“My First Successful Sig Klein Challenge”
Setting :
Date/Time/Location
4/18/22 – 1020pm – Hotel Gym w/A Pair Of 75s
Upon arriving at the hotel (7pm ish) I did two sets about 20 minutes apart, 9 reps which had some left in the tank (my phone and therefore camera wasn’t on me – I decided not to hit 12+ here, reps were left in the tank), and 7 reps which was fairly hard, it felt due to slick grip.
With some lobby coffee in hand I told my uncle if I hit 12 reps going back to do so on camera late night ;
1. that I’d shoot off a text to one gym chick or another (that I hadn’t seen in around a year, nor hadn’t deleted the number lol – maybe this counts as motivation by girl)
2. I’d have video worthy of uploading
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1020pm – “Three Hours Later” (say in SpongeBob announcer voice) :
Yeah, hang cleans.
Outside the legs even – because, well, I can.
…..
6 months without a gym membership, The Cold Air Barbell Club (yard barbell – truly has) carried over.
A week or so back I was getting a bit of reps c&p, floor to overhead each rep, w/185lbs.
That told me I’d gotten better at all encompassing floor to overhead reps.
I’ve long likened a 185lb barbell press to similar in strength to pressing a pair of 75lb dumbbells.
The Cold Air Barbell Club – I’d actually lifted there earlier, 4pm or so, before the drive to the hotel.
Upon completion of the set I spoke briefly with the fit (5’10” 160lb) latino off camera to my left.
(The next night the same dude gave me a thumbs up, minutes later I ended up basically maxing the cable machine on one arm shoulder presses (maxed the stack left arm, half rep right arm- in a way it seems that I’m supposed to be ambidextrous))
You can barely hear the music he had running, which he turned off upon my entering, to which I told him it was fine to keep on – I made no comment about my not being the gym police hehehe, it simply doesn’t bother me for people to have something playing out loud at the gym – he was thankful, we both were polite to each other – I make gym floors wherever I go.
I MAKE GYM FLOORS WHEREVER I GO
I think he was bugging out how I walked in, grabbed the 75s, did my thing (one set), spoke a few sentences while gassed (out of breath – wrestler slang that few seem to know), then left.
In and out, in about two minutes.
I was quietly amped, committed to the set’s completion on camera as I left the room and walked to the gym my phone in pocket.
I told the guy in there of the Sig Klein challenge, how this set (and video) had been years in the making – I laughed and shared how it came after six months no gym.
He looked mind boggled at that.
Back to the room, my uncle asked “12? Did you get 12?”. He was impressed, I showed him the video.
(Then again walking in the woods the next day :)- )
The 9 reps upon arrival was a PR.
It could’ve been completion of the challenge.
The 12 reps on camera is a PR, and is FINALLY having a Sig Klein challenge success on camera.
The Cold Air Barbell Club hours earlier in the day had probably primed me.
The dumbbell c&p made easier by having been primed with barbell presses, jerks, cheat curls, and deadlifts.
If it’s worth doing it’s worth doing no warmup.
That’s honest ability.
An hour prior I had eaten an entire large pizza, a few meats with pineapple and onion.
The lobby coffee adulterated with swiss miss powder and flavored creamer at 715 ish plus that 915pm ish pizza were what I ate on the day.
The hotel room ac is set low.
I’m laying on a towel having taken a nice contrast shower.
Those 12 reps, completing the Sig Klein challenge have me on cloud 9.
CLOUD 9 !!!
I texted this off to a couple of my old training partners.
1145pm – another 50 pushups, completing 300 pushups on the day.
Rare that I do under 200 lately.
I do quite well on infrequent/whenever barbell lifts outside in any weather, alongside a daily pushup habit.
It’s not difficult to be strong & jacked – do what you can with what you have ever you are.
Commitment.
Persistence & Tenacity