Strongman with no added fun

Strongman practice yesterday, felt like canceling it, but yesterday was like the only possible day in three weeks. Thighs really sore, tired from five straight days of workouts, dehydrated and overheated from the bus ride. Grip shot from putting up a fence. No fun at all.

Today: Press up to 3x62½. Much more fun.

Movies

Movies from Mondays workout.

Failed log lift 140 kg. Would have been an even better film if he made it. Still a nice waltz.

Farmers Walk 2x100 kg, not PR, but close.

(Johans yoke walk wouldn't upload. Bad connection?)

The Monthly Strongman Workout

A few days in advance... no overhead stability and grip strength lacking, no surprise. But got close to PR in farmers walk, walked the yoke well, and PR:ed on the stones, so the rest of the body functioned well.

We closed the workout with a medley - 15m 100kg cross walk, 4x300 kg tire flip and 15m 100kg sled drag. I thought (before) that 100 kg was to little and that Johan & Fredrik were sissies, but after the flips that was an ok weight. Hard but not too hard, a good finisher.

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Deadlift hold 2x150 kg 18 secs.


Axle deadlift (double overhand, which makes it a pure grip exercise) 162 kg, almost made it.



Axle deadlift (mixed grip) 210 kg, could probably have done 5 kg more, but this was the first exercise and I thought I should save the back.

Fredrik doing farmers walk with 2x140 kg.

Conans walk, first time in almost three years.

The Monthly Strongman Workout

A really good workout today together with Fredrik and Johan, didn't bring a list of PRs so I have to look those up to compare, but at least one PR, three close or PR, and a lousy truck pull which possibly was because of to little air in the tires (Fredrik didn't pull too well either). Will put up videos and pictures tomorrow.
A recovery meal, don't usually follow the zone, or any other specific diet, but had some fun trying to create a 5 block 2X fat Zone-meal. The meat is guestimated at 150g =5P, the asparagus=1C, the tomatoes=2C, the sports drink=2C and the veggies fried in butter, about 10F.

Monthly Strongman Workout

Fredrik had bought a deadlift suit, so I brought mine (not used in years), worked up to a heavy single at 230. Yoke walk up, earlier I have used 255 but we didn't feel like disassembling the dumbells to get small weights, so I used 280 kg over 20 m with one drop, a little bit heavy, considering the wobbling nature of the implement... Farmers walk, arm-over-arm pulley machine, atlas stones.

Did what I should today, nothing more.

Badminton

Played badminton against Ronny today. First game against him in years. Won four straight sets, much thanks to him lacking "cardio".

Badminton is good for me, forces me to work with finesse, or try to. Lifting, circuits & cardio is mostly grunt work. If I wrestle I try to out-muscle the opponent, if I play soccer I try to out-run the opponents. In badminton (or volleyboll or tennis) that is not an option.