I feel like they win because they pulled the most weight, no?
Like, is skipping attempts an option? That’d make it make sense to me. Except then I’m not sure how you’d figure it. Because, like, if you pulled what you pulled, and another guy pulls a single with 500kg, he only pulled one rep compared to your 5…so does he lose?
EDIT: The best way I can figure it is, if two guys tie on weight, the winner is determined by who took the most attempts on the way up.
No skipping,
Yes they win cause they pull the most weight but there is a 60 sec time limit so it’s like you cant rest 3 mins and pull again. That’s probably why they call it for reps
There’s a reason they call it strongman and not smartman, haha. I always like the premise of this. The barrel lift in WSM really gets the visual for it right.
Yep same thing as the barrel deadlift or barrel squat. I love both those
Simo, congratulations! I’m just catching up, but what a great write-up and experience overall it sounds like. Yay!
Monday 2 March - week 1
Axle clean and press
Belt but no elbow sleeves or wrist wraps. Wanted to feel out the bicep.
40 x 3 light
50 x 3 light
60 x 3 smooth
70 x 3 not bad
70 x 3 ok
Good for week 1. Arm was ok
SSB squat - Rogue SSB bar
Bar x 5
60 x 5
80 x 3
100 x 5 x 3 sets
Sweating hard. These felt harder than I wanted. That’s what happens when you don’t squat for 2 weeks.
Leg ext
60 x 10 x 3 sets
Nice pump, not to hard.
Db incline bench
30 x 8 x 3 sets
Ok. Steeper incline than the last block. Always feels funny first week
Dumbell row
30 x 8 x 3 sets
And that is week 1 session 1 done. Bicep still not 100% but got through this ok.
A little late to the party but massive well done, mate! Love seeing you getting fully into the world of strongman.
Definitely a much heavier show than what you’ve done so far - exciting!
As for training: Definitely get your chance to try the yoke. It’s something you can’t really replicate any other way.
If you have multiple sessions with it: Always focus on speed, not weight! It is the most common mistake (imo) I see with yoke training. Guys load it up way too heavy too frequently which will a) run you into the ground and b) develop the habit of walking slow. Yoke is arguably my best event out of all and I never train it heavy. One session at or near comp weight is enough. Short steps, breath like a lokomotive.
Stones are another tthingthat is hard to exactly replicate, although I think sandbag to shoulder is good practice. Then again I recently PR’d my stone with absolutely zero training on either, haha.
Then the rest looks like a heavy focus on max. strength. My one advice here would be to not panick and overdo it every session because of the relatively short time frame. Don’t go for grinders all the time.
Wednesday 4 March - week 1
Axle deadlift
60 x 5
100 x 3
140 x 3
150 x 5 x .4 sets (330 lbs) - no belt
RPE 6, 6, 6, 6
Hammies, butt and back all feeling this. Funny how just not pulling conventional for a while makes it feel like you are learning again.
BTP
40 x 8 x 3 sets
Not too hard, just pump reps. Still some tightness in the left shoulder because of the bicep tendon
Pull downs - narrow neutral grip
55 x 8 x 3 sets
Good work. Using a different pull down machine. This is an old school machine with big chrome weights. Feels heavy in the hands but nice smooth action.
Db Rolling tricep ext
10kg x 3 sets - 20, 15, 15
Abs - hanging knee raise
Good session. Deadlift felt heavy but it was week 1 so I expected that.
Deadlift set 1 and set 4
Friday 6 March - week 1
Log press (rack)
Singles
37 x 2
57 x 1 10 sec rest 57 x 1
67 x 1 10 sec rest 67 x 1
77 x 1 10 sec rest 77 x 1
77 x 1 10 sec rest 77 x 1
82 x 1 10 sec rest 82 x 1 - second rep was UGLY
82 x 1 better rep
Wasn’t great but It was ok.
Leg press
120 x 10 x 3 sets
Sweaty
Lever squat facing
120 x 10 x 3 sets
Even more sweaty
Dips
3 sets - 12, 12, 12
Not hard , nice pump though
Low pulley row
120 x 10 x 3 sets
Love this old school pad on the floor cable machine.
Hot and humid in the gym today. Sweating hard all through this session. My body is very sore from the training this week combined with the week off. Never mind. Keep moving forward
My goodness. Your chest has gotten thick.
The more you cheat the thicker it gets LOL
Poop I meant chest.
Fixed it. But seriously. You look great in the video.
@simo74 do you have any tips for a tight upper back before squatting, as in my first few sets of squats my upper back is super tight and therefore i struggle to get enough flexibility to get the bar in a correct place?
I’m not Simo but for me an absolute game changer a couple of months ago was doing all my squats with a thumbless grip. Makes getting into a solid position much easier and I get zero shoulder soreness from it. Did take me some getting used to from a balance perspective but that was probably 2 workouts tops.
When you say upper back; where are you feeling the tightness ? I may not be the best person to ask for warm up advice as my warm up consists of waking from the car to the rack and putting my knee sleeves and shoes on. LOL.
You could try some band pull aparts or face pulls. I also used to use a band on the rack to do some lat stretching before front squats. That may help but it really depends where the tightness is.
As was I, big boy.
Monday 9 March - week 2
Axle clean and
50 x 3
60 x 3
70 x 3
80 x 3 -(176 lbs) good
80 x 3 -(176 lbs) last rep was a grinder
Happy with this. 80 is comp weight so great to be hitting triples 5 weeks out.
SSB squat - Rogue SSB bar
Bar x 5
60 x 3
80 x 3
100 x 3
Belt
120 (131.8 KG). x 5 x 4 sets (290 lbs) RPE 7, 7, 8, 5 (best set by far)
These were proper hard work. Felt great after. These were supposed to be 120kg but I though they felt heavy so checked the weight for the rogue SSB and realised after It was 31.8KG. I got 11KG stronger by doing nothing. Quality.
Leg ext
80 x 13 x 3 sets
Big pump, not to hard. Wearing my 1980’s short shorts today to show off that pump.
Db incline bench
20 x 4 just to feel the angle
32.5 x 8 x 4 sets - (71lbs)
Happy with these, solid work and getting real hard by the end. Perfect loading. Trying to keep the reps fast by accelerating through the press but also controlled.
Dumbell row
40 x 8 x 3 sets (88lbs)
Focused on pulling these back into my pocket in an arc motion. Good lat enhancement.
Hot and sticky again tonight. I was pretty damp by the end. Very happy with how this went overall. My Body was still a little sore going in after last week. But I blasted through this with no problems.
Overhead press
Squat
Thighs looking chunky
@simo74 i assumed your beat up body would need more lubricating before squatting 
i forgot you were a machine!
The tightness is better described as not being able to get my hands round the bar once its on my back which i feel in my upper or maybe mid back. After a few sets its fine but the first few warm up ones its really hard work.
@aholding88 i’ll try that but the tightness is getting my arms round the bar in the first place. Once its on my back i really struggle to get my arms and thus hands around the bar to actually hold it
I tried, but never really liked, a wide arm stance over the bar. Just never felt I got any kind of stability to it.
Maybe try some band dislocations and mobility stuff
