10/2/10

Today is the day of my school's homecoming dance, and what do you think a normal person would do on such a day? Perhaps maybe sleep-in, get a haircut, or hang out with his bros? How about attend the second annual strongman saturday at the gorilla pit? if you chose the second one, then you are correct. I sacrificed an extra 4 hours of sleep for painful, grueling training, and enjoyed every minute of it! Of course i was super sore for the dance later that night, but oh well.

 STRONGMAN SATURDAY
Yoke- warmed up with 500, then did 600 for 100'. attempted 700' but i couldnt even get it off the ground. Went back to 600 for a second trip.

Keg and Stone loading medley- We had to carry a variety of kegs for different distances and load them, and then we finished with a stone, no tacky. it went something like this:
100# for 70', 160# for 40', 200# next to platform, 230# stone next to platform.
It was pretty easy up until the 200 keg, i've never loaded one before. i still got it though, which i can't say about the stone. I really need to work on my tacky-less stone loading, as well as my conditioning. after picking up the 200# i was really winded.

Heavy stones (w/ tacky)- We did a couple medleys consisting of 200#, 230#, 245#, and 285# all to about 44". It was my second time doing the 285# stone, and it still felt pretty tough. I wouldnt mind being able to load a 330 stone sometime soon either...

Overall it was a pretty good day, and after we finished we got some home made chicken and waffles thanks to Bryce. Then later that, i had more chicken and waffles from the only place around that makes it, Mr. Wonderful's Chicken and Waffles. I'm chicken and waffled out for the rest of the year. But otherwise homecoming was pretty fun, and i got to hang out with the hot brazilian foreign exchange student after too.