The wisdom of Ronaldus Magnus

"Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have." - Ronald Reagan

It's disheartening that none of our current presidential candidates realize or believe this.

My first heart

I finally twisted a horseshoe into a heart, this was the first shoe I bend to 180. Was able to take it all the way today. It was like wrestling a bear. Thank you Thighmaster. All those squeezes paid off. This thing really ended up small, I need to get strong enough to do bigger shoes.

DL : 165# x 5 ; 175# x 5
Sidepress : 45# bb x 5/5 x 2

Pullups: 20# x 7,7,6,5,4

I think I did a little much today, feeling pretty pooped. Even though I have the energy to do this doesn't mean I should.

Yellow?

Kris cut our stock over the weekend. And got the HRS and CRS mixed up. So I attempted to seperate the two. I picked a piece I think was CRS and bent a 1/4" x 7". If so, this is my short term goal of a yellow nail. I'm not completely sure though because I got shut down by a piece of HRS and even 3/16" x 7" square right after. But maybe that was because I was tired. Well I'll get some more and then I'll know for sure. If so, the next to fall is the blue. Plus the hand is pretty tired today. I think I got carried away with the block weights last week.

Other training today.
Pullups: 20# x 7,6,6,5,4 (before lunch)

Tonight -
DL: 165# x 5 ; 175# x 5
Double MP : 16's x 5 x 2

Beware the Ides of March

DL : 165# x 5 ; 175# x 5
Bottoms up C&P : 16kg x 3/3 x 2

Pretty good day bending, bars and horseshoe. Finally got the other used shoe that was stuck at 90 out to past 180. Still no luck moving the UL #00 past 90. My thigh is now nicely bruised, going to do some contrast therapy on it.

Much better

Got a good night's sleep last night. Felt good today, almost too good as I had to pace myself not to do too much training.
A lot of work with the block weights today, I just can't keep my hands off these things. Cleans, curls, rows, drop-n-grab, holds all with the 20# , DL and hold with the 25#.
Grippers
Wrist extension
Pullups : 20# x 7,6,5,5 - arms were a bit tired after that, decided not to do the last set.

Started on the herbs today, and so my journey begins. I figure it will be at least 6 months before I start picking up the pace again, and possibly a year. But look out after that.

Hit the UL #00 again and got a few more degrees on it.

Tired

Haven't slept well the past 3 nights, 2 I woke up early and couldn't go back to sleep, last night couldn't get to sleep. Just did some Z and foam roller work today and a little bit of gripper.

The Blob

Today I received a 20# and a 25# blob. I tried a few things with them, lifting, curling, hand 2 hand pass, the latter only with the lighter one. I've done plate pinching before but these things work your forearm and hand like nothing else. You can feel all the little muscles in your hand working. I can see why John Brookfield recommends blocks weights as the best grip strengthening tool. ( I think I remember reading that somewhere, I haven't bought his book yet but one of these days I will)
I know that within a few months I'll be looking for a 30# one.
Bent a 1/4" HRS x 7" today without much of a warm up. Pretty tough, I had to hit it about 5-6 times just to get it kinked, but the important thing is it finally gave in and bent.