Nice training vid, looked intense. Huge garage to workout in! Good luck in the competition.
Thanks man. It's an awesome place that beats the atmosphere of any commercial gym I've ever been in.
Onto the contest results:
I arrived at Kingwood Harley Davidson at around 8ish with my wife and son and met up with a few of my training partners from The Warehouse and settled down to wait for the rules meeting. At around 9:30-9:45 Travis Ortmayer had the rules meeting and let us know how everything was going to be judged for the day. Once the rules meeting was over, we started warming up for the Axle.
Max Axle Rising Bar
The bar was set to rise in increments and we could jump in at any time and had 60 seconds to make the attempt.
1st Attempt: 235 - Good Lift - I wanted to open light just to get on the board
2nd Attempt: 265 - Good Lift - I went straight for a 10lb PR. It was an easy clean, but on the first press attempt, I tried to press up and out and not up and back and almost clocked myself in the chin. I re-racked it, got my head straight and pressed it. 10lb PR. Travis said the press looked easy.
3rd Attempt: 290 - Good Lift - The next jump up from 265, was either to 290 or 305. After struggling a bit to press 265, I decided that today wasn't the day to try and go for 305. I continental'd the bar easy and popped it up to my shoulders, then pressed it on the first attempt, which shocked the **** out of me. 35lb PR!
Yoke - 830 for 60'
I had done 820 for ~50' with multiple drops in the gym, so I felt ok going into this. I picked it up and started to walk then my back decided to just lock up. I think I made it about 15 feet, maybe. Travis' yoke just felt so much heavier than ours, I'm not sure what the deal was.
Farmers Max Distance - 290 per hand
I had no preconceived notions going into this, as the heaviest I'd gone in training is 250 per hand. It was an easy pick, but my grip gave out at about 20 feet.
Conan's Wheel - 600lbs
I'd never done a Conan's, but I had done Yoke Zerchers, so I felt alright going in. I warmed up with Ashley Wirt (NAS TX State Chair) and Dione Wessels (Owner of NAS) in the basket and felt ok. Instead of weights, they put 4 Hooters Girls in it. By virtue of my showing in farmers I got to go first . I made it just over 1 revolution (~87'). It wasn't heavy, it was just hard to breathe, so I'll definitely be training to slow my breathing in the future, should this event come up again. (My said, and I quote: "You should have seen the shade of purple your face was turning...")
Stones
I have a love-hate relationship with the stones. I had loaded our 309 to 48" in training, but couldn't load the Unit's 300" to 48" today. I loaded 245 to 53" and 275 to 45"
I had fun and came away with no injuries. I'm definitely looking forward to the next one and will also be trying to get my weight down to a place that is manageable for a cut to the Lightweights.
I'll try post my final review of Maximize in a little while.