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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

throw another 100 on and squat, why not?

Been front squatting but driving home the thought just bored me and putting wraps on putting heavy stuff on my back sounded more fun

I planned on just hitting 455 or 405 for 5 reps or so but someone told me to hit 500 so I said what the hey.

Back squat

135x5
225x5
315x3
365x3
wraps
405x3
455x1
505x1 griiiiiiind PR
405x5 PR
315x10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzjxxDRHt2c




Wanted more at 405 but my hamstrings felt tight

ab roll outs

+80lbs

2x12 PR

really would be nice for someone to put the weight on my back or help keep it there! this shit hurt

tabata sprints on airdyne for 6 minutes. this was hell, pure hell, i thought my legs were going to explode. I need that conditioning though yo.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Dallas training 8 weeks out

feeling beat up but the show must go on it's all in your head buddy!

Decided to do the day 1 events Friday Afternoon (axle deadlift and circus db) and the rest Saturday got
to train how you compete!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CweLgA13-7c


Friday Afternoon

Axle deadlift
125x5
215x5
305x3
355x3
395x3
435x5 PR

Circus Dumbbell

150x4
150x4

huge pr that thing was heavy i had to drive so damn hard with my legs or it would never go

Saturday 8:30AM

Axle clean and press. clean each

125xsome
185xsome
215xsome
255x2 missed the press on third PR

some yoke, nothing worth mentioning

suicide medley

all 50'

200 keg, 225 keg, 280 duck walk 400lb backwards sled drag

way better than 2 weeks ago. duck walk still sucks but i got a plan

felt off this week but still had decent training

Monday, June 18, 2012

strongman bachelor party, Let's all PR events!

My good friend and top HW strongman Robert OB Oberst's wedding was this weekend and since we are all training for Dallas Plat+ we got together the morning of the wedding to really kill events. It was a great group with me, Evan Hansmann, Robert Oberst, Deadlift Doug Carroll, Alex Whitaker, Eric Peterson, Chris Carroll, etc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdhO8Apeats

Started with Axle clean and press, i wanted to go up to what the weights for San Jose are going to be and get a pr

175x3
225x3
255x3 PR
275x1 1 rep pr

felt good! cleans felt solid, happy with how good the axle has been feeling.

OB went up to 375 for a double which was silly easy. he just ran out of room on the platform due to happy feet. Eric hit a solid 375 as well

next up was yoke, they have one of the best yokes I have ever used so despite having horrendous tendinitis in my lower inside shin i was going to take advantage

hit 610 for 50ft in 13 seconds for a pr

700 in 28 seconds with 2 drops.... the pain made this hard i needed the yoke a little lower but its as low as this one goes haha it was a pr but i can really improve on this. Evan, OB and chris all went up to a grand which is just kind of crazy

and than we pulled a silly heavy v8 mustang convertible. Me, OB, Evan and chris got a rep with the handles out 4' we moved them into 3' and I got 6 and OB got 3. I'm still the car deadlift king!! :) i gave myself a black eye lifting that damn thing though, oh the feeling of your head is just going to pop off your  neck. 

I think the west coast is going to bring some heat to Dallas!!

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

squats of sorts

Power Snatch
95x3
135x3
155x1
165x1
175x1

Front squat

135x5
225x3
255x3
295x3
335x3 PR +20lbs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w8KytLP6p0&feature=youtu.be
could have done 5 if needed.

Overhead squats

135x3
185x1
185x1

haven't done these in over a year. they are tricky.

Ab rollouts

+45 3x8

tabata sprints on airdyne

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Dallas Plat+ Strongman Fitness training 10 weeks out

Drove up to core strength RX to get some events in. No time to rest because Dallas will probably be the most stacked class of 175's in 1 comp of all time!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpL33Xfc5to&feature=youtu.be

Farmers walk with the awful oxygen tanks

I think i lost my moving event shoes somewhere between here and Seattle.

240x60ft 16 seconds wore some shit nikes way to squishy
240x60ft 15 seconds tried my OLY shoes. it felt weird but half way through got a fast stride

big progress but only the beginning

Axle Clean & Press

215x6 + 1 miss
215x8

felt solid! technique is good out of somewhere. Conditioning will improve and so will this event

little duck walk practice

17" deadlift with Texas squat bar

yes I did this Thursday but it felt like a fun idea. Using the squat bar since its stiffer and 1.25" the San Jose fit expo is using the old IFSA axle and wheels which is 1.5"

triples until

580x8
630x6

all the knurling really tore up my thighs but my back feels stroong

yoke walk 60'

620 14 seconds

best yoke run of my life

Suicide Medley all 60'
200 keg, 225 keg, 280 duck walk 500 sled drag

used kegs since I haven't filled up my ironmind bag yet. flew with those. Need more work on duck walk and sled drag and better shoes for both


Thursday, June 7, 2012

axle deadlifts

Forgot I am going to the San Jose Improv to see Joey Diaz on Thursday so sure just take 1 day off after a contest than train 3 days in a row, sounds great.....

2" Ironmind Axle power cleans

123x3
173x3
193x3

Axle deadlift

213x5
293x5
343x5
393x5

didn't want to go balls out this week, trying to be somewhat smart for once

Why not do heavy ass 17" deads with an axle? that sounds easy on my sore back

350x3
440x3
530x3
620x1
710x1
550x10 just getting the grove back for this movement

1 arm db rows

115 3x12

medcine ball slams

25s 3x20

ab roll outs
+45 3x8

Events Saturday, two days of rest is needed


Tuesday, June 5, 2012

back to pressing

Axle Press out the rack

left hand had some nerve pain racking the weight, that must be a good sign..........

123x3
173x3
193x3
213x3
233x3
253x3 PR

Axle strict

183 3x3

Dead hang pull ups

+25 3x6

incline rear delt raise

3x12

hammer curls

a lot hurts right now.........

back it at, squats

Good enough today isn't always good enough tomorrow!


Front squat


135x5
225x3
275x3
315x5 pretty easy not a bad start back. I want to be hitting 405 for reps with no wraps


pistols


3x10 each leg big pr. kept feeling easier and easier. Interested to see if this experiment pays off


Hanging leg raise 


3x10


Good mornings 3x10



Monday, June 4, 2012

Washington's Strongest Apple IV Contest Writeup


This is one of my favorite comps and I was planning on doing it to test my cut back to 175 against some of the best competition out there but the original date of June 16th happened to be the date of OB's wedding. When it got changed to the 2nd 5 weeks out I started training for it and really dialed in my diet.

You can read more about what I did to diet back down to 175 here http://kallebeckstrength.blogspot.com/2012/05/dieting-down-to-175.html

The Weight Cut

started water loading Monday and cut out all carbs and tried to limit sodium as much as I could. Got a 6:30AM flight and had a protein shake with a ton of peanut butter and 60 grams of whey on the way to the airport and that was my last meal other than a few cups of straight black coffee. Checked my weight on the oldest scale I've ever seen in my life at the hotel and it said I was 190!! Instead of freaking out (can't say I didn't a little) I took a 15$ cab ride (each way) to another hotel to check my weight on a real scale. I was 180.4.... You know you haven't ate a thing when cherry flavored magnesium citrate tastes amazing. 

Weigh ins were at 3PM about 40 minutes from the contest venue and I didn't get to check my weight again till about 12:30. Since my sister who was driving from 3 hours away got a flat on the way and was bringing me a scale. Judging from how the night/morning went I figured I was easily on weight but it said I was 177.8. I did a little homemade hotel bathroom sauna and lost about a lb. took a break went on the elliptical for 15 minutes and hit the bathroom sauna for another 20 minutes and left for weigh ins at 175.8. Drove to weigh ins wearing two jackets with the heater slightly on sweated the whole way there and weighed in at 175.2. 

Putting the weight back on

Downed some pediylate and water till i stopped shaking. My core temperature was really high and i was still sweating. I walked around the parking lot in the cold for awhile till my heart rate went down and ate at Trappers Sushi, I dumped a ton of soy sauce into my miso soup and my rice and ate a few rolls. looking back I should have stayed safe and got something more simple like beef teriyaki and rice. I just love sushi though!

ate some sugary candy and cookies while sipping water and than mixed 1 scoop of GH nutrition second wind and 2 scoops of ESP Nutrition Power Thru in 26oz of water. I would drink that, than 26oz of straight water than the blend, a few times. I started to feel human again after this! 2 hours after weigh ins I weighed 184.4

ate dinner and got an extra thing of chicken and rice to eat in  the morning. woke up every 90 minutes or so to get more fluid in me and left to the comp at 8AM weighing 188.6

Pre Comp

It was a wet cold morning which gave me flashbacks to California's Strongest Man, I know I could handle that but I kind of like some sunshine! Played around with the equipment. damn that yoke is WIDE and the dumbbell was massive!! Got my shirt, shot the shit with everyone, handed out samples of ESP Nutrition Power Thru and MaxForce N.O





Yoke walk 670lbs 80' up an incline

My 2nd worst event but I was feeling pretty good! I took off and felt good until midway when my yoke banged into the ground with every step. Rookie mistake! I needed the yoke a notch lower. This is so stupid I have a strong squat so the pick is never a problem.... Probably cost me first place.

Result 47.7 (PR still) Seconds. Patrick won with 35. 2nd place




425 Deadlift for reps no straps 

up and down commands! I was very furious at myself for the big blunder in the yoke but i have learned to take strongman event by event. Time to deadlift!!

I started to feel a little light headed around rep 7, was shaking a lot. I didn't re hydrate good enough between events. ended up with 10, couldn't finish the hitch on the 11th. Tie for 2nd with Benji. Patrick got 12 for the win. 




135 Circus Dumbbell

I knew this was my time to make up points. I've been hammering this event in training and hitting 8 reps with my homemade bell at will. From experience that can mean jack shit when it comes to comp though since implements differ so much. This thing was huge and brand new with SLICK paint. The handle felt bigger than 3" and was slipping out of my hand a bit on the clean. I hit it with 115 than did 2 singles with 135 in warm ups so I knew I would be OK.

Hit the first one easy, rushed and missed the 2nd at lockout. Benji had fought for 1 rep at the end and I hadn't seen Patrick hit one next to me yet so I slowed things down. Hit another rep and stood there, felt like doing another asked the crowd and of course missed it. WHOOPS!

1st place. made up 4pts. HUGE





240 farmers walk 160' turn at 80'

Now for my worst event! silly grip, of course these are hard implements as well. I did the math and figured I would either be .5 behind or ahead if i got 3rd going into the last event. Patrick blistered the course in 32 seconds and vice grip Benji bested it with 30 seconds. I went for broke and sprinted with the farmers but my grip wouldn't contain. Once I knew I had 3rd secured I saved myself since it was all going to come down to the kegs!!



Keg Carry & Load

4 kegs weighing 180,200,220,250 carried from distances of 10,15,20,25ft respectively and loaded onto a 50" platform The standings going into the kegs was Me & Benji with 11.5pts and Patrick had 11. Lets go!!

Patrick loaded all 4 in a good time and I was going head to head with Benji so I knew I was going to have to move! My training has been phenomenal for this event so I was very confident. 
Me and Benji were neck and neck through the first 2 but I pulled away on the 3rd and even more on the 4th. I took a second to stand it upright and finished in 38.44 which was actually the third fasted time between all the lightweight classes (175,200 and 231) I was fired up! This was the hardest I've ever fought for a contest and when you come out on top it is a great feeling. 






Conclusion

This contest gave me everything I wanted out of it. I've never been pushed harder or in a more competitive comp. I learned a ton about the weight cut and feel this was the perfect tune up for the Dallas Plat+. Can't wait for August!