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sJarl
Profile Joined September 2010
Iceland1699 Posts
January 18 2013 17:44 GMT
#121
Exactly. More strongman stuff, Hafþór is around 6'9" and 440lb bw...
"Witness!" - Karsa Orlong
phyre112
Profile Joined August 2009
United States3090 Posts
January 18 2013 18:22 GMT
#122
Lets not forget that PEDs arent doing the work for these guys, theyre just allowing the body to actually perform the ridiculous amount of work theyre expecting out of themselves. Sure an average hobbyist bodybuilder taking steroids is ridiculous, band it takes anything impressive about their results away because, given time and focus it could have been done without them... but with these advanced, international level competitors all the sauce in the world isnt going to get you there unless youre also genetically and especially mentally also a monster. TONS of respect for the training they do, assistance isnt even a factor imo.
autoexec
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States530 Posts
January 18 2013 18:25 GMT
#123
Bjornsson is a pure beast. I was watching a strongman competition on television one time and he was completely dominating the competition.
sJarl
Profile Joined September 2010
Iceland1699 Posts
January 18 2013 18:43 GMT
#124
Indeed Phyre112!

@Autoexec: one also tends to forget that he has only been in the sport for only a few years. He used to play basketball (and was quite talented [read: tall]) but got some kind of an ankle injury and decided to get strong. With only "moderate" success.

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Back in the good old days (2006/7)
"Witness!" - Karsa Orlong
KOVU
Profile Joined September 2010
Denmark708 Posts
January 18 2013 19:50 GMT
#125
Yeah, strongman are all beasts. I remember watching a video of Brian Shaw trying to sit in an average sized car. It was a convertible and his entire head was over the windshield. I really want to try and stand next to a person that big
farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18863 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-18 20:46:33
January 18 2013 20:46 GMT
#126
Anybody interested in Brian Shaw and the Arnold Classic in Columbus, OH ought to read this excellent New Yorker article. I attended the classic two years in the past, and it was awesome, and Brian Shaw honestly seems like one of the nicest guys in the world.
The Strongest Man in the World A new era of strength competitions tests the limits of the human body.
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
phyre112
Profile Joined August 2009
United States3090 Posts
January 18 2013 21:21 GMT
#127
On January 19 2013 05:46 farvacola wrote:
Anybody interested in Brian Shaw and the Arnold Classic in Columbus, OH ought to read this excellent New Yorker article. I attended the classic two years in the past, and it was awesome, and Brian Shaw honestly seems like one of the nicest guys in the world.
The Strongest Man in the World A new era of strength competitions tests the limits of the human body.


Someone posted that in last year's thread - it's a great article, and having read it really made this year's WSM finals mmore fun to watch, to see if the defending champion could overcome his injuries.
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20164 Posts
January 18 2013 21:29 GMT
#128
I'll be competing at the Arnold this year :-D
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
Deadeight
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1629 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-18 21:51:29
January 18 2013 21:49 GMT
#129
Hafthor! He's my favourite strongman. He's so good at all the stuff I think of as the real strongman events, like atlas stones etc. He was unbelievably rapid at WSM on all the stone loading stuff. Shame he falls behind on stuff like squat and deadlift, squat especially is an odd one to have imo.

@sJarl iirc it was a knee injury not an ankle one.
farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18863 Posts
January 18 2013 21:56 GMT
#130
On January 19 2013 06:29 decafchicken wrote:
I'll be competing at the Arnold this year :-D

That's fucking sweet. I'd be going but I moved across the country.
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
KOVU
Profile Joined September 2010
Denmark708 Posts
January 18 2013 22:12 GMT
#131
On January 19 2013 06:49 Deadeight wrote:
Hafthor! He's my favourite strongman. He's so good at all the stuff I think of as the real strongman events, like atlas stones etc. He was unbelievably rapid at WSM on all the stone loading stuff. Shame he falls behind on stuff like squat and deadlift, squat especially is an odd one to have imo.

@sJarl iirc it was a knee injury not an ankle one.

His ROM on the squat and deadlift is like twice the ROM of an average person lol. He wrecks on the stones tho
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20164 Posts
January 18 2013 23:30 GMT
#132
Snatch 40 60 80 100 110 120 120
Cj 50 70 90 110 130 135 140
Fs 100 125 145 160

Everything felt real easy. Meet in two days. 140/160??
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
Malinor
Profile Joined November 2008
Germany4748 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-18 23:45:22
January 18 2013 23:44 GMT
#133
18.01.2013
bw: 103,4kg


Back Squat
weight sets reps
132,5 1 8

Overhead Press
weight sets reps
67,5 1 5

Deadlift
weight sets reps
150 1 10

Chin Up
weight sets reps
+13,75 1 4

Dragon Flag
weight sets reps
bw 3 1,1,2


The Deadlift-set took everything out of me, but satisfied with the 10 reps. Squats and Press were also hard. I will take the whole next two days off to recover. For the next cycle, I'll increase the weight for Deadlifts agressively (12,11,10 reps is kind of more than I wanted), not quite sure yet if I do the same for Squats.
Also for robe skipping, I achieved 28 consecutive Double-Unders. Long term goal is 50.
"Withstand. Suffer. Live as you must now live. There will, one day, be answer to this." ||| "A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come."
Flicky
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
England2671 Posts
January 19 2013 13:30 GMT
#134
So I'm thinking of changing from Stonglifts to Starting Strength for a few reasons. One is that 3x5 is shorter than 5x5 and I keep missing sets due to time. Secondly, I've tried for months to get Barbell Rows down and just can't do it. I also want to start Olympic lifts in June and think that swapping to Power Clean is a good idea to get into the swing of things early.

Is this a good idea or will it backfire?

Also, I see a bunch of guys doing weighted pull-ups in their starting strength routines. How/when do you do these?
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mordek
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States12705 Posts
January 19 2013 15:01 GMT
#135
On January 19 2013 22:30 Flicky wrote:
So I'm thinking of changing from Stonglifts to Starting Strength for a few reasons. One is that 3x5 is shorter than 5x5 and I keep missing sets due to time. Secondly, I've tried for months to get Barbell Rows down and just can't do it. I also want to start Olympic lifts in June and think that swapping to Power Clean is a good idea to get into the swing of things early.

Is this a good idea or will it backfire?

Also, I see a bunch of guys doing weighted pull-ups in their starting strength routines. How/when do you do these?

For what it's worth, I did the same thing switching from SL to SS for pretty much the same reasons. I do weighted pull-ups in place of clean.
It is vanity to love what passes quickly and not to look ahead where eternal joy abides. Tiberius77 | Mordek #1881 "I took a mint!"
Donkeys
Profile Joined August 2010
Mexico308 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-19 17:52:24
January 19 2013 16:01 GMT
#136
Gonna try to clean 100 today. Posting this as an incentive to not miss it lol. Update later.

Yeah. not even close lol, 90 felt really heavy so I just stopped there. sn up to 60, cj up to 90, clean pulls 105 x3x3, bs 100x5x5
http://www.belowtherimyo.blogspot.com/
Deadeight
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1629 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-19 17:44:33
January 19 2013 17:44 GMT
#137
I thought they were both 5x5, and then you switch to 3x5 when you've stalled a couple of times? That's certainly the case with SL, after stalling twice (iirc), you switch to 3x5.

Just switching between SL and SS won't backfire because they're basically the same program. I've seen people doing pull-ups/chin-ups just at the end of the session, either day or both. I think there's more info about it in the SS book, pretty sure there's a whole section on assistance.
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20164 Posts
January 19 2013 18:02 GMT
#138
On January 19 2013 22:30 Flicky wrote:
So I'm thinking of changing from Stonglifts to Starting Strength for a few reasons. One is that 3x5 is shorter than 5x5 and I keep missing sets due to time. Secondly, I've tried for months to get Barbell Rows down and just can't do it. I also want to start Olympic lifts in June and think that swapping to Power Clean is a good idea to get into the swing of things early.

Is this a good idea or will it backfire?

Also, I see a bunch of guys doing weighted pull-ups in their starting strength routines. How/when do you do these?

Just add the oly lifts with an empty bar to the end of your workouts, the earlier you start the better off you'll be
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
steelANDmalice
Profile Joined October 2011
87 Posts
January 20 2013 00:24 GMT
#139
Wednesday

High box squats: 445-3
5 second paused front squats: 185: 5-5-5
Hanging leg raises: 12-12-12


Friday

Bench press: 275-4 (strained a bicep)
military press: 135: 10-10-10

couldn't do much else but rehab and hope I didn't injure myself bad enough to affect deadlifts tomorrow since it's my underhand and switching feels weird to me...
Donkeys
Profile Joined August 2010
Mexico308 Posts
January 20 2013 01:28 GMT
#140
I wouldn't risk it if I were you. I don't know how much you deadlift but judging by your squat I'm guessing pretty high lol. Just take some rest and let your bicep recover.
http://www.belowtherimyo.blogspot.com/
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