Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Isochain Iron Man: Week 3

Here are the results for the 6 selected exercises for Iron Man:

Romanian Deadlift at High Angle - Was able to hold for the full 120 seconds with one pause to reset my grip as the bar was starting to slip a little. Average was 64-65 lbs.

Bicep Curl at High Angle - Was able to hold for the full 120 seconds. As with last week, I felt the golfer's elbow start to act up, so I had to increase external rotation by extra effort from the back to reduce the load on the elbows. My upper back again got as much of a workout as the biceps. Average was 13-19 lbs.

Shoulder Press at Medium Angle - Was able to hold for about 40-50 seconds, then took a break before resuming. I did about 100 seconds total. Average was about 13-15lbs.

Bent-over Row at High Angle and Supinated Grip - Was able to hold for the full 60 seconds. Average was 65 lbs.

Zercher Squat at Medium Angle - Was able to hold for 50 seconds. Had to stop because my quads were on fire! Average was 36.2 lbs.

Calf Raise - Was able to hold for the full 60 seconds. Average was 96 lbs.

I tried GMB Elements Session 5: Crab Walk after the Wednesday Iron Man session, and GMB Elements Session 6: Bear and Bear Play after the Friday Iron Man session. After my Friday training, I noticed less irritation in my shoulder while practicing brachial hang from the pullup bar.
I continued doing GMB Recovery sessions on the recovery days.
I also continued playing with my RMT Club. I think the Clubbell folks might call these moves front-back circles, but what's in a name, right?

On my recovery days, I did some sessions of GMB Respiration and GMB Recovery. My Friday Isochain workout was a repeat of the Monday one, in which I try to go for 120-second holds. Something about how I trained Romanian deadlift, followed by body shaking and hang pose, triggered soreness in my left buttock. I did the Chen Zhenglei style "nervous kick", followed by modified pigeon pose to get rid of the soreness. Then for good measure, I did some drills from GMB Recovery that seemed to focus more on lower body.

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