Your 2012 in Review
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| Power_nash |  | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 15:06 |
Member 1163, 217 posts SQ 390, BP 302.5, DL 3201012.5 kgs @ 161kgs Eq | Its been a bit of a mixed year for me, at the start of the year i managed to squat 390 in comp, i broke the 300kg bench barrier with 302.5 at the British bench champs.and moved my dead on a little with 320 in comp. It all went a little wrong at the GBPF senior champs when i bombed on the squat, then tore my tricep warming up on bench (happened at only 190 raw, this all so caused a flare up or a previous elbow tendon problem) this has left me limited to a 200kg raw bench over the last few months. But i have been enjoying mixing up my training with some Olympic lifting. and hope to compete again next year (may be raw). | ||
| ystradboy79 | | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 15:22 |
 Chris 'The Magician' Melling Member 1443, 978 posts SQ 270, BP 180, DL 320770.0 kgs @ 135kgs UnEq | Started off the year with high hopes , picked up a nasty chest infection mid january that I couldnt shake off and meant I had to pull out of celtic carnage the night before , finally felt better mid February only to go and herniate a disc attempting a deadlift pb , spent a month pretty much on the couch and thought ( on doctors advice) that my strongman career was over before it had really started , think I started back in the gym around april time and slowly got some level of strength back , put my name down for the junction gym sizzler just to have something to aim for , only managed to get two event sessions in before the comp but just happy to be competing , came 9th out of 12 and couldnt have been happier , spent the last 6 months focusing on gym lifts and its paid dividends , broke my dead pb in november and gonna pull 300 on the 24th to round the year off , competing at Wales strongest man 2013 and really excited to see what next year brings , so bit of an up and down year but more good than bad  | ||
| CookieFP | | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 15:24 |
 mmmmmm me love cookies ! Member 3818, 98 posts SQ 135, BP 115, DL 170420.0 kgs @ 85kgs UnEq | Went from super-weak to just mildly rubbish Good things to come from '13 I hope | ||
| Funky_monkey | | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 15:29 |
 403 forbidden message Member 160, 5121 posts SQ 190, BP 137.5, DL 225552.5 kgs @ 86kgs UnEq | VanillaGorilla said:How has your 2012 gone? Did you meet targets? Achieve goals? Suffer injuries? Progress or regress? Chuck in a paragraph about your year. I REGRESSED a lot in 2 weeks in January, knocking off 60kg from my deadlift, 60 from my squat and a fair bit off my bench. Managed to sort of move away from heavy heavy squats week in, week out (or weak in weak out as the case may be now) and now I'm sort of training for strongman properly. Strength has come back somewhat, and I now know what's moving my nnumbers up. I've been consistent in my training and figured out a few things about my diet - mainly how to get a s**tload of kcals down in one go. | ||
| Robbo | | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 16:18 |
 When I have enough cash, I get a deep tissue. Member 465, 11029 posts SQ 240, BP 175, DL 302.5717.5 kgs @ 104kgs UnEq | Won Northern England's strongest man u105 then had to take a break, then did Salt ayre classic last minute and won the open class. Spent most of the year mincing about with my training with little focus and generally doing other things and having a bit more fun. Looking forward to doing some comps next year and having a good crack again. | ||
| Wayne_Cowdrey | | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 16:32 |
 Still got a little bit of strength Member 400, 22054 posts | 2012 has been all about personal life. The most stressful and emotionally difficult year of my life (not all in a bad way). I only competed once this year - the Midland's u105. In my mind it was going to be my last comp, but I performed solidly and it made me half change my mind. We'll see. I certainly won't be competing any time soon. Life is crazy at the moment. I currently have no time to train (literally zero), so I'm taking my minimalistic approach to the absolute extreme! | ||
| Ben_F | | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 16:37 |
 vegetarian with a big deadlift - who would have thought... Member 340, 13300 posts SQ 315, BP 190, DL 350855.0 kgs @ 110kgs UnEq | Robbo said:Won Northern England's strongest man u105 then had to take a break, then did Salt ayre classic last minute and won the open class. Spent most of the year mincing about with my training with little focus and generally doing other things and having a bit more fun. Looking forward to doing some comps next year and having a good crack again. The mincing about didn't seem to do you any harm judging by the SA Classic win! | ||
| leeboy | | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 16:37 |
 do i love snipers? hellyeah Member 2025, 883 posts | from bad to worse. injury illness and unemployment | ||
| Robbo | | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 16:50 |
When I have enough cash, I get a deep tissue. Member 465, 11029 posts SQ 240, BP 175, DL 302.5717.5 kgs @ 104kgs UnEq | Ben_F said: The mincing about didn't seem to do you any harm judging by the SA Classic win! Thanks Ben! The training before that was some good old fashioned bodybuilding!   | ||
| JC | | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 16:58 |
 technical retard Member 172, 36827 posts SQ 310, BP 205, DL 335850.0 kgs @ 108kgs UnEq | Ben_F said: Robbo said:Won Northern England's strongest man u105 then had to take a break, then did Salt ayre classic last minute and won the open class. Spent most of the year mincing about with my training with little focus and generally doing other things and having a bit more fun. Looking forward to doing some comps next year and having a good crack again. The mincing about didn't seem to do you any harm judging by the SA Classic win! dont have to do THAT much when your on 3g of test a week  | ||
| robpalmer1 | | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 16:58 |
Am I elite? Member 1674, 306 posts SQ 350, BP 250, DL 305905.0 kgs @ 93kgs Eq | Enjoyed 2012. Won EPF Europeans @ 83 Won GBPF British @ 83 Broke the British squat record @ 83 (330.5kg) 7th @ IPF Worlds @ 83 (bit gutted with that, got well and truly spanked) Broke British squat record again though 332.5kg Broke Squat(340),bench(245)and Total(880) records at 93. Happy with that. As for next year, will lift at a few comps at 93. Will make a decision on the Europeans in march as to which weight class. Would be good to win a Europeans in two weight categories. But they are strong mothers! Short term targets Squat 360@93 Bench 255 @ 93 Deadlift 320 @ 93 Gonna give the Russian stimulation a good crack as well, the research is all wallet positive regarding strength gains, just hurts like a b**ch and your quads feel like they will explode. | ||
| Peltomaa | | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 18:08 |
 Finlands Strongest Man u105 Member 891, 1935 posts SQ 280, BP 200, DL 362842.0 kgs @ 108kgs UnEq | This year was going to be great for me, well first comp (CofC) and the knee said poks in loglift. Well twelve weeks of rehabilitation, and while i was fresh man... However, in the end I got a good season GPA-Raw deadlift comp 330kg@100kg 1st place WPC-Raw deadlift Finlands champions 350kg@110kg 1st place -105kg Strongest strongman (Finland) 1st place Purujärvi open class strongman comp 2nd place -105kg World Strongest comp Norway 7th place GPA- invite raw-deadlift comp 355@110kg (105kg) I made new PBs in deadlift, loglift and yoke overall im happy.. Goals for next year is to win Finlands Strongest u105kg and get good efforts in EMPM open comp | ||
| Mark | | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 18:26 |
Member. Member 2171, 1612 posts | It's been a great year, well 6 months. Having done no real training I entered Bristols Strongest Man back in July. With only a few weeks to learn I met 3 great blokes who I still train with now I came 3rd in my first comp Not long after I entered the Muscle Inc Summerslam comp and with 1 really messed up event (the one I expected myself to do really well at) I came 4th Been learning loads, progressing a little (it's harder to progress at 34!!). Looking forward to 2013 | ||
| JH | | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 19:02 |
 Member 1739, 1266 posts SQ 365, BP 245, DL 332.5942.5 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | 2012 has been ok pretty injury prone but ok. GBPF Junior & Senior Champ @ 105kg Few british & commwealth records equipped & unequipped. Goals for next year are too go over 900kg total & to squat 800lbs. | ||
| taz | | ... | 17-12-2012 @ 20:06 |
 he who does the volume wins Member 2498, 3652 posts SQ 160, BP 125, DL 225510.0 kgs @ 109kgs UnEq | 2012 not been too bad. Did 2 comps 20th Northern 105s, near the bottom but pb'd pretty much every event so can't complain. 11th at Salt Ayre Classic, goal was to one day come in top half of a comp so done that (and didn't fall over when doing farmers this year )In terms of lifting goals for 2012 Wanted to get 220 without wraps, currently done 215 Wanted 140 bench which I got near start of year Wanted 250kg deadlift and managed 250 x 3 at SAS Classic Wanted 100kg log so I could do opener at northerns and got 110 on the day Lifting goals for 2013 240 squat with or without wraps 150 bench 280 deadlift 130 log Comp goals, none really, do a few more, enjoy them and put in good performance and a top 10 would be nice | ||