Training @ 530a
15.5# stone
*stand x6, best 48
*glide stop drill x5
*glide x5, best 50
Stands felt ok, last one was the best. Really focusing on getting my right hip forward and loading my left hard before posting it. Still a tad early as I can get my shoulder forward a little more before finishing, but its getting much better. The glide stop drills were a glide into a stopped power position, then throw from the power position. These were good, helping out with balance. The glides were ok, still finishing way early and missing the reverse completely. Need to work on getting my left down faster and firing my right side better. Regardless, consistent at 48-50 so I'm happy with that. Going to be working a lot of drills to get this up to par by Pleasanton.
49# wfd
1 turn x5
full x3, best 45
28# wfd x3, best 79
Feeling extremely fatigued here so distances were crap but the positions felt awesome. Really getting the hang of driving my hip and leading the weight. Still more work to do but it's coming along well.
16# hammer x6
Focus here was a long left side, early catch and push with my left to my right side then a big lift. These were 50/50. Getting longe on my left makes it much harder to time up as the hammer wants to drift. In the long run these are going to be huge throws, need to dial in the timing and focus on keeping that low point where I want it, off to the right side. Good practice for the day.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Monday, August 5, 2013
8/1/13 - hammer
Training @ 545a
16# hammer x10-12
Not looking for distance here. Focus was to get long on my left and focus on catching the hammer as early as possible behind me, then pushing it to my right with my left arm. Also looking for a big lift on the finish. I think I'm turning into the throw too much. Going to just focus on lifting and let the centrifugal force turn me on the finish. Overall not bad.
16# hammer x10-12
Not looking for distance here. Focus was to get long on my left and focus on catching the hammer as early as possible behind me, then pushing it to my right with my left arm. Also looking for a big lift on the finish. I think I'm turning into the throw too much. Going to just focus on lifting and let the centrifugal force turn me on the finish. Overall not bad.
7/31/13 - stone
Training @ 1215p
15.5# stone
*stand x6, best 48'6
*glide x6, best 51, avg 49
My standing tosses are really coming along. Focusing on driving my hip and shoulder into the field before posting my left. Really making some progress here. Decided to start playing with the glide again as my standing tosses are making more sense in my head. Very consistent here. Nothing big but I think there will be some big ones in the future. I'll need to drill the crap out of the middle because I'm finishing early. Overall footworking looking fairly good considering the lack of practice with the glide.
15.5# stone
*stand x6, best 48'6
*glide x6, best 51, avg 49
My standing tosses are really coming along. Focusing on driving my hip and shoulder into the field before posting my left. Really making some progress here. Decided to start playing with the glide again as my standing tosses are making more sense in my head. Very consistent here. Nothing big but I think there will be some big ones in the future. I'll need to drill the crap out of the middle because I'm finishing early. Overall footworking looking fairly good considering the lack of practice with the glide.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
7/30/13 - clean/squat & wfd
Training#1 @ 415a
Hang clean up to 275x1
Back squat up to 405x1, add belt/wraps 475x3
12" step ups 225x5x3
SG RDL 275x5x3
Done and done. This felt awful. 275 felt heavy to clean, 475 felt AWFUL to squat. Definitely not recovered but I got some work in. Going to work on getting some extra sleep the next couple days and will handle this week as sort of a "back off" week. Still going to throw and train, but a bit lighter/less volume than usual.
Training#2 @ 1230p
49# wfd
*1 turn x6
*full x10ish, 47ish
28# wfd x5, 78,80,84,82,86
Working on two things here. 1) a wider orbit. Trying to really extend my arm and push the weight as far away from me as I can. 2) driving my hip better at the front: since working on my braemar pushing with my hip and getting better at separating I figured I could attempt to add this in. Still not where I want it but definitely better. Looking to have my hips forward and square to the trig when the weight is still back at 6:00 for a super long push. HWD felt smooth but just felt like there was nothing on it. No gas in the tank to really get it moving. LWD felt much better, smooth, relaxed and very long, however, definitely not fast. Looking forward to next practice.
Hang clean up to 275x1
Back squat up to 405x1, add belt/wraps 475x3
12" step ups 225x5x3
SG RDL 275x5x3
Done and done. This felt awful. 275 felt heavy to clean, 475 felt AWFUL to squat. Definitely not recovered but I got some work in. Going to work on getting some extra sleep the next couple days and will handle this week as sort of a "back off" week. Still going to throw and train, but a bit lighter/less volume than usual.
Training#2 @ 1230p
49# wfd
*1 turn x6
*full x10ish, 47ish
28# wfd x5, 78,80,84,82,86
Working on two things here. 1) a wider orbit. Trying to really extend my arm and push the weight as far away from me as I can. 2) driving my hip better at the front: since working on my braemar pushing with my hip and getting better at separating I figured I could attempt to add this in. Still not where I want it but definitely better. Looking to have my hips forward and square to the trig when the weight is still back at 6:00 for a super long push. HWD felt smooth but just felt like there was nothing on it. No gas in the tank to really get it moving. LWD felt much better, smooth, relaxed and very long, however, definitely not fast. Looking forward to next practice.
7/27 & 7/28/13 - The Claw
Enumclaw Highland Games
BS 36+
OS 48+
56# WFD 38+
28# WFD 83+
22# HAMMER 101+
16# HAMMER 118+
56# WOB 16
20# SHEAF 24
CABER 65DEG
Overall 3rd behind the ever studly duo Andy and Matt Vincent, respectively.
I don't really have much of a recap here. I performed terribly. Between the platforms, fatigue, no blades, blah blah blah excuse excuse excuse. Nobody really cares. I dropped the ball and hung onto 3rd.
Regardless, I had a great time. It was a lot of fun. Andy and Matt are both on fire, some amazing throws. Looking forward to bringing some heat at my next game for some redemption. Thanks to Wally, Bobby Dodd, The Queen and everyone else that made this run smooth. Looking forward to my next visit to the Claw.
As always, thanks to my Mrs for taking care of our kids and supporting me in competition. You don't know how much it means to me.
Back to the drawing board. I took a few things away from the Claw that I'll be implementing in practice and I had a couple mental breakthroughs last week that I'm going to play with this week. Pleasanton coming up in 4 weeks. Do work son.
BS 36+
OS 48+
56# WFD 38+
28# WFD 83+
22# HAMMER 101+
16# HAMMER 118+
56# WOB 16
20# SHEAF 24
CABER 65DEG
Overall 3rd behind the ever studly duo Andy and Matt Vincent, respectively.
I don't really have much of a recap here. I performed terribly. Between the platforms, fatigue, no blades, blah blah blah excuse excuse excuse. Nobody really cares. I dropped the ball and hung onto 3rd.
Regardless, I had a great time. It was a lot of fun. Andy and Matt are both on fire, some amazing throws. Looking forward to bringing some heat at my next game for some redemption. Thanks to Wally, Bobby Dodd, The Queen and everyone else that made this run smooth. Looking forward to my next visit to the Claw.
As always, thanks to my Mrs for taking care of our kids and supporting me in competition. You don't know how much it means to me.
Back to the drawing board. I took a few things away from the Claw that I'll be implementing in practice and I had a couple mental breakthroughs last week that I'm going to play with this week. Pleasanton coming up in 4 weeks. Do work son.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
7/23/13 - hammer/wfd/stone/sheaf/caber
Training#1 @ 530a
16# hammer x10-12
49# wfd
*1 turn x5
*full x5
Rough hammer session, but I achieved what I wanted: a smoother entry and a long push on the finish. Due to humidity and the lake that has become of my throwing field, it was very tough to keep the handle dry on the hammer and subsequently the tacky was not working well. Regardless, wasn't looking for numbers here anyways. Majority were 115-123ish I suppose.
Weight felt solid, but little effort. Can still feel the fatigue from the weekend plus yesterdays throwing. Got a little extra sleep last night so thats great. Anyways, getting good separation at the front and that is the primary goal, so I can feel the push to zero and a long push into the field. Secondary mission is timing of the sprint. Whenever I try to gas it I'm just a tad late and sprint way left. My best throws are right down the pipe or just barely slightly left. Goal here is to drill in those reps with good timing. Took a couple where I sped things up and distances were about 47ft, nothing huge at all but positions, timing and push into the field felt great.
Training#2 @ 1215p
16# hammer x6, best 132
15.5# stone
*stand x5
*full spin x6
I initially was just going to do stone but hammer got in my head and was bugging me between the crappy two attempts at Portland and the so-so numbers the last two mornings so I pulled those out and did a few reps real quick. Gassed the last two and went 129/132. Considering fatigue levels I'll take it. I am noticing that I'm having trouble catching the hammer at 12:00. Watched some video and I think I need to turn my torso to the right just a little bit more on the catch so I can apply force sooner for a longer finish.
Stones felt ok. Feeling the separation and a long push on the standing tosses but spins are going to take a bit more time before I'm keeping my left leg down on every one. Its a work in progress.
Training#3 @ 6p
caber (100# x 20ft) 1 turn out of 10 tries
20# sheaf x 6
Dialed in sheaf real quick. Felt explosive and got a nice long push on it. Caber was meh. Energy pretty drained here. Watched some video, some things to change: look up at the top of the caber before pulling, sit back and get my hips low, pull the caber up through my chin. Time to make this a weekly practice sesh.
Time to rest up for Claw this weekend.
16# hammer x10-12
49# wfd
*1 turn x5
*full x5
Rough hammer session, but I achieved what I wanted: a smoother entry and a long push on the finish. Due to humidity and the lake that has become of my throwing field, it was very tough to keep the handle dry on the hammer and subsequently the tacky was not working well. Regardless, wasn't looking for numbers here anyways. Majority were 115-123ish I suppose.
Weight felt solid, but little effort. Can still feel the fatigue from the weekend plus yesterdays throwing. Got a little extra sleep last night so thats great. Anyways, getting good separation at the front and that is the primary goal, so I can feel the push to zero and a long push into the field. Secondary mission is timing of the sprint. Whenever I try to gas it I'm just a tad late and sprint way left. My best throws are right down the pipe or just barely slightly left. Goal here is to drill in those reps with good timing. Took a couple where I sped things up and distances were about 47ft, nothing huge at all but positions, timing and push into the field felt great.
Training#2 @ 1215p
16# hammer x6, best 132
15.5# stone
*stand x5
*full spin x6
I initially was just going to do stone but hammer got in my head and was bugging me between the crappy two attempts at Portland and the so-so numbers the last two mornings so I pulled those out and did a few reps real quick. Gassed the last two and went 129/132. Considering fatigue levels I'll take it. I am noticing that I'm having trouble catching the hammer at 12:00. Watched some video and I think I need to turn my torso to the right just a little bit more on the catch so I can apply force sooner for a longer finish.
Stones felt ok. Feeling the separation and a long push on the standing tosses but spins are going to take a bit more time before I'm keeping my left leg down on every one. Its a work in progress.
Training#3 @ 6p
caber (100# x 20ft) 1 turn out of 10 tries
20# sheaf x 6
Dialed in sheaf real quick. Felt explosive and got a nice long push on it. Caber was meh. Energy pretty drained here. Watched some video, some things to change: look up at the top of the caber before pulling, sit back and get my hips low, pull the caber up through my chin. Time to make this a weekly practice sesh.
Time to rest up for Claw this weekend.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
7/22/13 - hammer/wfd/stone/wob
Training#1 @ 515a
16# hammer x11
49# wfd
*1 turn x6
full x5
28# wfd x8
Took a while to get loose on the hammer. The biggest thing I'm looking for here is good extension on my left side and I want to FEEL the push starting at 12 all the way around to release. I accomplished this on the last 3 tosses. Biggest thing is I need to push my right shoulder back and down sooner to get into the position to start pushing so early. Productive. No big numbers, maybe 105-115ish real slow.
Weights felt good. Looking to separate and really reach back to catch the weight. Good push to zero and a good push into the field. Again, not looking for big numbers, just positions. Went 43 one turn, 47 full and 82 with the light. One of the primary focuses was driving straight and a long push for the finish. Felt really good.
Training#2 @ 1145a
15.5# stone
*stand x6, best 48+ (training PR)
*full spin x6, best 53
Getting better at pushing with my right side. Not really focusing on my left at the moment. I know I can add more in later but right now I want to get as big and long of a right side push as I can. Lead with the right hip and follow through with the right shoulder then snap my arm for the finish. Trying to push right into my left leg. It's really starting to come along. Anxious to get a hold of one when I'm fresh and not all jittery.
Training#3 @ 6p
56# wob
*3/3 @ 14
*3/3 @ 15
*3/6 @ 16
*3/3 @ 15.5
*3/4 @ 16
*1/2 @ 17
Changed up my pull a little here. Trying to think "jump" with the weight. Just as the weight goes between my legs I get up on my toes a little and then follow it back with my torso but keeping my head up. Then I start pulling with my torso/pushing my hips forward but not exploding. As soon as the weight gets heavy in my hand I explode up. I'm trying to use the "heavy hand" cue because the weight gets heavy right about when it gets to my midfoot/toes. At that time I've got enough speed on the weight to really scoop the weight up. Trajectory/accuracy wasn't an issue at all here. I'd like to get another practice in before Claw but I need to make sure I'm recovered. I'll be hitting at least once a week from now on so I'll be very mindful about these cues until they're completely engrained and feeling natural. Pretty stoked I nailed one at 17ft despite my level of fatigue right now.
Tomorrow = exact same workout but with sheaf/caber instead of wob then done for the week to rest up for Claw.
16# hammer x11
49# wfd
*1 turn x6
full x5
28# wfd x8
Took a while to get loose on the hammer. The biggest thing I'm looking for here is good extension on my left side and I want to FEEL the push starting at 12 all the way around to release. I accomplished this on the last 3 tosses. Biggest thing is I need to push my right shoulder back and down sooner to get into the position to start pushing so early. Productive. No big numbers, maybe 105-115ish real slow.
Weights felt good. Looking to separate and really reach back to catch the weight. Good push to zero and a good push into the field. Again, not looking for big numbers, just positions. Went 43 one turn, 47 full and 82 with the light. One of the primary focuses was driving straight and a long push for the finish. Felt really good.
Training#2 @ 1145a
15.5# stone
*stand x6, best 48+ (training PR)
*full spin x6, best 53
Getting better at pushing with my right side. Not really focusing on my left at the moment. I know I can add more in later but right now I want to get as big and long of a right side push as I can. Lead with the right hip and follow through with the right shoulder then snap my arm for the finish. Trying to push right into my left leg. It's really starting to come along. Anxious to get a hold of one when I'm fresh and not all jittery.
Training#3 @ 6p
56# wob
*3/3 @ 14
*3/3 @ 15
*3/6 @ 16
*3/3 @ 15.5
*3/4 @ 16
*1/2 @ 17
Changed up my pull a little here. Trying to think "jump" with the weight. Just as the weight goes between my legs I get up on my toes a little and then follow it back with my torso but keeping my head up. Then I start pulling with my torso/pushing my hips forward but not exploding. As soon as the weight gets heavy in my hand I explode up. I'm trying to use the "heavy hand" cue because the weight gets heavy right about when it gets to my midfoot/toes. At that time I've got enough speed on the weight to really scoop the weight up. Trajectory/accuracy wasn't an issue at all here. I'd like to get another practice in before Claw but I need to make sure I'm recovered. I'll be hitting at least once a week from now on so I'll be very mindful about these cues until they're completely engrained and feeling natural. Pretty stoked I nailed one at 17ft despite my level of fatigue right now.
Tomorrow = exact same workout but with sheaf/caber instead of wob then done for the week to rest up for Claw.
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