Sunday -2/8

7AM

Grip Training

New Model Rolling Thunder - 2x10
Right - Plate Pinching + chain
Left - Blob50 Pinching
Titans Telegraph
DB Wrist Curls
Levering

2/7 - Saturday

6AM
Cellar too fucking cold. Space heater seemed to make no difference.

New model Rolling Thunder - 2x10
Right - Plate Pinching - Cold plate sting
Left - Blob50 pinching
Db wrist curls
Brookfield stick

Watched David Horne's IRON GRIP Pinch DVD last night for the n-th time.
There is none better for pinch training.

Thursday - 2/5

5AM
Fucking cold.

Grip training
Right wrist still tweaked.
New Model Rolling Thunder - 2x10
Right - Plate Pinching
Left - Blob50 Pinching

DB wrist curls
Titan's Telegraph
Levering

Tuesday - 2/3

5AM

Sore from weekend.

New Model Rolling Thunder - 2x10

Right - Plate Pinching
Left - Blob50 Pinching
Dumbbell Wrist Curls
Levering
Titan's Telegraph

What is with all the whining about the Grip Nationals? All of a sudden it's too far? Out of the way? Towanda, PA is fine. The fucking Little League World series is held down the road every year, in the shithole that is Williamsport. ;) I have yet to hear the Koreans complain about going to Williamsport.

As for the time is was held at the "Former Legend's" facility, that appeared to us as more of a tribute to the former legend than a National Championship.

Fuck the hand size debate also.

Also if you want to be recognized, compete through the recognized grip contests, and avoid self righteous rants.

Should strength challenges, like the Grip Gauntlet, be qualifiers for the Nationals? NO. Of course anyone who accomplishes it, is STRONG but there is NO formalization with the present setup.
What is the time limit between attempts? How many attempts are allowed?

Ahh fuckit. ;)

Sunday - 2/1

Did about the same workout yesterday.

7AM

Grip Training
Rolling Thunder - 2 sets 10 reps or so. New model.

Right - Plate Pinching
Left - Blob50 pinching + Platemates
Dumbbell Wrist Curls
Brookfield stick lever
Titans Telegraph

Thursday - 1/29

Fuck Ice. Snaow all day yesterday then rain, then ice pellets.

Grip Training

Warmed up with new model Rolling Thunder. Much improved construction-wise over the old
style.

Right - Plate Pinching - Thumb web held out.
Left - Blob50 pinching
DB wrist curls
Levering
Fixed garage door.

Tuesday - 1/27

Fucking sore. Cellar stayed "cold" even with gas space heater at level 4.

Grip Training
High Reps with New model rolling thunder. Fucking burn.
Wrist curls
Levering
High rep titans Telegraph

Sunday - 1/25

8AM

Grip Training
Warm up with New Model Rolling Thunder - high reps.
Right - Plate piching with slick work glove. Thumb still torn.
Left - Blob50 pinching
Levering
Titans
DB Wrist curls
Swept

Diane Sawyer - Drunk Fucking Idiot

Someone spiked the Obama Kool-Aid
;)

Saturday - 1/24

6AM

Grip training

Right - Plate Pinching w/ slick work glove + Chain + Platemates
Left - Switched to new design Rolling Thunder. FUCK.
DB Wrist Curls
Levering

Did basically same workout this past Thursday.

Tuesday - 1/20

Fucking cold.

Nothing felt right. Piddled around for 30 minutes.
Fried eggs.

Sunday - 1/18

8AM

Grip Training
Right - Plate pinching + Platemates + Chain
Left - High Rep Rolling Thunder
Left - Blob50 Pinching. A fucking Blob is a Fucking Blob.
Tore right thumb web again. Finished with Titan's Telegraph.

Levering

Began with a non chalked hand with the RT. There is a sizeable difference
in effort. But it's too much of a pain in the ass to keep hand clean.

Ordered the updated version of John Brookfield's Mastery of Hand Strength.

Saturday - 1/17

6AM
-8 degrees F

Cellar was 61 degrees F but seemed much colder.

Grip Training
Right - Plate Pinching - medium weight - reps
Left - Blob50 Pinching
Light Levering

What is it with some of these old "legends" and grip? We were just paralysed while reading the
recent blob challenge thread. We have 2 GordonV BLOB50 replica's here. There is NO flatter side.
The texture is nearly smooth all over. Yet somehow, some "legends" continue to
denegrate lifting this fucking tormenting piece of iron. Years ago on our favorite forum when there were a handful of Blob lifters all was cool, now that our little niche sport has grown, the "legends" are getting testy.

To paraphrase a recent post - A fucking Blob is a fucking blob. Get over it. If you are dominating
a York Blob or a Blob50, you are doing fine. Ignore the noise.

Thursday - 1/15

5AM - Snow

Grip Training
Right - Plate Pinching - Medium - focus on reps this week
Left - Rolling Thunder - High rep - still fucking sore!
Left - Blob50 pinch work - moderate
Levering
Titan's Telegraph
Shovel fucking snow.
Take out fucking garbage.

Tuesday - 1/13

5AM

Grip Training
Right - Plate pinching. Light to medium. Sore.
Left - Blob50 pinchwork
Titan's telegraph. Don't let your ego pile the weight on. Feel the burn.
Levering

Left forearm still has some ache from the Rolling Thunder.

Sunday - 1/11

Snow yesterday and last night.
Managed to get some pullups in yesterday, tie-in still sore,
but improving.

Took a few days off to hit a conference out of town.
Left still fucking aching from Tuesday's hi-rep rolling thunder.

Grip Training
Left - Plate pinching + PlateMates + Chains
Right - Tried Rolling Thunder. Still sore. Fooled with Blob50
Levering

Tuesday - 1/6

5AM

Tried pullups. Right lat/delt tie in still screwed.

Grip training
Right - Thumb torn to shit. Titan's Telegraph and levering.
Left - High rep rolling thunder + levering

Used Jumpstretch bands for lat rehab.

Book Recommendation - The Purposeful Primitive

Instead of throwing money away to the internet hucksters for Krooks Bubicks steaming pile of dung novel, get a book written by someone who has real strength credentials and knows
lifters with real strength accomplishments. I just read Marty Gallagher's - The Purposeful Primitive: Using the Primordial Laws of Fitness to Trigger Inevitable, Lasting and Dramatic Physical Change
One word sums it up - Fucking Fantastic. Get it below.

Sunday - 1/4

Too fucking cold.
Twinge in right lat/shoulder insertion doing pullups.

Grip Training
Repeated yesterday's workout. Bloody tear of right thumb. Fucking deep.

Saturday - 1/3

Sick yesterday. Energy down.

Grip Training
Right - Plate Pinching - +chain + PlateMates
Left - High Rep Rolling Thunder
Left - Some Blobette work
Levering

The ghost of Mac Batchelor showed up and strictly curled my Volkswagen Jetta.

Tues - 12/30

Many Pullups

Grip Training
Right - Plate pinching. Felt flat and weak. Split thumb callous. Burns to wash hand
Left - High Rep Rolling thunder. This is fucking murder.
Called it a day. Need a break.

Rising Fucking Fuel Costs?

We just got the latest hyperventilating "BIG Announcement" from the Fictional Hand Group. "Due to Rising Fuel Costs..." the price of ---insert overpriced crap here-- is going up. What the FUCK? I just paid $1.59 per gallon for regular gas. I was paying $4.39 a couple months ago. Are the "Trailer Park Boys" writing their ad copy now?
;)

Our take on this regular "pattern"; Sales are down, scare the newbies, it's all about the cash.

Look people, put the money on your mortgage, grab a keg for $20 bucks at the distributor, dump a few gallons of water in it and have at it.

Sunday - 12/28

7AM

Damp.
Many pullups etc

Grip Training
Nothing felt right. Screwed around for 20 minutes.
The ghost of Mac Batchelor showed up and pinch gripped my furnace.

Saturday - 12/27

6AM - Rain
Many pullups.

Grip Training
Right - Plate pinching + chain + PlateMates
Left - High Rep Rolling Thunder - I'm using the old barely used handle.
Left - Some Blobette work

How much of the Mac Batchelor AW lore must we endure on our favorite grip forum?
Is there any proof aside from hearsay that he was "undefeated". (Against mostly bar room
drunks.) Oh Well.

On a lighter note, we could not help but notice some Fictional Hand Nut Swingers are jumping ship from the inner circle. Well done Mr Keg. ;)

Thursday - 12/25

Ho. Ho. Ho.

Had a few big drinks last night.

Many pullups etc

Grip Training
Right - Plate pinching w/chains
Left - PDA Blobette
Levering
Swept cellar

As An Older World's Strongest Man, There Are Certain Trucks I Can't Pull Anymore

Caught this over the Outlaws Forum

By Kaz

Aging is tough. The hardest part for me has been coming to grips with the fact that some of the physical abilities I took for granted when I was younger deteriorated before I really had the chance to appreciate them. I thought I would be fit and healthy forever, and then it's like I woke up one day and suddenly I couldn't see as well, my hearing was bad, and when I went to pull a 40-ton timber truck 110 feet, I could barely get the thing moving.

As a 54-year-old World's Strongest Man, I like to think I've aged with dignity and grace. But as I enter my golden years of deadlifting 17,000 silver dollars, I realize that you must approach life with a certain amount of acceptance. Acceptance that you just can't walk up to a Mack truck filled with 40,000 pounds of coal, strap yourself into a harness, grab a rope, and start hauling anymore. Christ, these days I'm sore for a whole week after pulling 20,000 or even 15,000 pounds of coal. Sometimes, depending on how my old bones feel in the morning, I have to replace the Mack truck with a smaller dump truck, or a tractor.

Read the Rest at the Onion.

Tuesday - 12/23

Still Fucking Cold

Many pullups etc

Grip Training
Right - Plate Pinch + chain
Left - High Rep Rolling Thunder.
Levering

New Ironmind Rolling Thunder

The UPS guy just dropped it off. It is a HUGE step up from the original. The handle has a texture that most resembles a vinyl record album. The machining and fit of the steel is excellent. I have not weighed it, but it has more "heft" than the original.

Sunday - 12/21

More fucking snow.

Skipped pullups. Needed a break.

Grip Training
Right - Plate Pinching + Chains + PlateMates
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching
Levering
Bit sore from yesterday.

The clickthru's for the free stuff that other's charge way to much for has been through the roof.
Here are the links again.

YORK HAND BALANCING COURSE
Arthur Jones Nautilus Bulletins
Molding A Mighty Grip by George Jowett

And who in the fucking right mind is paying to have SANDBAGS shipped to them?
Duffel Bag + Heavy duty garbage bags + sand from Lowes + Duct Tape

Saturday - 12/20

Fuck Snow.

Many pullups etc

Grip training
Right - Plate Pinching - + Chains + PlateMates
Left - High Rep Rolling thunder. Thumb and middle finger are 3/4" apart.
Levering

Be sure to check the links below for free stuff, don't fall for the Fictional Hand bullshit.
If you are going to spend money get a PDA Blobette.

Thursday - 12/18

6AM - Tough time getting up

Many pullups - Iron Gym! etc

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching + chains/PlatMates
Left - PDA Blobette
Levering

How much junk mail must the Fictional Hand People spew to remind us when to mail stuff for Christmas?

Save Some Christmas Cash and get the following FOR FREE.

YORK HAND BALANCING COURSE
Arthur Jones Nautilus Bulletins
Molding A Mighty Grip by George Jowett

Tuesday - 12/16

Rain

Many pullups

Grip Training
Circuited around. Deload. Still some ache.

Time Again For An Immortal Christmas Classic
Rudolph Meets Scorsese

Sunday - 12/14

8AM

Many pullups etc

Grip training

Right - Plate Pinching w/chains/PlateMates
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching
Levering

Right thumb threatening to tear. Sore all around.

Saturday - 12/13

6AM

Many pullups

Grip Training
Felt weak and awkward. Fucked around then bagged it.

Thursday - 12/11

530AM - Rain and cold

Many pullups etc

Grip Training

Right - Plate pinching w/ chains + PlateMates
Left - Thumb still split - Titan's Telegraph, various other crap.
Levering

The click throughs on the Arthur Jones Nautilus Bulletins have been going gangbusters.
If you are an AJ fan, there is plenty of FREE content there.

Arthur Jones Nautilus Training Bulletins. FREE

Here is a link to PDF formatted copies of Arthur Jones Nautilus Training Bulletins:

CLICK HERE

Why pay 50 bucks plus 10 bucks shipping as some Internet hucksters are charging?
The site also has the early Iron man Magazine articles among other things.
Knock yourselves out.

Merry Christmas!


:)

Tuesday - 12/9

5AM - Still fucking cold.

Many pullups etc

Grip Training

Right - Plate pinching w/ Chains
Left - Thumb split. Worked on Titan's Telegraph
Levering

We have been relishing the couple threads trying to legitimize old time arm wrestler Mac Batchelor's record. We love the "undefeated" claims. All his matches were in bar-rooms. We are guessing that many of his opponents were of the calibre of "Otis", Mayberry's town drunk. Who was keeping track of his "1000's" of opponents? Especially amusing was the claim of one hand pinch gripping two 80 pound plates, then walking with them. Yeah, riiggght. Just because "lore" appears in a book, does not make it true.

We have no doubt he was strong. But this "Old Time Strongman" mentality gets a bit fatiguing.

Sunday - 12/7

Fucking Cold

Many pullups. This is a good warmup for grip. But it cuts into the weights a bit.

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching w/ Chains and Platemates
Left - PDA Blobette pinching
Levering

Remember Pearl Harbor

Image from DefenseLink.mil

BIG Overhead Work

I've been following this guy,Ernie Beath, for awhile. He hits some great stuff in his garage.

430 and 440 overhead

Saturday - 12/6

6AM - 13 degrees outside.

Many pullups. The Iron-Gym has paid for itself.

Grip Training

Arms pumped from pullups. Had to concentrate.

Right - Plate Pinching w/platemates
Left - PDA Blobette pinching
Levering

Thursday - 12/4

5AM - Rain

Many pullups w/ the Iron Gym and other things.

Grip Training

Right - Plate pinching + PlateMates
Left - PDA Blobette pinching
Brookfield stick levering
Dragged too many cans out for the garbage.

Tuesday - 12/2

5AM
Many Pullups etc

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching w/ PlateMates
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching
Rememeber to "flex" your wrist on these movements.

Levering

Sunday - 11/30

7AM - Snow and Ice on the way

Many pullups with Iron Gym and other crap.

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching - w/ chains + PlateMates
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching
Brookfield stick levering.

Call me fucking nuts, I think, I'm ordering the new Rolling Thunder.

Saturday - 11/29

7AM

Many pullups. This Iron Gym is turning into the buy of the year.

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching w/ PlateMates
Left - PDA Blobette pinching

Hands pumped during the pullups. Left was completely fatigued with the blobette.

And now for some James Henderson Bench Pressing. 495x6 600x3

Thursday - 11/27

Merry Thanksgiving

Went into work at 4AM to futz with something.

8AM

Many pullups
Other stuff

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching +PlateMates
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching
Levering

Tuesday - 11/25

5AM

Usual warmups.
Many pullups

Grip Training

Right - Plate pinching +Platemates
Left - PDA Blobette pinching.
Brookfield stick lever work

Sore from weekend. Moved through this quickly.
Cellar cold. Plates "stung".

Sunday - 11/23

7AM

Many pullups
and other stuff.

Grip Training
Right - Plate Pinching - Chains + Platemates
Left - PDA Blobette
Levering
45 degree hypers

Saturday - 11/22

7AM
Fucking too cold to hit the hypers in the garage.

Many pullups with "Iron-Gym".

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching + PlateMates
Left - PDA Blobette pinching
Brookfield stick lever work.

The Iron Gym, surprisingly, works pretty well. I picked it up for 30 bucks at Dick's Sporting Goods. Be sure to use it in a strong doorway. I'm about 230 pounds, and feel confident with it.

Thursday - 11/20

Worked too many fucking hours this week.

5AM

Been using the Iron-Gym doorway chin bar all week.

Grip Training - Moved quick, too fatigued from work and lack of sleep.

Right - Plate pinching
Left - PDA Blobette pinching
Lever work
Dragged too much fucking garbage to the curb, in the snow.

Tuesday - 11/18

Snow!
45 degree hypers/Reverse Hypers
Doing pullups nearly every day.

Grip Training
Sore from the weekend

Backed off, short rests.

Right - Plate pinching
Left - PDA Blobette pinching
Brookfield leverage stick

Sunday - 11/16

7AM

45 Degree Hypers
Reverse Hypers

Shoulder work

Grip Training

Right - Plate pinching - w/chains & PlateMates
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching

PLATE PINCH TIP

Our local Home Depot has a variety of chains up to 3/8 inch. Any of them
will easily fit through the hole on an Olympic plate. Depending on what you
use you should be able to get multiple chains through the hole. This makes for grate micro
loading. For fatter chains, simply get some strong epoxy coated magnets, then attach your
5/8 inch chain pices to each side of the plate. These MAGNETS work great. The magnets should be placed right at the hole overlapping a bit on the empty space. This will make removing them easy.

Why the chains? Many of you may have discovered that is it easier to pinch objects off the
ground with 2 hands, then let go and hold/pinch the implement fairly confidently. But breaking the object off the ground with the single hand is a ball buster. The chains will allow you to work on breaking the object from the ground, then quickly get heavier as you approach lockout. This works.

Saturday - 11/15

7AM - Rain
45 Degree Hypers
Reverse Hypers

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching
Brief. Lower arms sore. Everything felt "big".

A Pretty Good Gripper Close Instructional Video

This cat looks to to be a member of our beloved grip forum.
He closes a Heavy Grips 350 in the video. Which Is much more than we see
the "Fictional Hand" people ever do in their incessant SPAM emails. ;)

Lee Hayward

Thursday - 11/13

5AM - Fucking Rain.

45 Degree Hypers
Reverse Hypers

Shoulder work

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching w/ chains
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching
Levering

Best ever base strength with PDA Blobette. Still a bit sore though.

What is it with these "Old Time Strongman" practitioners who have to constantly remind us how when they tear a fucking phonebook, they do it the "hard way", then their tear looks just like any other tear?

Tuesday 11/11 - Veterans Day

530AM - 45 Degree Hypers -> Reverse Hypers
Fucking cold out.

Grip Training
Right - Plate Pinching
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching
Leveraging
Backed off, sore from the weekend. Plates "stinging" cold.

Image from the History Channel

Sunday - 11/9

7AM

45 Degree Hypers
Reverse Hypers

Weight workout

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching w/ Chains. Using 5/8" chain magenttically attached to each plate.
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching

Leverage work as usual to keep elbows partially healthy.

Saturday - 11/8

6AM

45 Degree Hypers
Reverse Hypers

Grip Training - Been a tad sore all week.

Right - Plate Pinching - with chains + PlateMates
Left - PDA Blobette

Breezed through.

Thursday - 11/6

5AM

45 degree hypers - Reverse Hypers
Shoulder work. As you may have noticed, we will no longer be posting any details
of workouts that are not grip specific. We have not slacked off. This is a fucking
GRIP blog.

Grip Training

Right - Plate pinching with chains attached.
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching

Medium workout. Still a bit sore.

How is it that certain legends keep digging up York 50 blobs that weigh nearly 54 pounds and
are "wider" than the ones the rest of the us poor grip fucks have?

Tuesday - 11/4

5AM - Double Fuck Daylight Savings Time.

45 Degree Hypers
Reverse Hypers

Grip Training

Sore from weekend. Strength off by 10%. Backed off and coasted.

Sunday - 11/2

Fuck Daylight Savings Time

7AM
45 degree Hypers/Reverse Hypers

Shoulder work

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching w/ chains + PlateMates
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching

Plate rotations
Leverage work

Fingertips all calloused.

Saturday - 11/1

530AM

45 degree hypers, reverse hypers

Grip Training

Right - Plate pinching w/ chains through holes + PlateMates
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching

Plate rotations or as some call them "Around The Worlds"

Who else is getting weary of the pseudo intellectual "bending is not about grip" arguments
perpetuating our beloved grip forum. ;)

Thursday - 10/30

5AM

45 Degree Hypers, Reverse Hypers
Shoulder work.

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching - chains through plate hole + Platemates on each side.
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching.

Who else gets irritated with all the "help me with my bench press/squat/deadlift" questions
on our favorite grip forum? Aren't there other forums for this stuff? ;)

Tuesday - 10/28

5AM - Snowing!

45 degree hypers - w/ weight
Reverse Hypers

Grip Training
Cellar 61 degreesF - cold air coming. Plates had stinging feeling.
Lower arms still sore from weekend. Backoff

Right - Plate Pinch. Chain through plate holes.
Left - PDA Blobette

Still levering for elbow rehab. High reps.

Peeled shells off hard boiled eggs for cooldown.

CLASSIC WILLIAM SHATNER

Shatner's plug for less gun control.



Fantastic.

Back

Got too tied up with too many things. Did not miss a workout. May have had the biggest pinch day left handed with the PDA blobette and added weight yesterday. I need to check the logs. The 45's are coming along with added weight also. Pinching the bigger plates seems to work the whole arm
intensely but the blob type work seems to stay local to the hand and wrist. Of course this may vary depending on your physical make-up.

In our brief visits to our beloved grip forum, we were pleased to see another hand size thread start. ;) The phrases "hand size" and "credit card set" should be banned.

We have got some amusement out of the "I'm quitting school to become a strongman thread". We are all for following your dreams. Better to try and fail, than spend your life miserable and wondering. If you make it, great. If you fail, and end up living under a bridge, giving handjobs to old chickenhawks for a few bucks food money and to save for a bus ticket home, well say la vi.

Sunday - 10/13

7AM

45 Degree Hypers, Reverse Hypers

Shoulder Laterals - Worked all sides.
Standing Presses

Grip Training

Right - Plate Pinching
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching
Lever work for elbow rehab

Too friggin lazy to post all week. I have been experimenting with some plate pinch tactics.
When the disgust leaves me, I an going to post some stuff up.

Sunday - 10/5

7AM
Cold Fucking garage.
45 Degree Hypers
Reverse Hypers

A pile of shoulder laterals, worked all sides.
Standing Presses

Grip Training

Right - Plate pinching
Left - PDA Blobette Pinching

Leverage movements. Elbow rehab.

Saturday - 10/4

7AM

45 Degree Hypers - One leg and 2 legs w/weight
Reverse Hypers

Grip Training
Right - Plate Pinching :)
Left - PDA Blobette work. If PDA still has these, get one before they are gone forever.

Leverage work - Elbow Rehab. Marked improvement over the past 2 weeks.

YMCA
many pullups
circuited around

Week

Did not miss any workouts, just too fucking lazy to post.

Tuesday - 9/30

5AM - the early bird gets the fucking worm

Reverse Hypers
45 Degree Hypers - 1 leg, 2 leg w/ weights

Grip Training
Right - Plate Pinching
Left - PDA Blobette
Leverage work to get elbow on track.

We could not help but notice that last training tip from the Fictional Group's SPAM. Fucking Hammer Machine Decline benches as a recommended movement? Shaving with a Piranha is more useful. ;)

Monday - 9/29

530AM

Right elbow still screwed when doing any type of flat benching.

Light Bench - 135-3x50
Pullups - Alot
Rope Tri Extensions
Abs

I bought as bottle of Paul Newman Tomato Sauce yesterday.

Sunday 9/28

7AM

45 Degree hypers - 1 leg sets, 2 leg sets w/weight
Reverse Hypers

Standing presses
Laterals - 3 sets each - side, rear, front

Grip Training

Blobette and plate pinch work

Rained last night, humidity through roof.

Saturday - 9/27

Took a week off to hit the beach, then got murdered at work this week.
Still managed to get grip work in.

We just got the latest spam from the Fictional Grip People. As we predicted, it looks
like Joe Kinney is releasing his DVD through them. Something else we will never buy. But who needs it now? You have the strongest gripsters in the world exchanging information at the Gripboard - for free - why bother?

Our Previous posts to the subject:

Kinney 1
Kinney 2

Saturday - 9/13

7AM

45 Degree Hypers - one leg, 2 leg w/ weight.

Grip Training

Ad Hoc - Plate and wide pinching
Leverage work for elbows.

Friday - 9/12

Leverage work for elbows

Light Benches, circuited around with other shit.

Don't Forget

What those fucks did to us on 9/11/2001.

Image from the fine folks at POLIPUNDIT

Wednesday - 9/10

530AM

45 degree hypers - 1 leg sets then 2 leg sets w /weight
Reverse Hypers

Leverage work to get right elbow/bicep/delt straightened out. It seems to be working. But will be a long road.

Image from THE REAL BARACK OBAMA

Monday/Tuesday 9/8-9/9

Monday - Tuesday
Homebased. Had to be at work early

Monday
45 Degree Hypers w/weight
Reverse Hypers

Regular Grip Bench w/ Apollon's Axle and a Pair of chain - 10 sets
Seated Front DB laterals - 6 sets

Tuesday
Grip circuit - PDA Blobette (It seems like yesterday we spoke with John Szimanski on the phone to order this. RIP)
Plate pinching etc

Doing light leverage work. Seems to help right elbow and shoulder. Will continue
every night.

Sunday - 9/7

8AM
45 Degree Hypers - 1 leg, 2 legs w/ weights
Reverse Hypers

Standing Presses and Laterals.

Grip Training
Variety of pinching, nothing formal. Worked quickly.

Saturday - 9/6

Got a 630AM call that one of our data centers was flooded. B.H.I.C.A (Bend Over Here It Comes Again). Spent the day cleaning soggy shit, then turned over the facility the the water cleaning experts.

Did a mid-afternoon grip workout, then got called again that 2 buildings were without fucking power.

Immediately went to liquor store and acquired a magnum of Jack Daniels.

Do Over tomorrow.

Sarah Palin kicks Terminator Ass

Did We Click the Wrong Link?

We fired up, what we thought was our favorite grip forum's main page and was greeted by a thread discussing the health benefits of shitting squat style. Health Quackery advocacy is grip's dirty little secret. ;)

Wednesday - 9/3

530AM

Pullups - Right elbow/shoulder still fucked up. Laddered reps up and down. Forced range of motion. Getting old blows.

Circuited around.

Tuesday - 9/2

530AM

45 Degree Hypers - 1 and 2 leg - high reps
Reverse Hypers

Tractioned right elbow with Jumpstretch bands.
Lower arms too sore to bother.

Interesting how some legends and oldtime strongmen are silent with condolences on the GB about the PDA founder. One legend has been milking the "621" Phantom #4 calibration for eternity. PDA was instrumental in this measurement. We will reserve judgement for a while longer.

John Szimanski of PDA - RIP

Just looked at the Gripboard and was greeted with a notice that the founder/owner of PDA has died.

He manufactured some innovative lifting and grip devices and was an unwavering sponsor of the forum. The PDA Blobette is one of our prized possessions.

Monday - 9/1

7AM
45 Degree Hypers -1 and 2 leg, then 2 legs with weights.
Reverse Hypers

Benches w/ Apollon's Axle - Alotta sets w/ Chains. Right elbow and shoulder is sensitive. Now is not the time to be stupid.

Grip Training
Nothing structured. Fucked around for 30 minutes. Left thumb is split, worked around it.

Fuckkits

Had the fuckkits all week. Too busy with work. Did not miss any workouts though.

Be on track soon.

Meanwhile, enjoy Joe Biden making a drunken ass out of himself:

Watch and Learn

Weekend - 8/23-8/24

Saturday

9AM

45 Degree 1 Leg Hypers
45 Degree Hypers w/ weight
Reverse Hypers

Grip Training

Circuit medley using plates, blob50, PDA Blobette and 1/2 York 80
Lower back cramped hard. Broke into a cold sweat, but finished.
Where are you going when 90 pounds destroys your back? ;)

Sunday
Lower back still fucked - but manageable
45 Degree 1 leg hypers
Reverse Hypers

Standing Presses

Grip Training
Circuit medley using plates, blob50, PDA Blobette and 1/2 York 80.

We were too fucking busy to notice the latest sophomoric attack from Ironmind's
CaptainsofCrush website, directed, yet again, towards our beloved grip forum.

Again we find it hilarious that they would attack the KTA program, where a 1 inch set is demonstrated, as per previous Ironmind rules, then state that their Captains of Crush book is the be all and end all of gripper training. This very tome, clearly shows Nathan Holle demonstrating a 1" set.

Ahh fuckit, we are not wasting any more keystrokes on this inane crap, it's sad that a learned individual would stoop to internet trolling directed toward their customers.

The Week

FUCKING BUSY at work.

Hit the iron all week. Mostly in the cellar, as training partner ids on vacation and I'm too fucking lazy to drive to the Y.

Grip workouts - Fast paced, medley, multirep stuff.

Right elbow is a fucking mess.

Hmmmm. Live Person Chat? ;)

Tuesday - 8/19

530AM - Frigging tired.

45 Degree 1 Leg Hypers - a lotta reps
Reverse Hypers

Grip Training

Circuit - Plate Pinching, Blob 50 Pinching, PDA Blobette Pinching, 1/2 York 80

MONSTER MAGNET - SPACE LORD MOTHER FUCKER!

Monday - 8/18

530AM - Cellar.

45 Degree 1 Leg Hypers + weight
Reverse Hypers

Close grip Bench w/ Apollons Axle - 6x20
Wide Grip - Slow bench - 4x15
DB Hammer Curls

Right elbow is fucked up. I'm staying at high reps for the duration.

What the fuck is it with all the "Inner Circle" douche bags hitching themselves to the Michael Phelps bandwagon?

Sunday - 8/17

8AM

45 Degree Hypers w/ one leg + weights
Reverse Hypers
Standing Presses

Grip Training
Circuited between plate pinch work, BLOB50 pinching, 1/2 York 80 and PDA Blobette.
Short rests. Thumbpads on fire.

What's with the Olympic coverage? Fucking Badminton? Why not horseshoes and the egg toss?

Saturday - 8/16

7AM

45 Degree 1 leg hypers
Reverse Hypers

Grip Training

Circuited between plate pinching, blob50 pinching, and 1/4 York 80 pinching.
Moved quick. The summer humidity has the cellar slimy.

Work was non stop this week, did not miss any sessions, but too fucking tired to
post.

It's sad that the 3.5 certification thread soundly established that Ironmind lets the rules slide for some and not others. The legend wished everyone good luck who is pursuing the 3.5, but no mention of his protege doing over, properly. We remember not too long ago where our legend made a "no tilting" rule up on the spot and seemed to shame the gripster into foregoing his addition to the Blob list. Our "legend" commended him. We guess it only goes one way in gripdom.

Time for a soppresatta sandwich.

Tuesday - 8/12

Day 6 - Ironmind Certification Rules Suffer Tantrum
530AM - Rain All Night
45 Degree 1 leg Hypers
Reverse Hypers

Grip Work
Lower Arms sore from elbows down.
1/2 York 80 pinching to get blood flowing.

What the fuck? Did we just see someone posting UPS tracking information to prove that a 3.5 gripper was sent by Ironmind to the legend's grip lair? All this proves is a "box" was sent from point A to point B. We are not going to address the rest of the nonsense. It is sad to see the legend's acolytes defending a flawed certification. Integrity demands that the certification be done over correctly. It is frustrating to see a fellow gripster asking for clarification on why someone other than Tex inserted the credit card, and having his inquiries deflected by UPS receipt scans. All we see from our vantage point, is that no one took the time to read and Ironmind let rules slide. This situation can easily be corrected by admitting the certification was tainted, and do it over. It is obvious the strength is there. Even us "armchair" gripsters know right from wrong. ;)

Monday - 8/11

DAY 5 - Ironmind Certification Rules Tossed in Trash To Favor a Select Few.

530AM

Close Grip Bench - 6 sets of a lot.
Side Laterals - 6x6 - Feel the fucking burn.
Rope Tricep Extensions - 4x10
Abs

We are sitting here with our jaws on the floor. It seems the latest twist in our #3.5 CoC gripper Certification may have been conducted with a 3.5 gripper that was "in stock" at a our favorite "Grip Legend's" facility. What the Fu' ? We were led to believe that Iromind must send the cert gripper?

From the fabled Ironmind Site:

"We will send the judge a brand
new Captains of Crush Gripper for you to use for your closing.
Your judge will open the gripper in your presence, and you are
welcome to do a few warm-up reps on it before
going for your close. "

Look folks it is PAINFULLY obvious that Tex's certification was pre-arranged well in advance to ensure he was first on the 3.5 list. It appears our strong friends from around the world got tossed under the bus, to perpetuate a "southern grip legend's" wishes to remain relevant.

Some sanctimonious gripsters have called for the end of this hot debate. We must respectfully disagree. We have seen the competitive arm of this niche sport develop over the past half decade to establish a set of rules that MUST be followed to achieve and maintain credibility. Many of you have "suffered" through the endless threads hammering out the details of calibrated weights, standard implements, and rules to qualify for national and world contests. Rules must be followed to grant all participants a level playing field. When we grant exceptions, we risk losing our integrity.

Our beloved grip forum - the GripBoard - is the most recognized, established gathering point of grip strength.
Support it.

BRILLIANT

Black & White on the Grey Matters (Nitty Gritty)

Sunday - 8/10

Day 4 - Ironmind Certification Rules Suffer Stockholm Syndrome

8AM - Rain

45 Degree 1 leg hypers
Reverse Hypers

Standing Presses

Grip Training
Fucked around for 20 minutes. Nothing formal. Sometimes these are the best workouts.

Ironmind's Forked Tongue Response to the interpretation of the CoC rules seems
to be parsed just enough to allow certain legends and their cohorts to retain their
position, but for the rest of you dumb fucks, follow the rules to the letter. ;)

Saturday - 8/9

DAY 3 - IRONMIND Certification Rules Held Hostage

7AM
45 Degree Hypers - One leg
Reverse Hypers

Grip Training
Right - Plate Pinching
Left - Blob50 Pinching
Plate rotations
Carried 1/2 York 80 around

Humidity has everything coated with that slippery rust dust. Hands were orange.

Friday - 8/8

DAY 2 - IRONMIND Certification Rules Held Hostage

530AM

Close Grip Bench - alot
Shoulder Laterals - 6x6
Halbert Laterals - 4x12
Rope Tricep Extensions - 5x10
Abs