Becoming a HW Strongman

[FrmrHoss]

In for vids of passing out and burning your ass

This gave me a hilarious visual.

[thom2355]

Now I feel like a bitch. I was bitching about the garage being around 30 degrees here in Dallas lol.

Ha! It is all relative. This is rather warm up in Alaska (usually)

Wish it was -3 here, -8 on my end of the state brotha haha

Strong lifts in here!

Yeah it was -9 here today. -3 was about 7:30ish last night. Were you outside brah?

+1
I thought the bar was cold in my basement because there wasn't a fire going.

Nice work despite the knee!

My knee is f*cked....so f*ck my knee.

Glove wearing is usually chastised....in this case, it is not. I just have to make it through 6-8 weeks and silly training weather is history. How about you??

Sh*iiiiiiiiiit....it could be March, could be June.

I would fall over trying this

I initially did it because I didn't want to change shoes and because I knew it would hit the hips nicely. Afterwards, really liked it. Like a lot.

No you wouldn't

Try it

and get video

Dis

Doing regular sumo deadlifts in oly shoes hit's my quads hard.

I bet it would. Forces emphasis on lockout for certain.

This gave me a hilarious visual.

You love his flaming ass.

[thom2355]

Press

10" Log Clean and Press

210 x 3
230 x 3
250 x 2

*250 was a nightmare. Missed my first clean. Waited 15 secs and wet after it again. Missed rep 1, hit 2/3, them missed 4/5. Sh*tty.

CG Bench Press

315 x 7

*With sleeves

Lateral Raises

25 x 15 (3 sets)

Band Pressdowns

Light x 100 reps total (Done in 3 sets)

Abs

Band Crunch
Light x 25 (3 sets)


Bit of a disaster all around. Log press was messed up. Wanted 3, but didn't have it. If it wasn't for me setting my safety pins on my warmups, I may be in the hospital. Carelessly unracked 225 and the bar slipped out of my hands and came crashing down to the pins. Scary as hell. Was going to work heavier on cg bench, but wasn't in it mentally anymore. Decided to rep out 315.

[dannyautrey]

Stay safe, brah.

[Jason2459]

False grip?

[bmontgomery87]

in for terrifying vid of dumping 225.

stay safe bro

[thom2355]

Stay safe, brah.

I will.

False grip?

Yup, first day trying it out.

in for terrifying vid of dumping 225.

stay safe bro

Not on vid.

[Jason2459]

Yup, last day trying it out.


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Fify

[NC_Tarheel]

Aren't you shooting yourself in the foot by wearing your lever belt when you're doing c and p with log??

[thom2355]

Fify

No sh*t.

Aren't you shooting yourself in the foot by wearing your lever belt when you're doing c and p with log??

I don't have a real issue with it. When I lap the log, I try to get it on top of my gut, thus on top of the belt. If anything, it helps. The main problem is A) I have been cleaning a 12" log in training and muscle memory make the 10" feel funny. B) A 10" log is a motherf*cker to clean. C) The log is rather slick and needs some nice paint on it to make it less slick than a galvanized finish.

[NC_Tarheel]

My buddy sprayed his with truck bed liner. Of course I doubt the ones used in contests would do the same.

[thom2355]

My buddy sprayed his with truck bed liner. Of course I doubt the ones used in contests would do the same.

Right. I have a paint for it, but getting paint to stick to galvanized steel is a b*tch. Usually have to acid clean it, or at least use something to get that layer of oily film off the surface (thus why it is slick).

[thom2355]

Deadlift

DOH Deadlift

455 x 1
495 x f

*Figured I had a shot at 495 with the way 455 looked....but, um no.

Farmer's Pick

280 x 2
320 x 2
370 x 2 (740 total)

*Used straps to simulate something like the car deadlift. Bit of a high pick, but within a couple inches of comp spec.

Lat Pulldowns ss Face Pulls

200 x 10/Light x 25 (3 sets)


Not a bad day. Pretty heavy, but I think this is the point where the car dl in my upcoming comp will end up.

[csday924]

Right. I have a paint for it, but getting paint to stick to galvanized steel is a b*tch. Usually have to acid clean it, or at least use something to get that layer of oily film off the surface (thus why it is slick).

Athletic tape, that log is a bitch.

[thom2355]

Athletic tape, that log is a bitch.

That sounds like a good idea!

Vid is up.

[Anthony21]

F'n beast man! 495 will be yours soon.

[HARRYBEAST]

Now you have me wondering what I could pull double over

[thom2355]

Events

12" Log Clean and Press

210 x 2
230 x 2
250 x 1
270 x 1

*Found a stable stance that doesn't hurt the knee. 270 was a f*cking smoke show.

Fat Handle Farmer's Pick and Hold

225, 275 x 10 sec

Stones
*to 54", no tacky

200 x 3
240 x 3
280 x 1
300 x 1


Redemption on the log and decent stone work. Kept it rather low impact with the contest next week. Should be a good day.

[thom2355]

F'n beast man! 495 will be yours soon.

Maybe, but I dun really care. Just something to goof off with.

Now you have me wondering what I could pull double over

I recommend not doing it if you pull mixed grip. Gotta warm up dat bicep.

[HARRYBEAST]

Maybe, but I dun really care. Just something to goof off with.



I recommend not doing it if you pull mixed grip. Gotta warm up dat bicep.

That's true

[csday924]

In for contest!!! You still in the novice class lol.

[thom2355]

In for contest!!! You still in the novice class lol.

Ha! I wish. These big boy weights make you work. This will be one of my most trying contests to date.

[thom2355]

Brief update....

Work has been hectic this week, but I have managed to get all my food in. Monday night and last night I did some bodyweight stuff and light mobility/stretching to keep blood flowing. Driving to Indy tomorrow night and waking up at a decent hour to eat breakfast and get to the venue Saturday morning.

[scottyb05]

Brief update....

Work has been hectic this week, but I have managed to get all my food in. Monday night and last night I did some bodyweight stuff and light mobility/stretching to keep blood flowing. Driving to Indy tomorrow night and waking up at a decent hour to eat breakfast and get to the venue Saturday morning.

Comp on saturday? Good luck brotha! Show em what us Michi-brahs bring to the table!

[bmontgomery87]

have fun bro

[BigJon55]

Kill it man. We'll wanna see some vids!

[Anthony21]

Hold it down Paul.

[csday924]

Ha! I wish. These big boy weights make you work. This will be one of my most trying contests to date.

Just looked at the weights for that contest and you are not kidding, that sucker is heavy. Good luck.

[BigJon55]

Just looked at the weights for that contest and you are not kidding, that sucker is heavy. Good luck.

Link to the weights?

[csday924]

Link to the weights?

http://www.nastrongman.com/pdf/2014/...r%20Entry1.pdf