Monday, September 28, 2009

The USA and a strongman comp!

Hi There,

It has been a while since I posted something. A lot has happened, I had the pleasure of visiting the USA. It was a fantastic trip, the people I met were extremely generous and very open and easy going. It was a very enlightening trip in many regards.

I had my eyes open to some different training perspectives, and not just the physical side of it. I had the opportunity to meet some incredibly successful people, who had the time and the heart to share some of their pearls of wisdom with me.

It was a very intense trip, in terms of learning and the limited time spent there.
I would highly recommend going for a look!

Since then I have been preparing for a new project that is coming up, an exclusive training club, if you are interested let me know, then we can arrange an interview to see if you match the profile we are looking for.

On Saturday I competed in the Murray bridge Viking strong man challenge. It was a great experience, I met some great people, and learned a few new tricks. I was the lightweight in the comp, and all competitors had a solid strength background. We had strongmen, Olympic lifters, powerlifters and a shotputter. We competed in 5 events, an overhead medley ( pressing rocks, kegs, car axles and a log over head in the quickest time possible), a carry medley( carrying a rock, keg and an atlas stone over a 20M coarse as fast as possible), a farmers walk ( 85kg, then 105kg and then 125kg in each hand up the 20 m coarse), log press for max weight and finished with the atlas stones ( big concrete balls weighing from 100kg to 150kg).
Both competitors and spectators did well to brave the temperamental weather and make it a fantastic day.
I had a brilliant time competing and am looking forward to doing it again. The competition was dominated by a 17 year old power house Casey Snodgrass, followed closely by his Dad Pete.
If you are interested in learning more or competing contact me.

Eat well and train hard!