Training but not blogging

I get busy and I get tired..but I have been training hard.

Competed in Jay Hagadorn's Championship Series on March 5th. 3rd out of 3 heavy weights.. still need to get a lot stronger but was pleased with my performance compared to previous events. Did extremely well in axle deadlift and hit a personal best in the atlas stone over the bar.

Training goals now:
Bigger, faster stronger ;)

The best thing to come out of the last competition is that Mike Kromer, my coach/friend/tormentor, finally saw me compete and decided that I should stay heavy weight ;) up until now he wanted to drop my weight down to compete as middle weight. So now my goal is to get a little leaner (vanity and mobility) and gain some mass. I am allowed to get as lean as I want as long as I keep my weight at 190lbs :p

Back to the grind.

I train 4 days a week, usually 2-3 days push/pull and 1-2 days event specific training.

My next competition is Washington's Strongest Apple, June 4th. There I aim to qualify for Nationals again...

There is a lot of stress right now, I am planning my move back to Minnesota to be with my daughter. I will train hard up until the Apple, get ready to move, move end of June..and begin training again July. the gym in Minnesota doesn't have much strongman equipment yet, but I will help amend that, bringing my stone mold and will start acquiring equipment asap when I get there. There are some great Strongmen around the area, hopefully I can get them to let me tag a long a bit in training.

Today was Upper/Push/Conditioning & Lower/Pull/Strength. I have added in a dynamic warm up to get my hips and knees more flexible and to help build athleticism.

Dynamic warm up includes:
torso rotation, walking crossover stretches, squat stretches, walking side lunges, walking curtsy lunges, backwards inchworms, front/back and lateral hops, stiff leg skipping, shuffling and butt-kick jogging... "my warm up is your workout" lol. Its getting less taxing ;p

Workout

Incline db presses
25'sX20, 30'sX20

TRX strap push-ups/unstable bar push-ups
7/8, 7/13

TRX strap triceps extensions
10/10

Axle Clean and press 3 sets
105X10

Stifflegged deadlift w Axle
188X10, 10, 8 no idea why these were so friggin hard, I blame stones on saturday. lol

Lying hamstring curls
90X12, 85X10

toasted. I didn't sleep well last (insert two more lame excuses here), whatever, just not a fan-fucking-tastic workout, but I did it. maybe once the warm-up is routine, I will have more power for the workout, and maybe I shouldn't forget my pre-workout supps...

:D