8/10/10

So its been quite a while since i posted, and i have a lot of things to cover so this will be quite a long post.

I've decided to start lifting with ty since i don't have an upcoming strongman contest, and i'm just looking to get stronger with out beating myself up, plus a little variety is cool too. so that means there is going to be minimal GED sean stories for a while.

But i did end up competing in the Jack Katz Memorial, taking second place. Myself and the first place competitor were very close in all the events. He was a wrestler from aurora, having trained in strongman for two years to help with his strength for wrestling. It was our first contest for both of us, and it was a pretty fun time.


First event- Press medley with 135 axle, 155 log, and 70 lb DB for reps.
All of that event went pretty smoothly, i straight pressed the log and axle with ease, and the dumbbell was no problem either. the only factor that seemed to plague me was my speed and conditioning. With the last reps i started to get a tad fatigued. The only reason i lost this event and the other ones was due to the fact that the other kid was faster than me, he decided to snatch the dumbbell instead of clean and press it. I ended up with 17 reps, and he got 19.

Second event- 300 lb. tire flip
No video for this one, the camera got messed up. But this event was fairly easy, except the tire was about half the thickness that i was used to, so it was a little harder since i didn't prepare for that. I was also afraid that my chuck's weren't gonna get enough grip in the grass, but it was fine. He just beat me with speed again, as he beat me by 6 seconds.

Third event- 150 lb. farmer carry
Once again, this event was very easy, i had no trouble with the weight at all. The other kid beat me by .6 seconds with our times being 18.04 and 18.65. He got me with speed, once again.

Fourth event- 315 deadlift for reps
This event really surprised me, because during training i only pulled 275 for 15 reps. I got 15 reps with 315. The other kid only got 17, beating me with speed.


Last event- 170 lb. stone for reps
This event was once again pretty easy, and i'm tired of repeating that i got beat with speed, but i did. he got 15 reps, i got 12.

Overall this meet was too light for me, hopefully i'll sign up for one that will be more of a challenge. I also got my picture taken with 3x worlds strongest man, Bill Kazmaier, and i think its gonna be framed, signed, and sent to me in the mail.

Speaking of meeting world's strongest man competitors, i also got to meet don pope yesterday, i guess him and ty are buddies. i think he's gonna be around more often, so hopefully his strongman abilities will rub off on me.

I'm also starting a new diet, just trying to eat a little healthier, as well as perform some cardio in order to get down to 200 lbs. and about 10% body fat.

I'm going to be posting all of my workouts and stuff on here too, so look forward to that.

That's all for now, I'll post after my deadlift session on tuesday