Last few workouts

Nothing much happened between KSM and last Sunday, just a couple of workouts with nothing of note.

Sunday 5/17 Events
It was very hot. I think it got up to 94 and it was really humid too. I was absolutely exhausted after this even though I only got through three events I think mostly from the heat.

Log
Jesse told me to just press the competition weight for the Gus 20 times in as many sets as it took.

260 log
First set - 6 reps - these all felt awful
Second set - 8 reps - I think I just needed to get a feel for the log again on the first set. These all felt pretty easy, I just ran out of air. I think on a little cooler day or a little less humidity I could have gotten 10-12.
Third set - 6 reps - all easy. I just put it down because I hit 20.

280 farmers
I think I took at least a half an hour between log and this to cool down a little bit and get energy back.
2 runs of about 80'. Picks felt easy, speed was probably not quite what it should be.

Car Deadlift
Between setting up the car deadlift and resting, I probably spent another 45 minutes of down time between farmers and this.

I did 2 sets of 5 and then found Joe's old squat suit and put it on. I did another set of 5 with it on and had to stop and take off my belt because I couldn't breathe. After a quick little breather I did 5 more. These all felt surprisingly good.

Prowler/ Sledge Swings
60' down and back with plates
10 swings per arm
4 rounds


Tuesday 5/29
I planned on front squatting, but was super sore from Sunday still so I worked up to a couple at 315 and that was it.

Hamstring curls
3 sets of 5-10, I don't really remember

2" dumbbell deadlift
140 pounds, 5 reps per hand, 3 sets

wrist roller
some

I did some light curls between most everything too.

Prowler
90 pounds
about 70' runs
10 total

Wednesday 5/30
I went to Lifetime with Zach and decided I would front squat since I felt better and basically didn't do it the night before.

Front Squat
315 x 3
335 x 3
375 x 3 (this was supposed to be 365, but Zach loaded a 35 on one side instead of a 25 and somehow I didn't even notice the weight difference)

I was only going to do 3 sets of 3 at 315, but they felt good.

Incline
225 x 8
225 x 5
275 x 3
315 x 2

I did some light T bar rows in between these sets

Dumbbell Rows
130 x 10 x 2 sets
105 x 10 x 2 sets

Glute Ham Raise
4 or 5 sets of 5

Preacher Curl
50 pounds, 3 sets of 20

Preacher Curl machine
some with a very slow lowering portion

I did some other curls and was done.

Kansas Strongest Man 2012

This was my first competition since hurting my foot, so I was pretty anxious and nervous before.

Axle for max weight
I thought I was going to have a decent advantage on this event knowing that I should be able to hit 350. It kind of took a lot of wind out of my sails when everyone opened at 300 or above.

I ended up hitting 300, 330, and 350. I could have probably got more out of the last press, but 330 felt kind of crappy. I ended up taking 2nd.

14" Deadlift for max weight.

I wouldn't doubt that this started at 14", but the heavier it got the lower the pick got. I was not confident about this event going in since my deadlift isn't all that great, and again it didn't help that I had to open at 650 to keep up which would have been maybe a second or third attempt in other circumstances.

I got the 650 pretty easy. Next attempt was 700. I got it over my knees but just didn't hitch and lock it out.

I am actually happy about how this went. The 700 had to have been no more than a 12" pull and so it makes me confident that my deadlift is improving.

Farmers Hold for time

Again, an event I didn't feel too confident about going in. This was 300 per hand. I know my grip is pretty decent, but I hate events like this.

I ended up getting 46.xx seconds, and second place. Everyone was over 45, and first was 49, so everyone was very evenly matched.


Keg Carry and Load

255 and 280 keg carried 40 feet and loaded over a 48" bar.

I knew this would be one of my stronger events. I got first and finished in 15.xx seconds I believe.

Stone over bar for reps

330 stone

I knew this would be a good event for me, I just wasn't sure how other people would do on it. I needed to win the event to win the contest, and I had one guy going after me so I had to go all out.

My conditioning on this isn't where it should be, and the most I had got in training was about 5 reps.

I told Troy before that I wanted 7, and I loaded my seventh rep with no time left. I think the next best was 5 reps.

I ended up winning the heavyweights. This was a really fun and efficiently run contest. It was also a great contest to get back into competing.

The last week or so.

Sunday 4-29 Events Pressing all felt like garbage, so that's not worth going into. It was raining so we couldn't get outside to do the keg medley. 14" Deadlift worked up to 1 at 650. This was heavy, but I think I could get a little more out of it. Farmers Hold These were pretty awful. I'm supposed to do 300 per hand. I did it, but my hands were killing me and it felt like I was going to tear something. My grip wasn't going to give out but I set them down anyways short of 20 seconds. I'm guessing I will need to be well over 30 to even be in the running on this event. Stones. I have to do 330 for reps at KSM. My first set was 330 x 8, I probably got 5 or 6 of these in the minute allowed. Outside of the minute I was just taking a second between the last few to get more tacky. I'm hoping for at least 6 at the competition. Those all felt good so I decided to take a run at the 405 for a rep or two. I also wanted to do this because Jesse tried to load it and couldn't get it out of his lap. I ended up getting 3. Not easy, but not hard either. I also discovered that I still have a little bit of a mental block with heavier stones that's probably going to take awhile getting comfortable with. one down set at 250 x 10 Prowler 5 60' runs with 90 pounds Tuesday 5-1 Deadlift Coan Phillipi week 5 505 x 3 x 3 405 x 3 x 3 None of these felt that great, probably because of the stones Sunday. Power Shrugs 375 x 5 x 3 Straight Leg DL 295 x 5 x 3 Bent over row 295 x 5 x 3 Let Pulldown weight x 5 x 3 Good Morning 225 x 5 x 3 Abs Sledge Swings 3 sets of 5 with the 60 pound sledge Thursday 5-3 Upper Seated OHP 135 x 5 185 x 3 225 x 3 (pretty sure this is a rep pr seated) Bench 225 x 3 275 x 3 335 x 3 I did all these paused at the bottom. I think I might do the Cornhusker State Games in July and need to get used to benching like this. Dips 3 sets of 5 Hills 6 runs These suck, a lot, with the warmer weather and humidity.