"Oregon USAPL State Championship 2017" (Portland, OR)
Won the Open Men 125+ and Master's 1b 46-50 divisions.
Barely won the "Best Male Lifter" award too.
Not a great showing. I went 5 for 9 attempts.
Should have stayed the night before down in Oregon instead of driving 3 hours in the early AM to get to the contest.
My speed out of the hole in the squat still bothers me and my Bench Press sucked ass as usual.
Didn't have a good prep for this as I would like cause tendinitis bugged the hell outta my bench, and work has been extremely busy.
Deadlift felt really good, so I took a crack at beating my State record of 722 lbs deadlift by trying 727 lbs on my 3rd attempt but I was so tired it wasn't a good pull off the floor.
We're gonna figure out a better plan of attack for Belarus.
I need to also eat better during the day. I weighed in at 293 lbs which is the lightest I've been in 8 years but I got there at 11am and left at 8:30pm so I need to eat more on Contest day to keep my fuel up.
I'm very hard on myself but seeing this happen has also reality checked me to turn it up in training for the IPF Raw Classic Worlds in Minsk, Belarus on June 17th.
Perhaps I needed that to remind myself that shit doesn't happen so easily...you have to work for it.
Big thanks to Animal Pak for always being in my corner, and for the prep of this contest.
Back in the gym this Wednesday to get better.
Good job Grant! A nice way to test the waters and move forward. You will crush this at IPF Raw!!! Keep up the hard work Brotha!!!!
Originally Posted by HIGA MONSTER
Won the Open Men 125+ and Master's 1b 46-50 divisions.
Barely won the "Best Male Lifter" award too.
Not a great showing. I went 5 for 9 attempts.
Should have stayed the night before down in Oregon instead of driving 3 hours in the early AM to get to the contest.
My speed out of the hole in the squat still bothers me and my Bench Press sucked ass as usual.
Didn't have a good prep for this as I would like cause tendinitis bugged the hell outta my bench, and work has been extremely busy.
Deadlift felt really good, so I took a crack at beating my State record of 722 lbs deadlift by trying 727 lbs on my 3rd attempt but I was so tired it wasn't a good pull off the floor.
We're gonna figure out a better plan of attack for Belarus.
I need to also eat better during the day. I weighed in at 293 lbs which is the lightest I've been in 8 years but I got there at 11am and left at 8:30pm so I need to eat more on Contest day to keep my fuel up.
I'm very hard on myself but seeing this happen has also reality checked me to turn it up in training for the IPF Raw Classic Worlds in Minsk, Belarus on June 17th.
Perhaps I needed that to remind myself that shit doesn't happen so easily...you have to work for it.
Big thanks to Animal Pak for always being in my corner, and for the prep of this contest.
Back in the gym this Wednesday to get better.
Full recap video here...
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I got to try the 50 lbs breacher bag for the first time while visiting in Cali.
Frickin great product and actually got a 60 lbs bag being sent to me...can't wait to add it to my training!
Sean Demarinis 325 lbs log clean & press for 5 reps
This was pretty cool to watch live at the Olympia Expo. I was the MC for "America's Strongest Man 105 kg" and "Strongest Woman in the World"
Sean was the defending 105 kg champion and all he needed to beat was 4 reps in this event. Weighing 231 lbs...FYI
Do you have any experience with shouldering and pressing heavy atlas stones? I am looking at a event that has a 285 atlas stone listed for pressing. You get points for loading, shouldering, and pressing it desperately for each rep. I have found videos on shouldering (most training) but nothing about pressing. I am also looking for ways to work on it besides using a stone. I was thinking using the narrowest grip on a multi-grip bar would help to simulate it besides normal shoulder work.
"To make things happen sometimes you have to swim against the tide while others stand on the shore shaking their heads." - Machine
Do you have any experience with shouldering and pressing heavy atlas stones? I am looking at a event that has a 285 atlas stone listed for pressing. You get points for loading, shouldering, and pressing it desperately for each rep. I have found videos on shouldering (most training) but nothing about pressing. I am also looking for ways to work on it besides using a stone. I was thinking using the narrowest grip on a multi-grip bar would help to simulate it besides normal shoulder work.
Pressing is tough.
I think you really need to get your hands on training with an actual stone. The multi grip bar is nothing like getting under a stone.
Find a gym or someone near you that has a stone to train with.
I assume pressing the Stone has the most points?
So if you can get 1 or 2 presses easily, then you can just shoulder away for less points.
You can't simulate Pressing a stone unless you use an actual stone, bro.
Keep me posted!
I think you really need to get your hands on training with an actual stone. The multi grip bar is nothing like getting under a stone.
Find a gym or someone near you that has a stone to train with.
I assume pressing the Stone has the most points?
So if you can get 1 or 2 presses easily, then you can just shoulder away for less points.
You can't simulate Pressing a stone unless you use an actual stone, bro.
Keep me posted!
HIGA
Thank you. I am picking up a 200, 250, and 275 stone this weekend to start working on shouldering and pressing. Right now pressing is 20 points, shouldering is 5, and loading is 1 (no definition as what they consider loading). I would assume one press then shouldering is probably going to the strategy.
I was looking for anything you think might work outside of event days. Maybe just working the light stone after normal ohp is the way to go. My thought with the multi bar was it could at least let me mimic the narrow hand placement during normal training days.
"To make things happen sometimes you have to swim against the tide while others stand on the shore shaking their heads." - Machine