tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19272401108070720082024-03-13T22:38:13.105-07:00What Davie Did.An almost daily record of random stuffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger842125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927240110807072008.post-15087476217403749782012-02-01T14:36:00.001-08:002012-02-01T14:36:41.933-08:00.....and Im BackOnly just remembered my password for my blog - will start posting again soonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927240110807072008.post-35357677369095359092011-09-11T09:19:00.001-07:002011-09-11T09:19:24.093-07:00<div><p>Trying out the Blogger app. Down at Burns Gym in dumfries to practice for my first novice strongman comp. Click the link to watch the video. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZquHZlX_KVc&feature=youtube_gdata_player">Watch "10/09/11 - Dumfries events" on YouTube</a><br>
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We took part in the Glasgow World Highland Games team event called Local Heroes, and we placed 2nd overall<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927240110807072008.post-87105214241741691512011-08-13T15:27:00.000-07:002011-08-13T15:28:10.899-07:00Training 9/8/11<object width="500" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1v3-mbusvYw?version=3&hl=en_GB&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1v3-mbusvYw?version=3&hl=en_GB&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927240110807072008.post-81981872120162920312011-08-07T03:01:00.000-07:002011-08-07T03:02:27.713-07:00Thursday and Fridays training 4th and 5th AugustWe took a trip to Gregor Edmunds house for a practice on the two man log and two man deadlift event for the competition on Saturday. <br />
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Beer Fridays events<br />
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Farmers walk relay<br />
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Back squats<br />
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60kg x 5<br />
90kg x 5<br />
100kg x 3<br />
110kg x1+ - I got 11<br />
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Made sure these were deep after last weeks very high ones<br />
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Safety Bar Squats<br />
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70kg x 5<br />
80kg x 5<br />
90kg x 5<br />
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Working on these beltless<br />
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Bench Press<br />
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60kg x 5 x 2 sets<br />
80kg x 5<br />
90kg x 3<br />
100kg x 1+ - I got 8<br />
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8 equals what I got last time I did this weight<br />
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Red Band Bench<br />
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60kg x 3 x 3 reps<br />
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First time doing these, tried to move the weight as fast as I could, may have been a bitt too heavy as it wasnt very fast<br />
Incline Log<br />
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60kg x max reps - I got 25<br />
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Flat bench with log<br />
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40kg x 5 x 10 reps<br />
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<b>Tuesday</b><br />
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overhead stuff ( cant find my log book so this may be a bit off )<br />
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Push press<br />
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40kg x 5<br />
60kg x 5<br />
70kg x 3<br />
80kg x 1<br />
85kg x 5<br />
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Strict press<br />
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50kg x 5<br />
55kg x 5<br />
60kg x 5+ - I got 8<br />
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<b>Wednesday </b><br />
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Band squats , blue band, 60kg of tension at top<br />
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60kg x 3 reps x 8 sets<br />
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18in deadlifts<br />
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145kg x 5<br />
165kg x 5<br />
185kg x 5<br />
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Speed deadlifts<br />
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130kg x 3 reps x 5 sets<br />
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Prowler<br />
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50kg x 10m x 4 runs<br />
50kg x 15m x 4 runs<br />
70kg x 15m x 4 runs<br />
70kg x 30m x 4 runs<br />
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Love the prowler!<br />
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Log clean and press - shoulder to overhead<br />
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40kg x 5 x 3 sets<br />
60kg x 3<br />
70kg x 3<br />
80kg x 3<br />
85kg x 1<br />
90kg x fail ( this is my target from now on )<br />
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70kg x 8 (PB)<br />
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Yoke<br />
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145kg x 15m x 2 runs<br />
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205kg x 15m - 8.06secs<br />
245kg x 10m - 7.94secs<br />
245kg x 15m - 15.38secs (super super slow)<br />
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atlas stones<br />
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100kg x 3 singles<br />
120kg x 2 singles<br />
130kg x 2 fails<br />
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120kg x 75sec - 1 rep. Nearly blacked out on thte second rep, then missed the third so stopped<br />
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Great session today<br />
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Little bit of conditioning<br />
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5 rounds of<br />
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100kg sled drag x 15m x 6<br />
1min kb swings x 24kg<br />
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then<br />
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15m out and back with 80kg,60kg,40kg,20kg<br />
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then<br />
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hand over hand pull with 80kg x 15m x 4 <br />
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a sweaty mess after this, great to do work like this without timing itUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927240110807072008.post-2892560196734097602011-07-27T13:21:00.000-07:002011-07-27T13:21:28.546-07:0027/6/11 squats and deadsWednesday session with Buzzman, SSHQ was fooking roasting today<br />
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Band squats - red band hooked around bottom of the power cage<br />
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85kg x 3 reps x 6 sets<br />
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Deadlifts<br />
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70kg x 3 x 2 sets<br />
110kg x 3<br />
145kg x 3<br />
165kg x 3<br />
185kg x 1 - did this double overhand and grip went ...d'oh!<br />
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Assistance stuff - knee raises, back extensionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927240110807072008.post-19645800656484382772011-07-26T09:51:00.000-07:002011-07-26T14:40:49.072-07:0026/7/11 - overhead stuffTuesday <br />
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Overhead<br />
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Push press<br />
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40kg x 5<br />
60kg x 5<br />
70kg x 5<br />
80kg x 3<br />
85kg x 1<br />
90kg x 1<br />
95kg x 1 ( think this is a pb )<br />
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Strict press<br />
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52.5kg x 5<br />
60kg x 3<br />
67.5kg x 1+ - I got 5<br />
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Circus Dumbell<br />
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20kg x a few<br />
42kg x 3<br />
53kg x 2 (pb )<br />
53kg x 3 (new pb)<br />
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31kg,42kg,53kg x 1 each, fail on 64kg<br />
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Back to training today - yee ha<br />
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Back squats<br />
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85kg x 3<br />
95kg x 3<br />
105kg x 3+ - got 14<br />
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Safety bar squat<br />
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65kg x 3 x 3 sets<br />
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Bench press<br />
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77.5kg x 3<br />
87.5kg x 3<br />
97.5kg x 3+ - got 8<br />
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Incline log bench press - max reps<br />
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60kg x 24<br />
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Accessory work - core stuff<br />
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On Saturday 16th July, I took an 8 hour drive to compete in the UK Strength and Power Series meet in Cardiff, Wales. This is a grassroots strongman competition that I first competed in last year when the competition was set up slightly differently - a one day competition with 7 events. This year sees the competition consist of 3 heats, 3 weight categories and the top 2 from each category going through to the final in October.<br />
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I had entered the South West meet as it was being hosted by my good friend Andy McKenzie from Ironmac Fitness. Andy is a tremendous strength and conditioning coach who won the lightweight category last year and had kindly agreed to programme for me leading up to this competition.<br />
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Also heading down with me was my friend and sometime training partner Louise Mather from the band Any Color Black and her sister Gillian. Louise was competiting in the competition too in the ladies middle weight category.<br />
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The drive down was long but filled with chat, laughter, no music ( stereo was broken ), eggs, dark chocolate and traffic jams.<br />
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After arriving in Cardiff to drop the girls off, heading back to Newport to stay and Andys, I eventually got to sleep.<br />
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Nervousness and a body clock set for early mornings due to my year old baby meant that I woke up at the crack of dawn. I got showered, fed and prepped with coffee and eggs. We set off for the short drive to Dragon CrossFit, venue for the fun and games ahead. This is a tremendous strength and conditioning facility that is located in a large industrial area.<br />
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After weighing in, and meeting a few faces that I remembered from last years competition and a few faces I wasnt expecting (my buddy form back home had travelled down with his girlfriend to cheer me on and hadnt told me they were coming), the main organiser of the event , Chet Morjaria, gave us the welcome speech and gave us a run down on the first two events of the day.<br />
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Event 1 would be circus dumbbell form ground to over head for as many reps in 75secs. Heavyweight men would be using the 53kg dumb bell<br />
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Event 2 would be the Conans Wheel, with 120kg on it for us big lads.<br />
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Due to company I work for, Strength Shop UK supplying some of the equipment for the competition, I was probably only one of a few people who had used one of these huge dumb bells on a regular basis as part of my training so I was feeling great going into this event. In training I had managed 15 reps so I was looking to get there or maybe a couple of more reps.<br />
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I managed to crank 15 reps again, which I was happy about but unfortunatley this was only good enough for 3rd place as 2 guys managed 17 reps.<br />
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The second event was something I dont think anyone had done before. As I had finished 3rd in the first event, I was 3rd last to go in this so it gave me a chance to see how some of the others attacked his piece of equipment. When my turn came around I picked up the arm and set off on what would end up puting me in 2nd place. This I was very happy about, but that really, really hurt!<br />
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After this event, we had an hour for lunch so I tried to eat and drink to fuel up for the afternoon. After lunch, Chet announced what the next two events would be.<br />
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Event 3 would be one hand deadlift for max weight<br />
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Event 4 would be a medley<br />
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Before the competition, event 1 and 3 were announced so we had time to practice. I knew I could do 130kg in the deadlift, but going by how the guys in the first meet did, I knew I would beed to do at least 150kg to stand a chance of getting a good placing.<br />
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This event consisted of 7 attempts but if you failed twice you were out so tactics would be important. To start with I went in at 105kg, which I lifted easily. Next lift was 120kg and again this felt good. My next lift was 130kg and this was a bit tougher. Another 10kg was put on the bar and I gripped the bar and got that 140kg up for a new PB by 10kg. There were still a lot of heavyweights in at this point. Another 10kg was put on the bar and again I managed it - another PB. But then the weight started to get too heavy. I had my first attempt at 160kg but I dont think it even came off the floor. My next and last attempt came off the floor slightly, but only slightly. Only 2 of the heavyweights managed to get the 160kg off the floor but none got a full lift so at the end of this event we had 5 men tying for first place.<br />
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This put me in 2nd place going into the last event.<br />
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During my training leading up to the meet, I had been doing hill sprints and sled drags and duck walks so when the medley was announced I was really happy to see it was as follows.<br />
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Duck walk 20m with 160kg<br />
backwards sled drag 20m with 120kg <br />
Tyre flip 20m<br />
65kg keg carry 20m<br />
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I knew I had to do well on this event and I knew my fitness level was high enough for me to smash it.<br />
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The duck walk is also something that I have practiced in training as we use it at work as part of our event training, and I usually use 180kg. I gripped the handle and duck walked the 20m without putting it down. The sled drag was not that heavy but because it was being pulled over rubber flooring, the friction made it very difficult to pull, but i managed to get it moving quickly and keep the momentum going all the way. The tyre was relativly small but flipping it for 20m proved to be more taxing than I was expecting. The last part of the medley had proved to be a difficult item for a few of the guys to pick up, but i looked at it like an atlas stone so tried to lift it in a similiar way. I squatted down, got it in a bear hug, stood up and ran as fast as my legs could take me. when I crossed the line I had a huge rush of adrenaline as I heard my time - 1min 26secs<br />
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This was good enough to keep me in 2nd place which means I am heading to the final in October.<br />
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The next heat of the series will be held at CrossFit 3D in Manchester on August 20th. For more information check out the Facebook page.<br />
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The exact location of the final has yet to be released. The Facebook page for the final will be updated with details.<br />
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I absolutely loved the competition. Having competed last year and being a lot heavier and nowhere near as fit and strong, I was very happy with my performance. I was also over the moon to see my friend Louise utterly smash the womens middle weight category, winning 3 events out of 4.<br />
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Team SavageUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927240110807072008.post-74896627481525603282011-07-18T12:06:00.000-07:002011-07-18T12:06:56.916-07:00UK Strength and Power seriesSo after a few moths of training really hard , I managed to get 2nd place and a palce in the final in October<br />
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I got 2nd place in the Circus dumb bell event, 2nd in Conans wheel, joint first in the one hand deadlift and 2nd in the medley<br />
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I will try and do a proper write up some time this weekend - but im too broken todayUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927240110807072008.post-6201370116195689362011-07-11T14:41:00.000-07:002011-07-11T14:41:53.115-07:00Pre-competition weekOn Saturday I am heading to Cardiff for the Strength and Power meet. I took part in this last year, but things are different this time around. Instead of one competition, there are 3 heats. One has already taken place at CrossFit Reading, next week at Dragon Crossfit then next month at CrossFit 3D in Manchester.<br />
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I have been training hard for this, with most of my programming coming from Andy MacKenzie who is the organiser of the Cardiff event. I am in much better shape than I was last year. Fuck - i dont think I could be in worse shape than last year<br />
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This week is just an easy week in preparation for Saturday, with today being the only weights session I am doing.<br />
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Back squats<br />
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100kg x 5 reps x 3 sets<br />
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Cambered bar back squats <br />
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80kg x 5 reps x 3 sets<br />
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Bench press<br />
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77.5kg x 3<br />
87,5kg x 3<br />
97.5kg x 3<br />
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Really strange not training as hard as I have been but I know i need to rest so that I can give my all on Saturday where I hope to ...ENGAGE MOTHERFUCKING BEAST MODE!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927240110807072008.post-32911611356717145222011-07-10T10:42:00.000-07:002011-07-10T10:42:43.695-07:00Back to postingNo posted in a while but things have been going great - finished working at the primary school I was in and now Im working for www.strengthshop.co.uk which is a fantastic job!<br />
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My training has changed and now Im doing mostly strongman training which I am loving. Here are a few videos of some of the stuff I have been doing.<br />
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Got the <a href="http://www.ukstrengthandpower.com/">UK STRENGTH AND POWER</a> meet next Saturday and I am tapering down this week with the plan baing 3 days of full rest before it ...then turning up and turning on HULK MODE!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927240110807072008.post-91659342619981076002011-05-24T13:32:00.001-07:002011-05-24T13:32:52.562-07:00Photo a dayset up a separate Tumblr blog for my photo thingy<br />
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<a href="http://deafdavie.tumblr.com/">DEAF DAVES TUMBLR</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927240110807072008.post-1365893116722839252011-05-22T13:15:00.000-07:002011-05-22T13:15:48.258-07:00Catch up postTraining has been going great - lots of stuff done but keep forgetting to update on here. <br />
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Going to get back to regular posting starting with something new - a photograph a day for 30 days. Found this on a blog i follow so will give it a try.<br />
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Will start tomorrow.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927240110807072008.post-29263131605997310192011-05-08T13:54:00.000-07:002011-05-08T13:54:50.369-07:00Videos from yesterdays session<iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ieKjsiLHpfI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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