Andy Crowley take 2

9/25 Throwing for the Cure

First of all, what an awesome event. The venue was great. Awesome field and lots of money raised for a great cause. The highlight of my season was getting to see Jason Clevenger again. I missed his sweaty mean hugs and general ball busting. As for my throws, they weren't good.

Sheaf- 25' had a couple good pulls at 28', but it just wasn't there today.

Heavyweight- 39' walked through my first throw for a lazy 39'. Tried to get after it on my next two and fouled them both. Oops.

Lightweight- 60'10" not terrible given the circumstances

Wob-15' just felt drained

Braemar- 34'11" my best throw of the day. It was a very round stone with a tough tuck and handle, so 34' was a great throw for me.

Open- 42'3" not bad, but I felt like a big throw was there so a little disappointing.

Heavy hammer- 71' so bad.

Light hammwr- 88' even worse. Hit the ground on my first two and just put out a lazy safety throw to get a mark.

Caber- 12:00 on a decent caber. Good way to end it

I'm trying not to be too hard on myself over this one. The shingles symptoms are still bugging me. I had to battle through some vertigo, lots of head preasure, and some random bouts of confusion that were kind of concerning. It's not the end to the season I wanted, but perhaps it was the one I deserved. I've got plenty to work on this off-season. Time to recover and get better.

9/28 squat

High bar

135x5, 135x5, 225x5, 225x3, 275x3, 295x3, 325x5, 325x3

My vertigo is still vertigoing, so I didn't feel confident in front squatting today. Back squat has been feeling very uncomfortable over the last few months. I'm going to try to find some way to make it feel less shitty over the next few weeks. Play with bar placement, stance, etc. And try to find something that doesn't feel like crap and is sustainable.

10/3 deads and throws

I decided to try what I did last time I hurt my back and had to work my way back for deads. Doing doubles starting very light and gradually working my way up over weeks/months while staying far from failure. Probably add 5-10lbs a week and hope things feel better as I go.

135x8, 225x5, 315x5, 335x2, 335x2, 335x2, 335x3, 335x2

Throws

42 hwfd x5 best of 43'

Sheaf pulls x6 were weird

Bladeless hammers

16 x4 best of 90' then I broke it as I was figuring things out.

22 x 5 best of 75'

Feeling some things without blades. Probably going to do most of off-season training sans blades. I need to get back to basics.

I hear ya. Hammers have just been such a cluster fuzz that something has to change. Most of my winter training consists of blameless winds anyway. That set me up well last year coming into the season, so I figured I might as well get a jump on it. I'll probably throw the blades on a couple times yet, but I crave different right now.

More like dork side. Zing!

10/6 bench

135x8, 135x5, 155x5, 185x5, 205x3, 225x6

Paused close grip

225x4, 225x4, 225x4

Paused dips

10.5,5,10

Comfort over max strength. 

10/12 squat and throws

Squat

135x5, 135x5, 225x10, 225x10, 225x10

Played a couple holes for frolf.

Throws

Bladeless heavy hammer x4 best of 72'

With blades x4 best of 81'

Light hammer x6 best of 103'

Hammers are feeling less shitty. Was going to do some bladeless light hammer but didn't feel like changing my shoes again.

Bunch of sheafing. Figuring some things out again. Took a few spins that actually went pretty well.

TheJeff696 wrote: Looks like things are really starting to turn a corner for ole, Andy... Just in time for an endless winter

That's usually how it goes. I do my least shitty work when it matters the least. I'll have plenty of time to re-F myself

10/19 early morning bench after work

135x8, 135x8, 155x5, 175x3, 195x3, 215x8

Paused close grip

215x6, 215x5, 215x5

Word on the street is, any kind of squat is better than no squat. 

10/26 bench

135x8, 135x8, 155x5, 185x5, 205x3, 225x1, 250x1, 265x1, 230x6

Paused close grip

230x3, 230x3, 230x3, 230x3

TheJeff696 wrote: beautiful. How do you resist the urge to blast curls and skull crushers after?  I am always tempted

Simple. There was frolf to be played or disc golf if you're a pretentious buttfart.

TomLawrence wrote: Frolf counts as throwing practice.

This guy knows what's up.

11/1 squats

135x5, 135x8, 225x10, 225x10, 225x10, 225x10, 225x10

Pushed the pace and got done in about 20 minutes. Felt like absolute balls afterwards. Thought I was going to puke. I refuse to believe I'm in that bad of shape. The workout itself didn't feel hard. I blame my belly full of Halloween candy. Regardless, I'm going to keep on keepin' on with the work capacity building stuff for squats.

TheJeff696 wrote: The candy pushed you beyond your limits! Never, ever blame the candy

Gym candy has been an integral part of my success in lifting. I do not make these accusations lightly. Twelve Laffy Taffys is too much. I know this now. Candy is the cause and solution of all of my problems.

11/3 pressing

Deloading a bit from bench so went with a low volume OHP today.

45x10, add red bands, 95x5, 115x3, 135x2

No bands

155x2, 175x2, 175x1

3 second eccentric ohp

135x3, 135x3, 135x3

I've largely eliminated OHP from my life, and it's been wonderful. Today was a good reassurance that I did the right thing.   I'll probably do it once in a while just to remind myself how much it sucks.

Frolf x18 holes

I threw my driver in the pond (unintentionally). I'm going to bring my chest waders next time and retrieve it. I love that disc.

11/8 squat

135x8, 135x8, 225x5, 255x8, 255x8, 255x8

Chest freezer carry from the garage to the basement. Those things are light but awkward. Now to fill it with woodland creatures.