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I wish I could say I’m 100%, but I’m not. I’m getting close so keep your fingers crossed. I have a contest in September that I really want to do well in. I’m a little behind where I would like to be, but I’m optimistic about the whole situation.

Last few weeks
I haven’t hit any major milestones, but I’m doing better.

*Managed 225*5 on overhead last week. Probably the first time in a few months.
*Squatting is still terrible
*I pulled 475*3 recently. Still off my high, but close.
*Yoke: Did 100ft (reverse at 50ft) with 370 in 22secs this past Sunday. 370lbs is nothing compared to my contest weight of 600lbs, but it gives me a baseline of speed that I want to try to keep. The bigger issue wasn’t so much running with the yoke, it was how the weight felt on my traps. I need to adjust to that much pressure again. To train I’m going to shoot for the same time at 450, 550, and then 630.
*175*5 for 5 sets on Log press Sunday also. Hardly noticed anything in the left arm, form was looking good, hoping for a PR in Sept.

(Video is on the Videos page)

I’ve been having computer trouble for a couple weeks. Everything is close to normal so updates should resume again.

IL Strongest Man ‘09
Needless to say I didn’t do very well. Better than I expected on just about everything, but that still only got me 9th or 10th out of 12 competitors. I knew the competition would be good, and considering my arm issue, I’m happy I didn’t come in last.

Log Press
225lb for reps in 60secs. I only did 2. My best in competition is only 5 or 6, and considering my arm, my goal for this event was only 2, so I won’t complain. Unfortunately, when most of the competitors did 8+, 2 isn’t anything to speak of.

Farmers walk
250lbs in each hand for 100ft. I was a little nervous about my grip holding up here. In training a few weeks before I only held on for about 30ft. I did well at the contest and completed the entire 100ft in about 21secs. Unfortunately, the average for the event was about 15secs so I still placed pretty low. Even so, I was happy with my performance.

Keg Toss
I was HOPING to do better here, but it didn’t work out for me. We had to throw as many empty kegs over the crossbar as we could in 60secs. I only got 4 over…most competitors threw all of them. I’ve never had strong hip power so I think 4 was an accomplishment for me regardless.

Tire flip
Practicing for this event a few months ago is what screwed up my arm in the first place. My time was about 44 secs for the full 80ft. The average this time was in the high 30s I think so I didn’t do nearly as bad as in some of the other events.

Keg carry
When I started competing, the keg carry was by far my worst event. I was lucky to be able to carry it 80ft total. Since then I’ve managed to turn the event around and on a few occasions, rank near the top of the list with a quick time. Since my left arm has been hurting, I hadn’t touched the keg at all to train and just hoped for the best at the show. I finished with a time of ~28secs. Average was in the low 20s. I was really worried I wouldn’t make the whole thing again, so I’m happy with my performance here too under the circumstances.

Overall, the show was great. It was a good venue. Well run as always. I look forward to competing there again next year, hopefully injury free.