Awesome effort Vinny keep it up can only get better form here.
NICE!
I guess you need to get a log to train with. If you could do the 275 axle I’m sure you could have done the 255 log if you had some training with it.
What was the deadlift medley like? Was the 475 axle at 18"? Were straps allowed for any of it? What was the 600lb frame? Is that like a trap bar? How high were the handles? Was the 545 deadlift from normal height or 18"?
What were the stone weights? 200, 240, 285, 320, 350?
[quote]csulli wrote:
NICE!
I guess you need to get a log to train with. If you could do the 275 axle I’m sure you could have done the 255 log if you had some training with it.
What was the deadlift medley like? Was the 475 axle at 18"? Were straps allowed for any of it? What was the 600lb frame? Is that like a trap bar? How high were the handles? Was the 545 deadlift from normal height or 18"?
What were the stone weights? 200, 240, 285, 320, 350?[/quote]
Straps originally weren’t aloud for the axle but people started using them and Dione just stopped giving a shit after a while. I used no straps or a belt on any of them btw.
Also, the axle was a super slick rogue axle at standard height. The frame was a really authentic WSM/arnold classic style frame where the handles are very widely placed apart and a low pick. The 545 was standard height.
Stones were 200, 220, 250, 285, 305, 330, 350
And yeah, a 12" log is an unbelievable difference from a 10" or 8". I just had no drive behind the head since the log is so damn big. It’s a shame the log at my gym has to be a fucking smaller one!
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
[quote]csulli wrote:
NICE!
I guess you need to get a log to train with. If you could do the 275 axle I’m sure you could have done the 255 log if you had some training with it.
What was the deadlift medley like? Was the 475 axle at 18"? Were straps allowed for any of it? What was the 600lb frame? Is that like a trap bar? How high were the handles? Was the 545 deadlift from normal height or 18"?
What were the stone weights? 200, 240, 285, 320, 350?[/quote]
Straps originally weren’t aloud for the axle but people started using them and Dione just stopped giving a shit after a while. I used no straps or a belt on any of them btw.
Also, the axle was a super slick rogue axle at standard height. The frame was a really authentic WSM/arnold classic style frame where the handles are very widely placed apart and a low pick. The 545 was standard height.
Stones were 200, 220, 250, 285, 305, 330, 350
And yeah, a 12" log is an unbelievable difference from a 10" or 8". I just had no drive behind the head since the log is so damn big. It’s a shame the log at my gym has to be a fucking smaller one![/quote]
Maybe I am weird but, I have much harder time Cleaning and espeacially Pressing a 10in log compared to a 12in. But I also press with a extreme arched back and almost just incline press it so the extra height the log sits up in my hands really helps me lower the range of motion and there fore makes a stronger press.
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
Straps originally weren’t aloud for the axle but people started using them and Dione just stopped giving a shit after a while. I used no straps or a belt on any of them btw.
Also, the axle was a super slick rogue axle at standard height. The frame was a really authentic WSM/arnold classic style frame where the handles are very widely placed apart and a low pick. The 545 was standard height.
Stones were 200, 220, 250, 285, 305, 330, 350
And yeah, a 12" log is an unbelievable difference from a 10" or 8". I just had no drive behind the head since the log is so damn big. It’s a shame the log at my gym has to be a fucking smaller one![/quote]
Damn you had to lift 7 stones? Shit. I would be exhausted.
I’d better start training my deadlift harder too. All your stuff was from the floor with no straps. Harsh!
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
Straps originally weren’t aloud for the axle but people started using them and Dione just stopped giving a shit after a while. I used no straps or a belt on any of them btw.
Also, the axle was a super slick rogue axle at standard height. The frame was a really authentic WSM/arnold classic style frame where the handles are very widely placed apart and a low pick. The 545 was standard height.
Stones were 200, 220, 250, 285, 305, 330, 350
And yeah, a 12" log is an unbelievable difference from a 10" or 8". I just had no drive behind the head since the log is so damn big. It’s a shame the log at my gym has to be a fucking smaller one![/quote]
Damn you had to lift 7 stones? Shit. I would be exhausted.
I’d better start training my deadlift harder too. All your stuff was from the floor with no straps. Harsh![/quote]
It was 8 actually, I forget where the 8th one was.
And yeah dude, alot of strongman competitions are really based around your deadlift. You’d have to be lucky to find a competition where the deadlift is hardly needed. Anyway, lets get a 600lb deadlift.
Pressing 12" log is harder for me. Cleaning is equally easy, but cleaning is the strong part for me since my push press isn’t higher than my strict press yet.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Pressing 12" log is harder for me. Cleaning is equally easy, but cleaning is the strong part for me since my push press isn’t higher than my strict press yet.[/quote]
You can’t push press more than your strict?! Never heard of that before.
Hm, I forgot to mention I weighed 222 some how at weigh-ins last friday. I’m assuming my scale at my gym (which is an old fashioned one) is 2-3lbs off. I ate like 4 bagels and 3 burgers the night before weigh ins, thus making me fear I’d be an overweight fatty, but was 10lbs less. Maybe I’m really just a little skinny baby and I didn’t even know it?
Anywho, plan for the moment is to resume training, but step my shit up in a way that I haven’t exactly pinpointed yet, but will soon. It’ll probably be changing up my deadlift program in a way where I’d be pulling heavy only once per 2 weeks (which I am already doing, or was doing for the comp prep), and adding ALOT more dynamics. I had a good chat with Brett Somerville, who’s quite an illustrious SPHW strongman competitor, who advised me to really breakdown my deadlift alot with dynamics, and hardly pull from standard height. I think he’s onto something, and even if it were to fail horribly, it is something I haven’t tried yet, so I will be giving that a go in the future.
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Pressing 12" log is harder for me. Cleaning is equally easy, but cleaning is the strong part for me since my push press isn’t higher than my strict press yet.[/quote]
You can’t push press more than your strict?! Never heard of that before.
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He has no leg drive Hunter has the same problem.
Finally back at the gym training again
8/5/13
226 BW
SOHP
135x5
155x3
185x3
205x3
230x1
230x1
230x1
230x1 slowww
All sets with 230 were done with 45-60 sec rest periods.
1 Arm Tricep DB ext. (behind head)
20x12
30x10
40x8
50x6,6
45x6
Delt complex: did 15 face pulls, then went over to a front/side lat raise complex, 6 out front, 6 to side
face pulls
x15
front/side lat
x12
^repeated 5-6 times with descending weight
8/6/13
First heavy deadlift session in a very long time on a reg bar. My friend Jarred was there and coached me throughout the entirety of the session. He told me, even with 225, that I was shooting my hips and losing the bar far out in front of my shins. I was advised to sit back into the pull, which was really hard for me to grasp. I just feel like I have no power off the floor in that way (I don’t). I’m also trying not to psyche myself out so much before I do it. I just kind of mean mug the bar and waste too much energy and focus on trying to tell myself it’s gonna be easy and blah blah blah. I changed that up by sucking it up, and doing my best to grip it and rip. Most of the pulls were pretty much shit. I shoot my hips REALLY early.
Deadlifts
135x5
225xalot alot
315xalot
365x1
405x1
455x1
495x1 hard, really only would have hit 500 today with the botched form
505x0 got it at my knees, but couldn’t lock it out because my hips shot up so fast at the initiation of the pull
505x0, gave it a good rest and tried again with a clearer head, as last attempt I psyched myself out hard and lost the bar out in front of me. This time around I was extremely deliberate in sitting back into the deadlift and breaking the floor with just my legs, but in this position, I feel like I have no power. I did it anyway, pulled out the slack and just stopped. Beyond gassed.
Lying HS curl
x8,8,8,8
DB row
80x10
100x10,10
120x8,8
I basically tied a PR with a 500lb pull, but with a radically different style of pulling. Not happy with the numbers, but I have no reason to be upset because I’ve got a new outlook and setup to pursue, and can only trust in the work I put in and faith I have in myself that shit WILL come together in due time. The deadlift has made me, and broken me, but the latter hasn’t came without all of my toil.
Are you wearing a belt?
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Are you wearing a belt?[/quote]
Yeah, first time using a belt for heavy deadlifts. Didn’t really enjoy the experience but whatevz.
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Are you wearing a belt?[/quote]
Yeah, first time using a belt for heavy deadlifts. Didn’t really enjoy the experience but whatevz.[/quote]
It’s always a distraction for me. Makes me meh my setup. I always pull without a belt.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Are you wearing a belt?[/quote]
Yeah, first time using a belt for heavy deadlifts. Didn’t really enjoy the experience but whatevz.[/quote]
It’s always a distraction for me. Makes me meh my setup. I always pull without a belt.[/quote]
You two must have hawt abz.
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Are you wearing a belt?[/quote]
Yeah, first time using a belt for heavy deadlifts. Didn’t really enjoy the experience but whatevz.[/quote]
It’s always a distraction for me. Makes me meh my setup. I always pull without a belt.[/quote]
You two must have hawt abz.[/quote]
Let’s just say… my eggs shall never be raw.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Are you wearing a belt?[/quote]
Yeah, first time using a belt for heavy deadlifts. Didn’t really enjoy the experience but whatevz.[/quote]
It’s always a distraction for me. Makes me meh my setup. I always pull without a belt.[/quote]
You two must have hawt abz.[/quote]
Let’s just say… my eggs shall never be raw.[/quote]
I…is that…funny?
8/8/13
Went to chiro today for the first time and he took an x-ray to find that my entire pelvis is quite contorted and it was causing a large deficit within my left leg (or right, I honestly don’t know). It’s so large that he advised getting a lift made custom on my fucking shoe. Allofmywhats.jpeg
So I then went to the gym and hit up some front skwats, talked to the owner and he told me it ain’t nothin and that he’d recommend me to the chiro Adam (Scherr) went/goes to, so I don’t have to risk being ill advised. Anywho, the oly lifter counter chick told me my issue is hindering my deadlift and floor picks so badly. This is bittersweet news, because my pelvis looks like a fucking smashed rock, but atleast now I know what I have to work on.
Pause FS, no belt
135x3
225x3
275x2
275x2
275x2
275x2
275x2
Lat pulldown
x15,15,15,15
Seated Row Ladder
x10,10,10,10 infinite 10’s, lost count, just alot of volume, nothing heavy, but good stuff
Plan atm is to just keep lifting heavy shit.
8/11/13
Events
Tire/Sled Drag Medley
680xa bunch, had to spend allot of time warming up with this tire because it was filled with water, and became a flourishing habitat for frogs, giant jumping spiders with massive fangs and mosquitos. All the cumulative flips got the water out, so I was warmed up really well.
680x50ft/270 sledx50ft SUCKED, was supposed to be a warm up. It’s also terribly hot today, so I’m sweating like a bitch in heat.
680x50ft/360x50ft, hard but surprisingly, I dragged the sled without stopping, woooooooooo00000ooooo
680x50ft/450x50ft, pretty brutal, but finished very strong
Stones to 55" plat
180x5 no tacky
240x4-5 one mot tacky on
340xbudged off floor
240x4-5 for some reason i couldnt one mot anymore, i think i did on like one rep, the rest were just pretty fast loads
180x10~, tape on arms was just as good as gone at this point so im all cut up on my hands and arms
shocked the tacky held up lol