This is good to hear. I’m sitting around 228 right now, but would like to shed a few pounds this year and, of course, gain some strength…I’d like to go from pulling 505 at 228 to pulling 600 at 215 or thereabouts, and basically hoping to follow the formula laid out above - slowly ramp up the training intensity, keep the diet “clean” but without making it feel like a crash-diet-cut.
Great stuff in your contest, man. Expecting big things from you this year!
Kick ass work dude! Excited to see some footage.
Hell yeah! Great write up, thanks.
That log was some of the most impressive lifting I’ve seen in a show dude. Great stuff. You totally hulked through the carry and load too. How were they evaluating the front hold? It’s always such a tricky event.
Outstanding performance man! You absolutely destroyed those events! Going without straps on the axle was nuts. Although we all know how great of a presser you are that log performance was really something different!
Congratulations on your well earned win!
Thanks a ton! Yeah, the log was pretty absurd. I was a bit negligent in that I let it bounce off the floor and I kept having to regrip it so maybe I’d have had 10, but I won by a long shot anyway.
The front hold was judged in that you had to keep your arms without a substantial bend in the elbow and maintaining parallel (approx, of course). I was told to correct my form once.
Thanks man! Yeah, I recall like 3 months ago walking up to 500lbs on a barbell and jokingly trying to pull it with mixed grip and it felt SO alien that I felt as if i wouldnt be able to even budge 315. Obviously, when you’re ready to GO and you’ve got adrenaline feeding you during a contest, it doesn’t matter how you lift that shit, you find a way, period, and that’s what I did.
Also, yeah, 210 on the log was a very very comfortable weight for me. Too comfortable maybe LOL. I used 230 in training and even that was a bit light.
Awesome work man! Still so jealous of your overhead ability.
This is all the motivation I needed to go 175. I may be talking out of my backside, but the goal is to win my class and meet you at nationals.
Thanks. You’d do very well man, truthfully. Just gotta put the time in and practice!
Oh, and I was also pretty bitter when I found out that we’re the same age. You’re a stud.
God damn, Vinny, killed it. Those fucking log presses, man.
How do strongmen not get hurt going through really awkward positions (like what you have to do to get a good log press)? I feel like I’d tear something if I had to do strongman. lol
250 lb sandbag for 800-ish ft. Had to turn around 16 times lol.
Thanks! I know what the fuck?
I think your spine exploding is somewhat inevitable at a contest but there’s a lot that can be done prelim to preserve your well being at the same time. Just trial and error in feeling out your body and learning what it can and cannot do, in training, and competition.
I’m hoping you dropped the bag numerous times during that fucking escapade.
Nah, just leaned way back every once in a while to breathe lol
That’s…
…what? Not sure how I feel about that, Mariusz, but I’ll definitely try to get half that soon.
The secret is, don’t put the bag down.
On a more serious note, don’t use the Lord’s name in vain like that.
You and @littlesleeper have me feeling self conscious. I’m gonna re-check the length of my space and the weight of the bag.