F' The Lonestar Roundup!! Dibs on Robbie's couch!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajun
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F' The Lonestar Roundup!! Dibs on Robbie's couch!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajun
ooohh.. is Conroe/Montgomery in LA? I may be dumb... I'm down either way.
Montgomery County...I see
f' robbies couch, its 15 minutes from my house.Quote:
Originally Posted by BMFScout
If you guys go, i'll go. Can we bring beer, and does andy have our backs when we heckle the other competitors?
Hmm, this should be interesting. Jerry around HGH induced men that can snap at anytime.:D
More like "Andy gets dominated". This will be my first competition, details:
http://www.nastrongmaninc.com/pdf/entries/lonestar.pdf
I've never tried many of these events, and may not get the chance to train them before the comp. It should be interesting.
that's not even conroe proper, i goto school there, its 242 and 45.
What are the breaks for the weight classes?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajun
Dibs on Jerry's guest room!
Since it's just LW and HW, I imagine it's going to be 232 and up for Heavies and 231 and below for the Lightweights.Quote:
Originally Posted by DRAGOONRANCH
Hell, I may need a place to stay! I didn't realize I could mooch a place to sleep from one of you guys!
231 and below for lightweights.....maybe I should go for the lightweight class! heh.
i've got a guest room, a study with a futon, and various air mattresses, all are welcome here.
Rowdy, there's a motel 6 down the street.
In for the futon if Jimmy has dibs on the guest room!Quote:
Originally Posted by Snatch Adams
A year ago did you ever think you'd ever be considered a lightweight anything? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredo
Check out the events/weights on the flyer, if you're serious that would be awesome!
Just watch out for that Jerry Goss fella, he likes to try to have relaitions with you when your sleepin on his couch. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajun
So you're saying that I should watch out for my corn hole?
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1050/...7a85505e_m.jpg
Most definitely. ;)
cleared with the landlord, let's git it awn!
I should be there. dibs on next desirable bed.
The weight classes interest me, I want to see what the lightweights are built like.
Andy, any recco for strengthening the lower back for an event like this (I'm pretty sure that would be my weakest link right now)
Jimmy, I think the competitor may need the good bed, at least on firday night.
Deadlifts, Straight leg deadlifts, Good mornings, Glute ham raises, weighted back raises. Do weighted abs too, sit ups, crunches, Russian twists. Core strength is vitally important for all of these events.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seth
I relinquish my dibs to the athlete. Is it ok to "carb load" if we are just watching!
If I got serious about my lifting, I could probably be ready for something like this in the late fall. Looking at the weights for the lifts, I probably wouldn't be that competitive. My upper body isn't what it used to be, but my back and legs kept a lot of their strength through the weight loss. The problem I see is if I really started getting my body in shape for something like this, putting on muscle mass would probably throw me into the heavyweight class and I have no business there.
Not only is it ok, I highly recommend it! I plan on doing at least a little carb loading after the comp, and I hate to carb load alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by BMFScout
Eggcellent, so then its a date!
I mean...uh I'll totally see you guys in april in a completely hetero way.
What? No squats (box etc) bench press or any of the other power lifting standards?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajun
-Mark
He asked for things that would target the low back. Technically, anything you do on your feet involves the low back, as do all of the powerlifting movements and most compound, multi-joint movements, which is what I'm sure you're referring to.Quote:
Originally Posted by mark
Box squats? Seriously? Is there anything you don't know?
Actually, the only thing I don't know how to do is spell. Although I'm not as bad as Jackassic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajun
I have a trainer who has me doing the latest and greatest in speed work. He box squats close to 500#. I don't mess with him much.
-Mark
I live right past the San Jac river on 242 and have plenty of sleeping space.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snatch Adams
AH - all the lifts I hated. No wonder it is such a weak point for me. In my functional test for work the other day I was dyin. Even things like rollerblading as a kid made my lower back tired.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajun
On a more positive, if not completely on topic, note, it looks like I might be in a better situation now for improving my diet and workout habits.
Shifting gears, can you still wheel along the san jac river near 242, a la the 'fish run' my freshman year?
Not supposed to but it hasn't stopped anyone. People do it anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seth
are there any later ones?, ive recently got back into training but im looking to try something outside of powerlifting. I think by May or if i bust ass maybe late april i could be competitive in the light wieght class and i could easly get up to 230.
I haven't checked. Try http://www.nastrongman.com, and contests/upcoming.
Three pages? It's only been up for a day!:eek:
Anyways, hope to be there - we have a guest room and three couches that are big enough for people to sleep on if ya'll can handle a baby scream at 5:30am:D
Kolpecky lives a block away and has an air mattress:cool:
The party is in Spring, B!tches!
Krabs, make sure you bring your camera and take lots of pictures of andy whoopin ass. ;)
Cool! I guess that solves that. Whitney was already planning to be on a girl's trip out of town anyway. Perfect!
Are you ready? Are you ready? Let's get it awn, c'mon.
We can talk more about it in a few weekends.
I went to Baton Rouge Sunday to train with the other LA amateurs, all 5 of them. Looks like I'll be joined in TX by some of my rather large statesmen.
If they're interested in carb loading after the contest this could get really interesting. :gigem:
excellent. My exhaust guy is having his big anniversary party and barbeque for his business the same weekend. I saw him at Discount the other day and he was asking me if I was coming this year. I didn't have the heart to tell him. :)
so how did the training go?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajun
There will be no dominating in Conroe, I won't even be the strongest guy from LA there!
Training went pretty good for my first time with these guys. Worked with their tire (675 lbs) for a few reps. I'm rusty on this one, I had gotten pretty good on the tire over the summer. I did a couple sets of 5 and tried to work on speed. Moved to farmer's walk at 280/hand. This went well also despite not working this in months. My pick up still sucks, but once I get moving I'm decently quick, so that's good. Grip isn't an issue, so I just need to work on getting faster from the ground.
New events were the yoke, chain drag and Atlas stones. Their yoke is a chain yoke (bar across your back like a squat, with a heavy keg suspended by chain at either end). I have no idea what it weighed, but it didn't feel heavy. That said, the chains made it very unstable, but it wasn't too bad. I have a 650lb. yoke as part of a yoke/farmers/sled medley in Conroe, but it's a fixed yoke. The chain was 550lbs, and I smoked this one.
Last but certainly not least were the stones. I worked on lifting and loading the 225 for a few reps, and the guys helped me out with some technique. I loaded the 225, 250, 290, and 315 to a 54" platform. I was able to lap the 410 but not load it. All in all, not bad for my first time touching a stone.
I haven't worked overhead with these guys, but I've been training it in the gym. Since I'll have a 275lb axle for reps in Conroe, I've been training that on my RE Upper day, and have a best of 12 reps with no set downs. If I'm allowed a set down, and I should be, I should be able to get a couple more since breathing is my limiting factor, not strength here. I hit 11 for two sets yesterday, and I felt like crap, so I felt pretty good about that.
I'm starting to feel a bit run down, and may be getting close to overtraining. I'll start tapering the volume down starting next week and see if that helps.
Jesus H Christ! If you wanna work on that breathing thing I may know a guy who lives in a state with not a lot of air and lots of "stones" May be able to work you into a training program ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajun