Comp Results-weighed at 221
Log-Clean once, press for reps in 60s@ 200lbs: 9 reps, finished 1st
Truck Pull-13.1ft-4th
32kg (70lb) KB Snatch or C+J, 60s: 19 reps-1st
DL Medley 407-495ish-570ish w/sandbag carry in between reps: finished everything but the 570 in 26s-3rd
Stones 240-275-290-310-325 to pretty low platform. Stones started about 8 ft from the platform so they had to be either carried or rolled. Carried the 240 and rolled the rest. 46s-5th
Overall: Lost by 1 pt. To add insult I also lost the tiebreaker for 2nd on bodyweight so I finished 3rd. The partner who came with finished 2nd in open HW. A couple W’s would’ve been nice…i’ll just leave it at that.
Moral of the story? I’m athletic and I have a fair overhead but my stones and my max strength suck. I’m not happy with the results but i’m ok with the progress on the DL (495 tied my PR, haven’t pulled in a few months except for this past Wednesday) and stones.
Always improving. Supposedly Highland games training tomorrow…that may be an iffy proposition.
8.16 Recovery
Reverse Hyper (no swing) 4x12
Sled Drag-2 plates for somewhere between 1000-1100ft total
4 Way Neck-120 reps
Reverse Hyper 2x15 (full swing)
Lots of foam roller and stretching
Was tight as hell, not sore so much but still as all hell. Low back is still WAY tight from the pulling. Didn’t help that the only warmup bar they offered was loaded to 245 and the first pull was 400ish. The sled helped a ton to get some kinks out. Bum achilles is surprisingly good right now after the truck pull fiasco. Three good workouts this week and then going home to see my mom for a few days and get out of town.
8.18
Short Parisi warmup
Sled Drag 2 plates 100ftx10 w/set of 6 pullups after every two sets (drag down, drag back, pullups, etc)
Hanging Leg Raise 2x10
Russian Twist w/45 5x10
Incline Situps w/25lb plate on chest 2x25
Reverse Hyper 2x12 no swing 2x15 full swing
I was dragging all day today but got up for this workout and slogged through it; felt like a million bucks afterwards. There’s something to be said for getting something (anything) done at the gym consistently, even if it’s just f’n around with the sled and doing abs. Stretching and snoozing tonight; last workout for a few days coming up tomorrow.
8.19 (no belt day)
Cambered Bar GM to Pins 135x5 135x5 185x5 225x5 275x5 275x5 295x5 (raised pins 1 level) 315x5
-lot left but hadn’t done GM is ages. Next week i’ll push more
Sled Drag-4 plates 4 trips of 60 ft
Farmers Speed Pickups 112/hand x5 202x3 202x3 222x3 222x3 252x3 (not so fast but smooth for no belt)
Block Snatch up to 60kg for 3x3
Reverse Hypers 3x15 full swing
Lots of roller and stretch
Again, really happy with my pulling movements. Next week i’m thinking 315 for the low GM and 385 for the high GM. I felt like there was a fair bit left in the tank, esp to the high pin. Next 4 days off to relax and eat mom’s home cooking. Moght try to squeeze some track work to test my heel, but i’m not counting on it.
8.26 ME Lower
Clean/DL/RDL warmup thingy
Low Pin GM 135x5x2 225x5x2 275x5 315x5 365x5 405x3 (BIG PR)
Back Ext x10 45x10 90x10 115x10 135x10 180x10
Leg Press 5x10
Rev Hyper (full swing) 3x12
Stretch and Roller
Pretty happy with the 405, although I would have liked to get 5. The back extensions were the worst idea ever; heavy DB next time instead of holding plates like an idiot. Thank you Monopoly for being the voice of reason and NO MORE SEIZURES!
[quote]Monopoly19 wrote:
You are a freak. I had no clue you were doing all that extra training! I may want to do that highland games thing on Sunday. Email me some info.
Stone run video attached for your viewing pleasure, nice job tonight.
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nice vid
i was thinking “you got it, you got it, you can do it!” the whole time
I’ll give you credit for being a voice of reason since you thought it was a bad idea, bit we still DID it so only partial credit. And that was the mother of all head rushes brotha!
Rival: just watching that video makes my body hurt. Thanks for the words.
8.29
We need to redefine “light workout to get some blood moving” because this was a beatdown.
Hang Snatch 50kg 9x10
Back Squat 135 5x20
Std Row+Pressdown 5x20+5x20
Decline situp+DB Curl 5x20+5x20
Rev Hyper 4x12
Lots of roller and stretch
8.30
Sled Drag 1000ft-2 plates
Neck x120
Rev Hyper 4x12 full swings (back is stiff as hell)
Bunch of ab work
The legs no worky good this morning. They felt great pulling the sled and now they’re right back to feeling shitty. Contrast shower today, some sled early tomorrow AM and a massage does the body good.
9.1 “Low” Day
Foam Roller w/short warmup
Sled Drag 10-50ft trips w/ 2 plates and a quarter
Plate Complex w/35 x3
-OH Squatx6
-Swingx6
-Rowx10
-Backwards Lunge w/ Twist x6+6
-Lateral Chop x6+6
Sled Drag 10-50ft drags 2 plates and a 35
Neck x120
Reverse Hyper 3x12
Ab Wheel 3x15
Anyone else having some order issues? I placed an order Saturday afternoon and now its Tuesday night and it still hasn’t shipped. At least I haven’t gotten an email to track it yet. First time in 4-5 years it has taken this long to get anything; what can I say, it’s awesome to be up here in Denver!
9.2 Quick and dirty day
Odd object carry 50ft down and back + stone sled drag x2
GM to pins 135x5 185x5 225x5 225x5 275x5(belt) 225x5 no belt 275x5 no belt 315x3 no belt then took the pins out and went full ROM 225x8 for 3 sets
Rev Hyper 3x12
Long day at work and was running late so I hit the reps hard on the GMs and got the F out of dodge.
9.3 Random Upper Body
Seated Military 2x8 2x6
T Bar Row 4x12
Pulldowns 3x10
Rev Curl+OH Skullcrusher 3x10+3x10
This may have been a record for getting in and out. Might drag myself to the track tomorrow if the mood strikes and a big Saturday morning is brewing.
On the Biotest order: I emailed late last night about my order and received a response this morning with my tracking number. It had been shipped Monday and Fedex hadn’t sent me the tracking info; Biotest es numero uno.
9/5
Log Clean up to 270 for a couple singles; no presses (30lb PR)
Back Squat w/axle to low box up to 405x5 then 455x1 and 495x0 The 405x5 and 455 single to low box HAVE to be PRs
-Tried an ammonia cap for my 495; that will wake you up in the morning!
Tire Flip+Sled Drag 5 tire flips + 60ft drag x2 runs
-My tire form terrible right now; need to hit this more before the weather gets shitty
Rev Hyper
Roller
Stretch
I’m started on a bottle of Power Drive that will come out to play on these big days; no arguments with the results after Day 1
9/7 Happy Labor Day
Incline Bench w/foam 135x10 185x6 225x3 205x8 (lots of give in our foam roller)
Machine OH Press 3x12
Bent Row on Smith Machine 1 plate x12 2 plates x10 2 plates+quarterx10 3 plates x10
Cable Curl+Rope Pressdown superset 3 trips
I literally got out to my truck and got in then thought “I need to do something else”
-Sled Drag 3 plates 50ftx2 4 plates 50ftx2 5 plates 50ftx2
I’m squeezing in some workouts at the Sally’s in my building but my week is shot for getting to the real gym because of orientation for grad school (AGAIN)
OK so scratch that whole “grad school” thing; I also found out today I didn’t get a promotion at work that I was hoping for!
Big whoop wanna fight about it?
9/9/09
Sled Drags and Yoke Runs
-I got up to 500ish for a couple longer runs with the yoke and up to 5 plates for 50ft down and back on the sled; Monopoly was on fire today doing some filthy giant sets
-First yoke in a few months; lets see how the wheels feel tomorrow
Back Squat 225 5x10
DB Lunge 60s 5x10 and back extensions 5x10
Cable Crunch 4x12
It’s really annoying when your “period” and “comma” keys both break; it’s a challenge to type and not look like I don’t know how to type or punctuate
9/10 was an RE day; lots of random work
9/11 Dragged sled for 1000ft
9/12 Was a bunch of random; no real event work just some more RE lower stuff
9/13 Another 800ft of dragging and a bunch of abs and hypers
9/14 More RE Upper work; keg presses OH presses some back and some shrugs
It has been kind of nice to be in limbo a bit in training; training hard but having some fun with it
Sometimes it’s tough to have fun when there’s a contest or a show to get ready for because you always feel like you’re behind the curve
I’ve also been a little run down and under-recovered so haven’t been as on edge as I would like; funny how life sometimes gets in the way of training! Or is it the other way around?
Also my hand isn’t getting any better so i’m reluctant to blow it up