@ActivitiesGuy I’m pretty excited about powerstairs. I think WSM had one back in '13 or so, but it doesn’t make a lot of appearances. In general this event plays a lot to my strength as it’s pretty much all static stuff. Training for it will be easier while I’m snowed in.
I imagine the limitation for the event is just how equipment intensive it is. You need a platform and special implements, which makes set-up suck.
@biker Thanks dude! I’m back to the point where I’m as strong if not stronger than I was before the injury.
@Koestrizer The Inzer champion is a squat suit. It’s single ply, and pretty much bottom of the barrel. In general, I appreciate how gear works, but the multiply stuff feels completely miserable and it takes so long to get into a proper fitting piece of gear that it makes training sessions take too long for me to be logistically viable. You hear about the 3 hour powerlifting sessions multi-ply gear folks have, and it sounds super awesome, but I’m just not willing to set aside that kind of time for training.
That being said, simply wearing the gear and hitting some warm-ups completely changed my perspective of lifting gear. You definitely don’t just throw on a suit and add 300lbs to your maxes. Lifting in gear SUCKS. You feel like you’re going to explode the whole time and the gear keeps trying to throw you out of the groove. Massive respect to guys that are out there putting up insane poundages in multi and single-ply gear.
And thanks for following along! Feel free to ask any questions about my prep.
@strongmanvinny2 Yup; no tacky. This will be a first time experience for me. If I like to SOS, I might end up saving my pennies and buying one. It seems pretty ideal for a garage gym user.
@littlesleeper Comp will be on 22 Apr. I’ll need to make some modifications (which I’ll detail later), but thankfully my core structure is sound enough that it won’t require a lot of tweaks.
AM WORKOUT
(5) Axle Mat Pulls
5x136
5x226
1x276
1x366 (mixed grip)
1x456 (mixed grip)
10x576 (straps, touch and go, rest pause)
10x486 (straps, deadstop)
43 second DOH hold of 276
Notes: Strength remains consistent on this, even on days when I feel awful. That set of 486 was rough.
GHR sit up w/25lb plate behind head
3x8
1x6
Buffalo Bar Squat
5xBar
5x100
5x140
3x190
1x230
1x280
1x320
1x370
1x410
REST PAUSE (15 Deep Breaths Between Reps)
4x460
2x460
1x460
8x370
2x3x370
1x370
Notes: Massive victory here. My all time best before surgery was 3x460 for this sort of workout. Hitting it for 4 on the topset was awesome. Took a lot out of me, and wasn’t able to hit as much in the backoff sets as I’d liked, but the system is working. Walkout is the hardest part for me; probably part of not hitting the Anderson squats like I used to.
General notes: Woke up at 195.8. Had my cheat meal last night; Taco Bell, cheesy gordiata crunch, naked chicken chalupa, chicken quesadilla and half a nachos bell grande. The naked chicken chalupa tore up my insides something fierce.