Mobility Prep
Javelin Throws
500gx1 for 56’0”
500gx1 for 73’1”
500gx1 for 76’0”
500gx1 for 79’7”
500gx1 for 85’5”
500gx1 for 59’4”
500gx1 for 65’7”
500gx1 for 50’0”
500gx1 for 82’7”
500gx1 for 69’7”
McMTS Viking Presses
Empty(80)x2
+50(106)x2
+100(132)x2
+150(158)x2
+200(184)x2
+250(210)x2
+300(236)x2
+350(262)x2
+400(288)x2 PR+1
+425(301)x0
+340(257)x5
+275(223)x11
Mast Carry Simulations (10 second, 5 second walk in
place)
176.5x15 seconds
226.5x15 seconds
276.5x15 seconds
326.5x15 seconds
376.5x15 seconds
426.5x15 seconds
501.5x15 seconds
Arm-Over-Arm Pulls (turf)
(standing, arms only) 165x92’ in 41.85 Seconds
(standing, full body) 295x92’ in 53.18 Seconds
(seated, competition style) 425x92’ in 52.49 Seconds
Stretching
Comments: I wasn’t expecting to be back at things this
hard after competing and lifting as hard as I did on Sunday. I got up fairly
early but I was slower moving than I would’ve liked. It was nice out until I
got set to leave for training and then it was just rain. This construction
stuff on the main road I need to be on for like 5 miles is annoying as all
hell. I elected to use the Turn Pike as I really had a lot to do today at the
gym. Maybe not a lot to do but the stuff I was doing was going to require a bit
of setup. I had change so I didn’t have to worry about breaking bills for the
toll booth. I end up having to go 5 miles to get the remaining 3 miles done to
get to the exit I need. So stupid. But there was not rain out at the gym so
that would be good for the first thing planned as I didn’t have an alternative
for it. Fair number of people training, which was good. Caught up a bit. Knees
seemed ok for most of the warm-ups stuff. Did the switch strides every 75
seconds again. Joints feeling pretty good for the most part. Which was good as
I still hadn’t done laundry since my comp so all my copper sleeves and compression
socks were in the hamper. More muscle aches at this point from before the comp
(left forearm) and after the comp (quads haha). Pinky fingers ache but I figure
that’s going to be a thing for a while considering I strained and fractured
bone. First up for today was something I’ve never done; javelin throw. With how
my competitions are lined up, most of today was geared toward my November show (Fullsterkur)
with one thing for my next show (Krank’d). First Fullsterkur has very unique
events and one of those is a spear throw for distance. Going to be using
training javelins that are I think 700g. As luck would have it, the strongman
gym has a two training javelins that are from a senior games client. One is
really short and 400g and one is somewhat longer and is 500g. I went with the
longer and heavier one as that is going to be closer to competition. I have no
idea what I’m doing here haha. Only real advice I got before trying was “it is
not like a baseball”. I knew this was going to be odd and I did some additional
warm-ups. Of course the rain caught up with me but it didn’t last long. I was
trying to figure out if I was “bad enough” that I could throw this inside but I
couldn’t risk it with the low ceiling and fixtures. Like I’d be that terrible
but have good aim haha. So outside I went. I had a spot picked out but a lost
mail carrier decided to park in the middle of it so I had to move down a little
bit. Each of my throws got better up until the 5th one, which ended
up being my best. I really wasn’t sure what was working as the next toss went
down by over 25’. I thought I it was how I was holding it and releasing but that
was really wrong as that next throw was my worst of the bunch. I think I got it
right the next one as that was my second best. I think I was tired at the end
as my last throw was middle of the pack. So the next thing for the session was
viking press. Having done all those throws and doing max log on Sunday, this
was going to be a little off. But this would be my last chance before the
contest. I did some overhead stuff with dumbbells as that seemed good last
time. I found out that the show will treat the added weight as the weight so
300lbs added will be the show weight. They tried adding some washers to make it
more stable but really that doesn’t change it as the weight arm is what gets
wobbly. So plan for today was doubles up to 90% and then two down sets. I knew
I wasn’t at my best today with how the empty implement felt. I was going to do
50lbs jumps so that I had a shot at doing the weight I missed for a double two
sessions prior for two. It wasn’t feeling like that was going to happen. But I
don’t want to be doubting myself. I was expecting that to be the top set and it
was heavy but I got a double and felt I had another rep there. I really should’ve
stopped but Thought that taking only 25lbs more to get above 300lbs in hand was
there. It wasn’t. Couldn’t get past the sticking point. Dang it. But I knew my
shoulders and triceps were dead. Lower back definitely not fully recovered by
this point either as it was letting me know. I was having a really hard time stabilizing
the weights. The plan for the down sets was 80% for 6-8 and then 70% for 12-15.
I was dumb and treated my top double as 90% when I should’ve treated it as 96%.
Reason being that I feel short of the low range of the reps by one and I was to
be doing these as 1 reps shy of failure if I could. Shows how much I’m down
considering last time I did +340lbs, I did 12 reps and today it was a meager 5.
I didn’t fight it, it was still good training and on to the next thing. I’d hit
a life-time PR on log Sunday and I got a double at the weight I wanted so no
harm, no foul. Besides the soreness I’m going to have in my shoulders and
triceps haha. The next thing was also a new one for me. Fullsterkur is
attempting a mast carry. Essentially, a yoke made from a fallen tree that you
have to hold by straps. It’s crazy but also why I love this sport. So the plan
was to do picks and holds with a log on my back for 10-15 seconds. I suggested
doing walking in place because finding the place point is one thing but that is
going to shift when trying to move with it. Guidelines I had was to have this
feel somewhat light but to stop one set before I felt like this might strain my
neck haha. I’m getting pretty good at figuring out when something is broken or
not this year. I’m lucky that the gym has a larger than normal diameter log
that has some substantial weight alone and has a rough texture. Got some tow
straps on it and set up in the rack. I set it lower than I would for a yoke
pick as I very much doubt this thing is going to be adjustable in height so I
better get used to this. Probably need it lower than this but this was a trial
run. Empty felt like nothing. It was adding weight that made it feel harder to
balance. Took 50lbs jumps. Heaviest I’d go, even if this felt like nothing was
500lbs as that is what this is rumored to be at the contest. This could be a
fun one assuming I get some time to test it at the show before running with it.
I felt that the set with 426.5lbs that I had one more jump left so I said screw
it, put the 500lbs on. I think that next time (if I do this again) that I’ll
need to use a different setup so I can put more weight on it as the 25lbers are
almost filling up the loading pins at this point. Last thing for the day was arm-over-arm
stuff. Like last time, I was to do three different styles of pulls with
increasing weight. Thankfully, no sled drags as part of it. I was waning by
this point in the day. I didn’t know the distance to train (was announced as 40’
when I got home haha) so I did the length of the longest rope. Just shy of 100’.
I had a better understanding of what I was capable of doing this time around,
though with how my upper back and arms were feeling from competing, who knows.
First set was to be standing and purely arms. Like I was doing a truck pull. So
I got that down pat no problems. The second set was to be standing as well but
the full body style like when I was training for the Arnold medley. 130lbs
added and this slowed me down considerably. I was really tired after that. My
right shoulder was aching by this point from the javelin throws. Rotators not
happy with those I guess haha. Nothing some Icy Hot and Tylenol can’t fix with
a good night sleep, hot shower and soft tissue work. I took a longer rest for
the last one to be done contest style with the seated, full body work. I didn’t
want to deal with taking off more plates to put them away so put a 150lbs
sandbag on the prowler. Brian helped me with the rope so that it didn’t bunch
in my lap. It very strange training and hearing a little girl shouting “go
daddy!” the entire time haha. Slightly faster than my last set. Ended up
tearing some skin on my middle finger from the friction. What else is new.
Taped that up and put away all the crap and stretched. It was a lot later than
I had planned but it is what it is I guess. Home to relax, eat, recover and
sleep.
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