Tony T training 90 kg @ 2012 WPC worlds

time is flying

2012-02-09T09:20:00.000-08:00

Wow it almost the middle of Feb all ready. I have sucked at posting, well in another two weeks board exams will be done. I've all ready graduated from massage school so just this last hurtle. Training is going awesome right now I've been breaking records all most weekly. A big part of that is because I've bulked right up again hitting 235 last week. So I'm a long way from the 210ish that I had planned on being by now. School has had to come first and maybe I was overly optimistic about competing at 198 in June. I've decided to compete at 100 again and I have to lift pro to qualify for words in Vagus. after the meet I will decide what weight for worlds part of me right now wants to go full blown 242 so weighing about 250, before I get to old to make it worth while. Mostly post on predator barbell's facebook page these days but will try to post here a bit more, to conical my journey to this years worlds

last day of the year

2011-12-31T06:57:00.000-08:00

So I'm still here and still at it. Got through the first three months of school past some of my final exams, and got my last internship in. As I posted a while back school has been consuming my time. Half of October and all of November there was no cardio and I only trained twice a week most of the time. So with lack of training and added stress my body weight is up again. But I'm still focused on competing at ninety kgs next year. I hope to get back on track with the cardio, but I will do whatever I have to get through final exams in January and board exams in February. Through the month of December I've had some great training. I spent a couple of weeks up in Prince George and got some great squat training in with my old training partners. Mike help to fix some squat issues that I was having. Also I'm training with a nineteen year old right now who is strong and motivated. He has been pushing me hard. That is Kevin doing the farmers walk after a de bench day. So that's my up date for now. Wishing everyone a happy new year.

school is getting in the way

2011-11-06T05:42:00.000-08:00

So again I'm falling behind on my posting. As I am getting into my last few months of school, it is really starting to take up my time. I'm not managing my stress levels well and as a result for all practical purposes I've been off for the last two weeks. I've hit a few workouts, but maybe half of them I just bailed. I'm still hopeful to make it to the Larry Burke memorial on Nov 26 but it's not looking good. In reality my focus should be on getting through the board exams in February and then I can back to a normal life. On the up side everyone who is training with me continue to make gains and are all focusing on up coming meets, and that has made training fun.

oct 17

2011-10-17T04:52:00.000-07:00

Strange week this week I had to miss Tuesday deadlift workout, Wednesday had a great snatch workout. Thursday we got a speed bench day in and I added full jerks after benching. I only did 80% so it went ok but I may have to switch bench and jerks around when I start to go heavier. Saturday we squatted I did ass to grass oly squats with a pause in the bottom position. Only went to 315x3 for 5 sets, then moved on to cleans and struggled hard. Again wrong order of lifts, this is a problem when I lift with powerlifters and I'm trying to throw in some oly lifts. Also my glutes and hams started getting sore a couple of hours after squatting, and today I can hardly move around. Shows how much a change in a movement pattern can effect the body. Sunday didn't do much shirted up with a loose shirt did 405 x3 for 4 sets and 425 x3 for the fifth. I was just using the weight that my training partners were using, I meant to do a bit more training but never did. I only got a couple of cardio sessions in this week and my weight is creeping up again because my diet also sucked this week. So back on track starting today.

recovery week

2011-10-11T04:22:00.000-07:00

So this week was a recovery week. I did a little steady state cardio mainly I study for some up coming exams. Friday I did a snatch workout and ended with trying to flip this tire. It took seven tries to stand it up twice. The video here is on Sunday after a clean and jerk training session @ 65%. I got Gwen to video me picking it up as I had been telling everyone about the new tire for next years strongman meet, I'm glad I got it on the first try. Sunday I spent an hour working on improving my arch on the bench. I posted video on Predator Barbell's Face book page, as I'm hoping to get some feed back from Clint Harwood Canada's biggest bencher. Thanksgiving is the start of the gain 10 lbs season, I know I ate way to much turkey this weekend so I'm going to have to ramp up the cardio again to try to maintain and better yet loose a little weight thru the next two and a half months

Oct 6

2011-10-06T05:19:00.001-07:00

New addition to the strongman tire family. This one weighs about eight hundred pounds. I am going to try and flip it on the weekend, I've lifted waist high already but that is far from turning it. Body weight is up right now, it has been a struggle with all the sitting I'm doing now that I am back in school. So I've added in some metabolic training to my week. On Monday I tried to do 50 v ups, 50 kettle bell snatches, 25 push ups,50 kb swings 50 burbies, 50 kb clean and press, 50 mountain climbers, I didn't make it in 15 min so I will allot 20 min this time and hopefully not throw up. Had a good week training hit all my numbers in the squat 385 plus heavy bands for 6 sets of 2, triceps are still giving me grieve so I'm using this time to improve my bench technique and on Tuesday I pulled a 585 sumo deadlift which was great as I haven't pulled sumo in over a year.

sept 27 update

2011-09-27T05:45:00.000-07:00

body weight was down to 207 last week, but I went to a coaching certification program last weekend and it turn into a alcohol induced feeding frenzy. I've avoided the scale for the last few days, but I'm back on track. So I spoke up and told the people who put on the NCCP level two technical certification that if they ran a masters division at provincials in December I would return to weightlifting and support them getting a masters division started in BC. So I guess I will have to be more consistent with my weightlifting training so I don't make an ass of myself. This also puts a little more pressure on to get my weight down by the end of November as I would like to compete at 85 kg for this meet. that means dropping at least 7 more kilos in the next 8 weeks. I will likely have to find the time to get some intervals back into my training week. As for training it will be a challenge to get better at the oly lifts and still keep the powerlifting going strong and moving towards my goal of a WPC world record at worlds in nov 2012. Should be an interesting ride

not much to report

2011-09-16T04:51:00.000-07:00

So with being back at school life is settling in to a routine again. Not getting in the training that I was during the summer though, two weeks in and the work load has already taken up a bunch of my time. But only five and a half months to go and boards will be done. Body weight is down to 209 this week so I'm happy with that, but as usual as my body weight drops so does my bench press. I have been working on improving my arch to make up for the loss of thickness in my chest. Cardio this week has been riding back and forth to school and a couple of day on the treadmill in the morning. It is completely dark now at 5:30/ 6 am so training outside has come to a halt. Deadlifting went well on Tuesday and I'm hoping that squats on Saturday will as well, always sucks losing strength when dieting.

sept 7-11

2011-09-11T07:42:00.000-07:00

Not much to post this week. The week has been a recovery week and Tuesday was the last training day. Pulled a 585 on a 4" rack pull Tuesday which broke my pb by 30 lbs and doing it at a lighter body weight. I was very happy with that. The rest of the week I rode my bicycle to school and back everyday, as well as a couple of 30 min steady state morning cardio sessions. No weight training at all. I went to the gym Thursday and no one showed so I went for a motorcycle ride, Saturday went the lake and laid on the beach did manage a 35 min walk though. Today I have some people over to train Kim is going to establish an opener for bench as worlds is just a couple of weeks away. Lance and I will likely do some strongman type training. Also have a new guy dropping by so I can't look like the complete lazy bum that I've been this week. Still have kept my weight down for over three weeks now, Wednesday I will be starting a low carb diet. I was going to start on the weekend but I have exams Friday Monday and Tuesday, so I hope to go through the tough part on the weekend. This maybe a disaster I've never to worry about the mental alertness going thru the depletion phase.

first day of school

2011-09-06T14:17:00.000-07:00

So Sunday AM we did max effort bench off 3 board, elbows still bothering me so I just went to 425x1 raw an 545x1 shirted and call it a day did some assistance work.
Pm
steady state cardio, rehab/prehab work
Monday
Am
5 intervals on the treadmill an 30 min steady state, rehab/prehab,
Pm
went to the lake for a few hours, then went for a 60 min walk around the neighborhood after.
Tuesday morning 50 min steady state ect
first day of school so weigh in day 212.6
So I dropped 20 lbs in ten weeks 233 to 213, that was two and a half weeks ago. I've been adding in calories since that time to try to bring my metabolism back up. I've manly been adding carbs. I was hoping to lose another 2 lbs, no matter I'm happy with this round. I will add in some more calories for another week and half and start the process over the plan is to be some where between 190 and 200 by the end of November. The closer to 190 the better as I may compete @ 85 kgs or 187 in December. @ 195 I should be at 8% bf and to get there I'll lose some muscle which makes the 190 ish possible. The plan from there is to hold this weight until June next year and compete at 82.5 kgs at the cpf nationals hopefully adding back some muscle and getting a little leaner. Then from June to worlds in November add about 10 lbs back on to compete at 90 kg without having to make weight.

Aug 31 to sept 3

2011-09-03T14:09:00.000-07:00

So Wednesday morning Barry joined me in some early morning prowler pushing 5:45 am to be exact. As you can see from the video it's a killer, after this 25 min steady state cardio, rehab and prehab wrist elbows and shoulders. stretching and abs. Was going to train upper back but skipped after spending eight hours in my shop building a new squat rack.

Thursday

steady state cardio same training routine

11 sets of jerks wrist and elbows are slowly getting better except for extension. speed bench, incline presses, seated cable rows, lat pulls.

Friday took the day off

Saturday

atlas stones over a 54" bar 2 sets of 5, 2 sets of 3 with a heavier stone and 3 singles with a heavier stone. speed squats 8 sets of 2 with 385 plus green bands, 405x1 425x1 445x1 singles all were with the green bands. calf ham glutes 3sets of 8, 3 trips across the monkey bars with a set of hanging leg raises to start.

aug 24- 30

2011-08-30T10:38:00.000-07:00

Best part of a horse show. Just like watching a Zamboni driver.

Not a great week for my weight loss program. We left for the horse show on wednesday and got back late sunday night. During this time I ate two meals a day breakfast and LATE supper, and some junk through out the day. Once you get to the grounds you are stuck there until the day is over, depending on the number of competetors this can be 11 pm or later. Big shows will go until 2/3 in the morning and start again at 7.
Monday was a complete right off for me, I did what I had to ie putting things away, shopping ect and napped on the couch.

Today I got my morning cardio in and I'll hook up with the crew to deadlift this afternoon.

So it doesn't look like I'm going to make my weight loss goals by the first week of school, next week will tell the tale. I was still on track last wednesday morning but my week of doing everything wrong has set me back. It will still be a couple of days before my body is able to eliminate the exessive amounts of sodium I took in and be able to dump the extra water. Then I'll have a better idea where I'm at, all in all I;m happy with my results, considering I've eaten on the road every weekend this summer. I'll post my results next week.

aug 19-23

2011-08-23T18:42:00.000-07:00

friday
Am
steady state cardio rehab/prehab
PM
power cleans, clean pulls ,green band de squats 8 sets of 2, calf ham gutes, rev hypers, heavy abs

saturday
helped team prince george at the BC strongman meet all day still got in a bench workout

sunday
complete day off

monday
Am
bike to stairs ran 7 sets biked home 45 minutes rehab/ prehab
afternoon
full snatches and snatch pulls
evening
went to coach @ breakaway did rotator cuff work and some biceps after coaching

Tuesday
Am
steady state 1 hour while reading AP notes, rehab/ prehab
Pm
4" rack pulls, one leg leg press, leg curls, leg extentions, adductor work. went home and carried 550 farmer's walk 4 sets of 10 feet, forgot how heavy this is

aug 13-18

2011-08-18T10:05:00.000-07:00

Saturday
went to Vancouver to visit my daughter Friday night Saturday and Sunday morning drinking and eating what ever I wanted, I actually stayed farely clean except for Saturday night.

Sunday evening
max effort bench, one arm rows, tri push downs, sled face pulls with external rotation.

Monday
am
treadmill incline intervals plus steady state cardio 50 mins normal rehab/prehab
pm
snatch (sn) squats, power sn, full sn, biceps, rotator cuff work

Tuesday
am
rode bike over to stairs, 7 intervals on the stairs road home, rehab/prehab
Pm
4" conv rack pulls, ss bar upper back work, calf ham glute machine, rev hypers, sit ups
Wednesday
am
hiking 1 1/2 hours and just stretching
pm
throwing for highland games, weight for distance, weight for height, hammer throws

Thursday
am
prowler pushes 110 feet plus 50 lbs 8 trips, than 25 min steady state cardio rehab/prehab
mid morning
worked with Bill doing human flag as he rested I did some technique work for weight for distance. then did some core work with him
pm
speed bench, inclines presses, jerks, triceps

aug 9th-12th

2011-08-12T10:17:00.000-07:00

I took a walk off the beaten path on Friday. I heard this guy working as I was going up the trail and he stopped cutting when I to this spot, it took me a while to find him as he was 30/40 feet in the air.

Tuesday

50 min steady state cardio, abs, low back, elbow rehab, stretching

rode bicycle to the gym. At the gym did power cleans, clean pulls, deadlifts, front squats, one leg press, leg curls and extensions, road my bike home.

Wednesday

steady state cardio, the usual rehab/prehab work

6 sets of chins spread out when ever I got tried of studying

15 min treadmill 15 min intervals on a rowing machine 20 min on treadmill. seated rows, lat pulls, bicep curls, standing calf raises.

Thursday

5 sets of intervals on the treadmill followed by 25 min steady state, the usual rehab/prehab.

Then went out and played nine holes of golf had so much fun, the two beer after didn't help my weight loss but who cares.

speed bench with dbl monster minis, smith machine incline press, unstable bar presses, pullovers, 30 min steady state cardio, stretching.

Friday

needed some avocados so I went for a walk found some trails ended up being gone for an hour.

training did 6" conv rack pulls and broke a record that has stood since 2000 when I hurt my low back, and I'm so happy that I did it while dropping weight. finished with calf ham glutes, rev hypers, st leg sit ups, and some elbow rehab

aug 7 and 8

2011-08-08T10:35:00.001-07:00

Sunday training was very unstructured I benched with Barry then went out and threw beer keg for height, video here http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Predator-barbell/181081228600351 then did power snatches lastly Gwen and went to the beach swam a little walked a little mainly just sucked in the sun.

Monday

road my bike over to these stairs, Ran up for seven trips heart rate hitting 95% rested long enough to get the heart rate down to 65% then took a around about ride home. Total training time 90 mins. I'm going to start adding in 30 mins steady state in the evening. So the weight gain on the weekend was water as I'm back on track maybe a little behind from my week of partying, still I'm down 15 lbs in 7 weeks so it's all good

week of july 31 st

2011-08-07T07:26:00.000-07:00

nothing much this week took the week off weight training,as felt I needed to recover from the last few weeks of training. Kept up the cardio sessions Tuesday thru Thursday, Monday the gym was closed and I spent part of my day helping my daughter move anyway. Friday I spent the day traveling back home, and Saturday the morning was spent doing yard work and such. I went to four birthday parties in eight days and this had a negative effect on my weight loss for the week. I ended the week up a couple of pounds. to much beer and cake. I'm sure some of this is water weight and one week is no big deal in the grand scheme of things. Time to get back on track today.

week of the 24 july

2011-08-02T16:03:00.000-07:00

Monday
50 min steady state cardio, was feeling beat up from the weekend training.
Abs, elbow rehab, stretching

Tuesday
Am
steady state cardio 50 min, elbow rehab, stretching

pm
bench press, hammer incline press, heavy shrugs, bi curls

Wednesday
Interval training 5 rounds followed by 20 min steady state, abs, elbow rehab, stretching

Tuesday
50 min steady state cardio, elbow rehab, stretching
didn’t train tonight stuff came up could use a break anyway

Saturday
Shirted bench tried a dbl overkill bench shirt even thou it was to big for me I still bench 545. dips, lat pulls, pwr snatches
Did a conditioning workout where you had to mirror the person in front of you for 15 seconds then someone new came in and you lead, then rested for two rounds and went again. Crazy hard I was just gasping for air between sets.

Sunday
30 min keg toss, then atlas stone training got the 260 stone today.
After this we went down to x conditioning and did back squats narrow stance, then walking lunges with a safety squat bar.

week of july17th

2011-07-23T14:34:00.000-07:00

Sunday
Stone loading then beer keg toss, spent 2 hours training. Then Harry Potter

Monday
Intervals 2 min work 2 min recovery x 5 heart rate up to 90%, 20 min steady state hr 70% abs, elbow rehab, stretching

Tuesday
Steady state cardio 50 min 65/70 % heart rate elbow rehab stretching

Pm bench, triceps, chest supported rows

Wednesday
Intervals on treadmill 1 min work 2 min recovery 20 min steady state, abs, elbow rehab, stretching

Thursday AM
Steady state cardio 50 min elbow rehab stretching

PM
Snatches, deadlifts, fr squats, leg extensions leg curls

Saturday
1 1/2 hours training with the atlas stones The 230 stone was heavy last week just flew this week. I did a triple a dbl then 8 singles. Then headed over to the Gym and trained bench and upper back with Dallas. We had a crazzy workout so much fun. It has been great to be back up in PG and train with people want to train as hard as I do, maybe even harder. I have really missed the push from these guys

week of 11th july

2011-07-17T18:06:00.000-07:00

Monday
45 min cardio, Abs, back raises, rehab for the elbows. Stretching

Tuesday drove up to PG

Wednesday
45 min 4 intervals 2min/2min inclined treadmill Some stretching
Thursday
AM
45 min steady state cardio, abs, back raises, rehab for the elbows, stretching.
PM
Pwr snatches, snatch pulls, fr squats, leg ext and curls, seated calves

Friday
Rowing machine intervals 1 min work 2 min recovery 4 sets 25 min steady state cardio. Bullshiting with some old training partners

Saturday
Trained at X Conditioning
Heavy backs squats, good mornings, heavy abs
Prowler pushes 50 feet 3 of us taking turns 5 trips in 1 ½ min 6trips in 2 min x2

135 lbs sled drag 100 feet tire flips 50 feet wally ball 30 throws, jump rope 50 jumps, one arm snatches 5 reps per arm done in 3min 40 sec and it all most killed me. I’m going to try two rounds next week

sunday
Stones over a 52 inch bar 170 x3 200x3 230x1x5 200 miss wore out
beer keg over a 15 foot high swing set at a school for a bunch, so much fun

a super weekend

2011-07-12T05:35:00.000-07:00

Saturdays powerlifting meet went great we had 16 competitors and everything went smooth. Sunday I competed in the strongman ended up 3rd of 3 in the light weight class but had so much fun. Only got video of the first two events and the battery died. after this I got a 235 lbs log press, cleaned 250 but couldn't press it. super yoke did 500lbs for 75 ft in 16.8 sec. last flipped the first two tires twice in 18 sec which was the fastest time but I couldn't get the last tire which weighed 750 lbs.

Took Monday off

Tuesday

raining so 45 min on the treadmill incline interval work

abs, back raises, rehab for my elbow which took a beating on Sunday

weight loss stalled a bit on the weekend as running the meets and hanging out with old friends wasn't perfect for a weight loss program, no matter as long as I get back on track.

Taking my motorbike up to PG looks like it is going to rain all the way, but I'm excited to be starting my internship

friday

2011-07-08T12:52:00.000-07:00

Getting ready for out meet this weekend The Okanagan Strength Weekend. With powerlifting on saturday and strongman on sunday. So today I did pwr snatches 3 reps plus a full sn squat then I did pwr cleans. In between sets I started packing up equipment for the meet. I packed out 2200 lbs of plates and bars alone. This will be most of my training this weekend as we load up the equipment set up, tear down,bring the equipment home, pick up the equipment for the strongman meet, set up, tear down, unload the equipment at home again. I'm also going to compete on sunday, more for fun than to win.

so far this week

2011-07-07T05:38:00.000-07:00

monday
am
treadmill intervals 3.8 mph @10 incline and 2.8 mph @8 incline two minute intervals, then 20 at steady state
abs, back raises, rehab work for my elbows,stretching
pm
axle deadlifts, atlas stones over a 54" bar, tech work for hammer throw and for weight for distance.
tuesday day
am
50 lbs on the prowler 120' trips x6, 4 sets of medicine ball slams, then 20 mins at steady state on the treadmill. abs, back raises, rehab for elbows, foam roller.
pm
conv deadlifts, leg press, hamstring work, and work for external rotators

wednesday
backwards sled dragging 120" x6 trips, sledge hammer work on a big tire 10 over head 1o swings to each side for 4 sets. 30 min walk up the street and back. tech work for the hammer throw and the weight for height

thursday
am
hill runs 4 times trying to hit 90% heart rate, did 3 three warm ups to figure it out. 30 min walk up the street. abs, back raises, rehab for elbows and stretching
pm
this afternoon will be a standard speed bench workout with dbl minis, incline dumb presses, triceps, upper back, bicep, shoulders.

So far the weight loss is on track, I'm down 8.2 lbs in four weeks and may loss a little more by saturday. At 2 lbs per week I am comfortable that it has been mainly fat loss, and my carbs are high enough that there shouldn't have been to much water loss. I will check my progress with calipers and a measuring tape on monday next week.

Going to post my Quest to compete @ 90 kgs

2011-07-06T08:13:00.000-07:00

So I competed at 110 kgs at last years Awpc raw worlds and again in june at the Montreal pro/am. As I approach 50 next year I think the years of being fat and happy are coming to a close. Two years ago when I dropped down to the 82.5 class it didn't go well. I think this was because I didn't give my body time to adapt to the changes in leverage due to the weight loss. For me to hold 88/89 kg I need to be single digit body fat. I'm not sure that there is anyone left reading my post as I haven't posted much since I moved to Vernon, but post helps to keep me honest and on track with my training.

6 months wow

2011-06-03T04:51:00.000-07:00

With facebook taking up most of my posts it's been a while since I been here. Massage school has beeen kicking my ass, but I 'm doing well. Still training in fact I'm off to Montreal today for the cpf pro/am. I'll post the results when I get back. After this meet my efforts will going into the final touchs for the Okanagan strength challage july 9/10 info can be found here www.predatorbarbell.com predatorbarbell can also be found on facebook. Not to much else to say right now.

jan 17th week

2011-01-24T04:40:00.000-08:00

Not much happening this week. I got two cardio days in and two training days in. School is kicking the crap out of me right now.
thursday
speed bench 8/3
deadlifts pulled some reps and a couple of easy singles at the end
tri push downs and face pulls to end

sunday
narrow bench up to 315x3 345x1
5 board 435x3 465x2 495x1
4 board 406x3 435x1
shirted bench 405x3 435x3 465x2 495 crushed me
squat 13 inch box 315x3 405x2 495x1 525 crushed me
not a great week nothing like a good kick in the ass to motivate a guy. hopefully this week will go better. Still dropping some weight thats not helping either I'd like to drop another 12 lbs but already my serength is suffering.

new plan

2011-01-15T13:28:00.000-08:00

So already a new plan I wanted to try and go to the world masters in olympic lifting, but Monteal backed out and the meet got awarded to Cyprus. This isn't doable for me, so I'm switching gears again. I'll be getting ready for cpf nationals in may and continue with the olifting and try to do the ogopogo meet in Aug. which may be better anyway as my wrists are so sore do to my lack of flexibility.
wednesday
pwr cleans 82.5x4x4
cleans was to go to 92.5 kg but at 80 my wrist hurts so bad I bailed there.
cl pulls 120x3x3
sumo deads 190x3 210x2

thursay
speed bench 8 sets of 3 with dbl minis then singled with 245 265 275 285
some push downs and lat pulls and curls to finish off

saturday
pwr snatch 50x3 60x3 65x2 70x1 72.5x1 75x1
back squat 120x3 150x3 170x3 190x3 210x3 230x2 off a 13" box
snatch pull 60x3 70x3 80x3x2
hack squat 140lbsx10 175x8 210x8
abs 4sets
sunday
narrow grip bench 315x3 335x1
5 board 405x3 435x3 465x3
4 board 405x3 425x3
shirted bench 405x3 425x3 455x3
band push downs and lat pulls to finish

two weeks of olympic lifting

2011-01-09T13:07:00.000-08:00

well 2nd week in and as I thought it sucks I'm very slow and my flexibility sucks. My training is wednesdays thursday saturay and sunday. So my oly weight are really low as I work on tec and flexibility.
wednesday pwr cleans 82.5 kg x4 reps x 3 sets
full cleans 90x3x5
clean pulls 115x3x3
sumo deads worked up to 200 x3
thursday speed bench dbl minis 185x3x3 205x3x3 225x3x2
some push downs and curls and called it a day I was very slow and tired today

saturday pwr snatch 50 kg x4x3
full snatch 62.5x3x4 70x1x2
snatch pull 82.5x3x3
I was going to front squat today but I'm still struggling
sunday cambered bar two board press This is one inch bellow a normal bench 330x2 I wanted 3 for a new record but it was not to be today
pwr jerk 82.5 x4x4
full jerk 90x3x5
front squat 90x3 100x3 110x3 115x3

Merry Christmas

2010-12-25T07:53:00.000-08:00

Training has been so so lately. Been doing more olympic lifting lately, while trying to stay more or less contest ready for powerlifting. Final exams kicked the crap out of me this time, I think I'll take some advice from from one of my training partners to just back off on the training during exam weeks. I'm going to try to start posting more regularly as I am going to try and compete in olympic lifting, powerlifting and I may do a strongman meet just for fun. This should be a crazy year. My training business predator barbell will be putting on a strongman meet this year some time around June and a powerlifting meet just not sure when yet. I'm doing massages out of my house, and I will also be doing massages out of Breakaway fitness three part days a week starting in January. That's it for now Merry Christmas and I hope everyone exceeds their hopes an dreams next year

good to go

2010-10-31T12:31:00.001-07:00

Well I finally got every thing set back up after almost a year. Now I just need to recruit a few more people to train with. Training is going well, Barry brought a slingshot back from Vegas. This has been a fun addition to our bench training and of coarse Gwen made me one. I got a new pair of Olympic lifting shoes yesterday and I had to try them out today. I was pleased that I still have the flexibility to do full cleans. I quit at 100 kg as my wrists and elbows started to protest. Then went up to a fairly easy 150kg front squat with my arms crossed. It was a good day as I haven't done full cleans for close to 10 years. Next week I'll be adding briefs to my squat days which will be great as feel done with raw squatting. 12 weeks from the battle in Montreal. Its time to go.

back at it

2010-10-09T14:03:00.000-07:00

Well I've been here 10 months now and slowly the training and the training areas are coming together. I took down the squat rack and on tuesday I get my monolift back from powder coating I'll be putting it up. Training; this was just a intro week nothing to heavy or hard at least until today. Today was power cleans, clean pulls, then triples deadlifting. everything felt good until 190 kgs on the deadlift that's when I found out that my body is not use to cleans and such because I barely pulled a triple at 190. I plan to do this for a couple of months. Then get ready for the Battle of Montreal in January.

time for a break

2010-09-24T06:44:00.000-07:00

Well I kept training after the meet and hit some good numbers for me. I got a 425x5 raw squat week 1 and 450x3 week 2, and did the same numbers for conv deadlift Hit a 520 bench in a very old fury shirt last week. Now it is time for a break. Most everything is ready for the push/pull on oct 16 ( for info go to www.predatorbarbell.com ) I was going to go to the cpu westerns but I'm thinking not as there has been a big debate on their forum about lifters lifting in other federations and banning these lifters from the cpu. So maybe I'll drop a little body fat to be healthier and start to focus on a cpf meet.

wow 6 weeks have past already

2010-09-17T05:10:00.000-07:00

So training and school are going great. I had a great meet in Idaho falls netting me six more world records 4 awpc and 2 wpc raw. I was asked about my records the other day. So we went thru them and it turns out I have broken 14 world masters records in four weight classes over the last four years. So here I am in my late 40s and likely in the best shape of my life and for sure the stronger than I ever was in my 20s or 30s. There is something to be said for hanging in there, when I was at this last meet there were so many guys in their 50s 60s and a few in their 70s still going strong. Seeing these old bulls never fails to inspire me to continue. Not only are these guys and girls strong but they are mentally sharp and they still have that sparkle in their eyes that shows that they are truly alive. Life tries to beat us all down but finding something that you truly love to do and challenging yourself everyday to become better than you were yesterday seems to keep us young at heart. Next meet for me is the CPU westerns in Nov I'm just going to bench at this meet. Then I hope to get my monolift set up somewhere and I'll be getting ready for CPF nationals in may. I still have some goals in that weight classes and it will be my last years as a master 2. I'll try to update a little more often.

last two weeks

2010-08-01T05:20:00.000-07:00

On the 25 th had the strongman training day it went well. There were eight of us training that day. There is more video on the utube site. I pulled the truck hand over hand in 25.8 sec which turned out to be 5th place. I think even Ryan beat me and he only has one leg. Car deads I got 17 reps for a win. log clean and press I got 230 lbs for the win. super yoke went 570 for 50' tide with Cameron. And last was stones I couldn't get the 260 today. Cameron did though which was his first time. Thanks to everyone who showed up. So this week I sent in my entry fee for the AWPC/WPC raw worlds in Idaho. Sept 3rd I'm not sure why I decided to do a raw meet but it should be fun. Had a full blown squat workout on Thursday and I'm still sore today on Sunday. I have to deadlift today warm ups are going to take a while.

july 12th week

2010-07-18T19:17:00.000-07:00

it was a heavy week this week speed bench day I got up to 335 plus dbl minis for a 3 board tri press. thursday I worked up to a 495 single in a raw squat. saturday worked up to a 585 shirted 2 board. sunday turned in to a massive day we pulled deadlifts then went to carry and drag next was stones and lastly we did some log clean and presses. next week is a deload week. I'm putting on a strongman training day at Breakaway fitness hopefully there will be a good turnout.

week of july5th

2010-07-11T18:28:00.000-07:00

Tuesday speed bench nothing to exciting here up to 235 plus dbl minis some tris back and we were done. Thursday rock bottom squats worked up to a 405 triple and 495 singles with a drop set of 405 to a high box for 21 reps. followed by one leg leg press I'm still having problems with my right leg. Saturday shirt work. Raw singles are slowly coming back then some shirt work I had on my oldest shirt and I think I shut it down at 425 just ran out of gas did some tris land mine rows and some clean and press with a log. Sunday pulled sets of five conv deadlifts then did some car deads for some rep work we did two sets. All in all a good training week. After only training twice last week I came to the conclusion that until I'm done school I'll just do what I can.

first full week of training

2010-06-27T14:24:00.000-07:00

First full week of training in like forever.speed bench on Tuesday and squats on Thursday nothing to exciting. Shirted bench on Saturday Barry and I worked technique with 455 but the story of the day was Mary benching 225 for two singles and 230 for a single her previous best was 175 and misses at 185 in her last meet. Just an amazing day. Today we pulled some deads Barry was working with a new suit and had trouble setting up conv doing a couple of singles with 405 then pulled an easy 405 455 sumo Mary pulled in the video 315 x2 raw then put on a loose suit and did 320 and two more singles at 315. I pulled 455 x1 and dropped 495 at the top using a over hand hook grip finished the day with 3 sets of tire flips Mary did 4 and last we did some log lifting, the cleans were a challenge with all the other work we did earlier. all in all a fun day. the you tube site has the log presses

2010 bc championships

2010-06-20T10:27:00.000-07:00

So first cpu meet in 5 years It went ok I got a 230kg opener and lifted 240 second but got a technical call, on the third attempt I lifted my head on the way down and didn't even try to press it as I wasn't going to get whites anyway. Barry in this video got a national record with his opener then just went big for his second and third. It was good to see Jeremy coatea sorry Jeremy I'm not sure how to spell your name. He competed in his first meet and struggled with the bench. I'm sure he'll be back stronger than ever with what he learned at this meet

2010-05-31T07:34:00.000-07:00

Robert O. Smith 1943 - 2010Robert O. Smith today lost his battle against pancreatic Cancer, passing away in Vancouver. Robert O. has been a long time member of the CPU and lifted with every organization known to man, just for the chance to compete in our great sport. Robert O. is a true ambassador of the sport and was extremely well liked where ever, when ever and with who ever he showed up to compete with. I think he told me at one point he lifted in 26 events in one year and had lifted in every state I believe, all while over 50 years of age. His passion to compete is something we all should strive for. Our prayers go out to ROBO and his family.

Jeff Butt, CPU President

I first met Rob in 1998 and he was one of the people influenced me to continue in powerlifting. He was a great guy always helpful and fun to be around. I talked with him a few weeks ago and he gave know indication that he was in this much trouble. A testament to his character, to not burden others. You will be missed Robo

sunday april 25

2010-04-26T05:37:00.000-07:00

Had a great training day. Had 4 others come out to join the fun. My body weight is still going up with all the studying I'm doing, but it seems to be helping my lifts. We didn't go all out as I wanted everyone to try a bunch of things. we did log lift, farmer's walk super yoke, tire flip, truck pull, atlas stones, and the prowler for those brave enough to try it. We went up to 440 farmer's 480 yoke I got a 225 log press I only brought up to 260 for the stones which I placed much to my surprise. The truck was pulled on a uphill slope but not as steep as the one we pulled on in prince george. I've posted more video on the my utube site posted on the links at side here. All in all we had a great day.

Training @ kamloops barbell

2010-04-17T07:04:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYs1Vc2P6E0
Had my first real training day since moving to Vernon In the video I believe the last squat was 495 plus green bands. Squatting and dead lifting went well considering my lack of training lately. I never did manage a complete glute ham raise. It was so much fun to train with some guys that are serious about training. It was a hour and half drive each way so I'm not sure how often I'm going to get over there, but I'm really going to try for a couple of time a month. Kamloops barbell rocks

fat and happy

2010-03-28T16:12:00.000-07:00

those of you who follow my blog may remember when it was called fat and happy Well the weight is slowly creeping back up and my lifts are going back up. On monday I worked up to a 405 three board press Wednesday I worked up to a 110 kg power clean then after some clean pulls I got a 455 conv dead lift which sucks. On saturday I did overhead presses with field stones I went up to a 70kg stone for 1 clean and 5 presses. next was log press went up to 180 x3 with the small log then went to the heavy log which is 195 for a double then 215 which was a struggle I didn't fully commit to the clean so I had to do it twice and barely got the press. This log is a bear, the handles are 4 inchs wider than the small and it is so much harded. Sunday started with 56lbs weight for height then 4 sets of 5 for tire flip with my bigger tire the extra body weight seems to help. next farmer's walk 300lbs for 100 feet 440 for 60 then 40 feet and on the video 500 for 25, I am so out of shape last was stones four stones the first time then 3 the next I was out of gas. I was thinking of going to abbotsford in may but I think I'm a little to far out of shape.

weapons of my mass destruction

2010-03-21T13:11:00.000-07:00

So I decided today to do some metabolic training.
First off let me say today I really missed my training partners.
the plan was to do prowler with70 lbs uphill low handles 30 steps. then back with vertical handles. next two handed swings with the 56 lb weight then 20 overhead presses with a 90 lbs log,then a 30 step sled drag with 140 lbs, then 30 steps farmer's walk 300lbs and last backsquat 135lbs for 20 reps. I did an exercise then let my heart rate drop to 65% before doing the next exercise.
low handles on the prowler, sled drag, and farmers walk all got my heart rate to 95% (165 b/min)
swings and squats got me up to 90% , log press and vert handles on prowler about 85%
First round took 9 mins 2nd took 13 mins and the third I dropped log press and swings to finish in 13 mins by the third round I had to sit down to get my heart rate back down. So my goal is to get thru a full three rounds in under thirty mins.

spring break

2010-03-20T19:23:00.000-07:00

Training has been hit and miss the last 3 weeks I missed almost two weeks of training do to exams and assignments. Nothing to much to report. Volunteered today to do massage at the women's basket ball nationals. It was great to be in a compeative atmosphere I went straight from the competition to the gym and squatted 585 for a triple. which I was very happy with considering my lack of training lately. This week was spring break for me so I got some good training in. we got finals in three weeks so likely my training will go for shit again.

motivation

2010-02-21T15:42:00.000-08:00

So after I posted last weeks training, despite be a little hung over I got motivated to train.Studying has come to a halt anyway. I couldn't train on Saturday so I benched today 315/2 and got crushed by 335 threw on a shirt 365/5 385/5 405/3 435/3 Moved on to hack squats with a cambered for a warm then on to the car deadlift pulled a few sets of triples then max out. lastly I did some 340lbs farmers walk

Week 2 of 3 weeks of hell

2010-02-21T13:41:00.000-08:00

SO week two is done At school we are doing 6 amjor exams two quizes and have two assignments do in 3 weeks. Studying hours have been 11 to 16 in a day. Making training difficult and recovery even harder. The bench was back on track this week did a reasonablely easy 325 single narrow grip. rack pulls went wellon sunday then did stone loading and weight for height . moved tuesday to wednesday but I was still flat couldn't even pwr clean 225 so I fininshed with a 205 pwr clean and press. then just went through the motions for the rest of the training day. Thursday pulled 505 sumo this was the first time I pulled sumo since last may. The adductor seems to be healed so now I need to get the right leg stronger. Sn pulls and clean pulls are coming along

this week

2010-02-11T12:44:00.000-08:00

Well saturday was a disaster narrow grip bench 325 just crushed me went to 4 board press and couldn't even get 405 out of the rack. CNS was completely shot. Sunday did some rack pulls went 455 conv and had my normal shaking going on no muscle syncronicity at all switch to sumo and pull 525 and shut it down to let my nervous system recover. tuesday, moved the standing press up a little more did power cleans and shoulder presses Some inclines then snatch high pulls lastly hang split snatches spliting with both sides to keep a balance between sides. Today high box squats went up to 555 for a triple and then dropped to 405 for 20 some good mornings and some bugarian split squats and I was done. I'm doing lots of single leg work right now as I've got an imbalance from right to left. My traps were killing me the last couple of days It's been a long time since I've done high pulls. We've got 5 midterms in 15 days so training studying eating and once in a while sleeping is all I've been doing

f--k yeah

2010-02-04T12:45:00.000-08:00

So last week was nothing to write about got one solid bench workout in and one poor attempt at strongman. Basically school work buried me last week. Monday was a great upper body training day doing military press, inclines, bent over rows. Today I did bellow parallel back squats the stance was a little narrow as I was in a squat rack. I got up to a 505 single then 315/ 20 with no hip pain. I was happy with this as this was the first time since last may that I tried to back squat bellow parallel. Lately I've been doing lots of front squats and hang cleans combined with some help by a third year massage therapy student my hips are loosening up.It feels great to be training with heavier weights again. Hopefully by march I'll be back up to speed I'm not sure but I think I'm going to drop down to 198 or so. I want to compete at 198 and I don't feel like putting myself through the making weight process even though I would be much stronger at 10 to 15 lbs heavier.

jan 4 thru 17

2010-01-19T06:31:00.000-08:00

The week of the 3rd I got two training days in. I'm also walking 5 k to school every day Gwen is picking me up after school. Week of the 10 th I got all four days of training in. Training weights are still down, but are coming back. I'm pushing the bench as I'm only planning on doing a bench only this year. I need to fix the trouble I've been having in the low back and hips. I will be still training lower body just not putting it thru meet training. Sundays training was deadlifts tire flips and farmer's walk. I think the neighborhood now have something to talk about their new neighbor I have a great road beside my house it is about 500' long and only has three drive ways off of it. It is a bit of a hill but it is prefect for farmer's, prowler, maybe even super yoke.

happy new year

2010-01-01T15:38:00.000-08:00

So happy new year

Well I've decided that there is something seriously wrong with me I moved down on the 23rd of Dec and by the end of Christmas day I had a place to bench deadlift and use my dumbbells. By noon on boxing day I had a cardio and stretching room set up, and I hadn't unpack my clothes yet.

Joined Break away Fitness on the 28th got a squat and speed bench workout in.

Trained back on the 30th

I've trained new years day every year for the last 20 years a great way to start the year

Today I did a max effort bench 3 board press

pwr cleans

conv deads

lastly 3 sets of 3 stone loading

Because of my life has been a little crazy lately, I basically have not been training for the last four months. My body doesn't feel any better for it. My strength is way down no surprise there. Also as I was training today I noticed that my body firing all over the place I had very little synchronicity at the start of each exercise. I really hope that I will not have to lay off like that again for a long time. My goals for this year is to do a bench only at nationals in Montreal this year and to fix the issues I've been having in my hips and low back. Also to try and get some people here training for powerlifting and strongman.

The gym is closed

2009-12-21T05:44:00.000-08:00

Well on Sunday my training was to pack the last of the plates out (1010 lbs), and the bars 450 lbs from the gym to the trailer 100 feet x many trips. I'm hoping that my life will settle down a bit next week as I will be officially moved. I will likely have to find a commercial gym to train at for a while.Anyway Happy Holidays to everyone who reads my ramblings

two Sundays in a row

2009-12-13T14:46:00.001-08:00

So two Sundays in a row, wow I'm training now. Today log clean and press sets of 3. Then floor presses I grabbed the jack stands from my shop it was a little scary racking it still I got a 140 kg single. Last was grappler one arm rows just went up to 120 lbs as that was all my core could take.

workouts far and few between

2009-12-06T17:13:00.000-08:00

well the monolift, leg press, bench press and cable machine headed south today. So I'm down to log pressing and deadlifting, and I actually had a good training day today. I've been doing some training but nothing to write about. Two more weeks and I start a new life.

cool

2009-11-12T15:09:00.000-08:00

splitting of the stones My stones are now in Vernon. I haven't been training for a while now In the last couple of weeks I've moved my wife stuff and her business to Vernon also my plates , dumbbells, and most of the strongman training equipment are gone as well. so far I've moved 10,000 lbs of training equipment and I still have all the equipment in my gym plus about 750 lbs of competition plates. Today I bench for the first time since aug 23 did triples up to 295 then a 315 single I was happy with this after almost three months off benching and a low body weight of 205 Did a drop set 205x17 this was down allot last did some tris and shoulders. Now I'll wait to see how sore I'll be lol

The end of an era

2009-10-23T14:39:00.000-07:00

So today was most likely the last real training day in my home gym. It has been my home for the last seventeen years. This weekend I will start tearing it down. So many people have trained here, so many memories, personal triumph's, so many valiant efforts for the next five pounds. It will be hard to build the same atmosphere in a new place. But it is time for a new life and move I must. So come by and see me in Vernon when I get set up again. Today was a great day yet again Dallas and I did some med stance squats nothing to great accept Dallas did a drop set of 315 for 20 reps a new pr At the same time Steve and pat were pulling deads Pat pulled a pr 505 Steave was off a bit as he just got back from 4 weeks in Europe Steve did a drop set of 275 x 20 and Pat did 315x20. Dallas and I did some pulls and Dallas got a personal best 550 I haven't trained since my last post so I just coasted today. So thats it from Taz's gym (t shirt in the back ground)where no pencil neck were allowed

two weeks off

2009-09-27T13:59:00.000-07:00

So I haven't been training the last couple of weeks, but Sean came out today. We did like a million sets of squats working on technique. Then went outside and worked up to a max single in the axle clean and press we finished with 3 sets of 5 clean and presses. Lastly we did a couple of sets of stone loading 4 stones per set. That was it. I have alot on the go right now so I'm not sure if I'll be training much. I certainly will not be training for a meet any time in the near future.

anouther super sunday

2009-09-13T14:50:00.000-07:00

great training today there was seven of us today. First was weight for height I made 12 feet but kept hitting the bar at 13 feet Pat won with an easy 14 feet he cleared the bar by a foot. next was farmers walk I went 340lbs for 50feet 440 for 50 feet and 550 for 15 Pat also won this event with full walks with all three weights. next was car dead lift I got car plus 145 lbs in a conv deadlift pull and I got 185 in a hack squat lift. Mike won this the deads with the car plus 255 lbs in a conv pull. last was a log lift I got a 215 lift in and dallas won this one with a 265 steel log. I post more video on my youtube channel post at the side here.

update

2009-09-12T08:45:00.000-07:00

Long time between posts. My life is very busy right now so I've only been training once or twice a week. the video is from last weeks training. On tuesday Steve and I did a full body training day I got a 40 lbs squat pr with the 12 inch camber squat bar. Bench went to an easy 335 then drop set for 20 reps lastly some chins with a 3/4 inch chain around the neck and shoulders. This was actually alot of work even though it dosn't look like much.

great week

2009-08-28T20:58:00.000-07:00

So this week went well. Monday I broke a seven year old squat record and thursday I pulled 480/ 3 and a 500 single conv with just a belt. This weekend I'm in Vernon doing an introductory coarse for massage therapy.

It's 1994

2009-08-21T18:38:00.001-07:00

First pic is our first log, we are still using it today it is getting beat up though. The next pic is my first highland games. The last is of the 94 winter games in Smithers. This was 1994 and the last year I competed in the 76 kg class. I was just going through some old pics and thought I would share these. Not to much to say about training. Mainly trying to fix some issues that I've not been dealing with. This weeks training Monday ss bar box squats no gear worked up to 355/8 and 375/6 then some chins and dips. Dallas and Steve were benching and I couldn't take watching any more I jumped in and did an easy 315 single then 275 for 8. Today I pulled conv deads no gear 425/5 445/5 Incline dumbbell press 110s for 7 and one arm rows 150s for 8. Last Saturday I did some push presses, fr squats and stone loading last set of stones were 180,215,245,260 to a 52 inch platform. So I'm slowly making some progress on the stones. My training reps are high right now as try gain back the size that I lost dropping down to the 181s earlier this year I'm hovering at about 215 right now and feeling much better.

another hot day

2009-08-07T21:14:00.000-07:00

great day today It was about thirty degrees out side today this makes me happy. first was 56 lbs weight for height then distance. next was the truck pull this was up hill and heavy. next was stone loading I finally got the 260 lbs stone up not once but twice. last was a 550 lbs static hold I manage 62 seconds. I stayed out of the gym for another week and felt the best I have in a while.

back after two weeks off

2009-08-01T20:53:00.000-07:00

So I took some time off my life is a little crazzy right now. Today we started with farmer's walk 300/ 100' 360/100' 500/50' 540/50. next was the car deadlift with a hammer grip. car plus 45lbs/5 65/5 85/3 115/3 135/1 Dallas worked up to the car plus 225/1 lastly we pushed that awfull prowler again 20lbs /240' and 30/240' that was all for today

hard day

2009-07-19T15:04:00.000-07:00

Today we started with truck and trailer pull 100 feet weight a little over 10,500 lbs Sean and Steve pulled it twice and Dallas Pat and myself went up to 12,000lbs for 50 feet saving ourselves for the rest of our training. Farmer's walk was next 300 lbs for 100' 440 for 100' 480 for 50' . tire flips next we use two tires and went head to head doing two sets of five. Last was the prowler we each did two trips. the video is of the second trips.

prowler

2009-07-18T14:28:00.000-07:00

So I built a prowler this week. It is still in the testing stage which is why it's not finished. This has to be the most sadistic thing I've ever built. On Thursday we decided to warm up with it to see how it works. We put on 90 lbs on it we pushed it 30 feet one way and then back with the other handles. I'm not sure how many sets we did, but I was done for the night. Dallas Sean and Steve rest a long time before continuing on they did some car deads and static holds. So today after warming up on the treadmill I put a heart rate monitor on and went to try this f***ing thing again. With 20 lbs on it I marked out 80 feet and got at it. I did three trips for 240 feet per set changing handles every 80. First set heart rate was 157 second set heart rate was 164 third set it was 155 because with 40 feet left my legs and glutes were toast and I was down to a walk with 20 feet left I had to dig deep and with a bunch of screaming I finished. I hate this thing which means it's a keeper.finished the morning off with abs stretching and foam roller ect

afternoon

bench up 275 delts are still shot from the viking press dropped down and did sets of 20 with 135 155 175 195.

fat bar push downs 4 sets

chin 4 sets of 12

hammer curls 2 sets of 10

That was enough we are training again tomorrow morning hopefully it stops raining

july 15

2009-07-16T06:22:00.000-07:00

Today was a low volume day.

frount squats worked up to 305

car deads singles up to two tens a side

farmers walk with 275 in each hand

sunday july 12

2009-07-13T11:50:00.000-07:00

Great training day started with viking press I got up to 250 plus what ever the pipe weighs then we dropped down to 140 and did as many as we could in 90 seconds ryan got 8 sean 10 pat got 12 I got 14 and dallas got 22. next we did arm over arm truck pull first pull was for 5o feet second was for 80 feet 80 feet was tough on the grip. last we did some stones I did 3sets with 4 stones very slowly I'm getting better but I still suck compared to everyone else.

different training this week

2009-07-11T03:38:00.000-07:00

video is from last week.

wednesday

jerks worked up to 130 kg this was better than I thought I would do.

dips and drives I did a couple of sets and bailed my wrists and elbow were screaming at this point.

seated dumbbell press worked up to 90s for 8

lastly we did a bunch of abs

friday

frount squats up to 225/3 with 60 lbs of chain then singles up to 285 stright weight. stopped as the wrists were sore again it will take some time to get flexable again.

box squats with blue bands 185/2/4 really pauseing and relaxing the hips on the box.

speed deads dbl mini bands 235/1/7sets Steve and I did these seven sets in 5 minutes

side bends for a couple of sets

outdoor training

2009-07-06T20:03:00.000-07:00

As you can see in the video we had great training wheather tonight We did super yoke Sean stoped at 580 Mike and I did 640 for 25 feet or so dallas did 640 for 100 feet. Then we did car deadlifts with a chevy sprint we all did 20 reps and that was enough of that. Last was stones I did my normal whimpy training. Mike got up to a 260 stone this was the first time he ever lifted them. Sean got up to a 285 20 inch stone and Dallas was the first to place the 350 20 inch stone on the the 51 inch platform.

car lift

2009-07-02T13:55:00.001-07:00

Built a frame for doing car deadlifts. I had some extra time this week as I've only trained once. ( recovery yeah thats it)

Tuesday

we did snatches I worked up to 80 kg which I thought was good since it has been 10 years since my last meet. and likly the last time I did a full snatch. went out and did tire flips. then drag the 500lbs tire around the yard. This is a tough exercise then some how we ended up having a standing long jump competion I lost Steve and Dallas both got about eight and a half feet.

I'm out

2009-06-25T16:15:00.000-07:00

Well I'm not going to worlds. There are many reasons why, but mainly family life is first.
Tuesday
de squats blue bands 330/2 375/2/4 375/1 hips were so tight I had to squat to a higher box
de conv deads dbl mini 225/1/6
green band leg curls 4 sets
green band standing abs 4 sets

thursday
push press 95/5 115/3 135/3 155/3 175/3 195/3 215/1
swiss bar sh press 95/10 115/8 135/6
one arm rows 110/10 120/8 130/8 140/6
swiss bar curls 95/8/3

2009-06-22T20:10:00.000-07:00

Friday

rev band deads worked up to 535 for one

stones did 4 sets with 3 lightest stones

narrow stance squats 3 sets

leg press two green bands and 140 lbs weight for 60 seconds

abs

monday

de bench with dbl mini 185/3/3 205/3/3 225/3/2 245/1 265/1

56 lbs weight for height a bunch

field stone overhead press a bunch

suv arm over arm pull 3/ 50 foot pulls

tire flips for technique

jumps onto tires 42"

the pic of dallas is with a 220 concrete block no one has locked it out yet but Dallas came close tonight

bench day

2009-06-17T16:17:00.000-07:00

toyota car deadlift handles 2" bellow the knees 10 reps and small tire flips for technique I did this in morning with the guys because I'm stupid.
afternoon
2 board press up to 395/1 then a loose shirt up to 485/1
4 board cls grip 325/8 355/8 385/6
chin ups bw/8 +15 lbs/8 +25/8 +35/4
cls grip lat pulls 4 sets of 10
land mines 4 sets of 10

squat day

2009-06-15T16:46:00.000-07:00

de squats blue bands 330/2 355/2/7 sets
de deads dbl minis 2" deficit 225/1/6 sets
old log clean and press 5 reps plus 20 lbs 3 reps
band leg curls 3 sets
standing abs 3 sets

body weight is back up to 200 after this weekend I'm convinced more than ever skinny and weak is no way to go though life :-)

kamloops

2009-06-15T08:22:00.000-07:00

Saturday I went down to kamloops to hang with Sean and Dallas at their meet. Dallas did well getting second, and Sean was holding 3rd until the end. His log press is all shoulders and I think that killed is forward hold which bumped him down the in the standings next was the Harley drag which he was doing great at until both hands ripped open and he was bleeding so much he couldn't grip the bar. He did good at the stones but the two bad events in a row dropped him down to seventh . Both these guys are advancing so fast I almost don't want to train with them. lol. Actually even if I can't keep up with them they are going to motivate me to be so much stronger than I am now. The meet was great very well run, and the competitors were a great bunch of guys I can see myself doing one of these meets in the near future Oh and in the video the farmer's walk is 275 lbs in each hand 60 feet to the turn. the log press was an 11 inch log weighing 200 lbs.

balls

2009-06-11T15:33:00.001-07:00

I've got big balls Oh I've got big balls And they're such big balls Dirty big balls And he's got big balls And she's got big balls (But we've got the biggest balls of them all)

tuesday

worked up to 455 on 2 board press

4 board tri press 315/8 345/8 375/6

chins 3 sets of 12

seated dumbell cleans 25/8/3

I'm going to switch to an eight day training cycle. I've noticed for a while now that when I train two days in a row I'm not recovered. I just hate changing the days I train.

thursday

rev band conv dead

green bands 225/6 315/4 365/2 405/1 435/1 465/1 495/1 kepted good form, good start

narrow stance squat

with dave drapper bar attachment worked up to 275 rock bottom squats

stones 5 sets of 2

glute hams 2 sets of 8

standing abs 3 sets of 10

de squats

2009-06-08T16:44:00.000-07:00

de squats

blue bands 310/2/3 330/2/3 285/2/2 I haven't done speed squats in months and it showed the last set at 330 turned into max effort

car deadlift (hack squat) handles at knee highth 20 reps 2" bellow the knees 15 reps

ss bar suppended gms 3 sets of six

2nd training 2 hours later

farmers walk 300/100 feet 440/100 feet 500/100 feet

tire flip 640 tire 8 flips in 90 seconds

2009-06-04T07:13:00.000-07:00

So my meet was bitter sweet I broke the AWPC world records in the squat bench and total, but my performance was very poor by my standards. Only getting an opener in the squat and bench and not even breaking 500 in the deadlift. OH WELL training has all ready started for worlds at the end of july. At least I know what I need to fix and no more dieting.

last heavy day

2009-05-18T15:02:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1w_-wKzZMY&feature=channel_page Here is a link to my youtube page This was sunday as well.
Well I pulled conv today pulled a second attempt and didn't hurt myself so I guess I'm ready as I'm going to be. Just some deload training left. Also the wonderfull experience of making weight next week.

last training day for the boys

2009-05-17T13:24:00.000-07:00

Sean getting the last day of training in before his meet next weekend. This medley is one of the events that they are going to do.

I benched today worked up in my new Ginny shirt with no success the chest panel is to big I'm starting to think Ginny looked at my old measurements when I weighed 235 and my new measurements weighing 187 and thought no way. Just the chest circumference there is a difference of 5 inches. Anyway put on a katana and manage a opener. So I guess today was a success. Some deadlifts tomorrow and I'll be as ready as I'm going to be.

heavy squating done

2009-05-14T19:53:00.000-07:00

Sean doing a pressing medley

Squatted up 310kg today and I was happy enough with how it went. moved on to sumo deads because I really didn't want to pull conv at the meet but I couldn't even break 210 kg of the floor So I guess I'm pulling conv.

update

2009-05-12T08:52:00.000-07:00

Video is of Dallas and Sean they are getting ready for the Abbotsford Strongest Man Competition on may 24. For me the squat is coming along still having trouble with my abductor not the adductor. Looks like I'm going to pull conv on the dead lift. Still having shirt issues. So basicly this meet is turning into a training meet for the awpc worlds in august. If I don't wreck myself at this meet.

squat day

2009-05-02T15:40:00.000-07:00

Pics are of Sean doing 275 lbs stone to 50 " platform Dallas doing 275 to 55" and Pat doing 245 to 55" This was a huge improvement for Sean. Pat has done the 275 to the 55 before, but not today we squated first and I think he put to much into squating and didn't save enough for the stones.

Squats for me with rev minis and full gear worked up to 685 and missed 705 I lost the groove on the way down and just bailed rather than going for broke.

I took an hour break while the guys lifted stones then did conv deads singles up to 455 then 405/5 and 365/7

finished with glute ham raises

meet prep from hell continues

2009-05-01T15:36:00.000-07:00

Tuesday speed bench day went well. Hit a single with 295 plus dbl minis approx 395 top and 345 at the bottom.
Wednesday
Wednesday was time to try and pull a deadlift my abductor is still giving me a lot of trouble. So i pulled in a modified stance as my leg can't handle full sumo. I put gear on early to try and save my leg things went good to 455 then 495 wouldn't even budge off the floor keep in mind this is in full gear straps up. Because of the Osteoarthritis I have in my low back I haven't pulled conventional in nine years so I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I'm going to pull conv next week and see which sucks worse.
Friday
Another Friday another day without a bench shirt I didn't get my shirt back from Ginny.
narrow grip bench up to an easy 345 single
next was a 44 katana I did 2oo singles with 195 different bar paths worked up to 455 to about an inch from my chest I had to stop there as my wimpy wife couldn't deadlift an more weight out of the rack. This really sucks as all my indicators (raw bench, board press ect) show that I should be mid 500s but I've had zero shirt success since January.
This week has gone so well I can hardly wait to squat tomorrow.

apr 26

2009-04-26T17:48:00.000-07:00

Thursday training

Jason Cook was good enough to lend me a dbl rage x . He is with the x conditioning crew here in town and competes with the gpc. Unfortunately the shirt is to small for me. I did the normal bench day narrow press up to 315 then shirt work up to 465 missed 495 twice. 5 board up to 495 then 3 board up to 365/3 and I was toast.

Sunday

squat with rev minis up 640/1

hand over hand truck pull two pulls

duck walk and drag 360 lbs once

farmers walk I lifted the 500 walked 5 feet and dropped it for some reason my core was shot

Steve and I finished the day off with glute ham raises 3 sets and rev hypers 2 sets

My body weight was 186 today and the lack of body weight sure showed up on the strongman training. On a happier note I started eating more this week. and with the advice from Robert o blog I should be well on my way. Chk out bench bozo on the side bar.

finally a couple of good ones

2009-04-22T14:43:00.000-07:00

The latest addition to my little home gym.

Last couple of training days have gone well, thank goodness.

Monday

de bench dbl minis 195/3/8 235/1 265/1 285/1

dumbbell incline 70/10 90/10 115/8

chest supported rows 205/6 250/5 275/3 205/15

abs hanging leg raises and standing one legged pull downs 3 sets each

Wednesday

sumo Romanians up to 495/3 drop set of 405/15

leg press up to 8 plates and a green band for 10 reps

calve ham glutes bw/10 mini band/10 2 minis/7

chg machine abs mini/10/3

Skinny and weak is no way to go through life

2009-04-19T13:59:00.000-07:00

Well the meet prep from hell continues I got my new shirt this week and it isn't even close to fitting the arms are bigger than my shirt for when I weigh 230. I have to express it back for changes and get it back here and I only have four bench training days left. I'm still fighting with hotel and I don't have a room yet. I've had to go to a low carb diet to get the last pounds off. wha wha wha

monday

de bench dbl minis 185/3/8 225/1 255/1 275/1

dumb incline press 70/10 100s/ 10 100s/6 100s/4

chest supported rows 210/ 10,6,4

Wednesday

Romanian deadlifts up to 455/5 and a back off set of 405/10

then some squats press and lat pulls all done in a giant set 6 sets of 8 in 6 min

friday

cls grip 315/3 335/1

bench shirt 385/1 425 miss changed the new shirt for an old denim 425/1

5 board up to 465/3

4 board up to 405/ 1 ran out of gas

blast strap rows with a 3/4" chain around my shoulders 3 sets of 10

Sunday

rev band squats (mini) 485/4 550/2 my right leg completely failed on the third rep still the same problem I've been fighting since January

56 lbs weight for height a bunch of singles

log clean and press I tried some singles and gave up Sean Ryan and Steve went hard at these. the guys then went to zercher squats and after doing 3 sets they decided to do a zercher deadlift as you see in the video that is 230 lbs. The one good thing this week is that the hard dieting is done I made my goal of 187 lbs.

master's sunday

2009-04-12T13:41:00.000-07:00

I got lots of time in this weekend watching the masters Man is Tiger a tough competitor.

Thursday

Romanian deads worked up to 405/8

dumbbell squat and over head press superset with lat pulls 6 sets of 8 in 6 mins

abs

20 min on the treadmill

Friday

cls grip bench 305/3 325/1

5 board up to 475/3

4 board up to 415/3

rage shirt, new shirt still hasn't come 405/3 425/2

lockouts 405/3 435/3 455/1

face pulls 3 sets

Sunday

squats up to 585/1/3 sets

4" deficit deads new pr of 475 this breaks a record from 2000 before I hurt my low back

super yoke 540/60' three drops 540/60 full walk 600/60 1 drop

the video is my 540 and Dallas doing 600 by 120' with a set down to go back

cell phone training

2009-04-06T15:01:00.000-07:00

Couldn't get a spotter today so I was cell phone training.

squats 400/3 465/3 520/3 520/2/2 first set at 520 the 3rd rep was slow so I just did doubles rather than using my cell phone.

sumo deads pulled an easy 495 about 10 mins after squatting and my leg held up so I was happy.

log zerchers 3 sets

calf ham glutes 3 sets

Funny Rob should post on how much I doing, when last week everything caught up to me and I only trained once. I should be back on track this week.

thrusday

cls grip bench 275/3 305/1 325/1 345/1

rage shirt 395/3 425/1 445/1 465/1

chins 3 sets

the shirt I used is so big on me I put it on myself and did my first set that's big for a closed back poly. It reminded me of Don Basset when I first started competing he did that at meets all the time

This week

2009-03-29T15:35:00.000-07:00

I added day 4 back in this week even though I'm doing 8 1/2 hours a week of cardio. Three days a week of weights doesn't do it for me. Tuesday and Wednesday are speed and hypertrophy work.

Friday

cls grip got 315 for 3 this week and barely missed 345 single I'm back to my old bench set up as my right leg/hip will not take the extreme stretch to get a high arch.

5 board 405/3 435/3 465/3 495/1

4 board 365/3 395/3 415/3

rage bench shirt 365/3 385/3 405/3 425/1

lock out 405/3 435/3

blast strap rows bw/10/3

cls grip is lagging behind previous years board work is behind last year but ahead of 2007

Sunday

squat 390/5 440/5/2 440/3

4" deficit dead lift worked up to 425/1

truck pull I'm calling it 50' felt like a mile

farmer's walk 300/100' 440/100' 440/70

The video shows me pulling and then Ryan this was his first time pulling and he did great shows how much a 100 lbs of body weight helps on truck pull. Ryan is just getting started and he is naturally strong if he stays with it he is going to be awesome at this stuff.

sad stone day

2009-03-22T13:24:00.000-07:00

Sad day today as we broke our light stone I didn't put enough rebar in it.

Friday

bench day cls grip 310/3 325/1 it still sucks but it is slowly moving up

5 board up to 465/3 485/1

4 board 365/3 385/3 405/3 easy

shirt up to 405/3

lock outs 405/3 425/3

facepulls

sunday

squats up to 550 for 3 singles my hip is barely hanging in

5" rack pulls up to 485 missed 515

next was 5 reps with a 150 lbs feild stone on to a 54" platform I tried the light stone but couldn't get it up today I hate this dieting

10 reps tire flip

belt squat 3 sets of 8

rev hypers 210 lbs for 3 sets of 10

this week

2009-03-15T12:59:00.000-07:00

the video here is an axle clean and press the bar is two inches in diameter and the tires do not rotate very hard to lift. the weight is 230 lbs with the two tires.

Fridays training was the same old thing I bumped up the weight where I could. My denim is so big it is useless so I tried the bigger katana again. I finally got it working good after I had Gwen cut the back out of it.

Sunday squatted 475 for 5 sets of 3

deadlift put my new suit on and pulled up to 455 with the straps down this was good for today as I still don't trust my hip and I think it was a good call as it is very tight right now

then we went out and did axle lifts followed by axle deads over hand grip I got up to 280 and Pat was the only one to get 310.

lastly I did some belt squats and rev hypers

meet training starts

2009-03-08T15:08:00.001-07:00

built a new bar this weekend ,more for strongman type training. With it I can use the same grip that some of the events have.

So meet training starts and I'm officially 40 lbs lighter than this time last year. Man is this causing me some grief. I've totally changed the way I am setting up on the bench. This is coming along and I have a shirt coming from Ginny. I'll work with the polys when I have time to figure them out. I also have to learn how to squat again. Right now if I do three squats all three will be different. No big deal just no bands this time all free squatting :-(

Friday

cls grip bench worked up to 295/3 missed 315 for 3 (got 2) I was pissed it's been years since I missed 315 blew up 335 for a single

5 board press up to 465/3

4 board 405/3/3

denim shirt 365/3 385/3 405/2 425/1 shirt is so big that pulled all way down 365 barely slowed down.

face pulls and tri push downs 3 sets of 10

Sunday

no strongman training this week

squats 405/5/4

6" rack pulls 515/1 It's been 9 years since I injured my low back and the conv dead has never came back. My record from 2000 for this is 565. good thing I can pull sumo.

belt squat 4 sets of 10

45 deg back raise 4 sets of 10

Sunday

2009-03-01T14:17:00.000-08:00

Training is going well. My right hip is still giving me problems with squating and sumo deadlifting. Still having problems setting up on the bench with a shirt on. My body weight is almost where I want it and my strength is slowly coming back. I even set a 25 pr on suspended goodmornings this week. Today I bench with rev green bands and missed a 10 lbs pr it was close. Then put on an old shirt and worked up to a 525 single. The rest of the guys squatted with bands. Then we went out and did some log lifts mainly for reps. We also fooled around with some grippers in between log lifts sets. It was a farly good day, but we really need to get outdoors again.

will spring ever come

2009-02-15T15:34:00.000-08:00

Well I was sick again this week which is more than likely why Saturdays training sucked so bad. I've had to change my training up, and one of the things I've almost cut out is the strongman stuff until I can stop my diet and start eating a bit more. today was chest day for me nothing exciting. The guys did some farmers walk up the hall and back which was almost an obstacle coarse. Then they did some farmer deads for triples with a thirty sec hold after the third. next was good mornings from chains. and last they did crucifix hold I might have participated a little.but I can't say as my wife may read this.lol

last post for awhile

2009-02-07T16:18:00.000-08:00

I'm getting farely beat up right now and I still have at least three weeks of dieting left. What ever I injured in my right leg back in January, flared up again dead lifting on Sunday. I'm having trouble walking around right now let alone squatting. Todays bench training was depressing as I barely bench 315 for 3 and 335 buried me I tried benching in the katana again I can now touch with 365 easy. This shirt isn't going to work for me when I set up keeping the shirt down I lose two inches of arch. If I set up high the shirt ends up at my throat. I give up. Any way enough whining I knew I was going to have some problems when I got my weight down.

de bench

2009-02-02T13:50:00.000-08:00

De bench with dbl minis 195/3/3 215/3/3 235/3/2
2 board tri press with dbl minis 195/10/2 sets
rear lat pulls 3 sets of 10
cable row 1 set of 12
hammer curls super set 2sets of 10 1 set of 20
with side laterals 2 sets of 10 1 set of 20

Skinny and weak

2009-02-01T13:43:00.000-08:00

Well we started today out with 2" rack pulls there were a few prs today but I wasn't one of them I pull 525 which is 110 lbs off my all time best. then we went on to log lifts everyone lifted great with pat getting 245 and dallas getting 255 I got 215 but after easy cleans with 225 I couldn't press it . log floor press was next there was some great efforts put in, with the log last weight be 325. Last was the tire flip Dallas did his 30 or so reps as the rest of us worked in and out on the other side. All in all I had fun today and I am looking forward to next week off strongman training. It is very demanding training.

last couple

2009-01-31T08:15:00.000-08:00

missed Tuesday's training work moved our shifts around again and I was lucky enough to get early shift which meant getting up at two am to do cardio, by Tuesday night I was bagged.
Thursday
DE squat with 200 lbs of chains 340/2/3 36/2/3 380/1 400/1
DE conv deadlifts dbl minis 275/1/8 sets in two minutes
glute ham raises back elevated 4.5" 4 sets of 8
band abs 4 sets

Friday
narrow bench 275/3 295/3 315/3 335/1
5 board 365/3 405/3 435/3 465/3
4 board 405/3 425/3
oldest denim shirt pulled as low as I could get it 405/1/6sets
I was training by myself today so I had to use denim. this turned out to be a good thing as Ilearned something new today. Generally if I have to much shirt I'll lift my head to touch. With my old set up this wasn't a problem but now I'm pushing my arch to make up for my lack of girth, when I lift my head I lose some arch adding almost an inch to my stroke. Also if I thighten the shirt to much with my belt I'm unable to get enough shirt to push the arch up, and if I leave some slack in the frount then the shirt wants to move up as I set up. closed back is worse than open backed. For all those who say if I wore a shirt I could lift 200 lbs more trust me we work hard to figure out how to make the most of these things.

I was going to take it easy today

2009-01-25T15:10:00.000-08:00

I was going to take it easy today as I was sick this week. BUT Sundays are just to much fun. I started off with deadlift tec work pulled 435 for 5 singles with the last three having my body fire in the proper order, yeah. Steve pulled with me everyone else was squatting with a safety squat bar. Then we went out to the shop for stones we had three platforms to day 55" 50" and 46" Everyone did great today and we ended by doing some reps at what ever high work for each of us I think we are going to do this more often. Next we were just going to try something new for a later date but it turned out to be more training we'll call this the power stair which is the video above the weight is 360 lbs and the step is 12" about as high as my height will allow.Now you think we were done but oh no some decided we had to lift the beer keg over head. The video is Sean and Pat lifting stones and Ryan lifting the beer keg.

Too much ????

2009-01-20T15:17:00.000-08:00

Some more training from Sunday.

De bench dbl minis 195/3/3 215/3/3 235/3/2

dumb tri ext 55/10/4

one arm rows 90/10 110/8 130/6 150/6 170/6 the 170 was done with the farmers walk handles this has a totally different feel to them.

plate stone lifts 90/8 I only did one set as I totally ran out of gas

so my training schedule is like this

Monday am 55 min cardio, seated calves ,rev hypers, abs all done light for rehab/ prehab

pm 45 to 60 min cutting splitting and packing firewood trust me this is training

tuesday am 45 min cardio foam roller stretching

pm upper body training

wednesday 55 min cardio tri push downs and shoulder rotations abs again light

pm firewood

thursday am 45 min cardio stretching

pm lower body training

friday am 45 min cardio seated calves, rev hypers and abs

pm heavy bench training

saturday 55 min cardio upper body rehab work depending on how I feel

pm firewood

sunday no cardio but we do 2 to 3 hours of strongman type training

Isn't life great