Training Log: R Huddleston

Monday
Sprint
Squats-10 sets of 3 @ 295. 10 reps on last set
Lunges
Abs

Tuesday
Med Ball Throws
Bench- 10 sets of 3 at 190. 13 reps on last set
Dips
Ring Rows
Rower

Wednesday off

Thursday
Sprints
Deads- 10 sets of 3 at 315. 10 reps on the last set
stretch

Threw at Ozark Mountain Saturday. Will do write up later.

This is pretty late, but better late than never.

IHGF Am Worlds Qualifer. Really excited to be able to get out there with these guys and throw. I knew I was in deep water going in, so the whole focus was to relax, try to move fast, and learn as much as I can.

B stone- 29.9. Was pretty happy with this as I'm not a huge fan of these stones. Really tough handles for my little hands.
Open- 35.8. See above.
HWD- 28.4. Gave up a bunch of points here. Big log jam at 27ft. Was hoping for closer to 30, just didn't get it done.
LWD- 54.4. Haven't thrown this event well all year.
HH- 70.5. Right after lunch, no bueno for me.
LH- 98.3. Was pretty happy with this.
Caber- no turn
WOB- no height.

I didn't finish like I wanted, but I learned a ton. Was an honor to get out and throw with these guys, highlight of the career so far.

Threw again the next day.

B stone- 29.8
Open- 34.3
HWD- 28.7
LWD- 54.2
HH- 70.7
LH- 89.9
Caber- 1:30?
Sheaf- 22. Felt great when I was relaxed. Tightened up and threw like crap. Should probably remember this lesson.
WOB- 12

Was really beat up physically and mentally after this weekend. Took the next week completely off, then moved into off-season training. I have 1 more comp in Springfield MO, but by starting now I can get 2 full cycles of training in before May.

Went and hit the Tulsa game up Saturday. Matt Thompson always puts on a great show, and the people were awesome. Overall had a great throwing day, but was not as consistent as I need to be. 2 season bests and 1 lifetime PR, but had a couple events that just killed me. Consistency has to be there next week.

B stone- 29.2. Average. 3rd place.
Open- 38.10. Season best, and had 2 throws over 38. Really happy with this. 2nd place.
HWD- 28.3- Season best. This is getting a lot closer to what I'm throwing in practice, but still some room to move up. 4th place.
LWD- 53.8. Crap. 3rd place
Heavy Hammer- 77.4. 4 inches off my lifetime PR. 2nd place
Light Hammer- 100.10. PR, and finally broke 100. 2nd place
Caber- 50deg. 6th place. Just bad
Sheaf- 20ft. 6th place. See above
WOB- 12. Average. 4th place

Had a tough group in Tulsa and other guys hit big throws when they counted. Got 2nd place in Open on Gary's last throw, and 4th on HWD on a massive PR by Shane. Was really good competition, and really shows how important consistency is. Now time to rest up, work some technique, and get ready for the IHGF game in Mac.

Got some throws in last night.

B stone
3 warmup
3 full speed.

Open
2 warmup
3 full

Hwd
2 1-turns
4 full

Wanted to over-emphasize getting lower hips. Really felt good. Felt a lot more stable. Also tried switching shoes around and a few other tweaks. Felt faster.

Lifts tonight

Bench
135 X 8
185 X 5
225 X 2
245 X 2
275 X 2
245 X 2 X 2

Squat
135 X 5
225 X 5
315 X 2
395 3 sets of 2

500 meter row. 1:56.

Lots of stretching.

Expecting big things this weekend...

Got some throws in last night with the Irvin Crew

B stone x 5. Best of 31

Open x 5. Best of 38

LWD x 5. Best of 59. Lifetime PR.

WOB x 5. Hit the bar at 13 a few times.

I have got to figure out my Braemar. Happy with the Open. I practice with a slightly light stone, and was really anxious to see what the new technique would do with a legit stone. Was really slow and legs were still kinda shot, and still hit 38. LWD finally seems to be coming around. Always stoked for a PR. WOB feels like I finally found a technique that allows me to get a big fast pull. Nothing great here, but feeling a lot better. Now just need to do all this in a Comp.

Missed most of last week due to an ear infection. I know I sound like a wimp, but that was awful.

Back at it this week.
Throws Monday morning
B stone
5 stand w/ no reverse
3 "comp" throw. All 31+
5 full throws working on tech. Need more leg...and cowbell

Open stone
3 warmups
3 comp 39, 41, 43

LWD
2 1 turn
2 2 turn
3 comp throws 57, 57, 54

Heavy Hammer
x 5. Had 2 at 75+. No boots and running out of time.

Lift last night
OHP
135 x 5
185 x 3
205 x 2
225 x 1. Strict Press PR
Then moved to push press
245 x 2 x 2
265 x 1
275 x 1-miss

Bench
225 x 5 x 5
245 x 3
275 x 1 x 1
295 x 1
225 x 3
185 x 2 x 2 x 2

Then finished with some med ball throws.

Throwing this morning
Sheaf x 10
WOB x 10
Just working technique on both of these. Need to get accuracy down with sheaf, and wob is just aweful. Good news is I figured some things out with both.

Went on vacation with the wife all last week. Got some DB work in one day with some rowing. Kayaked 1 day. Another day got on a rower with the wife. We did 8 500 meter row keeping all under 2:30 minutes, with a 1 minute rest in between. Averaged just over 2 minutes for all the rounds.

Back in town and got some gym time in. Wanting to peak in about 5 weeks, so going to get heavier this week then move into Vincent ' s peak training.
Squat:
3 @ 265
3 @ 315
3 @ 365
2 @ 405
2 @ 435
3 of 1 @ 465

2 sets of 30 situs
2 sets of 15 deads at 255

4 sets of 9 wall balls
4 sets of 6 target burpees.

Throws tomorrow.

Sat morning went to the Metcon with the wife.

Partner workout
Alternating 50 box jumps
Simultaneous 25 burpees
Alternating 50 KBS
Alternating 50 med ball pass sit ups
Alternating 50 squat cleans

The partner thing sucked. Normally with these types of workouts I tweak them to make them more sport specific for me. For example knock down the box jumps to 15, and try to get really explosive with them and recover in between. But the partner thing killed that. But the wife was happy, so....

This morning went out to get some throws in. Was really excited to work on the ques I picked up the other night.

B stone x 12???
2 fronts
4 quarter turns
6ish full.
Best 31+, but most over 30.

Open x 8???
2-3 just hitting positions
2-3 full speed
2-3 working tech
Best 41+, 3-4 others over 40

HWD x 6???
2 1 turns from the front
2 1 turns from the back
2 or so 2 turns.
Best 27+. This is right at my season best. Felt decent, but my thumb was about to fall off, so I switched to the light

LWD x 10???
2 1 turns from the front
2 1 turns from the back
6ish full throws
Best 58+. That right around my PR, and 3 feet over season best. Finally felt something good here.

Sheaf x 6-8
Throwing at a 24ish ft light pole. Working a lot more on accuracy than height. Its about half the length of a crossbar, so if I can be accurate here, should carry over. Hit it 3 times, cleared clean once.

Overall, this was the best practice day all season. Really excited about what the new ques did in 1 practice, now just need to watch the videos and keep throwing. I also started building the WOB standard from a while back in the training section, so will start actually practicing that with an actual target soon.

Gym last night

OHP
5x3 at 50%

Bench
5x3 at 50%

10 min EMOM
5 DB snatch each arm. 60lb DB the first 2 sets, then switched to 100lb DB with the right arm to hopefully help with WOB. Kept the 60lb on the left arm
4 pullups

5min AMRAP
50m farmers carry
20 lunges

2min rest

5min AMRAP
100 jump ropes
15 KBS with 53lb bell

2min rest

5min AMRAP
100m sprint
15 burpees

I was done after this.

Worked some HWD this morning as I seem to have lost my mojo with this
2- 1 turns
12- 2 turns

Worked on a couple different things, but still haven't figured out what I'm not doing anymore. Looks like I'm off balance, have no sprint step, and am not getting my left foot down fast enough. So there's that....

Threw yesterday morning

B stone
4 front
2 partial turn
8 full throws
Not great, but slowly getting better. Best around 32.

Sheaf
Took about 12 pulls with this. Didn't really get into it, was more trying to break my new bag in. Throwing at a light pole around 24ft. Hit it with the bag still going up 4 times, finally got the spacing figured out and smoked one the last throw. My big problem with sheaf this year has been accuracy. If I can get my spacing nailed down should be able to put a few feet on my score.

Crossfit Metcon last night
2000 meter row
1600 meter run
100 burpees
Broken up however you want.

The wife did not tell me what the workout was until we pulled up to the gym. Thankfully one of the regular guys wanted to split the work, so I gracefully accepted. I ended up running 600 meters, 30 burpees, and 1700 meter row.

WOOHOOOO

Nice. PR's falling all over the place!

Went to Crossfit last night because they were squatting. I liked the squat part, really didn't do hot on the actual workout part. Could be because I only ate a breakfast burrito that day, and threw for 2 hours in the 100 deg heat and gave myself an hour to recover.

Squat
Worked up to 425 for 5. Wanted a little more, but considering I was a little beat up I'll take it.

WOD

4 sets of

3 rounds
5 kettle bell squats (53lb bell)
10 med ball slams (40lb ball)
5 knee to elbows
5 pullups

1 min rest between each set

My head was swimming at the beginning of the workout, then called it after 6 rounds when everything went pink and purple. Went home and started eating/rehydrating.

Got some throws in this morning

HWD
3 1 turns
3 2 turns (warm-up)
6 full 2 turns.
-Something isn't clicking. I think I'm not pushing the weight around enough going into the sprint step and its making the weight really pull me off balance when I go to release. Distance was about average this season.

Heavy Hammer
5 throws.
-This was more for a warm-up for light hammer. Could tell I'm not countering enough though because I was getting pulled off balance when I started trying to crank on this. Average distances for the season.

Light hammer
5 throws.
-First throw was nice and easy. Hit 99+. This is right at my season best so far. Really excited about this, so got after other throws. All were 98-99, but the first one was the farthest. Pretty sure this means I need to relax more. When I try to throw it hard I think I'm shortening my arms.

Overall not bad, but always more things to work on.