Right. So this one was supposed to happen on Saturday, but didn't 'cuz we'd stayed up the night before with a sick horse. And that worked out ok, as i'd done too hard a "recovery" day on Thurs anyhow. Didn't want to do the workout again last night 'cuz i'd been putting up fencing all day yesterday, and my hand hurt going into it-- wasn't sure how it would go. But i'm glad i did it, and it was a really encouraging workout.
Set 1: Warmup Jug: -10#: Easy.
Set 2: F 2,3,4 2-pad pocket: -25#: Felt easy. Failed on these on Wednesday. This time i did 'em at night, and the not-90deg coolness made a huge difference. Felt like i could'a' gone harder.
Set 3: Medium Edge (semi-closed): -30#: Little hard, but no fail. Could increase.
Set 4: Medium Pinch: -30#: Hard at the end, but no fail.
Set 5: F 3,4 2-pad pocket: -40#: Very hard, but no fail. Failed miserably on these on Wed with -45#, but on a whim i bumped the resistance up, and this was right on. Still kinda cut into my pinkie cuticles, so i'ma hafta figure out what's up and sand it down.
Set 6: Large open-hand edge: -10#: Same weight, but i took F2 to the inner dimple 'stead of F3, and that definitely made it harder. No fail though.
Set 7: Wide pinch: -45#: Very hard. Failed at the very end of the last two reps. That's still a bump upward from the last coupla workouts.
Set 8: Sloper: -10#: Li'l hard on the last rep. Should increase.
Set 9: F 3,4,5 2-pad pocket: -35#: Fairly easy, and with a smile. These felt way hard last time, so this was a happy increase.
Takeaways: First of all, it's striking how much difference 10 or 15 degrees of calor'll change things.
Second, it's striking how some very sore, blistered, worn out hands from hammering with a post driver didn't affect m' hangboarding. At all. Almost odd, really.
Finally, this was a good workout. Dug pretty deep, but it was there to be mined. This was fer sure a step upward.
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