Challenge time 2, are you in?

hairygrandpa

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[video=youtube;QSXNin4nCbc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSXNin4nCbc[/video]


10 set Standing Bradford Press
I'm not the girl in the video

Rules:
- watch video (to avoid questions on how to do it)
- Just the Olympic bar, the big one (has approx 44lbs), nothing else (should be easy, LMAO)
- 10 sets (doing as many reps as you can in those 10 sets)
- pauses between sets 10 sec.
- rep tempo: continuous, no resting, each time bar clears head = 1 rep
(front to back = 1 rep / back to front =1 rep)
- bar clears head by only 1 inch- or two, do not press up!
- count total reps after the 10th set and post in this log, dude with the most reps wins
- multiple approaches possible
- no special pleading (like: my hamster died, could not do 10 sets, -or did 20 sec pauses because my vagina itched)


Basically, it's a 1 set- with 9 rest pause sets exercise.
Do it as a shoulder-day finisher, -or not, your choice.
Results appear here in the first post.

Hairygrandpa's son: 128 Hairygrandpa: 192 Sparkss : ???? sparks2012 : 126 Alpha1agreda : 214 lifted67 : ???? UncleSarm : ???? smith_69 : ???? bighulksmash : ???? CJNator :???? Tank999: ???? BamBam0319: ???? MrKleen73: ???? THE MONSTAR : ???? Thiefcatcher :???? Gutterpump :???? HIT4ME :???? thebigt : ???? RegisterJr :??? wasme :???? Jebrook :???? Toren :???? DennisTheDane : ???? Captn_the :???? NutraChem :???? ax1 :???? Famine :???? Rocket3015 :???? jakz :???? Volvo140G :???? Hastur :???? lukehayd :???? Dma378 :???? EMPIREMIND: ????
all unlisted too!

Video proof may be required if numbers are astronomical...
 
hairygrandpa said:
[video=youtube;QSXNin4nCbc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSXNin4nCbc[/video]


10 set Standing Bradford Press
I'm not the girl in the video

Rules:
- Olympic bar approx 44lbs
- 10 sets
- pauses between sets 10 sec.
- tempo: continuous, no resting
- count total reps after 10th set and post in this log
- multiple approaches possible
- no special pleading (like: my hamster died, could not do 10 sets, -or did 20 sec pauses because my vagina itched)


Do it as a shoulder-day finisher, -or not, your choice.
Results appear here in the first post.

Sparkss : ???? sparks2012 : ???? Alpha1agreda : ???? lifted67 : ???? UncleSarm : ???? smith_69 : ???? bighulksmash : ???? CJNator :???? Tank999: ???? BamBam0319: ???? MrKleen73: ???? THE MONSTAR : ???? Thiefcatcher :???? Gutterpump :???? HIT4ME :???? thebigt : ???? RegisterJr :??? wasme :???? Jebrook :???? Toren :???? DennisTheDane : ???? Captn_the :???? NutraChem :???? ax1 :???? Famine :???? Rocket3015 :???? jakz :???? Volvo140G :???? Hastur :???? lukehayd :???? Dma378 :???? EMPIREMIND: 391
all unlisted too!
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Will post here n tag u tomorrow i love these challenges hg
hairygrandpa 283.5
 
I'm in. I'll do it after back day tomorrow as long as my shoulder cooperate
 
GD'it, HG. Looks like I'm doing both of your sadomasochistic challenges tomorrow. So, if I'm reading this correctly, you do the 10x10 w/ empty OLY bar and THEN the reps start counting? Effin' DOMS for days dude...
 
sparks2012 said:
GD'it, HG. Looks like I'm doing both of your sadomasochistic challenges tomorrow. So, if I'm reading this correctly, you do the 10x10 w/ empty OLY bar and THEN the reps start counting? Effin' DOMS for days dude...
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Correct, let me tell you your future:

"I see a dude in total pain, embracing himself with his arms -like holding his loved one, stumbling out of the gym, making whelping noises."
 
In here like swimwear shoulder day tomorrow should be about as fun as walking through hell with gasoline boxers
 
Alpha1agreda said:
In here like swimwear shoulder day tomorrow should be about as fun as walking through hell with gasoline boxers
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This one was part of my routine, I abandoned it, because it's too brutal... just the right exercise for a challenge, I guess. LOL
If you never did it, it's like being shot in both shoulders and then someone (with a huge penis) is raping your entry wounds.
 
hairygrandpa said:
This one was part of my routine, I abandoned it, because it's too brutal... just the right exercise for a challenge, I guess. LOL
If you never did it, it's like being shot in both shoulders and then someone (with a huge penis) is raping your entry wounds.
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That's very graphic HG we don't need to hear about your favorite videos on the thread lmao

But we're doing just the bar correct ?
 
hairygrandpa said:
Correct, let me tell you your future:

"I see a dude in total pain, embracing himself with his arms -like holding his loved one, stumbling out of the gym, making whelping noises."
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Woah, woah, woah?! The first 10
Sets don't count towards the total?
 
sparks2012 said:
GD'it, HG. Looks like I'm doing both of your sadomasochistic challenges tomorrow. So, if I'm reading this correctly, you do the 10x10 w/ empty OLY bar and THEN the reps start counting? Effin' DOMS for days dude...
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Sorry, NO 10x10. Just rep away for 10 sets as many reps as you can!
It's a 1 set with 9 rest pause sets exercise.
 
Over and backs is what Meadows calls them. Brutal he has a wider grip when he does them but this one will hurt you guys! I am damaged right now but this one sounds awesome!
 
First, suckers!

26/24/20/20/20/16/16/16/18/16 Total = 192

...after that, I repeated the triceps challenge

:damnit1:
 
hairygrandpa said:
[video=youtube;QSXNin4nCbc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSXNin4nCbc[/video]


10 set Standing Bradford Press
I'm not the girl in the video

Rules:
- watch video (to avoid questions on how to do it)
- Just the Olympic bar, the big one (has approx 44lbs), nothing else (should be easy, LMAO)
- 10 sets (doing as many reps as you can in those 10 sets)
- pauses between sets 10 sec.
- rep tempo: continuous, no resting, each time bar cleares head = 1 rep
(front to back = 1 rep / back to front =1 rep)
- count total reps after the 10th set and post in this log, dude with the most reps wins
- multiple approaches possible
- no special pleading (like: my hamster died, could not do 10 sets, -or did 20 sec pauses because my vagina itched)


Basically, it's a 1 set- with 9 rest pause sets exercise.
Do it as a shoulder-day finisher, -or not, your choice.
Results appear here in the first post.

Hairygrandpa's son: 128 Hairygrandpa: 192 Sparkss : ???? sparks2012 : ???? Alpha1agreda : ???? lifted67 : ???? UncleSarm : ???? smith_69 : ???? bighulksmash : ???? CJNator :???? Tank999: ???? BamBam0319: ???? MrKleen73: ???? THE MONSTAR : ???? Thiefcatcher :???? Gutterpump :???? HIT4ME :???? thebigt : ???? RegisterJr :??? wasme :???? Jebrook :???? Toren :???? DennisTheDane : ???? Captn_the :???? NutraChem :???? ax1 :???? Famine :???? Rocket3015 :???? jakz :???? Volvo140G :???? Hastur :???? lukehayd :???? Dma378 :???? EMPIREMIND: ????
all unlisted too!

Video proof may be required if numbers are astronomical...
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Sweetness. I still have to complete the triceps challenge. Should have both done by this Friday:).
 
MrKleen73 said:
Over and backs is what Meadows calls them. Brutal he has a wider grip when he does them but this one will hurt you guys! I am damaged right now but this one sounds awesome!
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I remember that... Ct fletcher calls em agony press lol because when you do it your in agony lol
 
Jebrook said:
Sweetness. I still have to complete the triceps challenge. Should have both done by this Friday:).
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I bet you will kick our asses!
Looking back, the second challenge was not too bad. I think partly because I did not rep to failure the first 5 set. My son forgot to save some energy and he hit his head several times with the bar in his last sets. Hoping those slaps make him smarter at school, LOL.
 
Damn I'll stick to the other challenge lol my rotator cuff will definitely not like this exercise.
 
I can give it a run Thursday when I blast shoulders, can it be seated?
 
I will end up doing both of these when I am healthier and have a little more leniency in my training program then report up in here. I say keep these things open for all time with just a current leader in the beginning. That way it can always be used to motivate people to push themselves.

The thing with going to failure in the first set as opposed to pacing yourself is the same theory that HIT guys and researchers have proven and that is that you don't HAVE to do a higher volume of work, and to increase the volume of work without increased strength you MUST lower the intensity.

What it really comes down to are those reps the require adaptation, the ones that really push you those are the ones that count. If you do 195 reps pacing yourself, and 150 going balls to the wall then you are wasting 45 reps that are not really pushing you on the paced sets by intentionally not pushing the fibers as hard in the first place to make them last longer. Not saying you won't get equal gains, but an extra 45 reps for the same gains.... That is simply not hypertrophy efficient, but is still nonetheless hypertrophy effective. For this challenge it makes sense to pace it but for hypertrophy and metabolic effects the original way you wanted the triceps challenge is more efficient training in my opinion.
 
HG's Bradford Press Challenge:
15/8/5/5/6/5/4/5/5/2
Total: 63

Here's my numbers. Done at the end of my chest/shoulders session. Pump was crazy, but it was a b!tch to do. I should add that I went to failure on every set. And, each "1" that was counted was actually a press from the front and the rear, not sure if that was covered in the rules or not.
 
lifted67 said:
I can give it a run Thursday when I blast shoulders, can it be seated?
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NO. LOL

sparks2012 said:
HG's Bradford Press Challenge:
15/8/5/5/6/5/4/5/5/2
Total: 63

Here's my numbers. Done at the end of my chest/shoulders session. Pump was crazy, but it was a b!tch to do. I should add that I went to failure on every set. And, each "1" that was counted was actually a press from the front and the rear, not sure if that was covered in the rules or not.
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That's 126, each head-clearing counts. Do it fresh next time and we probably have a new leader.
 
MrKleen73 said:
I will end up doing both of these when I am healthier and have a little more leniency in my training program then report up in here. I say keep these things open for all time with just a current leader in the beginning. That way it can always be used to motivate people to push themselves.

The thing with going to failure in the first set as opposed to pacing yourself is the same theory that HIT guys and researchers have proven and that is that you don't HAVE to do a higher volume of work, and to increase the volume of work without increased strength you MUST lower the intensity.

What it really comes down to are those reps the require adaptation, the ones that really push you those are the ones that count. If you do 195 reps pacing yourself, and 150 going balls to the wall then you are wasting 45 reps that are not really pushing you on the paced sets by intentionally not pushing the fibers as hard in the first place to make them last longer. Not saying you won't get equal gains, but an extra 45 reps for the same gains.... That is simply not hypertrophy efficient, but is still nonetheless hypertrophy effective. For this challenge it makes sense to pace it but for hypertrophy and metabolic effects the original way you wanted the triceps challenge is more efficient training in my opinion.
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Thanks for sharing.
Doing every set to failure felt always "right" to me for muscle grow, did not the research like you did- but a gut feeling is telling me.
It's somewhat unfair, I guess, that my challenge-layout evolves around my routines, doing almost always rest pause sets -or single exercise marathons to provoke growth.
Will keep the challenges open, maybe for one more, as for now, updating them and supervising isn't an issue.
 
hairygrandpa said:
That's 126, each head-clearing counts. Do it fresh next time and we probably have a new leader.
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I don't math too good, apparently haha. We'll see though. I tend to stay modest with these challenges because the realm of "light" weight and continuous sets with minimal rest is unforgiving, and it's one I've not ventured into for a while now. Doing either one of your challenges fresh is going to pre-exhaust the primary movers in a typical push session to the point where you feel like a girl doing your normal session. Couldn't hit my normal weights or reps today, 10/10 would do again.
 
sparks2012 said:
I don't math too good, apparently haha. We'll see though. I tend to stay modest with these challenges because the realm of "light" weight and continuous sets with minimal rest is unforgiving, and it's one I've not ventured into for a while now. Doing either one of your challenges fresh is going to pre-exhaust the primary movers in a typical push session to the point where you feel like a girl doing your normal session. Couldn't hit my normal weights or reps today, 10/10 would do again.
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I get your point, personally I would like a challenge with heavier weights but it would limit the number of participants.
Will accommodate the challenge into leg- or shoulder days, this way it doesn't hinder heavier pressing exercises.
 
hairygrandpa said:
I get your point, personally I would like a challenge with heavier weights but it would limit the number of participants.
Will accommodate the challenge into leg- or shoulder days, this way it doesn't hinder heavier pressing exercises.
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I agree with the fact that it would limit participants. Not trying to argue the efficacy or the point of your challenges at all. It's fun, and ANYONE can do these, with the exception of someone with an injury, which is what makes it fun. Doing these on days where you train the same group is a different way to test your mettle. And I think everyone needs that every once in a while. I like the direction you're heading with these ideas
 
hairygrandpa said:
I get your point, personally I would like a challenge with heavier weights but it would limit the number of participants.
Will accommodate the challenge into leg- or shoulder days, this way it doesn't hinder heavier pressing exercises.
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This is where you would think about doing percent of body weight. No one is excluded, or at a disadvantage due to size because when based off of a percentage of their body weight, it becomes pound for pound equalizer. Then all things are equalized except for strength and endurance capability.

Say who can squat 1-1.5 times their body weight for the most reps or a timed deal where they have to squat 1.5 x bodyweight for as many parallel reps as they can get in 10 minutes. That or choose a number of reps at that percent and time how long it takes to reach the goal!!!! Rest periods, patterns and whatever don't matter then, it is just time and reaching depth. Of course something like that you want recorded. I think just about anyone doing these should want to record them anyway. Seeing yourself push through something like that is quite motivating.

A nice chest one would be DB Press FLys with DB's 1/4 bodyweight for max reps. So I am 204 right now I would use 50's or 52.5, you press them up like a bench press then lower them like a fly, then press back up. YOu want your chest to feel a thrashing this will take you there!!!!
 
MrKleen73 said:
This is where you would think about doing percent of body weight. No one is excluded, or at a disadvantage due to size because when based off of a percentage of their body weight, it becomes pound for pound equalizer. Then all things are equalized except for strength and endurance capability.

Say who can squat 1-1.5 times their body weight for the most reps or a timed deal where they have to squat 1.5 x bodyweight for as many parallel reps as they can get in 10 minutes. That or choose a number of reps at that percent and time how long it takes to reach the goal!!!! Rest periods, patterns and whatever don't matter then, it is just time and reaching depth. Of course something like that you want recorded. I think just about anyone doing these should want to record them anyway. Seeing yourself push through something like that is quite motivating.

A nice chest one would be DB Press FLys with DB's 1/4 bodyweight for max reps. So I am 204 right now I would use 50's or 52.5, you press them up like a bench press then lower them like a fly, then press back up. YOu want your chest to feel a thrashing this will take you there!!!!
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I agree but I shy away from doing the math for the dudes, LOL.
If you could host a challenge, as you did before, it would be great!
 
hairygrandpa said:
I agree but I shy away from doing the math for the dudes, LOL.
If you could host a challenge, as you did before, it would be great!
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I will do one for next week or the week after then. Make it something fun and challenging.
 
Here you go. Something that will be friendly to my shoulder:

Challenge Time 3, Can You PULL It Off?
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Guys, stop playing with your vaginas and do the challenge.
 
hairygrandpa said:
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Guys, stop playing with your vaginas and do the challenge.
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If I had a vagina I wouldn't even stop playing with it long enough to even see this post!
 
I can't deadlift right now. Hoping to do bradford challenge in a few hours though
 
Challenge complete: 403 reps!
 
First post updated with new numbers.

Guys, I hate you! 283 and 403... are you mad?

I don't even know if I could do 250 with a broomstick. God damn!

Knowing what you had to go through gives me somewhat of a satisfaction though.... LOL
 
hairygrandpa said:
First post updated with new numbers.

Guys, I hate you! 283 and 403... are you mad?

I don't even know if I could do 250 with a broomstick. God damn!

Knowing what you had to go through gives me somewhat of a satisfaction though.... LOL
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I bonked my self off the head good near the end
 
Just one question...

Are you both sure it was the Olympic bar and not a pool noodle?

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