March 13, 2011 - Events

Dynamic Warm-ups

12" Log Clean and Presses
90x5
90x5
120x3
150x3
180x3
210x1
210x1
210x1
210x1
210x1
210x1
210x1
210x1

Yoke
440x75'
440x75'
440x75'
440x75'

Tire Flips
860x3
860x3
860x3

55 Gallon Water Barrel Carries
225x75'
225x75'
225x75'
225x75'

Comments: Woke up tried and groggy. Loosing an hour due to Daylights Saving Time didn't help. Ate breakfast and headed out to train. Lots of guys out there. The Stable has gotten some new equipment in the form of some bumper plates and a squat rack. I brought up my log (since I'm going to start doing pressing on event days) to keep there as well. I warmed up and did eight singles with short rest. About 73% of my max. I was more worried about the clean hitting my hamstring than the press as my pressing has been good lately. Moved on to yoke. Did it empty for a bout 10' to test it and it felt good so I did some runs. Started slow but noticed it didn't bother me at all and picked up speed on the following sets. Did tire after that. I only did triples as my air just isn't there with my head cold making me all stuffy. Shut it down after three as this was putting the most strain on my posterior chain. Then it was time for a new one, a 55 gallon water barrel carry. The show in Michigan has one in a medley and I wanted to see what I was getting into. Not sure of the exact weight but I estimated it to be 225lbs (22lbs for the barrel, 203lbs for 25 gallons of water). I tried bear hugging it like I do with my oil drum but the plastic is just way too slick and the water sloshes around unlike the weight plates I use to load the oil drum. So I went with the tried and true alternated grip like I do with heavy kegs and that worked great. Besides the sloshing, really easy. Did four runs and put it back inside. Time was short and I figured rushing light stones just wasn't worth it and called it a day there.