I will be competing at The Odd Haugen Northern California Strongman Challenge and Visegrip Viking Challenge on May 21 and 22, 2016. I am thrilled to be back to competing in strongman and finding my passion to train once again. Right now I am laying out my training in bits and pieces because my return to strongman is not just about getting back to event training. A perfect storm is brewing and many different components of who I am as an athlete are changing and improving. Part of this process is reflecting on where I have been in order to catch you all up while continuing the inner strength to rebuild and compete at my best.

You can catch up on the first installment of the background information here,

Rebuilding: The Fat Doctor & Inevitable Decline

There is more to come on this entire process and more background. I'm excited. Training is good. Life is good.

3/14

Rolling

Mobility

Planks - 3x45 seconds

Box Jumps - 3x5

My instructions were actually to find my max. In my mind the fact that I am box jumping and getting my big booty up on ANYTHING is a win. In the interest of transparency through this process I will just leave it here that 20" is my current max. I cannot remember ever jumping more than 36" but it was never a focus. So, there's for sure room to improve but the major improvement is my knee and the fact that I can jump.

My current training is in a hypertrophy phase with all reps were done with three reps to failure. My grip work is in a volume phase. We are still in negotiations on what grip work will look like.

Stiff Leg DL
135, 1x5
185, 2x10
205, 1x10

Double Overhand Axle Rack Pulls
225, 6x3

GHR
3x8

Prowler
3x100 ft

3/15

Treadmill - 30 minutes