There was no getting out of doors for the weekend for "outdoor mileage". And the idiot gym closes at 12:00 on saturdays. So i did a li'l a priori hangboarding yesterday and today to see how the ol' strength is compared to where i left off. And it wasn't too bad, honestly. I'm doing the intermediate routine which is a bit different. Sets and reps are shorter and there're 8 different grips 'stead of 9-- it trades the medium pinch and F3,4,5 pocket for a narrow pinch. But you do 2 sets of everything, so the time under tension is almost 1.5 mins longer, and the rests are shorter 'twixt reps. The first set of everything is 7 reps; the second set is 6 reps. All the reps are 7 secs with 3 secs' rest between. It's 3 mins of rest between sets.
As above, there're 2 sets of everything (excepting the warmup jug), and one's s'posed to start with a "baseline" weight, then add 10# for set 2. This was largely experimental, so i fudged on some of the starting weights so's not to die on set 2. Failed on surprisingly few of 'em. Also i did this split in approximately half between saturday and sunday. Got through the semi-crimp on saturday, then repeated it today for the starting exercise.
Warmup Jug: -15: Easy.
Large Open Hand:
1: -25: Felt tired, but this was easy
2: -10: Tired. No fail.
F3,4 pocket:
1: -55: Hard.
2: -45: Hard on last rep. No fail. This was 5# off of where i stopped last season. Not bad.
Semi-closed Crimp:
1: -30: Right.
2: -20: Hard on last rep. No fail. [As above, i repeated this today for an opener after a short warmup.]
F2,3,4 2-pad pocket:
1: -20
2: -10: Very hard at the end. No fail.
Wide Pinch:
1: -50: Very hard. Failed on last rep. :)
2: -45: Failed at the end of the last 2 reps. :))
Sloper:
1: -10: Hard. No fail.
2: -Pin: Hmm...took off the pinkie tape and this really didn't feel bad. No fail.
Narrow Pinch:
1: -70: This was experimental--never tried these before. And they sucked hard. Massive fail.
2: -80: I got most of 'em with this weight, but i still failed on 3 or 4 sets. Very hard to get the hang of these. Very weird grip. Very hard to make me lift my feet off the ground without thinking i was just gunna fall straight onto my coccyx. This could be the money grip for the season. Lotta room for improvement here. Fortunately i haven't even officially started hangboarding yet this season, so i haven't lost any time trying to dial weights.
Over all, this was a very encouraging workout. I'm really looking forward to getting stronger. This'll be the last week of endurance, and it's looking to be a long, hard, daunting one. Vamos a ver.
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