Jay and Nick competed today on events similiar to what they will be doing in the August 4th show. 5 points were awarded for first with 3 points being awarded for second. Jay won the day with 21 points to Nicks 19. It was a great day of training. Jay won the Press Medley, Odd Object Carry, and Load Medley. Nick won the Truck Pull and the Deadlift for reps. 225 was used on all presses. We used the 150 pound keg. 335 was used on the Odd Object Carry(Log). The load medley was a 260 pound stone, 150 pound keg, and 170 pound stone. Jay finished the Load Medley under a minute, while Nick was unable to lift the 260 pound stone. We pulled Jays truck and the deadlift was 430. Nick got 8 reps on the deadlift while Jay got 6. We are still waiting to see what the actual weights and exercises will be for the August meet. We should find out the specifics this week. We are also getting ready for a Bench Competition in September. We will be doing the bench press, power curl, and bodyweight bench press for reps. Nick may do the deadlift and squat also. Thursday night, Robbie did his bodyweight(270) 20 times while Jay(210) got 18. Nick managed 4 reps(270). We paused all reps at the top for a count befores doing another rep.
It's not how you start, but how you finish! This was true in todays workout. 1-Nick and Jay struggled on the press medley with 250 and it didn't get much better when we dropped weight down to 225. Jay was able to clean and press the 150 pound keg and almost finished the 225 medley. Needless to say, Jay and Nick both are going to have to work on the overhead lift in training these
next few weeks before the competition. Things started looking up once the medley was over. 2-Jay carried the 315 pound log in a little over 9 seconds while Nick made it in 12 seconds. 3-The next event was the load medley(260lb stone, 150lb keg, and 170 pound stone.). Jay was able to do all three in less than 1 minute. Nick was able to do the 150 pound keg and 170 pound stone, but not able to do the big stone. 4-Today we did a truck pull. This was Nicks event as he had a time of 30 seconds, while Jay had trouble getting his footing and went over a minute. They pulled the truck 50 feet. 5-The last event was the farmers deadlift. Jay did 6 reps with 430 while Nick got 4 reps. Overall it was a good day of training. More attention to the actual lifts will be needed during the weekly training sessions in order to be ready for August 4th.
Earlier this week, Robbie had and mri confirming two ruptured discs in his neck. He will not be competing in the August 4th show. Jay worked out alone today which is always hard, especially when you are tired before the training session even begins. Jay began by doing the 125 pound keg for 1 clean and 3 presses. He then did 1 clean and 3 presses with 225(the bar was hot from the sun making this even harder). He then moved on to a clean and 3 presses with 225 on the barbell. Next was the atlas stone. After several attempts, Jay decided the stone would have to stay on the ground today. He easily broke his own record on the next lift-stone carry for 100 feet. He had a time of 16.9 seconds. Finishing off the workout, Jay did 7 reps with 410 pounds on the farmers bar. Jay struggled today, but better now than at the competition. Next week should be better.
Strongman training session #1
Jay and Nick did a press medley(1 clean and 3 presses) with 225 on clean and press and log clean and press....a125lbs keg clean and press. Robbie used 250 on the clean and press and log press.....and 125 on the keg. Everyone completed the medley. We did not keep time today, and took a break between each lift. We then went on to the odd object carry, carrying a 170lb stone 100 feet. Jay had the best time with 17.09 seconds. Next was the 260 pound stone load. Jay got 1 rep, while Robbie got 3 reps. Nick was unable to get the stone up. Our last event was the farmers bar deadlift. We did a progression starting at 340. The progression was timed for 1 minute. Robbie made it up to 450, Nick made it up to 410 while Jay passed because of a torn callous on his hand.
Strongman Sunshine Scorcher training currently underway. We're doing competition events on Saturday from 12-2. The events we are training for are: press medley, load medley, odd object carry, sled drag, and farmers deadlift for reps. We don't know the exact weights that we will be using yet, so we are guessing with our training weights. Robbie and Nick will be in the 200-250 weight class while Jay will be in the Under 200 class.
