Only The Strongest Will Survive, Lead Me To Heaven When We Die

[Paul Savage]

29/11/07

just did a quick tester to where my RT is at, i did 87kg each hand, i suck at that thing..but that is PR at least >considering the past two days sessions im pretty sure i am capable of 90k+ with each hand. This is my worst grip lift without a doubt, probably because of my high loading pin, i always have to kinda upright row the thing to lift it off the ground, so im gonna get a shorter one, and will be looking to bring my thickbar lifting up in general >training for this will involve RT an 2.5in wrist roller / holle it up dumbbell an 2.5in V-bar

[mbcx6pmw]

7ish? I could probably do the thursday instead if it would be better for you.

[Paul Savage]

7ish? I could probably do the thursday instead if it would be better for you.

about 7 or half past would be ok i think, not sure exactly, ill check what time i get home 2moz - thursday in the day time would most likely be ok but not sure on that either, if my dad is on nights he will be trying to get sleep so id have to ask him. Friday night is most likely ok because there shouldn't be anybody else in the house, my parents pretty much always go out on fridays so we could play loud music, make noise, drop a few weights an whatever, basically have a proper sesh. Right now it's not the best cuss i can only train in my room, i have to do proper sessions when nobody is here because they dont like the noise. I will be getting a gym made outside to train in somewhen, things will be different then.

[Paul Savage]

noob - sorry but you cant come train cuss my mummy said so! haha it sucks balls but she wont let people come into the house she dont know, it's like that with girls but i didn't realise it was with people coming round to train - you or anybody else are welcome to come train when i have the gym made outside

[Cannon]

noob - sorry but you cant come train cuss my mummy said so! haha it sucks balls but she wont let people come into the house she dont know, it's like that with girls but i didn't realise it was with people coming round to train - you or anybody else are welcome to come train when i have the gym made outside

[Paul Savage]

noob - sorry but you cant come train cuss my mummy said so! haha it sucks balls but she wont let people come into the house she dont know, it's like that with girls but i didn't realise it was with people coming round to train - you or anybody else are welcome to come train when i have the gym made outside

yeh - thinking about it, we could maybe just go to a gym noob? i train grip at O'malleys gym in town centre sometimes

[mbcx6pmw]

I used to train at Hard Labour in Latchford sometimes, heard O'Malley's was good too though. So yeah could do that or you could come over to mine if you've got transport? I only train in an upstairs bedroom too, so not ideal. My wife is away on that friday though, so I would be allowed to play loud music too

[twig]

I see you got a mention in the pitofsuffering blog! Do you feel honoured?

[Paul Savage]

noob -yeh it's a proper gym e.g it rains outside and inside! I would prefer to do heavy squats as well so i dont know if you would have enough weight or want to use that much in you're bedroom (i dont like going over 200k in mine but ive never fell through an died yet so i do every now an again), but i dont have transport anyways, apart from public obviously >i have only just started learning to drive, its never really been a concern of mine. O'malleys would be ok i think, the music is s h i t or none though, i always listen to my own - i wont be able to bring all my grippers an equipment obviously but ill bring enough. That be alright then? in a perfect world, thursday in the day time would be best because the gym should be pretty much empty, but you might have work?

twig - pitofsuffering blog? got a link?

[mobsterone]

Just google it. I've seen it and you aint missing anything that I've opr anyone else has already told ya (more nicely mind and no it's not my blog)

[Paul Savage]

mobster - cheers, an you dont need to tell me thats not you're blog!

as far as the blog goes >post a better vid of you doing it then..an nice name calling, did you learn that in infants or juniors?

[mbcx6pmw]

noob -yeh it's a proper gym e.g it rains outside and inside! I would prefer to do heavy squats as well so i dont know if you would have enough weight or want to use that much in you're bedroom (i dont like going over 200k in mine but ive never fell through an died yet so i do every now an again), but i dont have transport anyways, apart from public obviously >i have only just started learning to drive, its never really been a concern of mine. O'malleys would be ok i think, the music is s h i t or none though, i always listen to my own - i wont be able to bring all my grippers an equipment obviously but ill bring enough. That be alright then? in a perfect world, thursday in the day time would be best because the gym should be pretty much empty, but you might have work?

No, I don't have that much weight, nor any stands etc. So yeah I can come over to O'malley's, but yes I'd be at work thursday daytime so would have to be evening of thurs 13th or fri 15th. That said, I may be able to get out of work early (mid afternoon), so I'll let you know.

[twig]

That blog cracks me up, it's internet-warrioring at it's best.

[Paul Savage]

01/12/07

noob - thursday would be better, i do usually go during the day but if you cant get off early we can go later on, gym shuts at 9 i think

did some grippers an RT yesterday, grippers went ok left hand an bad right, i was too worn, did RT upto 93k, got slight air each hand an then did 77k x 4 - rest now, well i got work, but no grip training till tuesday

p.s someone one hand pinched 4 10kg plates easy 1st time doing pinch >guess who! (you might have seen him on the telly last night)

[twig]

p.s someone one hand pinched 4 10kg plates easy 1st time doing pinch >guess who! (you might have seen him on the telly last night)

Darren 'The Pocket Rocket' Sadler? Tery Hollands? Jon Ross?

[The Mac]

You remember the rules, right?

[Paul Savage]

You remember the rules, right?

what rules are you talking of now?

[The Mac]

The same one - I am assuming they still apply to all claims made on the board.

[Paul Savage]

02/12/07

>12kg dumbbell presses, 2 sets of many<

overhead press >leg drive<

- 50kg x 4

- 60kg x 4

- 70kg x 2

- 75kg x 2

- 80kg x 2

- 85kg x 2

- 90kg x 2

- 95kg x 2

- 100kg x 1

one arm dumbbell press >strict<

- 24kg x 4 each arm

- 28kg x 4 each arm

- 32kg x 1 right / 3 left

drop

>two arms<

- 20kg x 3, 16kg x 3, 12kg x 3

double overhand holds >no chalk<

- 120kg x 10 seconds

- 170kg x 10 seconds

- 220kg x 10 seconds

- 270kg x lift only

- 160kg x 1 minute

giant sets

3 laps upto:

- 14kg x 12 incline flyes

- 49kg x 7 / drop 35kg x 7 push downs

- 45kg x 8 hammer curl

swam many lengths, went in steam room for a bit

right shoulder an trap aint feeling right since shouldering that 182.5k roll off the lorry - at least my backs not hurting anymore!

changed my mind about no grip till tuesday..was poor though, i cant keep my thumb locked without chalk

Edited December 2, 2007 by Paul Savage

[Paul Savage]

04/12/07

grippers

- #1 / #2 x whatever each hand

- H HG400 x 1 R

- 06 #3 x 1 L

- HG500 3 x 3 bfn's R

- rb240 3 x 1 paused L

- E HG400 x 10 R

- rb210 x 15 L

rolling thunder

- 57kg x 6 each hand

- 83kg x 4 each hand

- 77kg x 9 R / 5 L

one hand pinch

- 4 10kg x negatives

superset:

- 15kg two hand plate wrist curl reps / 1 band doubled extensor reps

[Paul Savage]

did another sesh, i wasn't gonna squat today because my back is fried from work, but i thought id just do it light an do squats an grip saturday - i did some more grippers after this, reps on hg400's mainly but closed the 500 spring held again

back squat

- 50kg x whatever

- 90kg x whatever

- 165kg x 5

- 180kg x 5

Edited December 4, 2007 by Paul Savage

[Paul Savage]

i had a pretty easy day in work yesterday compared to what ive had recently, an after many contrast baths, my hands actually felt pretty good for today, only thing im avoiding is pinch cuss my thumbs have been beat up since i last did pinch holds - stuff from ironmind arrived today, actually 1st yesterday (pretty quick) but i was in work

06/12/07

grippers

- #1 / #2 x whatever each hand

(all IM TUG closes are no set)

>top two fingers<

- TUG #6 x 1 each hand

- TUG #7 x many sets upto 2 L / 6 R

>bottom two fingers<

- TUG #6 x 1 each hand

- TUG #7 x fails each hand

- TUG #6 2 x 8-15 each hand

holle it up dumbbell deadlift (weight is plates only)

- upto 85kg x 1 each hand

rolling thunder

- upto 79kg 3 x 3 each hand

extensors

- upto drop sets of blue, green, white for max reps

my review on what ive bought >IM TUGS are awesome! i hope these will help get me the 500 shut before the years out, probably more like the #7 will though! the #6 is a lot easier. The spread is wider on my #7 an i think that makes a difference with the bottom 2 fingers, i can hardly get them around it, but it's the same with the 500, so thats great! holle it up dumbbell i dont really know cuss i couldn't really use it, since most of my plates didnt fit on it! + any plate i got on was a struggle - the bar was too thick even though it's supposed to fit standard plates..really lame. The shorter loading pin for the RT i bought was even worse, couldn't use it at all cuss whoever came up with the design for it forgot that you need a hole big enough to fit the clip through..again, REALLY lame. Extensor bands are good, for the way i do them you dont need a ton of resistence, but obviously you can combine bands anyways, so happy with them.

Ive also got a new #4 upstairs, it's staying in the package for now

[Teemu I]

About the equipment: it says on the IM website as follows.

"Will my plates fit on your bars and dumbbells?

No matter how good a bar is in principle, it's no good in practice if you can't fit your plates on it, and maybe in the interest of rounding things off, some people mistakenly think the sleeve on an Olympic bar is 2". The official IWF measurement is 50 mm, which is about 1.97", and while you certainly don’t have to worry about an Eleiko bar being anything but spot-on in terms of meeting these specs, you should also know that the ends of our Apollon's Axle, the revolving sleeves on our Buffalo Bar and S-Cubed Bar, and the ends of our Olympic Husky Handle Dumbbell Bars have always been made to this standard because .03" might not sound like much, but it’s enough to keep a plate with a regulation-sized hole from fitting on, a big annoyance you will be happy to avoid.

The situation is a little trickier for exercise (standard) plates, because most will fit on a 1-1/16" bar, but some will only fit on a 1" bar. Our Big Boy Dumbbell Bars, Three-For Nesting Husky Handle Dumbbell Bars, and Wrist Reinforcer all have 1-1/16" ends, so be sure your plates will fit, to avoid frustration. If need be, take your Big Boys or Wrist Reinforcer with you when you go to buy plates—then you'll be sure you’re matching apples with apples. Why do we use this size on these products? To give you an extra margin of strength and security—our customers include the strongest people on the planet, so we design our products accordingly."

Also there's info about Holle-it-up:

"The Holle-It-Up dumbbell is plate-loaded so you can train progressively on it. It's a 1-1/16" diameter bar (for exercise plates), that is 20" long, with a 2-1/2" diameter handle."

So I guess you didn't read the information before ordering?

Also there are different size clips you can use to attach the RT to the pin.

I'm sure the IMTUG work will help you.

Edited December 6, 2007 by Teemu I

[MARKR]

i had a pretty easy day in work yesterday compared to what ive had recently, an after many contrast baths, my hands actually felt pretty good for today, only thing im avoiding is pinch cuss my thumbs have been beat up since i last did pinch holds - stuff from ironmind arrived today, actually 1st yesterday (pretty quick) but i was in work

06/12/07

grippers

- #1 / #2 x whatever each hand

(all IM TUG closes are no set)

>top two fingers<

- TUG #6 x 1 each hand

- TUG #7 x many sets upto 2 L / 6 R

>bottom two fingers<

- TUG #6 x 1 each hand

- TUG #7 x fails each hand

- TUG #6 2 x 8-15 each hand

holle it up dumbbell deadlift (weight is plates only)

- upto 85kg x 1 each hand

rolling thunder

- upto 79kg 3 x 3 each hand

extensors

- upto drop sets of blue, green, white for max reps

my review on what ive bought >IM TUGS are awesome! i hope these will help get me the 500 shut before the years out, probably more like the #7 will though! the #6 is a lot easier. The spread is wider on my #7 an i think that makes a difference with the bottom 2 fingers, i can hardly get them around it, but it's the same with the 500, so thats great! holle it up dumbbell i dont really know cuss i couldn't really use it, since most of my plates didnt fit on it! + any plate i got on was a struggle - the bar was too thick even though it's supposed to fit standard plates..really lame. The shorter loading pin for the RT i bought was even worse, couldn't use it at all cuss whoever came up with the design for it forgot that you need a hole big enough to fit the clip through..again, REALLY lame. Extensor bands are good, for the way i do them you dont need a ton of resistence, but obviously you can combine bands anyways, so happy with them.

Ive also got a new #4 upstairs, it's staying in the package for now

Paul

The Holle it up dumbbell takes 1 1/16 plates for exercise plates not standard, a size you cant get in the UK.Why not try Fitness super store and buy 2 small olympic adaptor sleeves for it

Mark

Edited December 6, 2007 by MARKR

[Paul Savage]

About the equipment: it says on the IM website as follows.

"Will my plates fit on your bars and dumbbells?

No matter how good a bar is in principle, it's no good in practice if you can't fit your plates on it, and maybe in the interest of rounding things off, some people mistakenly think the sleeve on an Olympic bar is 2". The official IWF measurement is 50 mm, which is about 1.97", and while you certainly don’t have to worry about an Eleiko bar being anything but spot-on in terms of meeting these specs, you should also know that the ends of our Apollon's Axle, the revolving sleeves on our Buffalo Bar and S-Cubed Bar, and the ends of our Olympic Husky Handle Dumbbell Bars have always been made to this standard because .03" might not sound like much, but it’s enough to keep a plate with a regulation-sized hole from fitting on, a big annoyance you will be happy to avoid.

The situation is a little trickier for exercise (standard) plates, because most will fit on a 1-1/16" bar, but some will only fit on a 1" bar. Our Big Boy Dumbbell Bars, Three-For Nesting Husky Handle Dumbbell Bars, and Wrist Reinforcer all have 1-1/16" ends, so be sure your plates will fit, to avoid frustration. If need be, take your Big Boys or Wrist Reinforcer with you when you go to buy plates—then you'll be sure you’re matching apples with apples. Why do we use this size on these products? To give you an extra margin of strength and security—our customers include the strongest people on the planet, so we design our products accordingly."

Also there's info about Holle-it-up:

"The Holle-It-Up dumbbell is plate-loaded so you can train progressively on it. It's a 1-1/16" diameter bar (for exercise plates), that is 20" long, with a 2-1/2" diameter handle."

So I guess you didn't read the information before ordering?

Also there are different size clips you can use to attach the RT to the pin.

i thought exercise plates were standard plates (as in none olympic), an have had no problems with loading pins before >dont see why they would make the hole smaller anyways

edit - hold on a sec, i says in you're post that exercise plates are standard plates 'exercise (standard) plates' and nothing about not fitting uk plates either

Edited December 6, 2007 by Paul Savage