Wednesday, August 27, 2014

HB #5 (or, technically, 6)

Yesterday i went to the gym and did a 20 min ARC session, and then bouldered some new routes. Kinda encouraging 'cuz i can tell my hands are stronger. Did manage to keep it reasonably light.

Today was [what i'm calling] HB workout numma 5.

Set 1:  Warmup Jug:  -10#:  Hmmm...easy, but a li'l stale.

Set 2:  F 2,3,4 2-pad pocket:  -20#:  This was a 5# increase from last time. Harder, but still fairly easy. And that's encouraging.

Set 3:  Medium Edge (SemiClosed):  -25#:  Again, a 5# increase. Definitely harder--maybe even hard; but no fail.

Set 4:  Medium Pinch:  -30#:  Left this the same, and it felt easier than last time. Li'l hard at the end, but no fail. Could probably increase here. Huh.

Set 5:  F 3,4 2-pad pocket:  -40#:  Very hard. No fail, but close.

Set 6:  Large open-hand Edge:  -10#:  No increase here. And, again, i took F2 to the inner dimple, and this time from the first rep. This felt very hard. No fail though.

Set 7:  Wide Pinch:  -45#:  Very hard. Failed on the last rep. Still better'n the last workout a smidge.

Set 8:  Sloper:  -whatever the plate pin weighs:  This was a 10# increase--maybe a little hubris here. Very hard. Failed at the end of the last two reps.

Set 9:  F 3,4,5 2-pad pocket:  -30#:  5# increase. Had to dig deep, but didn't fail.

Very good workout over all-- way better than i had a right to expect. Increased my resistance in 4 of 9 grips.

Weighed in before at 200.2#, clothes, shoes, and a steak sandwich included. EI scale yesterday said i'm at 15.8% body fat. That's down from 17.5%, so i'll take it as a gain.

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