training log: Eddie Brown

PR's in Braemar, Open Stone and Sheaf so not a total loss but my hammers were EMBARRASSING.  I think I saw the peacocks and geese in the park laughing at me.  O stone needs a lot of work.  Heather pointed out that I'm standing straight up right after my kick.  Going to decide this week whether or not I want to be a horizontal or vertical guy.  Weights weren't what I wanted them to be but I can't complain since those are the types of numbers I throw in practice and unless you're a gamer (I have not achieved this status yet) you'll probably throw in competition about what you throw in practice.

I need better timing on WOB as I'm rushing out of the back and I don't work with caber enough.  This needs to change.

That is all.

Stones at lunch.  Braemar starting to come together more.  Holding my arm until shoulders progress further in throw rather than firing off my heels.  Worked on not forcing a reverse today but pushing with my right side the whole way and chasing the weight all the way out into the field w/ follow through.  Onto O Stone when the mental queue "only think about pushing with the right side of your body" seemed to help.  Although my glide did not prove effective in Flagstaff, we shall overcome.  My disdain for my stone came to a boiling point today and I bought a pre owned shot at Play It Again Sports.  I don't think they sell many shots as the sales associate seemed all too intrigued and excited when I picked it up and headed for the register...

WFD Tues

Very rotational, only took tosses with 49#, need to get some forward drive out of my sprint in order to increase distances.

Stones Weds

Icarus got a new carrying case!  Lost my kick out of the back on these throws.  Watching video realized that I'm elbowing with left arm to try and get momentum out of the back.  Also finishing early by firing arm before squared up to trig.  Very choppy.

Stones seem to be slowly improving although I'm still coming up too quickly in my glide, early on my finish and have lost some kick out of the back.  One of the biggest differences is my attitude towards stones now, I really look forward to training them whereas I used to just check out mentally.  Far from good but distances have been improving with the occasional surprisingly good toss.

@Jake's

PP to 275 

FB to 275

@Golds

Worked up to a single w/ slingshot at 455

Tricep Extensions and dips

Hammers @Lunch

Trying to finish UP and not worry about throwing out into the field.  I have a bad habit of pulling my left foot out at the finish and turning into the field instead of allowing the hammer to follow it's already established path.  Had a solid session overall w/ the best throw at 116 and got a 113 on video at the end.  1st throw below shows my bad habit of pulling out, 2nd throw shows improvement made during session.

Beautiful Sunday Morning throwing session.  Slept through much of stones, still having trouble getting speed out of the back with the sought after violent kick.  HWFD quickly blossomed and withered before my eyes and I decided to get in some reps w/ the LW.  Trying to imitate Mark Howe on his World Record 75 foot toss by kicking the weight out in the back of the trig to get my orbit established early and then trying to gas all the way through the trig.  For some reason I wasn't able to get a good finish with this technique.  Not sure if:

A. The weight caught up to me/got ahead of me

B. I wasn't in the "power position" at the front of the trig

C. Bending at the hips too much instead of knees which does not permit a big finish

Need to do some more research on the matter and watch my film a few more times.  

Hammer seemed to be smooth sailing for the most part.  Felt like I hit good positions, just a matter of slowly speeding things up.