strongman events only will it work

[OreoPL]

i am wondering if one was to train events only would they get bigger and stronger. i would perodize the training like my gym training but do events only. or are the events like powerlifting, u know u dont bench to raise your bench and so on. i have found that in the past 3 weeks i have not been to gym but only doing events, and i have made progress every week so it gave me this idea so i decided i would ask for opinoins?

 

[t3c]

hey man...

I'm not sure but this is how I see it:

you do your gym work so you can be strong at the events.

you do the events to be good at the events

 

[b fold the truth]

I agree with t3c.

Doing the events will bring up your gym strength though. It is strange. The events put your body in strange places and will make you more athletic. It will also teach your mind what it is like to see the white horse...and return.

B True

 

[dood]

I agree. Phil Pfister doesn't work out in the gym(he might now). He is very athletic but lacks the brute strength of other strongmen. Geoff Capes didn't wotk out in the gym but did ebents. It worked great for him. But if he never worked out I think he would have still been srong enough to compete with the top people. His genetics were amazing. He was 6' 7" in the high 300's yet extremely fast and agile. Plus had great gym strength unlike Phil.

 

[b fold the truth]

I agree. Phil Pfister doesn't work out in the gym(he might now). He is very athletic but lacks the brute strength of other strongmen. Geoff Capes didn't wotk out in the gym but did ebents. It worked great for him. But if he never worked out I think he would have still been srong enough to compete with the top people. His genetics were amazing. He was 6' 7" in the high 300's yet extremely fast and agile. Plus had great gym strength unlike Phil.

Phil has been doing a lot of heavy gym training for over a year now...

His basic training philosophy was the 75% rule. He used 75% of the contest weight with about 75% intensity...but for 2-4 sets. He did 2-3 events per day....5-6 days per week.

Gym strength isn't gonna give you a lot when it comes to events. It is like another sport. Just because you are tall doesn't mean that you are going to be good at basketball even though it will help. Just because you are strong or big doesn't mean that you can play football...just that it will help. Just because you are strong doesn't mean that you are going to be good at Strongman.

B True

 

[Lord_Suston]

boy did I find that out the hard way.....

 

[Exodus]

boy did I find that out the hard way.....

lol...... we all did. but it seems so natural for folks like B fold, you and Iron Lion

X

 

[queena_82]

Training for events does help progress but I think you do need the gym too Like T3C said you go to the gym to get strong at the events. I would definately take B Fold's advice he knows what he's talking about. He does do gym work too and works out before we train on Sundays. I've only been doing strong man for about 3 weeks and I see changs with me so I know what your talking bout but then again we do gym work 2-3 times durring the week too. Like I said, listen to B fold, hes a pro (literally)

 

[OfWolfandMan]

I always figured that if I did do all events,I would probably end up over training.Almost all of the events,if not all of the events,tax your total body,so you cant really split the events up enough into low body,and upper body to make a decent all events workout week

 

[benchmonster]

Can you get big and strong doing just events?

Hmm, well, I wonder what the strong men back in the Greek and Roman days were doing? Were they doing supersets of supinated biceps curls with the pec deck?

Or were they out in the field picking up heavy, oddly shaped rocks, and wrestling with one another, swinging swords and spears around. Maybe swinging a hammer or carrying a log on occasion?

Hard physical labor will make you stronger. And doing odd lifts will make you way more athletic than doing standard gym exercises.

Almost anything that is physically taxing is going to make you stronger. Hauling hay, building fence, working cows, cutting wood, swinging a hammer and turning a wrench was all the lifting I did as a kid, and the first time I ever walked into a gym, I was able to bench my bodyweight for reps, and was able to squat almost double bodyweight for reps.

You take a guy who works as a logger, or does any type of heavy construction type work, and he is very likely going to be quite strong whether he goes to the gym or not.

Now, are you going to turn into Ronnie Coleman? No. But you can def. get quite big and strong without ever seeing the inside of a weightroom. People have been doing it for centuries.

B.