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.