4/1/24
I got four touches on my best soccer dribble today, again practicing the thing as the day’s video uploaded.
During that time, having seen this video in my feed, and watched it immediately before starting the upload ;
this video – at about 22 seconds
Well, with my half hour of soccer dribbling I mixed in a handful of reps of this flip/pop from rack to bottoms up press with my 16kg.
I didn’t think I’d get my, coincidentally also set up to, 34kg bell in the movement.
It seems an incredible feat of wrist strength, then I realized it’s loosening the grip, using hip pop, then tightening the grip.
But, with the sun no longer interfering as it had earlier in the day’s long form video (note the ability to go lift spur of the moment is a huge point in favor of home based training) – I went back and tried.
Cause it’d be mad cool to succeed on the thing within an hour or two of finding out about it.
On around the 10th attempt I got it.
Got it.
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Dietarily I’ve been drinking a couple tall cans of arizona iced tea daily, eating some meat, with a little milk to drink for dinner.
Physically I feel primed.
My neck and traps have been getting sore the last few days, and it’s that I’ve upped the weight 2kg AND started doing three to five sets instead of only one set of buc&p heavy right handed.
Sometimes I match the volume light bell left handed, sometimes I don’t.
I tend to one hand farmers to, rack carry back, on my left side my day’s right hand working weight bell to/from the lifting (filming) spot.
My forearms are a bit thicker.
When I really push the buc&p reps left hand I feel the strength-endurance fatigue.
The buc is somewhat like an explosive hammer curl, and you’re squeezing to catch while not wanting to use too much hip so as to have the ball be somewhat in the groove.
As least as far as my wind…for reps of buc&p that has improved.
We’ll see how I get leaner as the season goes on and I actually have to start running!
Dude, go running.
Run your ≤6:00 mile while being this kettlebell freak of strength.
And dude, get that 20lb sledgehammer.
You know you want to…
And you know how to train levering it.
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Remember ; your training is aiming towards old time circus performing strongman.
big one arm bottoms up overhead, sledgehammer, grippers, kettlebell juggling, etc
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Of note ; with the 150lb heavy grips gripper I’ve started low reps greasing the groove, mostly 3 or 5 reps, more often “reverse gripper” than normal direction.
I figure all the reverse gripper (3rd rep always being a hold) it’s gonna help shore up my gripper strength, and everything, Everything, EVERYTHING seems that my training needs hands, shoulders, and wind.
Get weird with it.
This isn’t commercial gym training…
It’s backyard bootstrapping to infinite possibility.
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Dude, will you ever build a sandbag again?
The giant military surplus duffle bag sits unfilled…
I bet I’d get some knarly shouldering numbers.
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Persistence & Tenacity