For 20 minutes:
Run 400 meters
Rest precisely the time of the previous run
Post distance to comments.
Todays Post comes to us from Catalyst Athletics. They are mainly olympic weightlifters over there and so know quite a bit about hand care.
| Hand CareSpend enough time on a barbell, and you’ll develop calluses. This is good in the sense that your hands are adapting to the stress and becoming thicker and stronger where necessary. However, some of you find that those calluses can become the cause of problems significant enough to disrupt your training.A callus rip is inevitable over the long term, but it should by no means be a regular occurrence – frequent callus tears mean frequent training disruptions. It’s tough to make progress when you have to stop doing what you’re doing all the time. The solution? Take care of your hands in a way that will minimize if not eliminate tears and allow you to continue training.
First, don’t shave off your calluses. They’re there for a reason. You want that thick, tough skin. What you don’t want are rough or sharp edges that can hang up on the bar and start a tear. Some people get crazy with the callus shavers and take the skin right down to the weak stuff below. Or worse, they shave them down so much that the area formerly armored is now sensitive to the touch. I prefer fine-grit sandpaper to any other tool out there (200-220 type stuff). Cut some pieces and fold them into little 2×2″ or so squares and they’ll be a little stiff, but flexible enough to get into the places you need. Smooth out the rough edges before and after workouts and you’ll be fine. To improve on this, start using a liberal dose of Cornhuskers Lotion every day. Don’t use your girlfriend’s silly body lotion – it won’t do the job. Just rub some into your hands every night when you’re going to bed and pretty soon you’ll have hands like baseball mitts. In fact, you might want to try rubber-banding your hands shut around a barbell-sized chuck of pipe all night to break them in. |
Cornhuskers lotion is great! I used to use it all the time. I used to break and train horses, riding and training 2-4 hours a day. The leather reins used to leave some bad calluses on my hands and roughen’em up pretty good. Cornhuskers definitely did the trick. My grandparents are farmers too and they swear by it.
(Don’t laugh…I’m a country girl)
5 rounds this a.m. on the WOD
Ah – to smell the gym again, to grasp the pullup bar, to stare at the 45# plates, to taunt the smokers. I’ve missed you CFSS.
I looked at my book and it’s been exactly 3 months since I’ve flexed my brawn – which has dwindled substantially. Chad – I’m sure that excites you beyond belief. Have no worries though my friend, I’m back on the Weider powder, and will be shooting for a 6 am brawl very soon.
I won’t bore anyone with the details behind my hiatus – I’ll just say it was bullshit, and I worked entirely too hard over the past couple of months.
Great to see you all this morning – mostly new faces to me. The WOD sucked; I hate running. Chace – you need to give Gillette a call. Tighten up bro…
Looking forward to seeing you all soon –
Lang
And so he returns………
the master of all samck talk, the blogpost perp. the one…the only…
Chris “Smack Ya Momma” Lang
Nice to hae you back brosef, though i’m a little surprised that your first post back is a slander to me, but i guess I deserve it.
Great job this morning everyone. I feel bad for all you p.m.ers, cause its a hot one today. As far as hand care goes, a ped egg has always done a fine job for me and lotion before bed and first thing in the morning. Most importantly gripping the bar right, ig you get that thick pad of skin at the base of your fingers in between you and some kipping pull-ups your asking for trouble.
Chris Lang back on the board. Good to see your name up there. And you are right Chace is looking like a dirty hippie.
Did this workout at 3:15. It was hot. 5 rounds, but I ran 6. Couldn’t finish that last one in time.