Poured two of the three molds I have. Should have a ~180 and an ~315 stone unveiled tomorrow. Hopefully they come out alright. Also just realized my tacky is frozen as it’s been festering (or freezing) in my gym bag for like 6 months. WHEEEE.
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
Poured two of the three molds I have. Should have a ~180 and an ~315 stone unveiled tomorrow. Hopefully they come out alright. Also just realized my tacky is frozen as it’s been festering (or freezing) in my gym bag for like 6 months. WHEEEE.[/quote]
That is fucking awesome that you are making your own stones!
I was so inspired by strongman training, went through a phase where I watched nearly every competition I could find on youtube. Zydrunas’ overhead power always amazed me. And of course Kazmaier, fucking beastly intensity.
Anywho, go forth and be strong… that 315 stone is gonna be a bitch!
I’m thinking of getting a 20" mold to make a 300 some pounder. That 240 we have isn’t enough.
[quote]csulli wrote:
I’m thinking of getting a 20" mold to make a 300 some pounder. That 240 we have isn’t enough.[/quote]
Just be wary, for us 550ish deadlifters, the jump from 250-300 can be deceiving. First time I tried loading a 300 I couldn’t even break the floor with it. It was a 21" diameter which is common for a 300, especially in contest. A 20" is rather cozy.
11/30/13
Events
Yoke
270x100’
450x100’ this distance of 100 feet will kick my ass
550x100’ felt good, but was losing integrity towards the end
605x100’ set up is weird, so the yoke was slapping the ground. set kicked my ass
550x100’
550x100’ already beginning to get really hard
550x100’ these just straight up hurt now lol
550x100’ anything from here on out is just pure stupidity
Mike Jenkins this ones for you 
550x100’, that’s 7 sets of 100 foot yokes done in about 1 hour and 30 minutes. NO DROPS!!!
Side Handle Deadlift Off 1.5" deficit (Farmers)
120x10
210x5
belt on+straps
260x5
260x5
260x5
260x5
260x5
260x5
260x5
Doesn’t look like much today, but all of this work was done in a 9 am-3 pm time frame.
12/2/13
Log (clean once, press away)
165x5
255x3
255x3
255x3
255x3
255x3
255x3
305x0 lol
hit up some light rear delt work then some bth db tri ext.
Oh btw, can you tell what is playing in the backroiund of my log video judging by the audio, besides the music? HINT. GEORGE LUCAS. WYEAAAAA WEYEAOOOOOOO.
Lol, I have seen many strongmen fail a press that way. I remember Terry Hollands doing almost exactly what you did with an axle once. He cleaned it, kinda started to give it a go, shuffled it a bit, and then was just like “fuck it” and threw it down. At a certain point if you’ve held it too long you just run out of energy and it’s hopeless after that.
LOL I fucking hate your LOG, reminds me that my pressing is shite. good lifts!
[quote]csulli wrote:
Lol, I have seen many strongmen fail a press that way. I remember Terry Hollands doing almost exactly what you did with an axle once. He cleaned it, kinda started to give it a go, shuffled it a bit, and then was just like “fuck it” and threw it down. At a certain point if you’ve held it too long you just run out of energy and it’s hopeless after that.[/quote]
It’s very rare for me that I fail to press something over my head lol. FFS, I cleaned a 300lb log, I damn well righteously should have had it over my head! THIS IS HIGHLY UNACCEPTABLE.
12/4/3
FS
135x8
225x5
275x3 feeling strong for the first time in a while on fronts…
315x1
365x3 easy squat, feels heavy at walk out
365x3
365x3 thought this was the 4th set lol, this is going slow!
365x3
365x3
365x3 killed this shit
Bent over rows
135x15,15,15,12 strained both bicep tendons from attempting to lap a 320lb stone tackiless and cold after a brutal event training day, so these started causing my biceps to ache pretty bad. Stupidity.
Weighted planks
45x20s
90x20s
90x20s
90x20s
drop set
45x~10
bwx~10
BOTH BICEPS STRAINED YEEEEEEE
12/7/13
Today sums up the final week of heavy training before I do a mock week (sort of). Feeling really beat up, but on we go, friends.
Events
Yoke
270x100’
450x50’ crap set
450x50’ better but legs are hurting. yoke also slid off my back. lol ~.~
620xfailed pick
620x50’ with like 2 drops, horrid run. this felt 150lbs heavier than it even is. No point in attempting any yoke today, as I feel prone to injury
Stones over 48" bar (first ACTUAL stone workout in years!!)
180x5
255x3 (came out to 255 because i stuffed a bunch of rocks in it LOL)
255x3 tougher than anticpated. stone is SUPER smooth
tacky on
320xf ,lapped but slipped out cause of my realy long shorts
320xf again with the shorts. IM TAKING THEM OFF!
320x1 boom, felt awesome and I’m definitely ready for reps with this.
tacky off
255x5
255x5
255x5
255x5
255x5
255x5 couple of one motions thrown in, hard
180x10,10,10,10 all one motions
still pissed about yoke, but whatever.
also loaded bare skin, so my knees and forearms are shredded to bits, blood all over the 255
no videos, sorry, camera man helped guide the stones into tire.
also fuck heavy front squats 3 days before yoke attempts. FUCK IT.
Nailed that 320 Stone, nice work mayn!
Shouldve got pictures just for the bloody stones. BLOOD AND IRON!!!.. or uhh BLOOD AND CONCRETE!!
[quote]burialatsea wrote:
Nailed that 320 Stone, nice work mayn!
Shouldve got pictures just for the bloody stones. BLOOD AND IRON!!!.. or uhh BLOOD AND CONCRETE!![/quote]
Thanks bro :]
I have max log tomorrow and I’m fucking obliterated from yesterday. I don’t know how I’m gonna be ready for it! Zzzzz. The throes of DOMS.
Okay, okay… Hold on to your butts though, I’ll be sure my new stone weighs at least 321lbs!
Also what in the actual fuck is up with your stone volume? Is that normal? You did like 40 reps of stones… I need to up my game it seems.
[quote]csulli wrote:
Okay, okay… Hold on to your butts though, I’ll be sure my new stone weighs at least 321lbs!
Also what in the actual fuck is up with your stone volume? Is that normal? You did like 40 reps of stones… I need to up my game it seems.[/quote]
I always train stones with really high volume. It’s not even deliberate, it just kind of happens. Stones are really fun for me, and I’m very very out of practice with them. If there’s two things I really need to improve on, it’s loaded carries (kegs/sandbags) and stones. Everything else is pretty up there.
Also, I just finished my 204lb sandbag. I’ll make the 254 tonight when I get home from gymage. Will be sure to film log tonight.
ALSO, to humor you guys…I loaded the 320 half naked. I was struggling to lap it due to really long basketball shorts, so I took them off and resumed loading in my briefs. I then took my shirt off. This was in the street outside of my driveway. People seldom passed, and when they did, they probably pretended to talk on their phones because of how awkward they felt.
MMMMmmmmm.