Another Fun Sunday, 3-24-02

[b fold the truth]

Well, starting to pick it up again getting ready for STL. No luck in finding any kegs to train with, but this is a start. Thought that I would go light in the gym and start to pick my events up, working on speed mainly. I plan to go light on my events for a week or two, working on speed and technique mainly. Hope to add weight on all events next week and really start to get serious about my training.

Bottom Position Goodmornings
several warm ups
205 x 3
275 x 3
325 x 3
367 x 3 (all very easy)

Stiff Legged Deadlifts
135 x 10
227 x 10 (very easy)

Plate Farmers Walks (grip a plate and just walk with it)
45's x 300 feet x 3 sets
(did some light sled dragging to increase GPP in between sets)

Tire Flip
650lb tire x 5 flips x 3 sets
1,000lb tire x 1 flip x 3 sets (never been flipped before)
Did my Rocky dance for a few minutes!!!

Log Clean and Press
140 x 3 reps x 8 sets (very light, full clean and press on first 4 sets...working on technique)

Yoke Walk
345 x 50 feet x 2 sets
345 x 150 feet x 2 sets (timed last set at 15:52 seconds)

Hussefeld Stone (new stone...oak!!!)
285 x 50 feet x 2 sets
285 x 100 feet

Atlas Stone
185 x 1
320 x 1, full rep and placement
320 x 1, cradle and squat up as high as possible...no placement

That is it...I am exhausted!!! Going to do some reverse hypers and abs before bed along with lots of stretching. Total workout took about 3 hours from start to finish...maybe a little under. Can't wait till next Sunday...should have some good wooden farmers and the rest of my hussefeld stones should be cut down to a decent size.

I included a pic of my buddy Cheese doing the tire so that you can see the height of it. He is about 6'2"...like me. It is a 22ply...not exciting. I also included a pic of my buddy Bover getting ready for the Hussefeld Stone...he made me 5 of them...this is one of the smallest.

Comments...suggestions...laughs....

Maybe I can get Night Fly to post my pics

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[b fold the truth]

I hear that Night Fly had a serious workout today too!!!!! Do tell.

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[BodybuildingUniverse]

man, that just looks too much like WORK to me bro....

good job on the tire!

 

[b fold the truth]

Naaa...it is all FUN!!! I am a little sore though...feel like I played an overtime football game yesterday..haha. Gotta love it.

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[bignate73]

those are not low profile tires. i doubt they would tuck well under the fender of a honda civic.

but im sure it would fit nicely on top of one!

 

[Deciever]

holy crap..1,000 lb tire!! i couldnt budge it, if it was standing up and i took a running start and dove into it... and its great that you have so much fun doing your llifts.

 

[Ingram]

Great pics as allways!

 

[b fold the truth]

Ouch...feel the pain.

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[Lumberg]

Wow, great job. Sounds like you are progressing great. Just out of curiosity, don't the tires on WSM weigh 800 lbs.?

Keep it up,

JC

 

[b fold the truth]

They vary in the WSM from 750-880...all depends on what year you look at. The height of the tire makes the difference on how heavy it feels too.

In Boston, 6 weeks ago...we used an 800lb tire...heavy enough when we were flipping it for 100 feet in 120 sec or less.

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[Lumberg]

So basically by practicing with the 1000lb tire the 800lber feels liht by comparison!

 

[b fold the truth]

It is just for variation. Every single tire that you use will feel different. Some have tread, others do not, some are tall and thin, others are short and very thick.

My small tire is a combine tire with strange tread in the middle...this one is an earth mover tire with no tread...must grab at the bottom. Must place your body at a more mechanically sound position..ya know?

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[Lumberg]

Ah see. On WSM there are usually blocks that you can grab in the middle of the tread no?

JC

 

[b fold the truth]

Yes...but a smart man will grab very low on the tire...I think. I am just a young amateur though...who knows.

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[Night Fly]

Yes...but a smart man will grab very low on the tire...I think. I am just a young amateur though...who knows.

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Yes...but you are a VERY good amateur....

He forgets to include that part, joncrane.

 

[Lumberg]

Are you guys going out or something?!?

BTW, NIghtFly, I KNOW he's a good amateur, I love seeing the pics on here. And I am totally rooting for him because I am tired of watching Finns and Swedes win the WSM competition, it's time for America to take it back!

As far as the tires go, try it both ways and see what works better (meaning faster). I think some guys have stronger arms and thus can get away with not bending down as far. Also It seems I see competitors doing that later on in the race, like their legs are tired so they start using their arms more.

Are you practicing for the car holding events (the one where you deadlift the back end up and hold it at an angle for a while and the one where the cars are facing away from you going down ramps and you have to hold them together)?

JC

 

[Night Fly]

Are you guys going out or something?!?

BTW, NIghtFly, I KNOW he's a good amateur, I love seeing the pics on here. And I am totally rooting for him because I am tired of watching Finns and Swedes win the WSM competition, it's time for America to take it back!

Yes...

I figured that you knew that....I was only pointing out to him that he doesn't give himself the recognition that he deserves sometimes...that is all.

I am with you, though....I would much rather see a USA guy win than a Finnish or Swedish guy...Go B FOLD!!!!

 

[b fold the truth]

I have done the truck deadlift hold for time before but never for reps. I would like to sometime though. It is a blast. Lots of people do the trap bar deadlift for partial reps though..I hear that it is a killer. Saw the guys in Boston do that (pros) with a small car and 450lbs of added weight in the trunk.

I am far from a pro at this point. I would like to earn my pro card in the next 2-3 years. If the sport continues to grow and progress over the next couple of years as it is expected to...it will be very hard to even become a pro.

Phil Phister is our best hope at the moment...but he needs to get his butt in gear and start taking this thing serious!!!

I haven't done the Hercules Hold yet...but would love to try.

Yeah...I know Night Fly pretty well .

Doing the tire flip is a lot of technique...hard to explain till you actually try it.

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[Lumberg]

..bunch of stuff...
Doing the tire flip is a lot of technique...hard to explain till you actually try it.

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I'll leave that to the experts, thank you very much.

JC

 

[b fold the truth]

Hahahaha..naa...you would have fun. It is a big sense of accomplishment when you finally do it. I got that big tire last August/September and it took two of us to barely be able to get it up just once. It almost killed the two of us...now I can flip it and he can get it to the press position.

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