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Hi my name is Thor you may know me from The Goon Whiteboard and Paulie's training log, or you may have seen me on Tosh.0. http://www.comedycentral.com/videos...nds-to-the-nuts  I used to co-own and operate a warehouse style gym, but my former partner and I didn't see eye to eye on things so I work as a strength trainer at a local crossfit gym now. I live in Eastern North Carolina and I compete in the Highland Games, as well as some other strength competitions. I used to have aspirations to be a top level light weight highland game competitor but I have since gotten quite a bit bigger and heavier so I'm just trying to be good in the normal class. My initial log stats (9/28/10) and Current Age 26 (28) Height 5' 11” (same  )Weight 201 lbs (218 lbs (did get as low as 187 at one point)) Initial PR's (9/29/10), and Current PR's in lbs Bench - 235 - (315) +80 Squat - 315 x 3 - (500) +185 Deadlift - 405 - (455) +50 Snatch - 185 - (230) +45 Clean&Jerk - 245 - (295) +50 Strict Press - 165 - (220) +55 Push Press - 205 - (235) +20 Initial Highland Games stats (9/29/10) and Current Braemar Stone - 26'-9.5" (28'-1") Open Stone - 35'-9.5" 56lb for distance - 26'-0" - (30'-5") 42lb for distance - 37'-7" 28lb for distance - 56'-2.5" - (63'-4.5") 22lb Hammer - 68'-9" - (86'-4.5") 16lb Hammer - 91'-4" - (97'-7") 20lb Sheaf - 20'-0" - (24') 16lb Sheaf - 24'-0" - (26') 56lb for height - 11'-0" - (12') 42lb for height - 13'-0" - (14') Caber - I've gotten some 12 o'clocks before Training wise, since I've started this log I have mostly done Starting Strength and its derivatives such as the Texas Method. Which means that my training is a little boring but should be easy to follow. thorbjorn84 fucked around with this message at Dec 28, 2012 around 00:02 |
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thorbjorn84 posted:you may have seen me on Tosh.0. Did the camera guy's balls survive?
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| # ? Sep 29, 2010 03:10 |
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Desk Lamp posted:Did the camera guy's balls survive? Yeah he was fine, it mainly hit him in the thighs with the flat part of the implement and the handle hit him in the balls. His legs were only bruised for a month or so.
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| # ? Sep 29, 2010 03:27 |
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Holy hell, Tosh is hilarious. Absolutely one of the best comedians out there now. Oh also GL with your skirt-games. 
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| # ? Sep 29, 2010 03:31 |
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Thanks SouthShoreSamurai 9/28/10 Did some snatching when Paulie came to the gym just cuz I felt like it 95x3x2 115x3 135x1,1,1 155x1,1,1 165x0,1,1 (all my misses came from the weight being to far forward at the catch) 175x0,0,1 (put oly shoes on, rest was barefoot) Upper body bodybuilding type day I guess Warmup YTWL's and threw a 10lb med ball against a wall a bunch of times Dips BW x5x2 BW+Chain x5x2 (chains were draped over my neck and weigh about 20lbs each) BW+2Chains x5x2 BW+Chain x5 BW x5 Dumbbell Rows 120x10r x8l (adjustable dumbbell broke at the 8th rep with left hand) 100x12e 100x12e Straight Bar Curls (totally did these in the squat rack) 45x12x5 Yoke Walk 255 for 100ft (50 feet down 50 feet back) 345 for 100ft 435 for 100ft (Added belt) 485 for 100ft (dropped it once on the way back) Not a bad day of lifting but nothing special. Sipped on some whole milk during the session then chugged a good amount when I was done, which I do almost every time I workout. Haven't done curls in a good year or so, so 45 lbs was enough for me to get my “swole” on. Ive been thinking that my core strength is hampering me on my deadlifts and squats so I'm planning on doing more yoke and farmers walks in the future and I also need to do more good mornings.
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| # ? Sep 29, 2010 18:19 |
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This is a good log.
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| # ? Sep 29, 2010 18:21 |
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Can we ask in this log how you got started being part owner/operator of a warehouse style gym? Or is that better placed in Ask/Tell...
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| # ? Sep 29, 2010 20:22 |
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I fully support this thread because Thor is the one who supported me and has beaten the bitch back out of me over the last five months. And his gym is the best gym in this state, hands down. Don't let his looks or words deceive you. Thor is scrappy, but he is also very strong. He just hides it really well. 
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| # ? Sep 29, 2010 20:39 |
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When is the next competition that you'll be taking part in? Will you talk Paulie and Flame-San into doing it with you?
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| # ? Sep 29, 2010 21:20 |
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SouthShoreSamurai posted:Can we ask in this log how you got started being part owner/operator of a warehouse style gym? I wouldn't mind answering any questions about that here, unless you guys would rather have me start a thread in the Ask/Tell section. Astonishing Wang posted:When is the next competition that you'll be taking part in? Will you talk Paulie and Flame-San into doing it with you? The next comp I have is on Saturday and will probably be the last one of the year for me. I asked Paulie to go but hes going to be too busy to go, and I haven't asked FS2D if he wants to go yet. I haven't practiced in over a month and this will be my first games competing in the A class so it should be interesting.
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| # ? Sep 29, 2010 22:14 |
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I'm really interested in highland games, so I'm interested to see how you train.
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The adjustable db is broke? FFFFFFFFFFFFFf I was on my way in to film my now you try attempt...we will need to anglo-engineer something. I have a few ideas... Wish I could go to the Highland Games w/ you this weekend, but I'm leaving for IL the following day Plus I don't have a skirt.Dude you should showcase some of your homemade implements of (bodily) destruction here as well.
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| # ? Sep 30, 2010 20:03 |
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Paulie posted:Dude you should showcase some of your homemade implements of (bodily) destruction here as well. THIS. Also, Thor, could you please not Frasure everything that was fabricated by your welding ingenuity? That would be nice of you. Some of us like using your frankensteined creations, asshat.
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| # ? Sep 30, 2010 20:29 |
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I'm interested in where this thread is going. Highland games are cool.
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Here let me start: http://img.waffleimages.com/4739b3c...c96998/IMG_0160 (linked for megahuge) - This was the pullup bar/crossfit training monstrosity that Thor welded together and mounted to the back wall. It took seven strong people to get the thing up there, and afterwards we all felt like we were going to die. I have pictures of some more stuff, just let me get home to find them! Edit: Also pictured there are Thor's Prowlers that he welded together. They're the most hateful things in the gym. Flame-san2D fucked around with this message at Sep 30, 2010 around 20:58 |
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Whoa, a Highland Games log, sweet! Thor, the owner of my gym is a HG competitor, but heavyweight. How do you structure your programming?
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| # ? Sep 30, 2010 21:16 |
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hope your tri's aren't too blasted bro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPvFYMlQXcw
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| # ? Oct 1, 2010 00:12 |
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Dude, awesome log! This will definitely be worth following. ;> 
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DownByTheWooter posted:I'm interested in where this thread is going. Highland games are cool. You drat right they are Schroedinger posted:Whoa, a Highland Games log, sweet! What is your gym owner's name? I'd like to check out his numbers. I don't really train that specifically for the highland games per say. My main problem right now when it comes to the games is that I'm too drat weak, so I'm just trying to get stronger and more powerful. Currently I have a heavy deadlift day on Mondays, upper body bodybuilding type day on Tuesdays, rest on Wednesdays, squat on Thursdays, and have a heavy log pressing day on Fridays. Although none of these days are strictly upper or lower body days, hence the snatching and yoke walking I did on tuesday. I also do random cardio stuff here and there like prowler pushes, kettlebell swings, tire flips etc. ZombieParts posted:Dude, awesome log! This will definitely be worth following. ;> Thanks man, I'll try not to dissapoint
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9/30/10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap4B8yVJ-Tc Like last time I did some power cleans today when Paulie came in, cuz I felt like it 135x4 165x3 195x3* 225x2* 225x0 (missed b/c I didn't want to drop under it) 225x1* (said wtf why not mid lift and dropped under it) Did some supplemental tricep kickbacks, worked on getting a good squeeze at the top then about 3 hours later; Squat Day 45x5 95x5 135x5 185x5* 225x5* 275x5* added belt (almost fell backwards on the 4th rep) *these sets are in the video Like a lot of other things I haven't done power cleans in a while so they were a bit sloppy (my back was very rounded on every rep), I need to do them a lot more this off season to help with my throwing. I would have done more poo poo after the squats if I weren't competing on Saturday, I usually do some single leg work after the squats like split squats or reverse lunges and then some back mess like good mornings. I'm gonna take tomorrow off and eat as much as I can so I can get a good mini bloat before the games, the weather is suppose to be nice so that's good. Only thing that sucks is that I'll have to wake up at 5am when I usually wake up around 11:30am. Debating on closing early to try to get some sleep, however FS2D will throw a hissy fit about that if I do.
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thorbjorn84 posted:
Steve Pulcinella! I train at Iron Sport. I think he's pro? But his body also seems to be disintegrating, it seems like every other week he has a new injury. (Protip: NEVER AGE)
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Schroedinger posted:Steve Pulcinella! I train at Iron Sport. I think he's pro? But his body also seems to be disintegrating, it seems like every other week he has a new injury. poo poo you work out at Iron Sport? Thats a REAL gym, I'm jealous! I know of Steve but I've never met him, I think hes a master now (aged 40+, for anyone that didn't know). I know that one of my throwing partners, Eric Frasure who is also a pro, has thrown with him before. It sucks that hes getting a lot of injuries but that seems to come with the territory when you've been throwing and lifting hardcore for decades.
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thorbjorn84 posted:poo poo you work out at Iron Sport? Thats a REAL gym, I'm jealous! I know of Steve but I've never met him, I think hes a master now (aged 40+, for anyone that didn't know). I know that one of my throwing partners, Eric Frasure who is also a pro, has thrown with him before. It sucks that hes getting a lot of injuries but that seems to come with the territory when you've been throwing and lifting hardcore for decades. Yes, I am a lucky bastard! Yeah, he's a master, I think he's 45. He's injured but he still competes, whenever he trains he just does what he can (and trains through injuries, like on a broken foot  ).EDIT: For what it's worth, the pictures I've seen of ECB indicate it is also a real gym  )
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Sup fellow North Carolinian? I wish you luck with the highland games. What kind of events will you be competing in?
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Hope you are kickin' rear end out there today!
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Meet Results Scotland County Highland Games Open Stone - 33'-0" 56lb for distance - 27'-9" PR 28lb for distance - 53'-4" 22lb Hammer - 65'-6.5" 16lb Sheaf - 24'-0" 56lb for height - No Height, starting height was 12' Caber - 50 Degrees Meet Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdO0DeOPvXI This was my first time competing in the A's,and I got my rear end handed to me but I was expecting that. Overall I'm pretty happy with my numbers, I think I would have done better if I had prepared more. My best event was the 56lb for distance, where I got a 1'9" PR which was nice. I should have done better in the 28lb wfd, I fouled my first throw and felt unbalanced on all 3 throws. Same thing with the hammer, I felt like I could have put a lot more speed and power into it. The open stone was mediocre, I'm still new to spinning (well half spin really) so it was pretty sloppy. The sheaf went pretty well, I was close to clearing 26 ft on my last attempt but it was a tiny bit too low and the aim was off. The weight for height started at 12' which I've never cleared before and still haven't, however, my last attempt was the closest I've ever been to clearing 12'. The caber was long and heavy and kicked my rear end, I had good control with it every time I picked it but either my timing was off or I was just too weak. Overall I'm pretty happy with the meet, I signed up for it last minute and haven't had a throws practice in a while and it showed. I did at least come home with one PR and a fairly substantial one at that. I signed up for another meet on the 24th of this month and I'm 90% sure that I'm gonna go (I haven't gotten a confirmation e-mail yet). I plan on having at least a couple of throws practices before that meet so I can end the season with some descent numbers, and hopefully some new PRs. thorbjorn84 fucked around with this message at Oct 4, 2010 around 22:06 |
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thorbjorn84 posted:Meet Video This is bad rear end, your gym is bad rear end, you are bad rear end. Definitely going to follow this log. I also wouldn't mind hearing about how you got started with the warehouse gym if you don't mind sharing.
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Hello new log! I'll be watching you...
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With almost any highland games/strongman-type event I look at it and think to myself "wow that looks really hard but if I trained for it I bet I could do that" except with the caber toss. That poo poo looks loving impossible.
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cVoz Bosher posted:This is bad rear end, your gym is bad rear end, you are bad rear end. Definitely going to follow this log. I also wouldn't mind hearing about how you got started with the warehouse gym if you don't mind sharing. I'm slowly (very slowly) writing a post about how I got started with my gym and a introduction to my gym with what it has in it and what I made and poo poo. I'll make it a goal to post that on here tomorrow. And thanks for thinking that I am bad rear end TheFace posted:Hello new log! I'll be watching you... I hope you do, at night, in the bushes, through my blinds. artard posted:With almost any highland games/strongman-type event I look at it and think to myself "wow that looks really hard but if I trained for it I bet I could do that" except with the caber toss. That poo poo looks loving impossible. You could definitely do it, I was a 165-170lb little twink when I did my first games, I was pretty terrible though. And yeah the caber sucks rear end, I don't think I picked it until my second or third games, and that was with a women's caber. 10/4/10 Deadlift 135x10ish 185x8ish 225x5 275x5 315x5 345x5 Speed Squats off 14inch box 185x3 195x3 215x3 225x3 Box Jumps 38” box 5x3 Then I did some foam rolling and poo poo I'm still pretty fried from this weekend, especially in my core area so the deadlifts almost killed me. After doing the deadlifts unracking 185lb felt like it weighed about 300. I probably went a little too heavy on the speed squats, I let my ego run amok for a bit, but I'll rationalize it by saying my speed off the bottom didn't drop off all that much going from 185 to 225. I should also probably be doing this workout in the opposite order...
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thorbjorn84 posted:I should also probably be doing this workout in the opposite order... Heh yeah. I don't think doing four sets of speed squats after deadlifting while you're recovering from an event is really worthwhile. Is your real name actually Thor? If so, that's bad rear end. I keep telling my family that my first born son is going to be Thor and they think I'm kidding BUT I'M NOT.
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crackhaed posted:Heh yeah. I don't think doing four sets of speed squats after deadlifting while you're recovering from an event is really worthwhile. Thorbjorn. Funny that you should bring that up though ch.. Thor taught us an interesting history lesson about last names. But in order to demonstrate it, I'd have to spit his out, and I don't think he'd be kosher with that, so.. yeah. As I said tonight, nice job on this weekend, Thor. gently caress the rankings for now, the PR/feeling of satisfaction = what matters. e: Here's some pictures of the gym to get things started (I'm trying to be a catalyst, god damnit)   Flame-san2D fucked around with this message at Oct 5, 2010 around 07:09 |
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That is badass.
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Ok so here is my little back story into how and why I started my warehouse gym. I went to school to become an Civil Engineer, which was cool for a little while then I got tired of it and started Majoring in Physics, then I realized there was a lot of studying with that so I changed over to Math, same thing there. So I figured that I like working out and I could totally be a personal trainer or a track coach so I changed my major to Exercise and Sport Science. As I was getting ready to finish my degree I was looking around at potential areas to work as a trainer and I wasn't very impressed with any of the gyms in the area. Then I saw a video online by Zach Even-Esh where he was giving a tour of his facility and I though, gently caress I could do that. Now my older brother was also about to finish school with the same degree from the same school and I told him about the idea of starting a place and he wanted in on it. So we decided to try to get a loan and open up our own place. Problem was that no one wanted to loan us any money without any collateral, but we finally got a loan through our parents. Now at first we were looking at small places that had rent that was within 1000 dollars and maybe 1500 sq ft, my brother convinced me we could go bigger since there were two of us working on this, looking back I kinda wish we had started smaller, probably more along the size of Alfalfa's place. We ended up finding a 6000 sq ft facility that used to be a cheer leading place. It had 3 offices, two bathrooms, a nice size lobby area and a huge 5000 sq ft warehouse/gym area. For the equipment we had some stuff that we had collected over the years and we bought as much as we could off craigslist and scoured the internet for deals on bumpers and things like that. Now one of the main things we did to save money was instead of buying racks and prowlers and such I decided to make them myself. I'm pretty handy and figured I could do it, so with almost no welding experience I bought a welder designed a bunch of equipment to see what materials I needed and bought $5000 worth of steel. So far I have made; 3 Collegiate racks modeled after the elite fts racks 2 Prowlers 1 Dip station 1 10inch Log 20' wide Dumbell rack 1 set of Farmers walks 1 thick bar 1 Olympic plate holder 1 Yoke modeled after Sorinexe's Yoke of Goergien A big rear end Pull up Station A bench attachment for the Racks and a Chalk Stand I also have about $1500-2000 worth of steel left I don't know if I would recommend that other people that trying to open their own gym to try this, it took me a LONG rear end time to make that stuff, especially the racks. There was also a lot of trial and error with my fabricating at first. We also made all our own platforms and boxes. We bought the turf used for a dollar a sq ft and got all our mats from Tractor Supply. Getting it ready to open was a poo poo ton of work since most of it was done by my brother and myself, although we had a lot of help from other people. We got the building around November 17th and didn't officially open our doors until March 6th, although we started training people in there before that. Looking back it was a very ballsy thing to open up a huge gym with little prior training experience and no current clients, and on top of that build most of the major equipment myself. Oh yeah and neither of us had our degrees yet when we first started working on it. Here are some pictures of the gym     
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| # ? Oct 6, 2010 00:49 |
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Great read, thank you. How did you go about getting clients? How long before you started to turn a profit?
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crackhaed posted:Is your real name actually Thor? If so, that's bad rear end. I keep telling my family that my first born son is going to be Thor and they think I'm kidding BUT I'M NOT. My real name is Thorbjorn Gylfason (FS2D I don't care if people here know my full name, anyone on here with the google skills of an 8 year old could find my name). The reason for the odd name is that I'm from Iceland and lived there till I was 10. So I pretty much come from the land of strength athletes. I even saw/met Jon Pall Sigmarsson when I was like 6-7 years old, I used to take judo classes with his son. And if you name your son Thor I want you to be aware that for his entire life whenever he meets someone they will ask him "is that your real name?" and then they will tell him "thats the coolest loving name ever" (especially at bars). So if you want that to happen to him then have at it. SouthShoreSamurai posted:How did you go about getting clients? How long before you started to turn a profit? We still aren't turning a profit, and don't expect to for another few months. My guess is that we'll start making a profit after being open for a full year, so sometime around March. I've been trying everything I can think of to get clients, I've gotten a lot of my friends to become my clients, I've advertized on the radio, used roadside signs, gotten some articles in local magazines, posted fliers on campuses, posted fliers on peoples doors, gotten advertisements in bar/restaurant bathrooms. Some of those things have worked and others haven't.
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| # ? Oct 6, 2010 01:07 |
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Good job at the games dude. When I get back home I want to learn how to do all those throws.
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Paulie posted:Good job at the games dude. Thanks man, and I can learn you those throws when you get back 10/6/10 Bodybuilding mess Warmup YTWL's Threw a 10lb med ball a lot Dips BWx8 BW+Chainx5 BW+2Cx5 BW+3Cx5 (barely got all 5 reps) BW+2Cx5 T-Bar Row Drop Sets (started off with 120lbs and took off 25lbs after every 5 reps) Narrow grip x20 (120x5, 95x5, 70x5, 45x5) Underhand grip x20 Wide grip x20 Narrow grip x20 Curls 45x10 45x10 45x10 I was gonna do this Tuesday but my training partner couldn't make it up to the gym and I was still feeling pretty beat up from the weekend and Monday. This was my first time trying the t-bar row drop set thing, it worked out well but my biceps were loving fried after doing those and the curls.
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10/7/10 Did a bunch of exercises for a video that we showed to the local fire department at a presentation. I'll post the video on here once I finish editing it and put it on youtube. Squats 45x5x2 95x5 135x4 185x3 225x2 275x5x3 After that I taught a strongman conditioning class and since there was an odd amount of people in the class I jumped in on the buddy fire flips. So; Tire Flips 300lbx5x2 600lbx5x2 At the beginning of the day I was thinking about doing some power cleans after the squatting but I was dead after all of this so I called it a day. 10/8/10 warmup ytwl's Threw 10lb med ball a lot Incline log press w/10 inch log (the bench is about 45 degrees with the log sitting on the pins which are at chest level) 105x5 125x5 145x5 165x5 185x5 Pull ups BWx6x4 Superset Strict log press & Pendlay rows Log 125x5 135x3 145x3 added belt 155x2 (failed on the 3rd like a little bitch) Rows 135x8x3 155x8 My pressing felt like poo poo, come to think of it everything felt like poo poo. I've been going pretty consistently heavy for the last 6-8 weeks or so, so I think I'm due for a little bit of deloading. I also need to change my program around a bit. I've been on a Rippetoe kick lately and kind of want to incorporate more if his methods into my workouts, hence the 275 squat for 3 sets of 5 yesterday. On the business end of things we are still pretty slow. I did however run into the captain of the ECU (The University in town) club rugby team at bar and talked to him about having their team train at my gym. I had sent him a message about it a couple months back and he had apparently checked out our site and our videos but assumed we would be too expensive, which I assured he we weren't. So hopefully we will set something up with them. Also one of my brothers new clients is a guy that used to own and run an indoor baseball training center thing thats in town but owns the local state farm insurance agency now. He really likes our setup and is eager to help us out anyway he can so we are gonna have a meeting with him next week and let him drop some much needed knowledge right on our loving faces. So far this guy looks legit so I'm excited about that.
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WOAH Just found this log. Can you give some advice on getting involved in Highland Games? I googled the nearest ones to me and emailed but I haven't heard back yet. Do you have the stones and weights to practice on your own or do you have to get together with a group that has them? I just got interested in trying this a couple days ago, I don't have any really thorough questions formulated, sorry 
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