Once again, i haven't managed to keep up on posting workouts as they've occurred; but have, notwithstanding, been layin' 'em down. Ended up splitting the hangboarding into thirds. Did 3 workouts on the "Intermediate" timer, 3 on the "Heavy" timer and 3 on the "Power" timer. That worked out nicely, and i actually made it through the HB bit on schedule taking two off days between each workout. Historically, i've needed to take a solid 3-4 off days to recover well enough--especially toward the end. Can't say why i've recovered faster this time 'round, except i'm a few lbs lighter than the last several seasons.
I've posted already at least a representative workout on the Intermediate and Heavy timers, and will just recap Heavy and Power here for gains. That's tricky between timers for the obvious reason that they're not set up with the same set/rep numbers, or even in the same order of grips; but then, that's not the important part. Gains within a timer naturally make more sense, but these happen within basically one week. Which makes me wonder (again) why i don't try stringing these seasons together much more tightly. And indeed i may.
Also i'll spell out the set/rep/timing on the Power timer, as i botched up my first workout on that having forgotten the schema. It's definitely the most complicated, and for future reference i need to have several weights pre-set as they're really heavy and fiddly and in some cases require different cord lengths in order not to drag the ground. I'll note that when i record the final workout for that.
Yesterday i did get in Campus #1, and honestly i felt pretty good about it. I will think from season to season that i've lost strength, or did much better on these in a prior season, but the numbers say otherwise. I haven't, either, made any tidy gains--which is frustrating. Again, i feel i absolutely have to string these closer together if i'm ever going to see gains. In the meantime, it's nice not to have sustained losses.
Did add an innovation yesterday which i had only played with in the past, and which was--when applied methodically and intentionally--simply brutalizing. After doing what i could do on the medium and large rungs, i just did jump catches on the small rungs. Ended up dong 3 sets of 5 of these, and i think that might be the ticket to maybe one day getting strong enough to do ladders on 'em.
10.13.19 S:11 Campus #1 199lbs
Large:
WUL
1,3,4 Ladders: Got 'em
1,3,5 Ladders: Got 'em
3 tries for 1,4,6: Got very close with both hands, but didn't stick the match.
After these, i felt like i'd benefit from working Bumps harder. Feel like i'm not keeping pressure on the trailing hand.
Medium:
1,3,4 Ladders: Got 'em. Felt hard.
2 tries for 1,4,5: Again, touching the tops, but ain't sticking. Feel like i'm not twisting correctly.
3 sets of Bumps on each hand to 4th rung. Not bad!
Small:
As above, 3 sets of 5 jumps from the ground to catch and hang. These make me think the reason i'm unable to Ladder on the Smalls is almost entirely mental.
Next saturday is YnY, and methinks i shan't squeeze in another Campus workout prior. Will prolly put in a bouldering sesh in thet next day or two.
10.10.19 S:11 HB #9 "Power" 200lbs
**Important for the next go: The time per rep varies from set to set, and reps/set aren't linear. It's 4 sets/grip: 5 reps x 7sec/ 3 reps x 5sec/ 1 rep x 5sec/ 2 reps x 3sec. **
WUJ: -15
Large Open:
1: +30: K Hard. Fingers feel slick.
2: +60: No fail
3: +90: Easy
4: +100: Yeah. Not bad! [Could definitely go heavier on these, but find if i burn it down here i'm trashed for the remainder of the session. Keep this grip up front because it functions as a very nice warmup for the subsequent grips.]
Small Crimp:
1: -50: Not bad
2: -20: Yeah, no fail. Not bad!
3: -10: Ha! No fail! That's improvement.
4: BW: Nope. Fail on this.
F 2,3,4 [Untape here. This is one to pre-set the weights.]:
1: +25: No fail.
2: +55: Just fine.
3: +90: No fail! Hard. This was improvement.
4: +110: Hard hard! Last sec. Also improvement.
SemiClosed:
1: -25: No problemo.
2: +5: No fail.
3: +30: Got 3 sec.
4: +35: Woo. Got about 2 secs of each rep.
F 3,4,5:
1: -20: No fail. Not bad.
2: +10: Ooo...hard.
3: +35: Got 'bout 3 sec of that. Tweaky today.
4: +35: Got most of that.
Slopa':
1: +50: Woo. Tired here. Failed end of last rep.
2: +80: Ugh. Tired.
3: +110: No, wow. Just tired.
4: +110: Got one of 'em solid. Ugh. Actually hung 135 last session.
This was a god workout. As before, i need to string this to another season in a few weeks.
