HB #6 Season 9--Switch to Heavy

First of all, i weighed in at 198 this morning. First time in at least years i've cracked 200lbs. Very thankful for that.

Yesterday started off miserable, as i hadn't slept well in many days. Forced in a bike (43 mins and change on 7 Sisters) and a run brick (about 17mins for an hour total), and felt way, way better after that.

Got home and put up HB #6. Weighed in at 202 clothed last night. Did switch to the Heavy workout for this. Notably, i took 3 full days off between 5 and 6, and that helped a lot i think. Also importantly, i decreased the weights for the first set of several workouts as they're not the point of the workout; they're the warmup. I want the 2-3 reps of the final set to be very crisp and as heavy as possible. To that end, i'd consider lowering my initial weights even further. There's something symmetrical and satisfying about going up 20 lbs between sets uniformly; but the sundry grips don't necessarily lend themselves well to that kind of pyramid. The Slopers, e.g., seem to me to be time dependent more than weight; and i failed on the last few reps with 15lbs on the 7 rep set, whereas i didn't fail with 60lbs on the 3 rep set. Conversely, sailed through the higher rep set on the Small Crimp but flailed on the last set with a 35lbs bump. For the most part, I used my weights from the last few workouts last season, and on some i was actually stronger, or at least basically where i left off. That was encouraging.

WUJ: -15

Large Open: [Didn't tape F2 for this, and didn't tear skin. So yay.]
1: +10: No fail. Not too bad.
2: +30: Hard. No fail.
3: +50: HA! No fail. Very hard.

Small Crimp: [Depression on the Trango board]
1: -65: No fail. Relatively easy.
2: -50: K, yeah! No fail. [Questioned an incr here in my notes]
3: -30: Got 2 clean, then total fail last rep. This was an almost 10lb incr from last season.

F 2/3/4: [Untaped completely for these.]
1: -15: No fail, but it got really hard. Bit humid out.
2: +5: Last few secs last 2 reps.
3: +25: Whew! Last 1 sec last rep!

Slopa':
1: +15: Last 1-2 secs last 2 reps.
2: +35: Last 1-2 secs last rep. Hmmm.
3: +60: 25lbs incr here. No fail! :)

F 3/4/5: [Again, used the shallow scalloped pocket, as for 2/3/4.]
1: -40: No fail, but that got mighty real at the end.
2: -20: Last 1 sec last rep. Tweaky!
3: -5: No fail! Hedged a li'l here, but didn't want a ruptured tendon. Good times.

SemiClosed: [Questioned if this is in the right spot in the workout. After the fact, i think it might be.]
1: -50: Large decr here from the Int workout, because it comes later and i'm destroyed at this point. No fail, but hard on the last rep.
2: -30: Last 3 secs last rep. Not bad.
3: -10: No fail (!) but i milked the thumb catch on the last rep.

Very good start on this workout. For the most part, i'm 'bout where i left off in March last year. That's encouraging. Might actually see some gains if i could truncate a season before the 7 month mark. Also, i'm finally seeing some consistent incremental wins on the weight loss front, and that's super encouraging.