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Awesome Day Here at the Gym Yesterday

Jedd Johnson — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:02:50 +0000

Hey everybody. Jedd here.

Hopefully some of you got the chance to catch our live UStream Feed yesterday from my Garage Gym here in PA. The gym’s been finished since April, but we haven’t been able to schedule anything where all the guys could make it down until now.

Smitty, Eli, Brad and Brian all made it down. Also Joe Hashey and his brother Pat came down.

We started our squats about 9:30. Even early in the morning it was already hot in the garage. Eli went through like a half dozen shirts I think. We squatted outside the cage with spotters. It was nice having people there to spot me. It gave me more confidence considering the back tweaks I have been having. I actually loaded the bar up to 315 to feel the weight again. We did an intermediate stance, not narrow high bars, but not wide sumo stance with the bar lower either. It was in the middle and felt pretty good.

Next thing we went into were shrug bar deadlifts. This was our heavy pull for the day because later on we did Double Overhand axle deadlift later on for a grip emphasis. Pat managed to get 365 to his knee on the axle. Pretty awesome. Joe and Pat could be really good at grip I think if they had the equipment and time to dedicate to getting good.

After some pull-ups, we tried some Inch Dumbbell Push Press. Eli got several singles, and I think a double once. Brad hit like 3 or 4 reps in a row, re-setting his grip in between reps.

We mixed in hub lifting and log pressing.

The fellas had to take off by noon. They car-pooled down and Smitty had to be back home by one.

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Video 2

But the day wasn’t over yet. I had a whole other workout ahead of me.

Brent Barbe, John Eaton and Frank Snyder all came down for a grip workout. I took a break and ate burgers and salad but then got into a full-blown 3-hr workout with these gripaholics starting around 2 PM.

We hit a ton of Grippers. CoC’s, Beef Builders, Tettings, etc. What was awesome was trying the new Fat Bastard Barbell Grippers with no knurling. Brent had a whole set of them. Frank and I closed the 4X FBBC gripper.

Frank is 18 years old and has a better crush than me. He closed a couple of 3.5’s I couldn’t manage to shut. He only lives about an hour away so we are going to try to line up some more training sessions.

We did some blob lifting, 5-tens, 2-inch vertical bar, 45-lb hub lifts, 3-25’s, and a ton of other stuff. My hands are fried. I hope these guys can make it up for another workout soon. I am stoked.

I got video of everything. I will go through it and post some of the stuff, hopefully this week if not this afternoon, since it is pouring out.

Unfortunately, we had trouble getting the UStream to work, but we eventually got it during the lower body workout. I hope that it didn’t turn too many of you away. About a half hour into getting it going, I checked the status on another laptop and we only had 3 viewers, which is pretty low compared to the 20+ viewers we’ve had in the past.

So I have some questions for you guys:

Anybody else ever try UStream?

Anyone else ever have any problems getting it to work?

Are you enjoying these streamed workouts?

Looking forward to your feedback, so please leave a comment.

All the best in your training,

-Jedd-Similar Posts:

New Garage Gym is Complete

Jedd Johnson — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:25:19 +0000

I am happy to announce that my new garage gym is complete. Check out this video for a quick tour of the new facility.

I have had several workouts in this facility and let me tell you – it is SSSSOOOOOOOOOO nice to be able to do overhead work. The near 10-foot ceiling is great. With the weather breaking, I have also been able to do plenty of prowler work. Been jumping rope each day and have been hitting tons of grip. It has been great.

Look for an upcoming UStream with several dudes over here in the gym training the grip big time!

All the best in your training,

-Jedd-

To see how this has all progressed, check out the rest of the Garage Gym posts.

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New Gym Update 3

Jedd Johnson — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:15:09 +0000

Everything is coming together nicely. Lots of progress has been made recently. Before I show you what it’s looking like these days, have a look at what I have been training i n for the last two or three years!

Getting home from the Fitness Business Summit has been a lengthy project in itself.

All the best in your training,

-Jedd-

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New Garage Gym Update 2

Jedd Johnson — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:17:29 +0000

Things are coming along nicely with the garage gym.

I couldn’t bring myself to scrape anymore on the one wall. I was just inhaling too much dust. The wall looks awesome now, though. You’ll see it in the next video.

Already have a ton of people emailing me to come train at the new facility. It’s going to be awesome!

All the best in your training,

-Jedd-

My New Garage Gym

Jedd Johnson — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:05:52 +0000

I have been extremely busy working on my new garage gym!

In November, we hired a contractor to start an addition on our house. It’s all finished now, except for the gym.

With the contractor pulling up stakes, it’s become time for me to take over.

I have been a working fool for the last 3 weekends, but the hard work is paying off! One weekend, Eli even came down and helped me for several hours to work on it! Thanks man!

I took some video clips of how it is all progressing, and the first video is ready.

Check it out!

Look for much more to come. This place is going to be awesome and I am going to be putting out LOTS MORE VIDEOS!

-Jedd-

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