Wow…I opened up your log to see more medals and ribbons. Doesn’t sound like you’re going out any time soon! The games look like a lot of fun, and you did very well too. They have a big festival with highland games here in Kalamazoo, but I’ve never been to see it. I think I should next year.
Thanks Steve an DZ. HG are fun. If there’s the whole Celtic festival thing going on it’s fun for the whole family.
Carl, 15’ and they said 110, it felt like a damn telephone pole. First pick and I started to lose it over my shoulder, trying to lever it back forward by pulling in with my arms when Tree’s sweet, melodious voice comes drifting across the glen, “You’re gonna break your f…king collarbone dumbass. Let it go!” I let it go. My right collar bone’s still sore. Our Braemar was exactly 22#. Rob Hatch weighed all the implements, not the caber, at the UPS office prior to the meet.
This morning
Front squats
135,155x6
175,195x5
205,225x4
Back squat
135,225,315x6
375x5x3
Bulgarian Split Squats
135x6x3 ea
Sldl
135,225wu
315x6x4
Bent row
225x6x4
weight twists
135 x Max x 3
Trying to increase my leg strength and front squats, if I don’t strangle myself first.
Off to family picnic. I’m being really bad this weekend/holiday.
Looks like you deserve to indulge a little this weekend.
Great photos - thanks for sharing.
Nice job at the games Harry. Your Squating and leg work continues to amaze me. I remember when you never thought you would squat again. Hope you had a nice Labor Day.
Good stuff, Harry. Just awesome.
[quote]j_willy3 wrote:
Nice job at the games Harry. Your Squating and leg work continues to amaze me. I remember when you never thought you would squat again. Hope you had a nice Labor Day.[/quote]
I remember that too…now look what he’s doing!
damn fine work harry. I have 1 more real games this weekend, and then 2 or 3 games just within our club after that. Once the season’s over, I am going to try and really up the oly lifts over the winter.
Just catching up now, great job at the games! Good luck on the front squats, they are brutal.
Damn good front squats, hope you nejoyed being bad this weekend.
Thanks to all. We all need a being bad weekend everuy now and then, Joe. Wilson/DZ, the really crappy shot above is how I managed to start squating again. Hands/wrist drapped over the collars. Wouldn’t fly in a comp but since I’m just trying to built strength guess it doesn’t matter.
Yesterday, nothing real heavy, felt the need for some reps
Bench
135,225wu
275x12,12,12,10,10
Incline (yeah, on the smith and proud of it! Moved all the towels off first)
135x15
185x12
225x10x3
cable xover
45x12x3
Standing cable flyes
45x15x3
Skullcrushers
70,80x12
90x10
over head tri extensions (rope)
70,80,90x12
Then went and saw the Expendibles. Good, clean, no have to think about it, fun. Lots of murder and mayhem, the way movies should be.
Today,
Swimming as the sun came up, 2000m
Breakfast at favorite Waffle House with several brothers, cousins, nephews, etc.
Lunch at my mother’s house; jagerschnitzel, spaetzle, und pommes frites. Might ahve to swim again tonight.
Building a set of standards to throw over. Real Ghetto and only going up 16’ but good enough for practicing the sheaf and weight over bar.
Last day off tomorrow so into the gym early.
Backtracking a little, I think turning a 110 lb caber is pretty remarkable. 97 lbs is the heaviest I’ve ever picked up. Kept cutting it until I could make a run with it. It’s now only 84 lbs.
315 SLDL? Have you thought about tying one end of a rope around your ankles, that other end around a truck bumper, and doing some leg culrs? Just for a deload?
I saw your post in Bulldog’s thread with the link to the zydecco piece and didn’t want to hijack his thread to talk about this. I’d love to see more such links, lots of music around, much is crap, some is gold. This song you linked to reminds me of one of my favorites, Gogol Bordello, although with a gypsy leaning (I’m Hungarian) rather than a cajun leaning. Here’s one you might like.
What were you recovering from that required that squat “grip?”
Yeah, you’re strong.
Thanks Carl, loved the music. Titles great, too. The caber we used at Chattanooga was a 15’ and 120#. Never turned it and only got a degree from it.
US42, those are Straight Leg DLs. 315 isn’t really that heavy for those. But the truck thing sounds interesting.
Ms Snap, not recovering, recovered as I’ll get. Without trying to sound overly dramatic, 3 bullets. My left delt keeps me from rotating my arm enough to get hold of the bar in a good grip. I can get a couple of fingers on it holding it between the collars but not really enough to secure it. With my arms/hands over the bar it’s wedged in all nice and comfy. And thank you.
Today,
DB snatch
55,65,75,85x3
95.105x2
110(L), (R) fail
hang cleans
135,185wu
205x5
225x4
235x3
245x2
255x1,1,1
standing MP from rack
185x10
205x8
225x6
245x4x3
bent raises
35x10x3
face pulls
90,100,110,120x10
hammer curls
45x8x3
reverse curls (ez bar)
72x10x3
i loves me some gogol bordello
That Tree story was hilarious.
Aren’t you supposed to be the old, wise, one telling Tree not to be a “dumbass”?
I figured you would like this. The family and I are going to a Scottish festival Saturday.Here is one of the things going on.
http://www.scottishfestival.org/athletics.htm
By the way here are some high lights from last year.
Sorry for the possible hyjack.
Thanks, Bdog. Nice vid. Think we all stopped worrying bout hijacking each others threads a long time ago.
Pissy, bitchin, ramblin, complainin, post. Yawl can skip it, won’t make much sense. Just usin this place to get rid of a little left over whining.
Some days just suck an you see that mean ole black dog sniffin round just waitin to sink it’s teeth in you. You feel all that’s good goin south and know even poppin smoke wouldn’t bring no help cause all done gone on ahead of you. Seen enough of the world’s shit and waded through a lot of it. Life is real good now, figure I earned that. But every now an then when you get lazy something comes up, like every 9/11, and that mean feelin comes and says leave it all and dive right back in the shit. Guess it’s a good thing I’m too old and no one’ll take me no more.
Went swimming in the middle of the night, not sure how far, real long ways. Out swam all them hoodoo. Got home and sat in the water with my dogs and watched the sun come up. Dogs understand these things real good and the fantome scared of mine. Can’t stay in a bad mood when they give you the wet tongue. Went to church real early with some brothers and lit candles. Big brother Remi whipped up breakfast at his place and all was good again.
If you got this far, have a good day.