.

Sore.

YMCA - Circuited around. Close grips were core. I'm digging the JM presses on the Hammer machines.

In case you have not seen it, Mark Felix pulling 293 on the Rolling Thunder:

Sunday - 11/11

7AM - 29degrees

Reverse Hypers/45 Degree Hypers/Coffee/Bran muffins

Grip training
90-95% of yesterday weight wise/ bit more volume

Right - Plate Pinching - Working 2x45Yorks + Platemates (up to +10lbs)/holds/index taps/etc.
Left - BLOB50 pinching + Platemates. You know you are improving when the Blob starts to feel smaller.

Titans Telegraph
Seated 2.5" DB hammers
Some high rep sledge work

Saturday - 11/10

Went into work at 430AM.

SNOW!

7AM
Reverse Hypers/45 Degree Hypers

Grip training

Fired up gas space heater and placed implements close by to cook cold moisture out.
(45's, Blobette, Blob50)

Right - Plate Pinching
Left - Blob50 pinching

YMCA

Hammer Lat Pulls
Hammer High Rows
Smith Presses
Hammer Laterals
Hammer Seated Presses
Rope/Cables/Dumbbells for arms.

Quick pace/medium weight/ 3-5 sets per movement.

Friday - 11/9

530AM - 31degrees. I hate this shit.

YMCA
Close grips 6x10 - finish w/ 315.
JM Presses with Hammer Incline and Flat
Hammer Declines with Kelso shrugs worked in.
Rope Face pulls.
Standing rope abs.

We Could Not Help But Notice

the steaming pile of monkey shit masquerading as a video of someone claiming a #4 gripper close.

Please delete this video, it is excrement and a blight on the grip community.

FESTERING TURD VIDEO HERE

;)

Thursday - 11/8

530AM
32degrees.

Reverse Hypers/45 degree hypers/garbage to curb

Grip Training

Same as Tuesday, a tad more here and there.

Wednesday - 11/7

530AM

YMCA
Right Lat/rear delt tie-in still not good. It's only a problem with pullups. I'm going to continue with hi-rep low weight work. The Hammer row machines are no problem, so I hit 10 sets of 10 on the high row.

Then circuited through shoulders and arms.

Tuesday - 11/6

530AM

Reverse Hypers/45 Degree Hypers

Grip Training

Repeated Sunday's workout but at 80% and shortened rest intervals.

Monday - 11/5

530AM

Took Naproxen all weekend and stretched sore lat area. Felt pretty good this morning.

Circuited around after close grip benches. Surprised myself with some JM dumbbell press (The latest Diesel Crew videos cover these).

Lower arms are sore. Still formulating for tomorrow.

OKAY

Who are the cheap fucks that are searching for a free copy of the KTA Program and Joe Kinney torrents? We cannot help but be disgusted by some of the searches that get you miserable penny pinching dumbasses here. Everyday brings another moron searching
for this stuff.

Straighten your asses out, cough up the dough and support the Gripboard by BUYING the KTA program.

Sunday - 11/4

8AM

Reverse Hypers/45 Degree Hypers

Right shoulder/lat tie-in still irritated.

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching - 45York+25York, 45York+45York, Platemates etc.
Left - PDA Blobette, Blob50 pinch work. Used Platemates on Blob50.

Today worked on breaking from floor.

Seated DB Hammer Curls w/ 2.5Inch handles - 5 sets of 6

Fabulous Moolah - RIP

My oldest memories of TV include this great wrestler.

WWE is saddened by the passing of Lillian Ellison, who was known to sports-entertainment fans as Hall of Famer Fabulous Moolah. She passed away last night in Columbia, S.C.

Rest on the WWE web HERE.

Wendy Richter could not hold her panty shield. ;)

Catching Up

Friday - 11/2

YMCA - Circuits. - Chest, lats, tris, abs.

Saturday - 11/3
7AM

Reverse Hypers, 45 degree hypers

Grip Training

Right - Plate pinching - 45York+25York, 45York+45York etc
Left - PDA Blobette and BLOB50 pinching. Got some air with +8.125lbs of Platemates on BLOB50. WooHoo!

YMCA

More circuits - Parallel grip chins, various crap for shoulders, arms atc.
Slept on right shoulder. Rear-delt/lat tie-in gave a warning. I listened.

Thursday - 11/1

530AM

Reverse Hypers/45 degree hypers

Grip Training

Shot rotation for 15 minutes. 2" shots, palms down.