Event training the last few days
Friday:
Tire
I was doing sets of 3 or 4 flips at a time. After the couple of long runs I did last week, I’m not worried about being able to do this at the contest.
Keg Toss
The show organizer lowered the height to 13.5′ but there may be more than 5 kegs. Either way, it’s not as easy as it sounds. I don’t have any problem throwing the kegs over the crossbar, but doing it quickly to beat everyone else’s time is a different story. I’m hoping not many guys have trained this event so maybe I’ll have a slight advantage.
Saturday:
Log Press
After 5hrs of sleep and 8hrs of overtime, I still managed to work up to 215*2 on the log today. Next week won’t be as bad as I thought. My goal for this show was 220*2…I’m hoping to set a PR at my contest in September.
Keg carry
This didn’t go as well as I would have liked. Tried to carry the keg 160ft, only made it about 140ft. I was wiped out from work, sore, and I haven’t carried the keg in months. With a couple more runs next week, maybe Mon and Wed, I should be able to complete the course at the contest. Not as fast as I’ll need to win, but hopefully at least be competitive.
Farmers hold
Turns out the venue isn’t very conducive to running with weight, so the grip event might be just a hold instead of a carry. Either way, I held 275lbs in each hand for just under 30secs. Under a contest setting I would have held it a bit longer, but not into the mid 40s like I would need to be competitive in this event. Still my best in a long time but far off my record of 45secs+.
I’m really looking forward to the show next week, even though I’m only going to do mediocre like I’ve been doing the last few contests.
I’ll write up a preview of the contest during the week.