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benchmonster
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Had a great workout with Bigokie this past Saturday. We started off with 10 or 12 (lost count) sets of speed squats, working up to 200 lbs of chain in addition to the bar weight. This was bigokie's first experience with chains, but I don't think it will be his last.
I was only one week out from a meet, so I did not go 100% but was able to hit a couple of decent singles after the work sets. Did 405 + 200 lbs of chain off a 13 inch box for my last single, after at least 10 sets of doubles, so I was pretty pleased with that, and had at least another 50 lbs or more left in the tank which pleased me even more.
After speed squats we decided to try log press. (I have a very cool gym, lots of strongman equipment) The log we used was metal, and weighs 175 lbs before you even add any weight to it. Let me tell you, boys and girls, this is so much harder than it looks it ain't even funny. We were both able to do overheads with the log by itself, but an attempt to add 25's stymied us both.
Now, I am a puss, I will admit, but bigokie has cleaned 225 or more in front of me, just goofing around, and is a big strong lad, and he could not get the 225 log either. Pretty humbling stuff.
Then he moved on to some stone lifting. I bailed here, because, as I said, I am a puss, and I also was 6 days out from a meet. Well, bigokie, on like his 3rd try ever with stones, was able to lift a 320 lb stone to 36 inches high. Anyone who has attempted stones knows how insanely difficult this is. It was one of the most impressive gym lifts I have witnessed, and bigokie is very young and is only going to get better and better.
Congrats to bigokie, who is planning his first strongman contest soon, and big respect going out to B-fold. What you guys do is so much harder than what I have been doing, it is not even close.
B.
I was only one week out from a meet, so I did not go 100% but was able to hit a couple of decent singles after the work sets. Did 405 + 200 lbs of chain off a 13 inch box for my last single, after at least 10 sets of doubles, so I was pretty pleased with that, and had at least another 50 lbs or more left in the tank which pleased me even more.
After speed squats we decided to try log press. (I have a very cool gym, lots of strongman equipment) The log we used was metal, and weighs 175 lbs before you even add any weight to it. Let me tell you, boys and girls, this is so much harder than it looks it ain't even funny. We were both able to do overheads with the log by itself, but an attempt to add 25's stymied us both.
Now, I am a puss, I will admit, but bigokie has cleaned 225 or more in front of me, just goofing around, and is a big strong lad, and he could not get the 225 log either. Pretty humbling stuff.
Then he moved on to some stone lifting. I bailed here, because, as I said, I am a puss, and I also was 6 days out from a meet. Well, bigokie, on like his 3rd try ever with stones, was able to lift a 320 lb stone to 36 inches high. Anyone who has attempted stones knows how insanely difficult this is. It was one of the most impressive gym lifts I have witnessed, and bigokie is very young and is only going to get better and better.
Congrats to bigokie, who is planning his first strongman contest soon, and big respect going out to B-fold. What you guys do is so much harder than what I have been doing, it is not even close.
B.
