The Return of The Bull
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| Joni |  | ... | 19-08-2011 @ 13:40 |
 left the country satisfied Member 10, 19241 posts SQ 240, BP 150, DL 270660.0 kgs @ 107kgs UnEq | mikehowarth said: Crap I forgot I had to post some last minute injury bulls**t up too! what, are you doing a comp without an injury? that would be just weird... | ||
| JC | | ... | 19-08-2011 @ 13:43 |
 technical retard Member 172, 36827 posts SQ 310, BP 205, DL 335850.0 kgs @ 108kgs UnEq | All the best for the weekend mate If the injury holds, look very good events for you.....smash it! This weeks training looks solid also | ||
| WILLSAN | | ... | 19-08-2011 @ 20:17 |
 Trump will get another four years Member 126, 16708 posts SQ 160, BP 110, DL 225495.0 kgs @ 75kgs UnEq | good luck for the big one mate! | ||
| Boar | | ... | 19-08-2011 @ 20:19 |
 Nothing left in the tank. Member 5, 25597 posts Administrator | have a blast joni mate !!! | ||
| plonker | | ... | 19-08-2011 @ 20:22 |
The world famous projectile vomit master Member 1293, 443 posts SQ 210, BP 155, DL 280645.0 kgs @ 105kgs UnEq | looking forward to competing with you on sunday dude... | ||
| Joni | | ... | 20-08-2011 @ 10:57 |
left the country satisfied Member 10, 19241 posts SQ 240, BP 150, DL 270660.0 kgs @ 107kgs UnEq | thanks - will do my best, with or without the co-opertion of my ass. weight is at 106 now, should be ok without any gimmicks. Heading off with mike soon! | ||
| MrSmall | | ... | 20-08-2011 @ 10:59 |
Gone and easily forgotten....... Member 331, 22298 posts SQ 185, BP 100, DL 230515.0 kgs @ 85kgs UnEq | PODIUM! | ||
| Joni | | ... | 20-08-2011 @ 11:02 |
left the country satisfied Member 10, 19241 posts SQ 240, BP 150, DL 270660.0 kgs @ 107kgs UnEq | MrSmall said:PODIUM! ok now this joke is getting past its best by date, especially when the pre comp nerves are kicking in  | ||
| MrSmall | | ... | 20-08-2011 @ 11:08 |
Gone and easily forgotten....... Member 331, 22298 posts SQ 185, BP 100, DL 230515.0 kgs @ 85kgs UnEq | PODIUM!!!!!! | ||
| brocerslrd | | ... | 20-08-2011 @ 14:34 |
 Conan likes to listen to music Member 1155, 3461 posts SQ 150, BP 110, DL 210470.0 kgs @ 88.8kgs UnEq | Head up Joni just go out there and smash it buddy | ||
| MrSmall | | ... | 20-08-2011 @ 15:05 |
Gone and easily forgotten....... Member 331, 22298 posts SQ 185, BP 100, DL 230515.0 kgs @ 85kgs UnEq | Podium. | ||
| Joni | | ... | 22-08-2011 @ 10:10 |
left the country satisfied Member 10, 19241 posts SQ 240, BP 150, DL 270660.0 kgs @ 107kgs UnEq | UKs strongest man 105 write up What a brutal brutal competition - 9 events in total, must be the most ever in a single day strongman comp in UK? That alone made it a real challenge to be cherished. My goals were to survive the comp and come out in the other end thinking I could have not done any more. I did. 14 competetors in the start, but the day started taking its toll with guys dropping out due injuries. 1. Arm over arm 4x4 pull The rope used was really thick, probably more than double the normal thickness of the ropes. The pull itself didnt feel heavy, but after few pulls forearms started running out of juice and it was hard to transfer power to the pulls. I went out 4th and i may or may not have finished the course, I dont know I was too knackered to be able to say what happened. 7th place 2. max axle floor to overhead 100 easy, 110 easy, 120 easy, 130 clean easyish, but then couldnt power it up, disappointing, but 120 was a realistic target for the day, 130 would have been a pb. 145 by mike was a joy to watch! 8th place 3. 150kg farmers walk for 20m Crazy heavy farmers for 105kg guys - and they were giant farmers, big block types. My glute injury came back with a vengeance from the first pickup, but didnt hurt when walking. Grip just not strong enough and they gave up at about 8m. Picked the farmers up again but only got few more metres. Maybe about 10 metres in total? Anyway, as luck would have it I had the longest distance of the guys who didnt finish the course and placed ok - 5th place 4. keg toss - 8 kegs over 4.5m bar Awesome event! I want to do this again! Training it would have helped as every time I threw the keg i used a different tech. I was all over the place, missing more tosses than I nailed. 4 kegs in total and shared 8th place. 5. Deadlift medley Very worried about this as the glute was painful every time I needed to pick anything off the floor. 250kg normal deadlift came up ok but was painful, 275 15inch axle deadlift felt light but painful, and the 300 18 inch was just too much. Joint 8th place. 6. Loading medley Loadede the two monster 130kg barrels, but was cramping all over the place, especially my forearms and that made me slow - no chance with the fingals finger. 8th place 7. 70kg dumbell for reps Awkward long dumbell like in worlds strongest man. Went all out all or nothing for the first rep and managed to lock it out after a battle which felt like an eternity. Left obliques cramped, and left hamstring too, auch. Subsequent attempts were poor, but worth taking as I did have a chance. 7th place. 8. 400kg tyre flip Tyre has no thread to grip on so we were allowed to use tacky. My biceps and forearms were sore before this, and since this tyre has been dubbed the bicep killer I took it quite safe. The tyre actually didnt feel that heavy once you got some kind of grip of it. Managed three flips, shared 5th place and probably my best performance of the day. 9. stones With all the cramps and everything this was looking hard, but as the last event you just go nuts and leave it all in there. Very enjoyable to hit the stones after such a long gruelling day. 110 and the two stones after which weights i cant remember went up easy, managed to lap the 160 but with everything in pain and cramping, i couldnt even think about what i was doing and messed it up by having it too low on my torso. Bulls**t loading attempt, but that was all I could give. 7th place 8th overall with 60.5 points! I was consistantly average/bad, depending on the point of view which is why i placed 8th even though i placed 8th or above in every event (4 8th places, 3 7th places and two 5th places). I did not have any great events to collect points, and where I did, i beat guys who were top dogs in most of the other events. Such is strongman scoring - for guys like me without any really strong events i struggle to place higher. Any comps I will do now will be "low stress" comps, almost like training sessions. Main aim is to bring up all areas of strength by a notch in preparation of next years finlands strongest man in May, and regional UK qualifiers before that. | ||
| Thing | | ... | 22-08-2011 @ 10:22 |
 a large fingered spastic that demolishes plant Member 89, 31706 posts SQ 260, BP 220, DL 290770.0 kgs @ 142kgs UnEq | well done Joni | ||
| ITRG | | ... | 22-08-2011 @ 10:23 |
 PS ... i love you Member 521, 2568 posts SQ 200, BP 125, DL 265590.0 kgs @ 90kgs UnEq | well done mate sounds horrible to be honest.... | ||
| Ben_F | | ... | 22-08-2011 @ 10:24 |
 vegetarian with a big deadlift - who would have thought... Member 340, 13300 posts SQ 315, BP 190, DL 350855.0 kgs @ 115kgs UnEq | Well done mate and nice write up. As I was reading through I was thinking "how did you finish 8th when you placed 8th or higher on everything!" then you explained it at the end... but could have easily been a place or two higher on another day. | ||
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