Been struggling the last couple weeks with a badly strained right wrist that hasn’t allowed me to do any kind of exercise that requires a curling or twisting of that wrist. But rather than rest entirely, I’ve instead concentrated on things like heavy deadlifts, farmer’s walks, Zercher squats, and sandbag carries, — as well as a bit of work with the left hand on the v-bar.
Today, for instance, I was able to do two-hand deadlift sets with 480 lbs (2 sets of 5 reps), and then did 2x each with 500, 510, and 522. I was also able to whip off some one-handed deadlift sets with 220 for 10 very quick reps, no rest in between.
The sandbag carries are still the most difficult of the exercises. But they are getting a bit easier for me at 250#. Overall, I’m pretty happy — I’ve never really worked my back heavily before — and I suppose I’m starting to see a difference in overall strength.
Having said that, I’d really rather be working on blobs and the like. There’s something about trying for Popeye forearms that really appeals to my sense of short-sleeve t-shirt vanity.
Oh. And one more thing. The environmental movement has declared war on all of us. Which I mention only in passing because you already knew that.
Still, I didn’t want to let the day go by without posting something that hammers home just how eager the left is to take away your liberties — or, conversely, command you through the courts to accept an ever-growing set of “rights” granted by government and intended to normalize behavior that, when left up to the voting public, has a hard time gaining widespread acceptance.
So consider that done.
Dude, you’re gonna kill yourself at those weights.
On the other hand, since I’ve started walking the sledgehammer at your suggestion I’ve probably doubled my grip strength.
I’m torn. I want to say carry on but I also think there’s a chance you’re gonna have all your intestines squeeze out your abdominal wall.
trying for Popeye forearms
more spinach
I’m about 245 now that I don’t have to make weight and I can’t deadlift 500.
We could play a game where we guessed how much less I can deadlift but it would be sorta boring and it would end with me feeling like an enormous pussy.
cherokee nation update
Elizabeth “Foreclosure Queen” Warren made fortune flipping foreclosed homes
I’m just depressed now.
You fellas are going to end up crippled if you keep this up. I did high impact aerobics for ages, five or six times a week and my knees and ankles are making me pay now that I’m oldster-ish.
I raced in my first criterium this afternoon. It was awesome.
Held 28+ mph over the first 45 min and then it was a 5 mile sprint to the finish, where the small young kids blew my doors off.
Now I’m more depressed.
You guys suck. This blog sucks.
Now I’m more depressed.
you need pow wow chow. it is comfort food for 1/32 crowd
bh, don’t you do some sort of wrestling? Seems to me wrestling is a good way to wind up with limbs pointing in directions for which they were not intended.
Now you don’t really think the EPA has those drones just to watch cows now do you?
Congrats, on the criterium, JD.
I used to ride, then the lungs gave out on me.
Many on the supposed right don’t have a problem taking away our liberties either.
It all makes me quite angry.
I’m going to hope you’re not making fun of my inability to defend against a single leg, Blake. ‘Cause then I’d be triply depressed.
Yeah, my one and only strength is a form of submission grappling. The problem is that I’m not sure that Jeff couldn’t catch me in a kimura now.
Back in the gentlemanly days of watch fobs and monocles and arm bars, a smaller guy couldn’t muscle a hard position against a larger, wily veteran. This is very strange. I don’t like it. I think it’s a terrible development. I think the governing bodies should inject angry gorillas like Jeff with estrogen to maintain the integrity of the sport.
Am I even half joking? I’m not sure. I think I’m serious.
Okay, I’ve given it some thought. Yes, I think Jeff should immediately be injected with estrogen.
Nothing good (for taller, skinnier people) can come from this.
bh, I would never give you a hard time about wrestling. Besides, a couple of guys I know sort of got into it, one of them being a wrestler of some ability and an MMA guy of some ability…the MMA guy came out on the short end with a back injury.
My only ability to defend myself is moving far enough away so I can engage with a firearm.
oh my
He had a pet ape named Tata, spent his evenings smoking pot and when he was in the third-grade wrote a paper about how he wanted to be President.
Biographer David Maraniss’s explosive book on the life of Barack Obama reveals a young President when he was just known as ‘Barry’.
The book, Barack Obama: The Story, will be on bookstores June 19, but leaked snippets reveal his sordid pot-smoking past, string of relationships with different women and his love of basketball.
‘Barry Obama played a lot of Hendrix, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Billie Holiday, but was known in the Annex for his wicked impression of Mick Jagger,’ writes Mr Maraniss, according to Yahoo.
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You should reserve the the right to give me a hard time at a later date, Blake. It’s sorta funny. Wrestlers take me down whenever they want. People do laugh about it about once a week.
newrouter, the book claims Obama was quite the ladies man, so, hard for me to believe there’s much that’s accurate. Now if the book talked about Obama being a lady-man, then, yeah, I might buy it.
the ape thing is fun
String of relationships with different women, eh? If true, they must have dumped him when they found out he was gay.
“We could play a game where we guessed how much less I can deadlift but it would be sorta boring and it would end with me feeling like an enormous pussy”
bh,
Buck up little Outlaw, take pride in being the #1 commenter;)
bh, I prefer to give you a hard time about the Brew Crew losing 2 out of 3 to one of the worst teams in baseball, the Twins.
That aside, you’ve got an up close and personal look at the Wisconsin recall and the stakes in that election are pretty high. With any luck, the recall will be a resounding defeat to the progressive left.
the ape thing is fun
I’ll bet it ate figs
As you read that first link, do some quick math in your head about how much money is being spent for what in all those examples. Think of how many people are earning incomes by restricting growth, by blocking the creation of wealth, how much money is being flushed into the abyss.
Its mass insanity.
I was a huge fan of Popeye when I was little so one day I climbed upon my dad’s lap, announced that I was Popeye and he was Bluto, and socked him in the eye.
Later, I tried some canned spinach and that’s pretty much when my world-weary cynicism began to set in.
It’s mass insanity.
I think that if you look at the entire history of humankind, that’s pretty much the long and short of it.
We swept the Dodgers, Blake. First place team, on the road, four games!
That’s very kind, Danger. Jeff has thrown the gauntlet now though. To even make the board as an adequate commentor we’re probably looking at 450.
80% of Green Energy Loans Went to Obama Donors – 19 Companies Went Bust
Thanks, Blake. I just raced Cat 5, and the open Masters (35+), where I got dropped in 3 laps.
JG is a freak, BTW
JD, you’re a pretty good size guy, right? I’m large for a cyclist and when I was cycling, I weighed about 170 at 6’3″. The smaller guys inevitably blow away the large guys.
I’d always heard that large guys just can’t climb like smaller guys. I was actually able to prove the contention one day when a guy about my height but probably 50lbs heavier blew by me on the flat. I caught the guy on a hill and dropped him like a bad habit. No way I could keep up with the guy on flat ground but he had too much mass to climb well.
Hey, a newly-signed Vikings player has already been busted for a DUI.
Winning!
I only know because the local news is on after the hockey game.
Is it football season yet?
Blake – 6’3 220 of solid granite ;-). You are exactly right, climbing, and wind have a much greater impact on the stallions. Flat ground and I can hang with the Cat 2/3 riders.
cranky, sounds like the new guy will fit right in with the rest of the Vikings.
JD, I used to ride with a guy who ran about 5’8″ maybe a buck forty five. Guy was good on the flat and a monster on the hills. And he made it look so easy.
Some big boys on this board. 245? 6’3″ 220? Damn.
I’m pushing 6′ and weigh in at a nice svelt 195-200, depending on breakfast. And on the kinds of shoes I’m wearing.
At 5’10” and 195, I feeling a bit undernourished
Ibused to be a fat 250, got down to the low 200’s, and put on 15-20 lbs of muscle this winter. Summer cardio and triathlons should burn much of that off.
Meh. I take great comfort in the latest study that shows exercise is bad for you. On that note I’m hanging up the road and mountain bikes and buying a dual sport. If I feel like exercise I’ll stick to maximum reps ‘s of 12 0z curls. A guy can’t be too careful….
Heh. Yeah, I’ve already done a few reps ‘s. :D
OT fun, of a sort: rare things.
No-hitters are rare things (232 since 1901). Perfect games are rarer still (19 since 1900).
But for serious rarity, look to no-hitters hanging an L on the pitcher. There are only two, and only one of those, Ken Johnson’s, a complete game no hitter lost.
Johnson’s line: No hits, 2 walks, 9 strikeouts, 0 balks, 0 HBP, 0 WP, 0 IBB and one run on a one-out two base error, by Johnson himself, putting Pete Rose on second, a ground out moving Rose to third and an E4, allowing Rose to score for a 1-0 loss.
But Steve Barber’s 8 2/3’s has got to take the prize cake for the weirdest line imaginable: No hits, 10 walks! TEN!, 3 strikeouts, 0 balks, 2 wild pitches, 2 hit batsmen, 1 IBB (Kaline) and two runs allowed, scoring on back to back lead off walks in the 9th (Cash, Oyler), a sac bunt (Wilson) moving the runners to 2nd and 3rd, a foul-out to the catcher (Horton), a wild pitch to Mickey Stanley (scoring the runner from third for a 1-1 tie), a third walk in the inning (Stanley), whereupon Stu Miller comes in for Barber and gives up a ground ball fielder’s choice (Wert) to Aparicio with an E4 on the catch at second (Mark Belanger! of all people), Stanley safe, scoring Jake Wood (running for Oyler) from third for the 2-1 loss.
Frank Robinson played in both games, for Cincy in the ’64 win and B’more in the ’67 loss.
sdferr, my favorite play in baseball is the unassisted triple play.
Another rare occurrence.
I was just talking to my son today about no-hitters. Have there been three or four already this year?
Three so far, with one perfect game by Phil Humber to start ’em off on April 21.
Blake – I hit 840 peaks watts on my power meter.
JD, very impressive. You must be excited to see the kind of progress you’ve made.
That was peak, not sustained. But yes, I worked hard the last year. Equipment helps a bit, but hard work even more.
Thanks, sdferr. Sorry to be tardy.