This week's recap

After the heavy tire flip day on Monday, I took two days off to rest up for Thursday's lift.  On Thursday, I had the opportunity of lifting with some local strongmen.  It was my first time touching the strongman implements, and here's what we did:

• Log lift - I cleaned 250 but didn't try for the press as my shoulders were feeling it enough that I didn't want to risk hurting myself.  I did try for a clean on 288 but my arms were shot at that point.  New implements always seem to tire you out quickly!
• Axle - I cleaned 2 plates which I believe is 225 (not sure on the bar weight), and didn't try any higher as we had more disciplines to go. 
• Atlas Stones - This is harder than it looks on TV!!!  My hands/arms were also beat so I'd like to try this fresh another day.  I lifted a 235 lb stone over a 53 inch bar.  The hardest part was getting the stone to my knees.  After that, my height is actually very helpful!
• Sandbags - we did two weights on the Ironmind bags.  One was around 160 and the other 240 I believe.  We did sets of 5 over a 53 inch bar.  I actually did the best at the sandbags of all 4 disciplines for the day.

Here is a pic of the workout courtesy of Brian Mielke:

I'm excited to get back out there in a couple weeks after the guys compete in Utah's Strongest Man next Saturday.  Dave and I are going to go watch!

Today, it was a question of what doesn't hurt as much as my hands/biceps and low back!?  I set on calfs, triceps and shoulders, so here is today's lift:

Sat	7/14/2012
Lift	Weight	Reps	Total Weight
Shoulders with cords	25	800	20000
Calf Raises	135	20	2700
	135	20	2700
	205	20	4100
	255	20	5100
	295	20	5900
	345	15	5175
Shrugs SB	135	20	2700
	135	20	2700
	225	15	3375
	225	15	3375
	225	15	3375
	135	30	4050
Nose breakers	95	12	1140
	95	12	1140
	95	12	1140
	95	12	1140
	95	12	1140
Abs	60	250	15000
Day's total		85950	lbs