Life has been catching up quickly and some of my social World Cup vices, coaching on the road and traveling are taking its toll. This just continues to enforce the value of de-loading that not only takes into account physical limitations but also stays one step ahead of real life stressors. I have traveled or been out of town in some way for 5 out of the last 6 weeks. My mind, my body and my joints are feeling it. Also, I’ll be honest, the World Cup is a big deal for me and my social circles and I’ve been celebrating a little extra hard during the games. I don’t feel particularly good and I don’t want to give myself the stereotypical speech about how I need a comp to keep myself in line. The truth is I am using this last month to enjoy talking to my family, celebrating with friends and stressing out over soccer like an hysterical person.

I spoke with Brian, who gave me another very hard pill to swallow of which I am very thankful for. I can’t express the value of having coaching in an athletes life. I had felt inspired early in the summer about attempting a powerlifting meet, enjoying the World Cup, and then preparing for a very heavy December Strongman comp. Brians exact words remind me of a talk I had with him a year ago before embarking on my spine rehab.  He told me “There is nothing free in physiology, and your choices will be binary very soon. Either what you do is good for your end game goal or it’s not. It’s a yes or no.” Easier said than done huh? Either this beer, this road trip and this powerlifting comp is going to bring me my Strongman pro card or it’s not. It took days to sit in but its absolutely the route I am about to embark on. So here we are, making sure my program is smart and adaptive to my current choices. The end game remains the same, I am not taking time off of training nor am I quitting but I most certainly need to get my shit together soon. My focus will change, I will need to become selfish as an athlete and my world will need to revolve around my training, not the other way around. Honestly, its been such a long time since I felt that feeling that I am actually welcoming it. The structure, the solitude, the focus, the emotions behind the work that it takes to compete at a high level.. I can’t wait.

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Training Philosophy 10/20 Life

Log Press/Yoke

Bicep has been feeling better albeit week. No real pain and my confidence in it grows weekly. Decided it was time to test her with a log clean and press. I haven’t pressed over head anything near 200 pounds in 22 months. The months and times are starting to blur which is kind of scary because either my memory is really going or its been that incredibly long! I was able to clean and press 225 successfully for a double and it felt like riding a bike. The pedals might of creaked and cracked but it went flawlessly. I followed this by another set of yoke runs for 50ft. My intentions were to stay at the same weight as last week but just increase my speed. Because time is such an important variable in strongman, sometimes increasing intensity is counter productive if you cannot move the implements fast enough. Finished off with a yoke PR, beating last weeks time by .10 seconds. Although the prior weeks have been mentally taxing, Saturday event day was vey successful, finishing off with 2 Pr’s and no knee pain during events!

Warm Up:

• Big 3
• Band flies 1×50
• Face Pulls 1×50
• Band Curls 2×25
• TKE 3×20 each leg
• Banded Goblet Squats 5×3

Work Load:

• Log Clean and Press worked up to a top double (225 post Bicep PR)
• Yoke 4 x 50ft (455,505,555,555 with a time record of 6.66 seconds… rock on!)
• Suit Case Carry 3×150/150
• Stir the Pot 4×8/8

Never Stray from The Way

MDLP