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PaulSavage said:
Really?? Have you been in there? The staff have always been great with us and everybody has been cool, we both get a lot of support and nice comments. Lot of them follow strongman. Can't fault the place at all, that's why we got the sponsorship with them.

PaulSavage said:
they all talk about how big I am or how much weight I'm lifting.

LessThanLuke said:
I have almost 20" arms weighing 110kg.
21" at 170+ is not something you should brag about.

PaulSavage said:
There's no possible way he could fix me for next week, I'm in a really bad way and that's just too soon. I'd be worried id end up in a wheelchair trying those kind of weights that fast. I can't stand up properly as it is. Personally I think the 6 weeks Becca's physio has said is super optimistic to be lifting anything decent as dont think I've ever felt pain like this.
HOWEVER, I will message you about him, interested in graston.
Edit - will video some for you, of Becca's and mine (but its always very simple stuff)

PaulSavage said:Just did some rehab. Basic movement / stretching stuff. Will do it again later. Have got very little range at this point. Pain hasn't gone down much at all.

matthewvc said:
Why not use a normal farmers apparatus that you can tilt forward
and get momentum - also training on same type used in real competition?
when we do them at conditioning typically 100-120kg per hand
for us powerlifters - strongmen like mark Steele and Marian 160kg per hand.
national opens caliber is big weight and twinkle toed foot speed.
surely trying to move fast with such a light weight is like trying to improve a 250kg bench by repping 60kg?

PaulSavage said:
Old ladies can out lift you

macroth said:I'm confused about the five sets of 40kg farmers and 135kg yoke (if I read correctly). That's neither conditioning nor a warm-up nor anything, really. And they caused shin splints? How long was each run?

PaulSavage said:Well so much for not wanting to get injured, I've hurt my left hip really badly doing a slow walk - can't f**king believe it. Was getting ready for events just walking through house and suddenly got a crippling pain in left hip/lower back. Its burning like f**k and can only stand up about 3/4 of the way, pretty much in agony with any movement. No idea what I've done or how its possibly happened. Feels similar to what I did to the other side but more into hip and more painful. Can't see any way I can compete in 2.5 weeks unless by some miracle I wake up tomorrow feeling fine. Hopefully that's what happens but feels really inflamed so can't see it

foxy said:Has anyone here ever deliberately lost a significant amount of excess weight/flab (10ishkg or more) to lean down and been satisfied with how much strength they maintained? Did you do anything special (manipulating/cyclcing carbs, fasted morning cardio etc) or just eat less calories?

Also lets say over a reasonable timescale (e.g. 2-6 months, rather than a multiyear odyssey).

Discuss.

Wayne_Cowdrey said:That's a shame General. Any comps down this way that interest you?

PaulSavage said:
Meh they won't really see the results of my programming in 6 weeks, even if I smash it, you don't go from doing no event training or real heavy lifting in years to hitting any sort of peak in 8 weeks (especially when you start with a slipped disk and get shin splints day 3). Saying this, overall I'm really happy with how things are going considering and I will be putting a lot of work in the coming weeks. The plan is simply to say f**k all that, be my biggest / strongest ever and qualify for England's.