It’s interesting, I do this with almost everything I do. While I’m away from it I think, ‘that is just too easy, I need to hit it harder’. Then I convince myself to do it they way I have been when I actually go do it. Sometimes it gets me stuck in a rut but sometimes it saves my ass. The latter occurred yesterday during grip work.
My current schedule makes it hard to get in the gym as often as I like, which I think has helped the back rehab but I have been very committed to my grip stuff. Even if I didn’t do my lower body stuff, I make point to do my grip if it is a grip day. That was the case yesterday….
After bench workout and moving some seriously heavy boxes earlier in the day…
2 hand plate pinch 3X15 count with 35 lbs. First one felt nonexistent, second was definitely there, third I thought would rip out of my grasp. Are you supposed to be able to see gravity?
Finger curls with 95 lbs. Similar to last time, first set was easy and the second wasn’t too bad. Got to twelve on the third and had to set it down and shake out the hands. I finished up strong though.
Wrist curls, thought I would kick it up a notch here based on how easy this was the last two times. I put tens on the bar and quickly discovered that this would not work. I dropped back down to just the olympic bar and found this to be a decent workout this time. Could have been the boxes, could have been the chest workout, I could just be a sissy. Sure puts some perspective on the 300lb wrist curl challenge currently on this board. Also, it makes me want to see the video of whoever wins that. I noticed that I go from just above parallel to several inches below, I’m not sure it this counts a full range of motion.
Reverse wrist curl, easy…
This was the first time I did this whole program while people where down in that part of the gym with me, I enjoy the stares. Based on what the average person does for a program, I take pride in getting stares during my different workouts. It’s even more fun to watch them try and mimic it later. I had a guy try and mimic the metal militia style bench set up, it was funny to watch cause he had no idea what or why he was doing it.
Anyway, off to work. I try a new employee today, she will hate me. They all hate me when I train them. Then they thank me weeks later and tell me that I was the only one that helped them. Being a bastard rocks. 
