You can where the medal when we’re drooling sittin in front of the window at the home. Hope they never find the bottles we snunk in. Have a great week.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Along with the pix was an invite to a highland meet in Greenville in May. I’ve cut and pasted a part of the message here. I think this is pretty cool.
…first and foremost, I must mention that we’ve moved the date to Memorial Day Weekend. For 2010 the Games will be held on Saturday, May 29th. Why would we change the date you might ask?
We have been granted a Royal Patronage from His Royal Highness, Prince Edward of England. This is a rare and prestigious honor for the City of Greenville and our Highland Games.
Prince Edward will be on hand to watch the Games and I believe he will be present at the awards ceremony.
etc…
Definitely gonna make that one. Love to medal there. That’d be a conversation piece, “why yes, I think I remember getting this one from the Prince Eddie.”
Trying something different in my work outs. Kind of a push day/pull day type thing. Trying to hit body parts more often that way.
Today, Push
Bench
135,225wu
275x10
315x5x5
Squats
135,225wu
275x5x5
315x5x5
Mil Press
Cgb
225x8x3
Tri pushdown
100,110,120,130x10
standing cable flyes (pull maybe)
70x10x4
Strung lights all over the house, yard, anything not moving. Got all the Christmas movies out, stereos on the all christmas music channel. All the Santa and winter theme glasses and dishes are out, dogs are all hiding, they hate the reindeer horns I put on them. Wife’s out with sisters in law spending all our money on presents. She keeps the list of all the relatives, it’s on a spread sheet. Even though I’m workin my ass off I love the season. Sorry, I’ll grow up someday. Naw. [/quote]
Strong work. When you get your medal from Prince Edward, are you going to dedicate it to William Wallace? :).
that’s pretty awesome Harry. I’d go, if I could do any of that shit…
When you get your medal, look at him with surprise and then turn and start running yelling “The British are coming…the British are coming”
Well that is what I would do anyway…lol
Fine looking work here, Hel.
Nice work Harry, on the Xmas stuff and the training. Ya think the Prince will understand coonass? Glad y’all had the snow. Thankfully it was cold rain up here in the north south
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Along with the pix was an invite to a highland meet in Greenville in May. I’ve cut and pasted a part of the message here. I think this is pretty cool.
…first and foremost, I must mention that we’ve moved the date to Memorial Day Weekend. For 2010 the Games will be held on Saturday, May 29th. Why would we change the date you might ask?
We have been granted a Royal Patronage from His Royal Highness, Prince Edward of England. This is a rare and prestigious honor for the City of Greenville and our Highland Games.
Prince Edward will be on hand to watch the Games and I believe he will be present at the awards ceremony.
etc…
Definitely gonna make that one. Love to medal there. That’d be a conversation piece, “why yes, I think I remember getting this one from the Prince Eddie.”
Trying something different in my work outs. Kind of a push day/pull day type thing. Trying to hit body parts more often that way.
Today, Push
Bench
135,225wu
275x10
315x5x5
Squats
135,225wu
275x5x5
315x5x5
Mil Press
Cgb
225x8x3
Tri pushdown
100,110,120,130x10
standing cable flyes (pull maybe)
70x10x4
Strung lights all over the house, yard, anything not moving. Got all the Christmas movies out, stereos on the all christmas music channel. All the Santa and winter theme glasses and dishes are out, dogs are all hiding, they hate the reindeer horns I put on them. Wife’s out with sisters in law spending all our money on presents. She keeps the list of all the relatives, it’s on a spread sheet. Even though I’m workin my ass off I love the season. Sorry, I’ll grow up someday. Naw. [/quote]
Strong work. When you get your medal from Prince Edward, are you going to dedicate it to William Wallace? :).
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Can’t Jack. The little guy on the right,(6’6",245,I think),is William Wallace. 41 years old. He’s sure to be at the meet. The cutey bending over next to him is Ted, turns 50 this year. Brings the best moonshine around to the meets. I’ve got good playmates.
Great-Scott!
Last night
Pull
SLDL
135,225wu
315x5x5
hang cleans
135x8
185x5
225x3
Floor cleans
225x4
245x3
265x2,2,2
Bent row
225x10x4
leg curls
80x10x4
hammer curls
50x8x4
face pulls
100,110,120x10
Bent lat raises
35x10x4
Poured all day but at least only had to work 9 hrs. Wimped out on going to the pool. Couldn’t take any more water. Came home lookin like a wet dog. Time for a hot bath, bout 3 fingers of Jameson’s 12 year Irish whiskey and a San Cristobal Clasico cigar. Off tomorrow so hittin the gym early. Going to try and catch up on all the threads.
Nice work, working in the rain sucks.
Sounds like a good post work out protocol.
I need get back to the pool too.
Big time SLDL’s, hel.
Are those games in Greenville, SC or down in little old Greenville, AL?
Joe, SC, too bad. I’ve got to do some research but apparantly there’s some direct historical connection betwee them and the crown.
Going to see how this works. Same lifts,3 days apart. Cutting out some accessories, will change around a couple of the lifts but same body part.
Today, Push
Bench (Felt the need to really hit the chest. Pretty much used a flat back, elbows up, bb style with a little wider grip. Did set, added 20#, go. What the bar looks like at the end, blurry as hell. sorry)
95x20
115x19
135x18
155x17
175x15
195x13
215x10
235x9
255x6
275x4
295x2
died, chest was pumped
Squats
135,225wu
275x5x5
315x5x5
mp
135x8x3
Cgb
225x8x3
Tri pushdown
100,110,120,130x10
standing cable flys
70x10x4
Been reading everyone’s threads today. You guys all seems to have sure clearly defined lifting programs. I must confess I don’t know what a lot of you are talking about sometimes with the MEs and when to take a deload and chosing percentages and why. Kinda makes my workouts seems haphazard. Think I may need to do a lot of studing. Til then, just consider me like the old uncle who farts and you hit the dog.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Been reading everyone’s threads today. You guys all seems to have sure clearly defined lifting programs. I must confess I don’t know what a lot of you are talking about sometimes with the MEs and when to take a deload and chosing percentages and why. Kinda makes my workouts seems haphazard. Think I may need to do a lot of studing. Til then, just consider me like the old uncle who farts and you hit the dog.[/quote]
Nah. You’ve built quite a bit of strength doing what you’ve done.
[quote]iyaayas wrote:
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Been reading everyone’s threads today. You guys all seems to have sure clearly defined lifting programs. I must confess I don’t know what a lot of you are talking about sometimes with the MEs and when to take a deload and chosing percentages and why. Kinda makes my workouts seems haphazard. Think I may need to do a lot of studing. Til then, just consider me like the old uncle who farts and you hit the dog.[/quote]
Nah. You’ve built quite a bit of strength doing what you’ve done.
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Agreed. Doing trumps thinkin’ too much in the majority of cases.
Hel,
That’s a lot of 10 lb plates on that bar!
Are the Highland Games in Greenville SC? On Grandfather Mt.? For years I wanted to run that marathon. I kept planning to do it, but just never made it happen. As I recall it finishes at the Highland games on the last day around noon.
One of the toughest races I ever did was the Rattlsnake 50K in West Virginia. Over 5000 ft of gain on that course as I recall. And they do NOT believe in switchbacks in W V.
Woops, I’m babbling.
Nice work, Hel!
Did you hear anyone saying, “where the hell are all the 10 lb plates?”. Your workouts aren’t haphazard. Your doing whats called ‘instinctual training’. Makes it sound better doesn’t it??
Yup Math, that’s Grandfather Mt. Still need to look up the connection between the royals and the city.
Made it to the pool after work;
2000m variable speed
Todays intake:
2 brownies
1 cube fudge
1 cupcake
4 choc chip cookies straight from the oven
1 cup egg nog
1 coke in a christmas ornament shaped container.
Consumable gifts
2 bottles Argentine wine (drank at lunch. Naw, just seeing if you’re paying attention)
1 3# block of Dubliner Irish Cheese
1 bottle Pinch Scotch
Yes, the ladies on my route are in full christmas cooking mode. I get to be their tester. Tough job, but…you know the rest.
Doing what feels right at the time is probably the best training, wish I could commmit to that.
Hel sent me some training footage of him,
when he was in deep cover over seas.
It was super 8mm and I did the conversion at work.
strangely he dresses like the charming albino… in some clips…
where he looses it and breaks the light Dude had a temper…
Its actually Ricky Bruch- total badassery.
and somehow I think of Harry training this crazy, but in more polite
southern fashion.
You got my house bugged kmc? I only watch “the Soul is Greater than the World” bout once a week. His bio is even more over the top “the Gladiator’s Battle”. Quick summary for those don’t know. Ricky Bruch, Swedish, one time co holder WR Discus, 1972 Bronze Olys, quit, came back but due to fights with certain members of the Swedish governing body wasn’t allowed to compete. The documentary was made of his training where he then went out and threw a lot farther than anyone else in sweden and most of the world. Kinda/sorta appropriate for this forum as he was in his late thirties and considered over the hill.
Yesterday
12 hour shift
after work
DL
135,245wu
295x6
335x6
385x5
405x4
455x2,2,2 (with pause)
hand snatch
135x6
155x4
175x3
Bent row
225x10x4
leg curls
80x10x4
hammer curls
50x8x4
face pulls
100,110,120x10
Bent lat raises
35x10x4
Forgot to load up my gym gear. Knew if I went home to get it I wasn’t comin back out again so just took off my shirt and lifted in my mailman clothes. Shoes weren’t real good for the deads, too soft.
On my way to another 12 hours now. Least I don’t starve out there.