My ADD Training Log 2015

[eastNYgoon138]

My hands hurt...

 

[calvus]

My hands hurt...

Hahah - I bet.

I'm taking it easy this week since I have a Highland Games comp next weekend, but I may start RRBT the next week. The 100 reps I did the other day weren't bad except for the blister, and I think some tape will fix that.

 

[calvus]

2/11/2015

Work has been super busy the last couple of days. Lot of driving, lots of early mornings & late nights. When I got back home tonight, I did about 30 minutes of shotput (or stone) drills. Working on the glide - I think this is going to be better for me than the spin that I've been trying to do for the last few years.

 

[calvus]

2/12/2015

THROWING

Light Hammer - 16#
10x throws, best around 87'

Stones - 12.5#
5x Standing throws, best around 39'
5x Glides, best around 42'

LWFD - 28#
4x Full Throws, best around 53'

Really good session today! I think I fixed a MAJOR issue with my hammer! I finally figured out how to get my hips engaged by closely watching one of the good hammer throwers at practice on Sunday. Instead of breaking it down & over-thinking, I just tried to mimic his hip motion & timing. And all of a sudden it "clicked". & I was throwing 80' easily. Last time out I was struggling to throw in the mid-70's.

With stones, the glide videos & drills I did yesterday helped. My gliding throws were a few feet farther than the standing ones, so that's great.

WFD wasn't great & timing seemed off. Oh well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

Looking forward to throwing at the Queen Mary on Sunday.

 

[MIDMOBOX]

Have you ever considered competitive roller dance?

 

[calvus]

1/15/2015

Queen Mary Highland Games

Good time throwing today, lots of ups & downs. But it's the first meet of the year, so that's pretty much what you expect. This was also my 1st time throwing with the 40+ Masters Division. Good Guys, they made it a really good day! Heavy Hammer was first, but the time I was warm, the event was over Light hammer was better, I expect to PR in this event this year for sure - the changes I've made are paying off. Braemar Stone wasn't bad, Open Stone was a mess - not sure why. HWFD was ok, but I took a 5-hour energy & LWFD was a complete shit-show. I'm blaming it on the 5-Hour. And Not surprisingly, WOB, Sheaf & Caber (which I never practice) sucked. Imagine that. I really need to get some equipment so I can practice these events. The Caber was a big one, 110 pounds & 14.5 feet. Only 1 guy turned it.

Overall I had fun & learned a few things that will help me in the future - next meet is in May. Here are my numbers:

Braemar Stone (22#): 29'2" - 3rd
Open Stone (16#): 35'1" - 3rd
Light Weight For Distance (28#): 50'1" - 2nd
Heavy Weight for Distance (42#): 36' - 2nd
Light Scottish Hammer (16#): 87'10" - 3rd
Heavy Scottish Hammer (22#): 65'1" - 4th
Weight Over Bar (42#): 13' - 4th
Sheaf - 20' - 6th
Caber - 75 deg - 3rd

Overall: 3rd Place

 

[calvus]

I'll post more photos from the games as they pop up. Here's one of me with the 110-lb caber.

 

[calvus]

Got some photo sequences from the Queen Mary Highland Games. This is great, because I can see exactly what I need to work on here.

The event it Open Stone, this is a 16 pound stone, and you throw it basically like shotput in track & field. I'm using a Glide technique, not a spin.

In the 1st pic, I have some separation between upper & lower body, but should be more. Also doesn't look like enough of my weight is on my right foot & my feet are probably not 100% pointed toward 3:00 - I could see that in another picture.

In this pic, I am starting to open up with my upper body, but hips are still really closed

In this pic, upper body is clearly in front of my lower body, lower body can't engage at all at this point.

On the release I'm too forward, chest is too vertical.

Definitely have stuff to work on.

 

[calvus]

2/16/2015

BJJ - 1 Hour, gi

Warmed up with grip fighting, switching opponents every 60seconds, then drilled two standing guard passes. After that it was 5x5 minute rounds of sparring, 1 minute rest between rounds. My conditioning was better than I thought it would be, so that's good. I did try to berimbolo a small wiry guy & he took my back instead lol. Oh well, that's how you learn. I tried to work on side control escapes today - and that's just not easy. Need to keep working this.

 

[MilkManUK]

Great pics as always calvus. I keep meaning to tie a Highland Games event in on one of my trips to Scotland (purely as a spectator). If I ever go I'll stick some pics on here.

 

[calvus]

Thanks MilkMan - they're fun events to attend - you should try to get to one for sure.

 

[calvus]

Here are some more photo's:

42-pound Heavy Weight for Distance:

And here's the 28-pound Light Weight for Distance:

These aren't terrible, but I'm not getting enough separation & I think I'm probably too upright.

 

[calvus]

Got some caber pictures...

I picked up a nice tip on caber, but not until after my 3rd toss, so didn't get to try it on Sunday. Basically, I've been trying to balance the caber & then run with it before throwing it. The tip is to let the caber get heavy on your shoulder and then DRIVE into it to build the momentum. Just a slightly different way of thinking about it but I'm hoping it will pay off.

I got 3rd in caber on Sunday with 75 degrees - didn't turn it. This caber was 14'5" & 110 pounds.

In this photo you can see it's a little in front of me:

 

[calvus]

2/17/2015

Squats
5x135
5x185
5x225
5x255
5x295
5x335 <-- HARD

Pullups on rock climbing hand holds
8xBW
8xBW

Dips
15xBW
15xBW

Leg Raises
10xBW
10xBW

Time crunch today, got in what I could before having to head back to work. Last set of squats was hard today. I'm not sure I could've done 6 reps.

 

[calvus]

2/18/2015

BJJ - 2 Hours, gi & nogi

100% sparring today, 5 minute rounds in nogi, then 10-minute rounds in the gi. I was exhausted at the end of class. Some really good guys there today as well - the gi class had 2 whitebelts, 1 blue belt, 4 purple belts & 5 black belts.

Got my ass kicked lots. Good times.

 

[calvus]

2/19/2015

THROWING

Braemar Stone - 12.5# Stone

6x Toes-on-board throws
6x Knee to ground throws
10x Standing Throws

LIFTING
Bench Press
10x45
5x95
5x135
5x155
5x185
5x205
5x235
10x135
10x135
10x135

Press
10x45
10x65
10x85
10x65
10x65

DB Rows
12x70
12x80

Did some drills with Stone today, trying to make sure I'm using my hips - lots of improvement to be made here. I used the 12.5# stone to make sure I could get the reps in. Screwed something up in my shoulder throwing, not sure whats up with that.

Bench felt heavy. The 235 was probably a 5RM. Felt weak.

 

[MIDMOBOX]

Your kilt needs a sponsor or two on it.

Also I am very glad the judge for lwfd is comfortable with her/him self. That yellow says look at me.

 

[calvus]

Yep some guys like to patch the kilts up, I prefer to just rep my clan.

2/20/2015

BJJ - 1 Hour

Today was just sparring again, and we had a few more black belts drop in to train. I got to roll with 3 of the black belts, a couple of purple belts and two blue belts. Pretty tired but good stuff - had a lot of opportunity to work on my side control defense & escapes.

 

[MIDMOBOX]

And how was your side control defense and escapes against those black belt?

 

[Stargazer Rex]

If I had one of those kilts I'd get Chipotle for a sponsor. They could just pay me in food.