Mobster trains Grip HARD! And other stuff too...

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Double Overhand Thick Bar Deadlift Thumbless

I really love how long the name of that exercise is.

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Easier to say to type so I shortern it in my log

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Sunday
Rolling Thunder by Ironmind (my handle does not spin as it should) work in lieu of A/T/Bar (didn't go to my local gym etc etc)
B/H: set up (handle, clip and loading pin) +60-kilos x 8 reps @, +95-kilos x 3 reps @, +115-kilos x 1 rep @
L/H: +135-kilos x 3 x 1 reps, x 4 hard reps
R/H: +135-kilos x 3 x 1 reps, x 8 solid reps

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Monday
Last leg session. Everything 2/3rds of what it has been deliberately. Balls out risks injury.
L/Press
to 510-kilos x 8 reps

P/Squat Machine
to 320-kilos x 8 reps

S/L/Curls
to stack x 12 reps

L/Ext
to stack x 12 reps

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Wednesday
Last session of any kind before the competition with the exception of loosening up / stretching.
W/Curls
Reverse to 17.5-kilos x 3 x 8 reps
Forward to 27.5-kilos x 8 reps (did a bunch at 22.5-kilos)

Nice little pump.

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Sunday... 3 firsts, 1 tied w/r, 1 new w/r and 1 matching of a 1 w/r plus a 2nd:

Here are the results for the Grip Tour of Britain contest at the Rall's Gym, Leeds. Superb days lifting and fun, congrats to everyone, and thank you! I will sort the records next.
Grip Tour of Britain - Leeds
Sunday 23 April, 2017
Venue: Rall’s Gym, Leeds
Promoter: David Horne & Andy Bolton
All weights in kilo's

Open Class results (16 competitors)
1 Steve Gardener – (129.45k, 52) – 6pt
2 Adam Bushaway – (83k, 27) – 16pt
3 Mark Haydock – (108.55k, 42) – 18pt

4 Freddie Herman – (111.55k, 24) – 19.5pt
5 Andy Bolton – (135.35k, 47) – 21.5pt
5 Liam Pattison – (163.95k, 29) – 21.5pt
7 Brian Reynolds – (105.1k, 45) – 24.5pt
8 Colin Whitely – (102.55k, 45) – 26pt
9 Nick Redding – (175.75k, 30) – 31pt
10 Pete Tryner – (90.05k, 45) – 37pt
11 Alan Riseborough – (81.65k, 42) – 46.5pt
12 Lee Cummings – (109.55k, 41) – 47.5pt
13 Dean Kent – (103.25k, 30) – 49pt
14 Millie Cummings – (68k, 14/Female) – 59pt
15 Lucy Horne – (54.2k, 10/Female) – 60pt
16 Eryn Cummings – (34.65k, 11/Female) – 61pt
Event 1 – Adjustable Thick Bar
1 Steve Gardener – 161.98k
2 Andy Bolton – 137.62k
3 Freddie Herman – 137.38k
4 Adam Bushaway – 125.73k
5 Colin Whitely – 117.73k
6 Mark Haydock – 115.78k
7 Nick Redding – 115.23k
8 Liam Pattison – 110.33k
9 Pete Tryner – 108.12k
10 Brian Reynolds – 102.48k
11 Alan Riseborough – 94.48k
12 Lee Cummings – 91.98k
13 Dean Kent – 84.53k
14 Millie Cummings – 54.98k – Female/age 14
15 Lucy Horne – 37.53k – Female/age 10
16 Eryn Cummings – 26.93k – Female/age 11
Event 2 – Axle Deadlift – Double Overhand Thumbless Grip (20” lift)
[The Axle had a slight bend in one end of the bar, and so these lifts do not count towards any records]
1 Steve Gardener – 195.3k
2 Andy Bolton – 175.05k
3 Freddie Herman – 171.1k
4 Adam Bushaway – 170.05k
4 Liam Pattison – 170.05k
4 Brian Reynolds – 170.05k
7 Mark Haydock – 163.5k
8 Colin Whitely – 155.15k
9 Nick Redding – 150.15k
10 Pete Tryner – 147.6k
11 Lee Cummings – 135.05k
11 Alan Riseborough – 135.05k
13 Dean Kent – 130.1k
14 Millie Cummings – DNL – Female/age 14
14 Lucy Horne – DNL – Female/age 10
14 Eryn Cummings – DNL – Female/age 11
Event 3 – One Hand Lift – Hold
1 Brian Reynolds – 200k for 11sec
1 Steve Gardener – 200k for 11sec
1 Adam Bushaway – 200k for 11sec
4 Mark Haydock – 200k for 8sec
5 Liam Pattison – 200k for 7sec
5 Colin Whitely – 200k for 7sec
7 Andy Bolton – 200k for 6sec
7 Freddie Herman – 200k for 6sec
9 Pete Tryner – 175k for 13sec
10 Dean Kent – 175k for 12sec
11 Nick Redding – 150k for 26sec
12 Alan Riseborough – 150k for 22sec
13 Lee Cummings – 150k for 11sec
14 Millie Cummings – DNL – Female/age 14
14 Lucy Horne – DNL – Female/age 10
14 Eryn Cummings – DNL – Female/age 11
Event 4 – Two Hands Pinch – Hold
1 Mark Haydock – 85k for 12sec
2 Steve Gardener – 85k for 11sec
3 Liam Pattison – 85k for 10sec
4 Nick Redding – 85k for 8sec
5 Adam Bushaway – 70k for 24sec
6 Freddie Herman – 70k for 19sec
7 Brian Reynolds – 70k for 17sec
7 Colin Whitely – 70k for 17sec
9 Pete Tryner – 70k for 16sec
10 Andy Bolton – 70k for 12sec
11 Lee Cummings – 70k for 11sec
12 Alan Riseborough – 70k for 7sec
13 Dean Kent – 55k for 23sec
14 Millie Cummings – DNL – Female/age 14
14 Lucy Horne – DNL – Female/age 10
14 Eryn Cummings – DNL – Female/age 11

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Wednesday
Iso Inc B/Press
to 50-kilos a side x 8 reps

s/s

LPD (V handle)
to the stack x 8 reps

Dumbbell W/Curls
Reverse
to 12.5kg x 12 reps each hand
Forward
to 32.5kg x 8 reps (RH only 30kg x 8 LH)

After I arranged to coach Lisa Gough on the Adjustable and some plate pinching. She's an 80 or so kilo btw (39 years old) powerlifter (195kg official deadlift). She pulled some decent numbers

Set a date (9th May) for the pro photographer

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Thursday
Two hand pinch
to 92.7-kilos x 3 x 3 reps

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Sunday
A damn good walk yesterday (1495ft Skirrid Fawr) meant I needed a rest today. So..
W/Roller
Nice n light but tying in with my fun training for now and building up of the forearms
+20-kilos x 3 x 3 reps (clockwise only). Nice pump.

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Monday
A bank holiday and the gym just started to fill as I left at noon (high noon ha ha ). No heroics post comp just a nice session.

L/Press
to 510-kilos x 8 reps

P/Squat
to 330-kilos x 8 reps

Seated Leg Curls
to stack x 12 reps

Leg Extension
to stack x 12 reps

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Wednesday
DOHTBDLTL
to 185-kilos x 5 x 1 reps

Iso Mid Row
to 60-kilos x 8 reps a side

Iso B/Press
to 55-kilos r/h (did not wanna go to this with my left)

Also did some coaching with Lisa Gough and Toyah Thompson on trying out thick bar (different grips) and plate pinches (reps lifted and timed holds)

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Thursday
I'd felt a tad dizzy during deadlifts yesterday but put that down to not eating enough before the gym and maybe holding my breath a moment too long during the lift. But at 1am (until 2.30 or so) I was back and forth to the toilet and felt like warmed up dog poo this morning. So a day off sick was needed. Much time in bed, following calling in, and eventually getting up after noon. As per it may well be down to something I ate.

As such I did what I could when I felt a little better (if not 100%) on the exercise:

Two Hand Pinch
to 93.95-kilos x 3, then 1 + 1 + F and finally 2 + F reps. the plan, which can wait for another day, was 3 x 3 reps with the same load.

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Friday
Seated Iso Press
to 60kg x 4 reps

Across the body dumbbell hammer curls
to 40kg x 8 reps

TPD
to 13p x 8 reps

W/Roller
20kg x 3 reps, 30kg x 3 reps, 40kg x 3 reps. Dai etc had a go at 20kg for fun

Stomach still not right but also taking it easy

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Tuesday
So I had a lot of fun with the photo shoot. Here's a few things I did for the camera:

Millennium Dumbbell lift x 2 x 1 reps (RH) - do the hard stuff first lol

Argos catalog tear (about 1300 pages)

Nail bend

One hand deadlifts - started thumbless, then thumb over and finally hook grip working to 160-kilos |(might have had a 180 in me).

Wrist Roller - I worked to 80-kilos on my 3-inch monster and then, cos it looks fun, took it down to a 10-kilo and added Gareth Parkman (the owner of Powerhouse Gym and 71kg) and wrist rolled him