Herbison's Training Log

[SeanHerbison]

Tuesday, 29 June

Session RPE/Time	6.5/3:12
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Clean from Blocks Beltless	225*1*10 247*1*2 269*1*6
Jerk Beltless	225*3*3 247*2*4 258*1, oops 269*1*2 281*1*5
SSB Squat Beltless	160*8 204*8*3@5.5-6
Split Squat	BW*8 ea *3
w/V-up	45*10*2

This was a good one, even with the misload on jerk.


I get that IG may have taken out the music for copyright reasons; that happens sometimes. What I don't get is why it also cranked up the white balance. That's a new one.

Edit: I think I just accidentally applied a filter. It's way to easy to do that.

[SeanHerbison]

Wednesday, 30 June

Session RPE/Time	8/2:37
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Seated Box Jump	30"*3*2 36"*3*2 42"*2*2
Front Squat Beltless	135*5*3 225*3*3 247*3*2@5.5 269*3@6
Bench Beltless	154*12*2 176*12*2@5.5-6 187*12@7.5 154*12@8.5
Deadlift Beltless	225*8*3
w/Ring Chin-up	BW*5*2
w/Plank	35 sec*2
Echo Bike	10 min - 3.14mi

Good workout, but it was harder than intended, and I'm definitely tired. I'm not sure how much of that is from not sleeping well recently, and how much is because my volume for yesterday's workout was about 30% higher than the last time I did it.

Tomorrow's my general exercise day, so I should be good to lift again by Friday. I'm going to add some grip stuff to my non-lifting days, and maybe some other things. No specific plan, really, just staying active.

[SeanHerbison]

Thursday, 1 July

Exercise	Weight/Reps/Sets
Grippers	T * 5ea * 2 #1 * 5ea * 2 #1.5 * 3ea * 3 T * 35 left hand T * 61 right hand
Walk	35 min - 1.9 mi

I think next time for my last set of grippers, I'll move to the CoC #1. I figured I'd do around 20 on each hand for an AMRAP, and that was a pretty bad estimate. Also, I did not expect that much of a difference in strength endurance between my left and right hands.

Did some carries with rocks/logs and some throwing of various tires as well. Trying to expand my exercise days to not just be longish walks, though I'm still leaving them in.

[SeanHerbison]

Friday, 2 July

Session RPE/Time	7.5/2:54
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Snatch from Blocks Beltless	135*2*4 157*2*4 179*2*2@5.5 201*1@6 225*1@7
OH Squat Beltless	179*5*4@7
Halting Deadlift Beltless	135*8 225*8 315*8*3@7ish
V-up	45*8*2

I took longer today, but still, not too bad. When my Dad's up here to lift, I usually take way longer because we end up talking a lot between sets. So I'm happy with only a half-hour increase. Also, the humidity was killing me, so that didn't help.


Pretty happy with how my technique-work is going, too. Not really "good" yet, but finally moving from "crap" to "half-decent" is movement in the right direction. What do you think, @Testiclaw? Fair analysis?

[SeanHerbison]

Sunday, 4 July

Exercise	Weight/Reps/Sets
Grippers	T * 5ea * 2 #1 * 5ea * 2 #1.5 * 3ea * 3 #1 * 22 left hand #1 * 31 right hand

That was it for today. No walk, because my right ankle is being weird. It's fine though, I think it'll resolve itself in the next day or two.

[hector]

Sunday, 4 July

Exercise	Weight/Reps/Sets
Grippers	T * 5ea * 2 #1 * 5ea * 2 #1.5 * 3ea * 3 #1 * 22 left hand #1 * 31 right hand

That was it for today. No walk, because my right ankle is being weird. It's fine though, I think it'll resolve itself in the next day or two.

I apologize if you wrote already and I missed it.
What are your motivations for grip training?
How deep down the well have you gone?
Have you looked into C2D or #3 certs?

[SeanHerbison]

Realized I forgot to log Saturday.

Saturday, 3 July

Session RPE/Time	7/2:18
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Box jump	<40"*8ish 42"*2*3 44"*1*4 45"*1*2.5
HB Squat Beltless	135*8*5
Pin Bench Beltless	154*8@5.5 176*8@6 187*8*1@8 154*8@5.5
OH Press Beltless	88*8*4@6ish
Plank	35 sec*2
Echo Bike	10 min - 2.75 mi

Monday, 5 July

Session RPE/Time	8/3:06
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Clean from Blocks Beltless	135*1*3 225*1*5 247*1*7 258*1*3
Jerk Beltless	225*3*2 225*2*5 247*2*3
SSB Squat Beltless	160*8*3
w/V-up	45*10

Both of these were pretty rough, but I shouldn't be surprised. I've got a lot on my plate at the moment, and I let myself increase the workload quite a bit last week anyway, so now that's catching up to me. But it's alright, this has still been a good block overall. While not every workout has been great, more than usual have, and these were the first two workouts I'd actually call "bad."

Only two bad workouts in a month? I'll absolutely take that.

What are your motivations for grip training?

Nothing in particular. I think doing 500 DOH would be cool, as is just having a strong grip. Kind of like working on non-WL-related mobility. I wanted some more stuff to add to my general exercise day, and these aren't very systemically fatiguing.

How deep down the well have you gone?
Have you looked into C2D or #3 certs?

Just working the grippers for now. I'm nowhere close to #3. I can close the #2 on a good day, but I'm pretty sure I've never closed #2.5 or even been within shooting distance of it.

[SeanHerbison]

Tuesday, 6 July

Session RPE/Time	5/1:21
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Seated Box Jump	42"*2*2 44"*2*2 44"*3*2 45*1 47*1*4
Front Squat Beltless	135*5*2 225*3*3 247*3@6
Bench Beltless	154*12 176*12*2@6, 7
w/Deadlift Beltless	225*8*3

Wednesday, 7 July

Exercise	Weight/Reps/Sets
Grippers	T * 8ea * 2 #1 * 5ea * 2 #1.5 * 3ea * 3 #1 * 27 left hand #1 * 32 right hand
Stretching	~30 min

Thursday, 8 July

Session RPE/Time	6/1:47
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Snatch from Blocks Beltless	135*2*10 157*2*3
OH Squat Beltless	157*5*3
Halting Deadlift Beltless	157*8*4
V-up	45*8*2

Kept everything pretty easy this week, more or less a deload. Had a bunch of other life stressors that I had to accommodate, but I've chopped out some stuff and made the load manageable. I've still got my own move to do and a couple others to help with this summer, in addition to my classes, but it's doable now.

I'll miss my gigantic back yard, but I'm looking forward to the better gym space.

[hector]

Pulling 500 doh would be insane. I look forward to seeing you accomplish this goal and excited to follow someone else's grip work!

[SeanHerbison]

Pulling 500 doh would be insane. I look forward to seeing you accomplish this goal and excited to follow someone else's grip work!

It's not at the top of my priority list, and I'm not likely to have much in the way of exciting grip work, but I think I'll manage it within a year or so. Just need to keep training it consistently, even at a low level.

Though not currently having any heavy deadlifts in my program probably isn't helping.

[SeanHerbison]

There were some sessions in between that I'm not going to bother logging. I've got the gym fairly well set up now, though, so back to normal.

Saturday, 17 July

Session RPE/Time	6/2:48
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Clean from Blocks Beltless	225*1*4 247*1*8 269*1*4
Jerk Beltless	225*1*10 247*1*5
SSB Squat Beltless	160*8*4
Split Squat	BW*8 ea *3
w/V-up	45*8

Sunday, 18 July

Session RPE/Time	6/Long
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Box jump	42"*2*4 45"*2*6
HB Squat Beltless	135*8*5
Pin Bench Beltless	154*8*4
OH Press Beltless	135*8*3@7.5-9.5
Plank	35 sec*2
Echo Bike	10. 5 min - 3.18 mi

Monday, 19 July

Session RPE/Time	6/1:58
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Snatch from Blocks Beltless	135*2*6 157*2*6
OH Squat Beltless	157*5*4
Halting Deadlift Beltless	157*8 225*8 315*8*2
Ab Wheel	2*2

Tuesday, 20 July

Session RPE/Time	6.5/2:08
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Seated Box Jump	45"*1*5
Front Squat Beltless	135*5*3 225*5*2@5.5 247*3*2@6
Bench Beltless	154*12*4@6-7.5
w/Deadlift Beltless	225*8*2
Echo Bike	10 min - 3.00 mi

[SeanHerbison]

Thursday, 22 July

Session RPE/Time	6.5/3:00
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Clean from Blocks Beltless	225*1*4 247*1*4 258*1*2 269*1*4 280*1 291*1 302*1
Jerk Beltless	225*2*4 247*2*4
SSB Squat Beltless	160*8*4
SSB Lunges Beltless	70*4ea*3
Ab wheel	2*2

Getting back to actual work now. Cleans went well.

[SeanHerbison]

Friday, 23 July

Session RPE/Time	6.5/2:08
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Seated Box Jump	38"*3*2 45"*2*4
Front Squat Beltless	135*5*3 225*5*2 269*3@6.5 315@7.5
Bench Beltless	154*12*4
w/Deadlift Beltless	225*8*2
Echo Bike Beltless	10 min - 3.00 mi

Spent the weekend moving, so no lifting either day, but now I have all my gym equipment together again, including my extra plates. I can go back to lazy loading now. @Manveer will be thrilled.

Monday, 26 July

Session RPE/Time	6/2:00
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Snatch from Blocks Beltless	135*2*2 157*2*10
OH Squat Beltless	157*5*2 168*5*2
Halting Deadlift Beltless	157*8 225*8 315*8*2
Ab Wheel	2*3

Tuesday, 27 July

Session RPE/Time	6/2:25
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Box jump	45"*2*10
HB Squat Beltless	135*8 225*8*3@6-7
Pin Bench Beltless	154*8*2@6 176*8*2@6.5 198*8@7
OH Press Beltless	135*8*3@8-8.5
Plank	45 sec*2
Echo Bike	15 min - 5.09 mi

Wednesday, 28 July

Session RPE/Time	8/2:39
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Clean from Blocks Beltless	225*1*2 247*1*3 258*1*4 269*1*5 280*1*1
Jerk Beltless	225*2 247*2 258*1 269*1 280*1 291*1 302*1

This was a strange mix of the strength being there, but the energy absolutely not. Still haven't figured out what happened, but I put an extra day between that and the workout I'm about to go do.

[SeanHerbison]

Friday, 30 July

Session RPE/Time	6.5/1:48
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Seated Box Jump	38"*2*12
Front Squat Beltless	135*5 225*5 247*3*5@6.5
Bench Beltless	154*12*2@6 176*12*3@6.5-8
w/Deadlift Beltless	225*8 247*8*3@5.5
Echo Bike Beltless	15 min - 4.72 mi

[SeanHerbison]

Tuesday, 3 Aug

Session RPE/Time	5/0:31
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Snatch from Blocks Beltless	135*2*2 157*2*2 179*2*2 201*2 225*2 236*1

Truncated session due to time constraints, but I'm happy with it. 236 was still relatively easy.

[SeanHerbison]

Wednesday, 4 August

Session RPE/Time	7/2:37
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Box jump	42"*2 44"*2 45"*2*2 47"*2*4
HB Squat Beltless	135*8 225*8*2@6, 7 247*8@7.5
Pin Bench Beltless	154*8@5 176*8@5.5 198*8*3@6.5-7
OH Press Beltless	135*8*4@6.5-8.5 179*1@9
Plank	45 sec*2
Echo Bike	15 min - 4.79 mi

[SeanHerbison]

5-12 August

Lift	Weight@RPE
Snatch Beltless	258@8.5
Clean and Jerk Beltless	302@8 315@9 for clean, missed jerk
Bench Press Beltless	331@8.5
HB Squat Belted	449@8.5
Overhead Press Belted	201@9
Deadlift Belted	515@8

I was going to shift to my next block, then realized with the fall semester starting I'll have to adjust anyway. I shifted to do some testing, and I'm reasonably happy with it. Didn't lose as much strength as I was concerned I had, and my WL technique is definitely better.

I'd love to continue with online classes, and luckily the UA President even specifically said "We will continue to offer outstanding remote learning options for each and every one of you" in a video. So naturally, there's no support at all for it.

[SeanHerbison]

Saturday, 14 August

Session RPE/Time	6.5/2:58
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Seated Box Jump	42"*2*4 45"*2*4
Hang Snatch Beltless	135*2*3 157*2*2 179*2*4
HB Squat Belted	315*5*3@5-6
w/ Jump Squat	BW*3*3
Overhead Press Belted	135*5*5@5-5.5
Chin-up	BW*7*3
Plank	BW*45 sec*3
Echo Bike	15 min - 4.77 mi

Starting my next block. I've got this semester's classes consolidated to M/W/F, so I'll lift on the other four days.

[SeanHerbison]

Sunday, 15 August

Session RPE/Time	7.5/2:50
Exercise	Weight*Reps*Sets@RPE
Broad Jump	3*3, ~28'
Hang Clean Beltless	225*2*5
Push Press Beltless	179*3*5@6.5-8
1.5" Deficit Deadlift Beltless	315*4*4@6.5
Bench Beltless	220*5@5.5 265*5@7.5 243*5*3@7
V-Up	45*10*3
Echo Bike	1638 watts 1424 watts 1567 watts

I think push presses are a great lift, but I can never quite figure out the right technique. There's a balance between how I want to hold it to transfer the power from my legs and how it works best for my wrists and arms, and I can't quite find it.



Hitting the blocks between reps probably doesn't help, but surprisingly, I only did that once today.

[platypus]

I think push presses are a great lift, but I can never quite figure out the right technique. There's a balance between how I want to hold it to transfer the power from my legs and how it works best for my wrists and arms, and I can't quite find it.

The last rep looked much smoother and faster, though I'm not certain what you did differently.