Event day

July 3rd, 2009 admin No comments

Trained a couple of events today. Have a couple more scheduled for tomorrow, although I think I’m going to be pretty sore so we’ll see.

Tire
Started with just a few flips at a time. After almost an hour I went for close to 80ft without an issue. Video is posted on the video page.

Farmers
This one didn’t go so well, although now that I’m finished I’m going pin some of the blame on too much tire flipping.
160lbs each hand*80ft (2 sets)
200*80ft
250*30ft
I need to do that 250 for 80ft by the 25th. I don’t think I’m going to make it, but I’ll be close enough to finish the event completely.

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Automation is set

July 3rd, 2009 admin No comments

I think I’ve got it all figured out.
If I post something to the site, it will ping Twitter and Facebook as well as a few sites to get me some traffic.
If I upload a video or picture to the cloud, it will not only ping the same sites, but the various pages here will also be updated.

I think my favorite part of this is the ability to do it all from my phone.

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Squat

July 2nd, 2009 admin No comments

Training time was a little short this morning…after my workout I spent half the day at the Taste of Chicago stuffing my face.

Squat
135*8 (2 sets)
225*5
315*3 – very disappointing

Hack squat
270+machine*5 (3 sets)

Still legged DL
135*7
225*5
315*5
365*3
For the short term I’m trying to work my way back up to 455*3.

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Automation of my digital life

July 2nd, 2009 admin No comments

I’m trying to automate some of the tasks of my digital life.
Posting to my blog.
Posting to Twitter.
Posting to Facebook.
Etc…

I found a few tools to post to various spots automatically. We’ll see how it goes.

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Deadlift day

June 29th, 2009 admin No comments

Did some pulling today. Managed a few sets of doubles with 455lbs. Wanted to do more reps but neither my back nor my grip could handle it.

I REALLY wanted to squat today but my shoulders are still very sunburn. I’ll have to put off squatting until Saturday.

Workout:
Snatch
135*2 for 5 or 6 sets as a warmup

Deadlift
135*8
225*3
315*3
405*3
455*2 for a few sets

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No training today

June 28th, 2009 admin No comments

My arm is feeling better so I’m back to training more often. Today, however, is going to be an off day.

I was outside training events on Friday and got WAY too sunburn. It’s a bit difficult to even keep my shirt on so I’m going to task today off to give my skin a chance to heal.

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Of all days

June 28th, 2009 admin No comments

Well, I actually planned on working on the site for a while today, but two of my coworkers decided they wanted to hang out instead of work so I didn’t get much done.

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Open for business

June 27th, 2009 admin No comments

Ok, I’m finally going to start posting again. Random at first…training, contests, etc. Hopefully over time I can start to focus better and make this an interesting site devoted not only to strongman training but fitness in general.

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