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Sacramento Valley Game AKA Woodland

A little late writing this up, but I came in 2nd at Woodland. Not my best day on the field, but with Dave Brown coming out of retirement the result was a foregone conclusion no matter how I performed. Watch “Battle of the Celtic Giants” sometime to get a feel for the ridiculousness that is Dave Brown. Nicest guy in the world, no ego, but he possesses crazy strength and athleticism.

Braemar - 30′8″ 2nd. Stones just weren’t on at all.

Open Stone - 34′11″ 3rd. I was disgusted with these. I could not keep myself together on the spin. It was so bad that it inspired me to give gliding a go for a while.

HWFD - 40′3.5″ 2nd. Kept finishing closed off, likely because I was rushing my throws.

LWFD - 58′5.5″ 2nd. Again couldn’t finish properly to save my life.

Heavy Hammer - 75′ 2nd. Really happy with what happened on HH. I had a nice series.

Light Hammer - 88′2.5″ 2nd. Not so happy here.

WOB - 15′ 3rd. Hit th ebar twice at 16′ and came in 3rd because I knocked off one attempt at 15′.

Sheaf - 26′ 2nd and a PR. I came in at 20′ and cleared everything easily until 28′. The only problem is tht we were only going up by 2 foot intervals. Next time out I am going to save myself for a higher opening height.

Caber - 45 degrees 3rd. Caber was 18′6″ and 100lbs, but had a really nasty crack in it with some bolts holding it together and originally the AD warned us not to use this one because it was a dead stick. Nobody turned it, so I guess the AD was right.

Kind of a headscrather performance wise, but I think 2 comps in a row, several birthday celebrations, and a heavy squat/bench session in between games fried me. I just never had any pop.

Dave is a hell of a guy, just wish he wouldn’t throw a 72′ foot light weight, chuckle and let me know that he hasn’t touched one in 18 months next time.

Bench session Monday. This "10s wave" sucks.

Bench - worked up to 3x10x205

Slingshot - 3x4x275

BB Rows - 3x10x225

Crunches 3x50

Still hate high reps.

Throwing on Tuesday, it is my first time since the back started feeling better. Pretty happy with the results.

Standing OStone - 10ish throws 

LWFD - 10ish throws

Sheaf 5ish

1 WOB Throw

Ostone felt ok, didn't feel good timing-wise but the distances weren't bad. Adjusted my starting position back to more of a rotational stance with my feet more staggered than inline. Didn't feel much pop but had a few decent standing throws. Really need to focus on this in the off season.

LWFD went really well. Had a few where my timing was terrible, but after maybe 2 or 3 throws things began clicking and I was laying everything out over 55 ft after that. I had a few in the 57 range, which isn't bad.

Throwing 5.5.13

Some Sunday throwing with a Cinco de Mayo feast afterwards.

Throws:

Braemar - toeboards, throws x 10 (best 30+)

Light Hammer - 1 winds x 3, 3 winds x 15ish (best 94+)

WOB - 5/5 at 12'

Caber - x 5 flips with our new C class caber

Really wasn't feeling it, but the throws were ok. I'm doing something funky on my standing stone throws whereby I pull the throw across my body and out to my left on the field. The few where I went straight down the field were my best throws in months. Not sure what is causing that. Also pushing too far forward and not blocking enough.

Hammer just never got going, however, all my throws were 90+. Just wanted to go 5/5 with as little effort as possible on WOB and did so easily. Need to reinforce being patient as the weight drops then pulling.

Throwing 2.19.13

OStone and Hammers tonight. Great night with OStone and I hope I can reproduce the results.

Throws:

OStone - toeboards, standing x 5, MSA x 8

Heavy Hammer - 1 winds, 2 winds, 3 winds x 8

Light Hammer - 3 winds x 5

Banner OStone night. First throw was 39+ and it just got better from there. Tried to smooth out the hitch I have had in the middle of my spin and it seemed to help out quite a bit. Not sure what else I was doing better, but the stone was flying out so much faster tonight. Must have been the Oldfeld and Hoffa shot put videos I watched today on youtube...

Throwing 10.20.12

Big morning practice with Jose, Molly, and Tom from Phoenix. Legs are still killing me, not sure why I cannot seem to recover from what was a rather low effort squat workout.

Throws:

Braemar - warmups, full throws x ~5 (best 29+)

Open Stone - MSA x ~8 (best 39+)

Light Weight - full throws x ~15 (best 55+)

Heavy Hammer - 1 winds, 2 winds, fulls x ~5 (best 70+)

Light Hammer - fulls x ~10 (best 91+)

Felt as though I had some energy this morning for the first time in a while, so that was really good. Braemar felt really off, will throw again before Tucson games to get my tech better and hopefully a little more explosive. I think I am not getting my hips open while holding my upper back as well as I once was on stones. Open was feeling really good with the majority of my throws right around 39 feet or higher.

Light weight started off feeling like a continuation from Ventura - slow with no pop. I decided to work on driving a little more linear and pulling a little harder after the initial cast and it seemed to work. My final 5 or so throws were my best by far.

Hammers were ok, the sore groin muscles really made driving side to side uncomfortable. Nevertheless, I will take those numbers today after my 64/84 showing in Ventura.

Going to get after Caber, WOB, and Sheaf tomorrow am with the Hammerheads crew. Gained a bit of knowledge about sheaf from a competitor after Ventura and I really want to try it out.

Hit the gym and am very happy with the back situation. Shoulder is still improving.

Weights:

Jobes

Hip/low back stretches (4s, pigeon pose, cow pose)

Deads 135x8, 225x5, 255x3, 275x5, 315x5, 355x10

Push Press 2x5x95, 3x115, 5x135, 5x155, 7x165

Pull Ups 3x10 assisted

Hammer Curls/Overhead DB Triceps 3x10 superset (55lbs db and 100lb)