Fitness notes...

Wednesday, 2011.9.21
95kg, 35 min.

WARMUP:
Barrel press-squat: 10, 10
Bokken: 12, 12 x sagittal, diagonal, hoizontal

Grip training:
Heavy 150: 6 closes
CoC #1.5: 6 closes
CoC #2: 6 reps l.h. (no closes), 6 reps r.h. (3 closes!)
CoC #2: 5 reps per hand, 1 close r.h. 
CoC #1.5: negative 30 sec. hold

Hindu squat: 50, 50

Bent-over underhand row: 15, 20 @ 50kg+

Hindu pushup: 25, 25

+ + +

That's right, ladies and gents, I've reached about 3 solid closes on the CoC #2. My wife and I have agreed that when I can do 6 closes on the #2, she'll buy me the CoC# 2.5. And after THAT? Well, it's on to the #3! I have a coworker who "gives" me only 6 months to close the #3. A generous estimate, and a good challenge! I was genuinely surprised that I closed the #2 as I did tonight. The first close evinced a righteous krnch as the handles met, so... I really am getting there. Just goes to show how important recovery and the wing chun band (...and ample doses of whiskey...) are.

I liked how the underhand rows worked my biceps. It was a relief to find I had miscalculated my 2" barbell weight in my last notes, so my maintenance workouts aren't too appallingly removed from my actual gym sessions.

Oh, I almost forgot, but the highlight of tonight's workout was that, on my negative crush with the #1.5, lymphatic fluid from a cut on my right pinky got squeezed out! Maybe I'l upload a (blurry) photo of the crime scene. All man, baby, stay tuned!

['Twas whilst re-reading this update, that I thought of a brutal compound exercise, and tried it... though nearly with perilous results! Bent-over overhand row, into swinging curl up to chest, into standing barbell press, into overhead press and squat, back down into bent-over row. Not for the faint of heart, or drunk.]