TRAINING LOG: Robin Knebel

I don't even want to know how THAT happened.

Nice work, big man. Vic's certainly become a premier games over the last decade.

It wasn't anything weird... just a typical Saturday night.

The only wrinkle was that the parapalegic midget hooker forgot the booze. Then I was like "so now what are we supposed to feed the baby?". The baby overheard and started crying which startled Jeff so he took his balls out of the blender...one thing led to another...Pink Eye!!!

WAY TO REPRESENT !!!! It was fun hangin out with ya again!

Got a couple lifts in earlier this week. Got my standards set up and got some wob in last night.   The 16' mark that's been on there for years seemed a little high so we measured and its about 3 inches high. So 16'3" was pretty automatic.

rknebel wrote: I really like only lifting once or twice a week while throwing.  I'm not really getting any stronger necessarily but I'm definitely not losing anything...and my throws continue to get better w/ the continued practice.

Agreed!!

Solid practice numbers. Good luck at the border battle man! Gotta rep 'Murica by dropping some bombs on our enemies!

Thanks Jeff...Bellingham is one of the best times I have all year. The USA vs. Canada is a cool concept, the party on the field afterward is great, and then Karaoke at the Mexican joint is sweet.

Practice numbers were good in some ways, not great in others. My weights aren't flyers, but my hammers are. So the fact that I'm throwing my weights that far are encouraging, but I should be throwing my hammers better. Heavy hammer was good actually...

I'm pumped for Portland Jake but I've still got three games between now and then which makes it seem like an eternity. I heard Kahanic was coming out, which I think will be a good addition. Nasty Nate will be there too which is awesome. Should be another great comp. as always.

Bellingham Highland Games "Border Battle USA vs Canada"

Bellingham was a blast as always. Bret and Jay do a great job overall running the athletics and they do all the "little things" many AD'S don't necessarily do to make sure the athletes have ideal conditions. I also really enjoy the idea of the border battle and the team concept as well as there are a few specific throwers I always enjoy throwing with. Games were up and down for me ad far as performance. I started pretty strong and then faded off after tearing a pretty large hole in my hand....such is life...I'm not too worried about it.

Braemar: 41+ This is a great stone but has a handle that makes it really difficult to get a tuck, but once you do it fly's.

Open Stone: 49+ PR. Not sure of the inches. This was a pretty good stone, a little heavy 17# but easy to tuck and get a good push, and a couple of us hit PR'S with it.

HWFD: 44' PR. I came into the comp knowing I have some big HWFD throws in me and was hoping I could pull them out. Although I hit a PR with a pretty solid distance, I did not throw very well. I was off balance, was not getting a drive to the trig. Most of my throws I was literally at least 2' away from the toeboard. Took 3 extras to try and improve and break the field record but no dice. On my last throw I tore a BIG NASTY HOLE in my hand which really hurt the rest of my day.

LWFD: 73'. My hand was killing me and I just couldn't muster a decent throw. I was bleeding everywhere and had to wrap my hand with pre-wrap and tape. I'm typically good for 80+ on any given day but there was just no way.

Light hammer: 118+. Still struggling with my hand but hammer wasn't as hard on it. It didn't keep from doing anything. Only hard part here was trying to get my tacky right. The tack sticks really well to the tape on my hand and my first throw almost went into a crowd of people. Got it together and threw a decent throw on my 3rd.

Sheaf: 26'. Struggled here again with my hand. The big handle put pressure right down on it so I had a hard to driving through with my right hand. Hit 29' hard on the way up but it didn't want to let it over.

WOB: 15'. Another really difficult event on my hand. Ended up throwing with only 3 fingers which made the timing pretty tough. Still should have had 16' but at this point my hand stuff was too much in my head.

Caber is Caber...I suck at it. Scored a 60 degrees on a stick that nobody even got close to turning. Think it was good for 5th or 6th, not sure.

Overall 4th. Chuck, Pilling, and Stewart were top 3. Utah next week. Need to get some big throws to make sure I qualify for the claw.

rknebel wrote: I'm slowly watching my name creep down the list for the claw. Need to make a jump this weekend or I'm gonna be left out.

unlikely for you, though I'm actually getting a bit worried. I've got some damn good numbers on the board (52 stone, 48 hwd, 89 lwd, 142 lhammer) and I'm at #10 right now. F.

Caber points. I have yet to figure out how those work.

That's probably why I'm always shitty on those ranking boards. 692points, lmao.

^I'll settle for turning any stick really.. shrug

^I do not own the caber because I don't have a 400+ clean like 3/4 of the other guys on the field. LMAO.

C. Smith wrote: I never even had a 300lb clean.  That excuse is invalid.

don't you have an arm to heal? haha

Great work man!! Huge day!

Lift tonight: