Post your hardest workout thread

[Arlecchino]

Originally Posted by Dedicatedforlife

Nope I agree with ya...but why are you racking a clean?

Why would I not be? If I did not properly rack the bar on my shoulders, it would just be a pull.

[Irish Iron]

Originally Posted by put5onyo

You had a dumb football coach.

A workout like that two days before a game? I guess if you don't want your team to have legs for the game.

Dumb no, he was a great coach. but he was insane...the 3 years that we did that our record was 26-8

[Dedicatedforlife]

Originally Posted by Arlecchino

Why would I not be? If I did not properly rack the bar on my shoulders, it would just be a pull.

Oh sorry I wasn't thinking. I was thinking of an actual bar rack

[Dedicatedforlife]

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Deads @ 275
Handstand Pushups

Time: 30min


First time ever doing Handstand pushups...fawk they get hard!!!

[Drexx]

Originally Posted by Tyler44

Im sorry, I had too

Hahaha awesome

[put5onyo]

Originally Posted by Irish Iron

Dumb no, he was a great coach. but he was insane...the 3 years that we did that our record was 26-8

Imagine what the record could have been had he not been an idiot when it came to conditioning.

[muruku]

Originally Posted by put5onyo

Imagine what the record could have been had he not been an idiot when it came to conditioning.

apparently whatever he did worked. would it have been better with or without his conditioning methods, we'll never know.

[put5onyo]

Originally Posted by muruku

apparently whatever he did worked. would it have been better with or without his conditioning methods, we'll never know.

U friends with this coach or something?

[muruku]

Originally Posted by put5onyo

U friends with this coach or something?

no?

[CaptMcClain]

Originally Posted by Dedicatedforlife

I know that there are a lot of members on this forum that work their ass off in the gym. Sometimes we start repeating tough workouts and they just get boring as hell, and as a result we lose motivation.

Anyways I just got back from the gym and will post the workout I did. It was just enough work to barely get it done. Hopefully others can start posting workouts that they sweated through for others to try.

My workout today (I Do Crossfit, so a workout for time):

10 Deads
10 Bench
10 Squats
10 Rounds

All at 155lbs with NO RACK

Time: 32:42 - 300 total reps


Hopefully this can be an ongoing thread as I know variety in the gym is what keeps us from losing motivation and what gets us stronger and bigger.

dang pete, all these interesting threads you creating lately, making me type, how dare you

any day I decide to hit hams after my normal quad and calf workout is pretty rough, since they usually have there own day

so its like

BB squats - 1x15,1x12,1x10,1x8,1x6,1x4,2x2
BB front squats - 1x8,1x15
Leg Press - 2x8, 1x12
Leg Ext - 1x12, 1x15

Standing machine calf raise - 2x10, 4x25
Seated calf raise - 1x10, 2x25
Leg press calf raise - 1x10, 2x25

and this is were I usually go home but sometimes when I know I'll miss my scheduled hams/upper and lower back/shoulder day I'll add in deads and ham curls

BB deads - 2x8 traditional
BB split deads - 4x4, 2x2 between legs

seated ham curls - 2x8, 1x12
lying ham curls - 2x12, 1x15 (I h8 this excersise)

I'm fooking done after that

Originally Posted by Arlecchino

Any time where I am doing max effort good mornings. Most draining (CNS-wise/mentally) workout for me.

Physically, sled dragging where I force my half-crippled middle-aged ass to sprint while pulling the sled.

...

LOL!



but thats cool your gym has a sled *jealous*

[Dedicatedforlife]

20 pull ups
30 push up
40 sit ups
50 air squats

30 Power Clean and Jerks @ 135

20 pull ups
30 push up
40 sit ups
50 air squats


Time: 17:24

[Arlecchino]

Originally Posted by CaptMcClain

LOL!



but thats cool your gym has a sled *jealous*

What's funny about that? Best is 550x3. Hardest part is making the mental adjustment from "I hope I don't sh!t my spine" to "I own this."


And we have six sleds. I am a big believer in sled dragging for variety of purposes, but mostly conditioning. However, if you want one, they are pretty easy to improvise with an old tire. Put plywood in the bottom, and tie a rope around the tire. Pile weight on the plywood.

[CaptMcClain]

Originally Posted by Dedicatedforlife

20 pull ups
30 push up
40 sit ups
50 air squats

30 Power Clean and Jerks @ 135

20 pull ups
30 push up
40 sit ups
50 air squats


Time: 17:24

thinking about this made me puke, not so much the workout but the time

Originally Posted by Arlecchino

What's funny about that? Best is 550x3. Hardest part is making the mental adjustment from "I hope I don't sh!t my spine" to "I own this."


And we have six sleds. I am a big believer in sled dragging for variety of purposes, but mostly conditioning. However, if you want one, they are pretty easy to improvise with an old tire. Put plywood in the bottom, and tie a rope around the tire. Pile weight on the plywood.

thats a loaded question, I dont wanna be banned

I have a homeade harness that I pull my suv in

sometimes I push it, its a pain to get a spot (driver) though lol

but if my gym had sleds that would be uber convinent for me

[aussie__bob]

Originally Posted by Dedicatedforlife

I gotta do some sled dragging. Do you do any tire flipping? I love doing those till I drop



That's a good one, I'll give that a shot in 2 days

'Cindy' is kind of in the same boat.

5 Pull ups
10 pushups
15 air squats

Do as many rounds as you can in 20min. I'm up to 18.

23 was my best (about 18mths ago)...found that if you do it outside you can get a few extra rounds in

[muruku]

Dedicated,
Have you done G.I.Jane yet?

[Dedicatedforlife]

500m Row in 1:23.1..then...

400m Bag run*
400m 2 pod (74lb) kettle bell farmers walk
400m Slosh Pipe in Zercher Position run**
400m Bag run

Time = 22:45

* Bag = Boxing Bag (~100lbs)
**Slosh Pipe = Long PVC Pipe with water inside (~45lbs). This run was all about balance as the water moves around from end to end.

Few pics...did this with the girlfriend, she did 65lb over head barbells instead of the slosh pipe

[Dedicatedforlife]

Originally Posted by muruku

Dedicated,
Have you done G.I.Jane yet?

Yeah last time I did it in 18:58...fawken hard! I use a 12 foot bar for it and you get dizzy as hell during that one!

[Drexx]

Originally Posted by CaptMcClain

thats a loaded question, I dont wanna be banned

I have a homeade harness that I pull my suv in

sometimes I push it, its a pain to get a spot (driver) though lol

but if my gym had sleds that would be uber convinent for me

You must have never heard of Westside or anything.

[DrunkMuscle]

Wow Pete, that looks like a crazy workout. I never had a crazy workout but I had a crazy routine. The Serge Nubret routine is just insane and I love it!

[Jonken]

Deadlifts: (my pr was at the time 115kgx5)

I started on 110kg. Did 3 reps, took a 20sec break. And repeated. When i felt i would not be able to get the 3 reps, i lowered 10kgs. And thats how i kept doing it. For 7minutes. When done with my last set, i was down to 70kg. Was laying on the floor and couldnt really get up in about 5mins. Pretty much looked like this

110kgx3
20s rest
110x3
20s rest
110x3
20s rest
100x3
20s rest
100x3
20s
90x3
20s
90x3
20s
90x3
20s
And so on.

[muruku]

Originally Posted by Dedicatedforlife

Yeah last time I did it in 18:58...fawken hard! I use a 12 foot bar for it and you get dizzy as hell during that one!

Damn.. nice time. My best is approx 25mins.
Yea its crazy, especially once fatigue sets in and your palms are sweaty

[Armbender]

Here are my hardest routines for Hand/Wrist/ and Forearms

Grip & Forearm Training is one of my favorite Workouts...You have to be careful and really listen to your body though as the muscles and tendons involved are extrememly small and can be overtrained very easily; These two workouts have been extremely successful over the past couple years
__________________________________________________ _______________________________

Workout #1
Side Levers (3" thick PVC Pipe with weight fitted at 1 side) or a sledgehammer

3 Sets 12 Reps

Front Levers


3 Sets 12 Reps

Plate Wrist Curls (Try using 2 plates flush side out for the width)

3 Sets 10-12 Reps

Reverse Curls (Thumbs out)
Side Hammers (Thumbs out)
Front Hammers
Standing barbell wrist curls in front
Reverse Wrist Curls
^^^3 Sets 6-8 Reps^^^
__________________________________________________ _______________________________

Workout #2
(1 1/4" thick Rope, 10' long, hooked to a pulley at lowest level with you seated on the floor, 10' back from the pully) Work the rope in slowly and back slowly raising and lowering the stack of weights...never letting the weights touch...

Rope Pulls elbows out, hand over hand, palms down
Rope Pulls elbows touching, palms facing each other
Rope Pulls elbows out, hand over hand, palms up
5 Sets x 5 Reps

This would be considered elbows out, palms up


Plate Pinch (Use Min 3 plates for the width)


Plate Toss
DB Toss (Silver DB's standing on end)
^^^Super Set these two running 4 sets 15 reps each hand^^^

Rope Pull-Ups or Towel Push-ups

3 Sets 10 Reps
__________________________________________________ _______________________________

Every so often I will throw in Captain of Crush Grippers, maybe once every 10 days..

Slow and controled Reps...you are not trying to get 100 reps from any grippers...this will result in an injury...
__________________________________________________ __________________________

You can effectively hit the forearms by training hands and wrist also. I find that is the only way to strengthen and grow the entire forearm...Ensure to only train hand and wrist once every 4 days to begin with until you can handle it or you will find yourself overtraining...I directly and indirectly train my forearms everyday...Using ropes is an ideal way of tackling all of these areas with great results especially your grip strength

You can also do Steak Knife Push-Ups. These are really hard but hit forearms, hand, wrist, and triceps very intensley.

Grab a chair at your house, preferably with round legs, place it in front of you, assume the push-up position and place your hands 6" up the legs, now attempt a push-up...this takes awhile to conquer...but once you can get some reps you will want to keep doing them

MY NEW FAVORITE FOREARM EXERCISE

Standing Rolling Thunder Wrist Curls

Grab a rolling thunder,

Hook it to a cable machine with the stack at the top...pull the rolling thunder down into your chest and hold your elbow steady with your opposite hand...now proceed with your wrist curls

Some grip training you can do at home

1. Fill a bucket full of sand...put 1 hand in and turn the sand in a clockwise fasion, then reverse....

2. Take two towels in the bathtub and soak them...then wring them both out at the same time working from top to bottom.

3. Steak Knife Push-ups...place two chairs in front of you which of rounded legs (not squared) get into the push up position with the two chairs side by side in front of you....(so you can grab the two outter legs with your hands)...place your hands on the outer legs roughly 6" up from the ground....begin your push-ups...(THESE ARE EXTREMEMLY HARD)

4. Flat board chin-ups, If you have stairs in your house, hang off the floor the is above the stairwell opeing with your fingers straight out for pullups

5. Hang a rope from a tree in your back yard, if no trees, use your patio...try climbing rope for sets...

6. By a small peice of a plank used on staging at the hardware store...start using a screwdriver and some screws and turn the screws in to the board and out for sets....

7. Sledgehammer lever lifts...using a sledge, place your arm on your leg and rotate the head of the hammer from one side to the other SLOWLY for each hand...the farther out the head, the more tension on your hand and wrist..I stress the word SLOWLY
These should work fine without any equipment

[Dedicatedforlife]

Originally Posted by Armbender

Here are my hardest routines for Hand/Wrist/ and Forearms

Grip & Forearm Training is one of my favorite Workouts...You have to be careful and really listen to your body though as the muscles and tendons involved are extrememly small and can be overtrained very easily; These two workouts have been extremely successful over the past couple years
__________________________________________________ _______________________________

Workout #1
Side Levers (3" thick PVC Pipe with weight fitted at 1 side) or a sledgehammer

3 Sets 12 Reps

Front Levers


3 Sets 12 Reps

Plate Wrist Curls (Try using 2 plates flush side out for the width)

3 Sets 10-12 Reps

Reverse Curls (Thumbs out)
Side Hammers (Thumbs out)
Front Hammers
Standing barbell wrist curls in front
Reverse Wrist Curls
^^^3 Sets 6-8 Reps^^^
__________________________________________________ _______________________________

Workout #2
(1 1/4" thick Rope, 10' long, hooked to a pulley at lowest level with you seated on the floor, 10' back from the pully) Work the rope in slowly and back slowly raising and lowering the stack of weights...never letting the weights touch...

Rope Pulls elbows out, hand over hand, palms down
Rope Pulls elbows touching, palms facing each other
Rope Pulls elbows out, hand over hand, palms up
5 Sets x 5 Reps

This would be considered elbows out, palms up


Plate Pinch (Use Min 3 plates for the width)


Plate Toss
DB Toss (Silver DB's standing on end)
^^^Super Set these two running 4 sets 15 reps each hand^^^

Rope Pull-Ups or Towel Push-ups

3 Sets 10 Reps
__________________________________________________ _______________________________

Every so often I will throw in Captain of Crush Grippers, maybe once every 10 days..

Slow and controled Reps...you are not trying to get 100 reps from any grippers...this will result in an injury...
__________________________________________________ __________________________

You can effectively hit the forearms by training hands and wrist also. I find that is the only way to strengthen and grow the entire forearm...Ensure to only train hand and wrist once every 4 days to begin with until you can handle it or you will find yourself overtraining...I directly and indirectly train my forearms everyday...Using ropes is an ideal way of tackling all of these areas with great results especially your grip strength

You can also do Steak Knife Push-Ups. These are really hard but hit forearms, hand, wrist, and triceps very intensley.

Grab a chair at your house, preferably with round legs, place it in front of you, assume the push-up position and place your hands 6" up the legs, now attempt a push-up...this takes awhile to conquer...but once you can get some reps you will want to keep doing them

MY NEW FAVORITE FOREARM EXERCISE

Standing Rolling Thunder Wrist Curls

Grab a rolling thunder,

Hook it to a cable machine with the stack at the top...pull the rolling thunder down into your chest and hold your elbow steady with your opposite hand...now proceed with your wrist curls

Some grip training you can do at home

1. Fill a bucket full of sand...put 1 hand in and turn the sand in a clockwise fasion, then reverse....

2. Take two towels in the bathtub and soak them...then wring them both out at the same time working from top to bottom.

3. Steak Knife Push-ups...place two chairs in front of you which of rounded legs (not squared) get into the push up position with the two chairs side by side in front of you....(so you can grab the two outter legs with your hands)...place your hands on the outer legs roughly 6" up from the ground....begin your push-ups...(THESE ARE EXTREMEMLY HARD)

4. Flat board chin-ups, If you have stairs in your house, hang off the floor the is above the stairwell opeing with your fingers straight out for pullups

5. Hang a rope from a tree in your back yard, if no trees, use your patio...try climbing rope for sets...

6. By a small peice of a plank used on staging at the hardware store...start using a screwdriver and some screws and turn the screws in to the board and out for sets....

7. Sledgehammer lever lifts...using a sledge, place your arm on your leg and rotate the head of the hammer from one side to the other SLOWLY for each hand...the farther out the head, the more tension on your hand and wrist..I stress the word SLOWLY
These should work fine without any equipment

NICE POST!!! thanks for posting bud!

[Dedicatedforlife]

Originally Posted by muruku

Damn.. nice time. My best is approx 25mins.
Yea its crazy, especially once fatigue sets in and your palms are sweaty

Palms are sweaty? More like bloody after a certain point LOL

[CaptMcClain]

Originally Posted by Dedicatedforlife

500m Row in 1:23.1..then...

400m Bag run*
400m 2 pod (74lb) kettle bell farmers walk
400m Slosh Pipe in Zercher Position run**
400m Bag run

Time = 22:45

* Bag = Boxing Bag (~100lbs)
**Slosh Pipe = Long PVC Pipe with water inside (~45lbs). This run was all about balance as the water moves around from end to end.

Few pics...did this with the girlfriend, she did 65lb over head barbells instead of the slosh pipe

I want your slosh pipe (no homo)

Originally Posted by Drexx

You must have never heard of Westside or anything.

[Dedicatedforlife]

Originally Posted by CaptMcClain

I want your slosh pipe (no homo)

It's a fun pipe

[Dedicatedforlife]

15 deads @ 135
15 pushups
10 rounds

12:35


Good amount of work done....good workout to try if you haven't done any crossfit.

[40-Yard Dash_2]

Originally Posted by Dedicatedforlife

15 deads @ 135
15 pushups
10 rounds

12:35


Good amount of work done....good workout to try if you haven't done any crossfit.

I can't stand the crossfitters here. They take up 1/2 the gym with random crap.

That's why I work out at 4:30 am. They're too lazy to get up that early.

[Dedicatedforlife]

Originally Posted by 40-Yard Dash_2

I can't stand the crossfitters here. They take up 1/2 the gym with random crap.

That's why I work out at 4:30 am. They're too lazy to get up that early.

IMO Crossfit should not be done in a regular gym, just in warehouse/garages opened up specifically for it. Hence the reason I never get complaints

However I do it sometimes at my university gym...but because I'm one of the bigger dudes in the university people stay the fawk out of my way

[Drexx]

Originally Posted by CaptMcClain

I rest my case, so therefore your opinion on heavy good mornings is invalid