So we’ll start with this months PB’s as usual!
It’s been a great month at the weightlifting club with Lucy smashing multiple 1RM PB’s at the end of the last training cycle and some rep PB’s to start this one!
Snatch 46kg (+3kg)
C&J 64 (+2kg)
Clean 67kg (+1kg)
Snatch Triple 38kg
C&J 3+1 48kg
Jack did the same adding to his 1RM at the end of the last training cycle and to his rep based max at the start of the new cycle:
C&J 110 (+1kg)
Snatch Triple 80kg
C&J 3+1 100kg
Lise also did great getting back to full lifting after a dodger shoulder limited what she could do for a while.
In the strongman club Dan Tonge loaded a 140kg Sandbag to 52inches and hit some big PB’s while coming 14th overall in UK’s strongest novice.
140kg Sandbag (Used to train kegs in Lou of having kegs heavy enough)
100kg Log x4 - UK Novice
220kg Axle Deadlift x8 - UK Novice
George also competed and came 7th at UK’s strongest novice and hit some pb’s along the way…
Log - 120kg (+7.5kg)
Log 100kg x7 - UK Novice
Axle Deadlift 220kg x7 - UK Novice
Event Win - UK Novice
Our other Dan (Liddle) in the Strongman Club has been flying with too many PB’s to list he has however hit a notable 205kg Deadlift and 105kg Log on only 7 or 8 weeks strongman training.
Callum is brand new to lifting so he’s still on newbie gains and everything is a PB right now, the thing i’m most proud of is the progression of his movement patterns and his application when he’s here!
Sean been going from strength to strength while prepping for Newcastles too with a rep PB on Axle press and hitting some new weights on stones!
Axle 110kg x3
145kg Stone x2
And lastly, some PB’s from 17 year old Jo who is also prepping for Newcastles. His big task in the run up is to get some reps in on the Car and the Trap Bar & Squat progress will be a big step towards that.
145kg Stone to second platform
230kg Trap Bar
170kg Squat
A lot of my guys are in comp prep right now so the FSI Top Dogs board hasn’t been a priority, however Lucy still got on beating her own score while creeping her Squat back up to 4 kg below all time levels.
Lucy - Squat - 91kg
Last thing I want to talk about is delaying gratification. I’ve had this on my mind a while and didn’t know how to write it until now… Or at least I think I know how to write it now.
Anyway…
Delaying gratifications an important part of training, in my opinion, and especially in the run up to competition.
Too many people hit that PB a week or two out from competition.
The PB they’ve been gunning for over the training cycle.
The PB they were hoping for when they signed up for the competition.
And all too often I see people hit that PB in training and they don’t hit the same weight on the day…
Or worse… It’s not there on the day.
Sometimes its because they max out to close to comp…
Most of the time its because they lose that fire in their belly for that sense of relief.
Take Dan for example.
Dan signed up for UK’s strongest novice with a log for reps that was basically at his max.
He’d hit over that weight once… Ever… By a kilo or two.
So, obviously we trained for it like you would to increase your 1RM.
However, while everyone else was hitting Log PB’s in training, I told him not to go over 95% even if it felt good.
And it was a source of stress that nearly caused him to pull out at one point close to the comp for fear of no repping.
It was all part of the gameplay though.
While I allowed George to hit PB’s (He was doing the same competition) to help with confidence with the reps, I didn’t allow Dan.
And this is where context comes into the game.
George at the time had a 112.5kg log and was hitting comp weight for 3 or 4 reps in training. It would have been non sensical to hold him back. He knew he could rep it, he just didn’t know how many times.
So it was about relaxing him into the event ready for comp to take the stress off.
For Dan it was the opposite…
Even though he was ready for a PB 2 or 3 weeks prior.
I knew it… He didn’t… But we needed that hunger.
Anyway, to cut a long story short Dan repped his max for 4 reps on the day.
I don’t think he would have done it if i’d let him PB in training and hadn’t delayed his gratification on the event.
To put it simply…
Once you get what you want, you’ll often lose that drive.
Hopefully that makes sense.
Until next time.
Adam
