The Return of The Bull

cheers homies,

doing another one this saturday!

another VICTORY!!! (not as easy this time...)

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a quick one, hardly worth logging

snatch
5x40
5x40
3x50
1x60
1x70
1x70
1x70

pullups
12
10
12

curls

but then again, i did move about 2000kg worth of stuff around in the warehouse...

you do know a snatched 100KG like a peanut the other wk mate? You need to up that snatch, and fast.....

was it a snatch, or a "snatch"

either way, its a great milestone man! The winning snatch at 48kg womens worlds few years back.

i have so many fingers to pull out my ass man...

another quickie, and then the highlands comp tomorrow

strict log
5x52
1x52
1x72
1x82
1x87
1x90
1x90
1x90

stiff leg dead
5x70
3x120
1x170
1x190
1x190

only way is up!

% wise, your strict isnt far off were you should be.....10-15% off your best

oh, and my snatch would definitely not have passed in a comp

Good stuff Joni!

very nice and positive way to put it actually, thanks

Did the highland games team comp yesterday again, neat Czech border somewhere, awesome setting, mountains, forest and a river in the background, next to old ruins, picturesque little village that was transformed into a medieval village.

Tougher comp this time, weird events cost us points and a more experienced team won. They deserved it though. in the strength events, they were not heavy enough to for us to show our strength.

I really want to do an individual comp in the B class soon! Though they will all be throwing events in those comps, but i love that stuff anyway. Only problem is the technique, i have none

Events were:

farmers - 60kg per hand, this time hook gripped it so the 200m for max points was no problem and could have done few more laps too if needed.
hay bag for height - fluked the maximum points in this one, last week was struggling but somehow it "clicked" today.
stones - easy, the heaviest stone was 100kg natural one, which was easy to grip to without tacky.
piggy bag carry - one of the team sits on a log, rest carry him around a slalom course. Funny but hey, we are not fast
weight for height - f**k, forgot the technique this week and was swinging it too much instead of snatch style close to body! 8/10 points
caber toss - practised this in the morning and few times before, and didnt get it, it was a bigger caber than last week. But then the official attempts started and nailed it in one, love the caber toss
hammer on chain - hard technically to put power into it, did one straight run throw to get at least some points, 6/10, then tried to do the spin, got some half hearted double spin going and tossed it almost out of angle but got 8/10 points, last attempt the same. Would be a nice event if i would hack the spin right!
stone put - nice 7kg natural stone to throw, got the glide right from the start and max points.
archery - WTF! achery! As awesome archery is, none of us knew nothing about it, second last place
log slalom - bitter from the mess we made with this last week we gave it some thought and got it ok on the second run.

Officially a fan of highland games they are not heavy enough that I would need to rest for them so its just a nice day out, but the events i did + million practise runs on most of the things made it a demanding day, a really nice workout actually.

Also they have their funding sorted so they are free to enter, and you get free drinks and food too. And get to wear a kilt.

Awesome stuff Joni!!! I'd love to a have a do at highland games, plus I look cool in a kilt!

Lol @ archery...WTF exactly

Sounds good mate, you seem to be having lots of fun out there

Oh, and you missed a cracker Sunday...you would have loved watching BSM u105...AWESOME events

john, EVERYBODY looks cool in a kilt.

jc, even more enjoable would have been to actually do it, looks f**king ACE!

ok after the comp only have had two quick workouts. Moving thousands of kilos of stuff in the warehouse in the 30+ degree berlin summer has a funny effect on training evergy...

on wednesday:

power snatch
5x40
1x40
1x50
1x60
1x70
2x75

front squat
5x70
1x100
1x120
1x140

i wish my wrist was ok to do fronts, love them! But alas, no.

abs

today:

strict log
5x50
1x72
1x82
3x82
5x82

f**k it

Bits and bobs session while waiting for couriers

stiff leg deads
5x70
1x120
1x170
2x200

18 inch pulls
4x220
10x220

narrow stance ass to grass squats to get legs moving
5x70
5x100
5x120

pullups
10
10
wide grip
8
8

some random pump stuff too

Nice couple of sessions the mr bull

squatted on tuesday, just a bit up to 170 but speed was promising

wednesday wanted to train but GRAFT got in the way.

today managed to train in the 30 degree heat, but it was a good one with Chris.

Squat
5x70
5x90
3x120
5x140

jumps
warm ups
3x3x 108cm

Log
5x52
3x75
2x95
1x105
3x75
3x75
3x75

ok, felt a bit better now

strict log
11x75

grip, double overhand partial deads to 190

Nice session Joni u sound busy!!

Highlands Games comp sounds great fun Joni!

Stick with the training mate, you'll soon get back to where you were...

Those comps look fun matey. Keep having fun!