February 21, 2010 - Events

Dynamic Warm-ups

Crucifix's Holds
5'sx30 seconds
10'sx30 seconds
15'sx30 seconds
20'sx30 seconds
25'sx30 seconds
30'sx30 seconds
35'sx35.5 seconds PR+2.5 seconds
35'sx35.37 seconds

Tire Flip/Sled Drag
550x70'/Sledx70'
860x70'/Sled+115x70'

18" Farmer's Picks (straps)
230x3
320x3
370x0

Keg Loads
180x5 to 51"
240x3 to 51"
300x3 to 51"
350x3 to 51" PR+50lbs

33 Minutes of Stretching

Comments: Training was at the Stable in Chambersburg today. I did a lot of sets with the crucifix holds to get my shoulders and arms used to it. Still managed to improve on my time by almost 3 seconds. Heck, both holds at 35lbs were better than last times best time. It was nice and sunny out and I figured it would be good to do a medley involving a tire and sled. My light run through was kind of tiring and I knew that doing another run with more weight was going to be tough so I jumped right up to the max weights I was planning. My flipping was a good speed but I was out of practice so a bit slow on the transition. I haven't done tire flipping since October. I was tired and the sled drag, though pretty light, killed me. My legs were pumped for several minutes and I wasn't sure what other training, if any, I was going to be able to do. My legs finally calmed down and I did some heavy picks with the farmer's handles. In retrospect, I should have done a set with 280lbs to get in some more volume. I did them with straps because I wanted to make sure I could move the weights. I was still pretty fatigued from the medley and I had done really heavy yoke this week. 320lbs was pretty tough so I knew that it was going to be insanely tough to budge 370lbs. I did manage to break it from the ground but not even close. A bit disappointing but I know that it's still a weak point. I didn't bring any of my stuff for stone loading since I thought we wouldn't be able to do any with the floor still curing but apparently I could have done some outside. I figured I might as well try the heaviest keg at the stable. It's a concrete filled keg (the others are sand or water) and the weight is in one end so it's awkward to balance. It was tough to settle and lap it but really easy to load. It was a goal of mine this year to load it and I was hoping for an epic struggle. It was anticlimactic for it to go so easy. Two more weeks of hard training.