HB #5 S:11 Heavy

A lapse since i've posted yet again. At any rate, have made it through a couple of workouts on the "Heavy" timer. Also weighed in at 198 last night which was down from 201 from the workouts prior. That was a nice touch.

I'm roughly comparing this to the last time i worked on Heavy timer which would'a' been HB #9 (4th workout on Heavy) from S:10 on 2/2/19. That day i weighed in at 206 clothed.

9.28.19 HB #5. Heavy Timer. 198 clothed.

WUJ: -15: Just fine

Large Open:
1: +10↓: No fail. Pretty easy.
2: +30↓: No fail.
3: +50↓: No fail. Dropped the intensity here by design.

Small Crimp:
1: -60↔: No fail. Not too bad.
2: -40↔: No fail this time. Better.
3: -20↑: K. Got one solidly, then melted.

F 2,3,4:
1: -10↑: Much betta! No fail.
2: +10↑: No fail. HA!
3: +30↑: No fail. Yeah better.

Slopa':
1: +20↑: Last 3 secs last rep.
2: +40↑: Got 3 solid. Last 2 were sub-super.
3: +60↑: HaHa! No fail. Maybe cooler out.

F 3,4,5:
1: -40↔: Alrighty. No fail. Li'l spicy at the end.
2: -20↑: K. 'Bout last 4 sec last rep. Whooo.
3: BW↑: Yeah. Last 3 sec last rep. Better.

SemiClosed:
1: -45↔No fail, but hard at the end.
2: -25↔: Last 2 sec last rep.
3: -5↔: Last 2 sec. Bueno!

So, observations: It's tricky to compare workouts from season to season as there're so many variables (weight, temp, days of rest prior, etc.), but any way i slice it, i really haven't lost any substantial strength since February. That's comforting, 'cuz i really have been climbing much in the meantime. Some; but not much.

On the first of these Heavy workouts i upped the poundage on the Large Open grip, just because i was confident i could. However, i think it killed me for the remainder of the workout, which is why i didn't up it last season. Interesting to take it up and see what happened; and interesting that it did seem to affect the quality of the subsequent workout fairly substantially. Interesting because it's difficult to say what will and won't upset what comes after in a noticeable way. That's to say, the heterogeneity of the grips  (basically, the finger joint angles, and joints involved) make it tricky to decide what order the whole thing should optimally follow. The Large Open, e.g., is one of the heavier (easier) grips, and also one of the least important for building strength on (as it's not that sort of grip that typically leads to failure on a route). But it's a nice first grip as it is relatively safe, and does notwithstanding invoke recruitment. It that place, though, it works out to be a kind of throwaway hold--a warmup. Nothing wrong with that if it vaults one stronger on the tiny holds; but then i'd wonder if i wouldn't benefit more still by taking the weight down yet another notch.