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Mike Beech
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Hi.
My name is Mike and I am a wannabe strength athlete and full-time trophy husband. I was a terrible baseball player in high school, a collegiate fencer and a strength and conditioning coach for University of Texas Fencing. In the past few years I have competed in powerlifting, strongman, and have now stumbled across highland games. I am 100% hooked on throwing. This is what I want to train for and compete in - everything else is just a diversion. I live in Austin, TX and my first games were at the Austin Celtic Festival in 2011. Mike Baab was gracious enough to introduce me to the sport, help me learn the events, and continues to be incredibly helpful and generally awesome. I used to run a site called Now You Try that apparently got some play around here briefly. It consisted of video strength/speed/endurance competitions for prizes. Through that site I met the Vincent brothers and Jasen Von Guinness, and I'm sure they have regretted that every day since. I am now keeping a blog called Throw Bros. It's a video blog I maintain with Aaron George - another thrower who happens to be my childhood buddy. I have been really blessed with the awesome people I have met in this sports (except for everyone that has ever beaten me in an event; they are not awesome). I have some lofty goals, especially for my age, but I think I have THE RIGHT STUFF. I HOPE TO SHOW YOU MY STUFF. Stats: Age: 34 (this will change approximately every 12 months) Height: 6'2" Weight: 220 2014 Goals: - 45 foot Open Stone - 35 foot HWFD - 70 foot LWFD - 110 foot LH - 80 foot HH - 14 foot WOB - Top 40 finish in NASGA amateur rankings. Pay attention to me at: Edited by Mike Beech - 2/06/14 at 1:54pm |
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Mike Beech
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holy crap that picture up top is huge whoops
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let me know when you figure out how to make 'em smaller. that and welcome. best forum on the webz in regards to real life training with (seemingly) zero exaggeration and a great mod that keeps it uber clean up in here. |
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jammin on the one.
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Mike Beech
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not THAT clean, apparenty.
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Welcome to Nasgaweb Mike.
You seem like you will fit in real nice around here. |
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Mike Beech
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thanks! i hope to get several posts in before im banned. right now my primary objectives are to learn the throws and get my weight back up to around 220. i had been staying in striking distance of 198 for my last couple of PL and strongman comps. enough of that shit - time to eat. 11/15/11: squats 215x5 245x5 275x5 i tore the meniscus in my right knee earlier this year. i was recovered well enough to compete in a PL meet in october, but it has taken a bite out of my squats. i have to warm up for like an entire day before squatting now. db split squats 25x10x3 prone leg curl 4x15 abs med ball crunches and hanging leg raises until it sucked a whole lot. today: 15 wfd throws with 14# 20 wfd throws with 28# Send the kids to bed, we got shirtless throwing video. |
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Mike Beech
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warm-up:
band work, chins, jump rope i hate the jump rope but baab has me drinking the kool- aid on getting quicker feet push press: 105x5 115X5 135x12 lat pulldown: 5x10 db tricep press (behind head) 60x15 - too easy, guess my triceps are happy 70x12x3 pinwheel curls 35x12, 10, 8 bb rear shrugs 185x20x3 supplements right now: cheap-ass gainer powder from vitamin shoppe creatine metamucil (shitting great is what fitness is all about) fish oil caps and i stuck a tap in my cranberry blonde ale: its still a little flat and thin-tasting. hopefully just needs more time to condition in the keg. |
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F that guy. |
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Mike Beech
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11/18/11
Deadlift Warm up 135x10x2 285x5 325x5 365x5 Felt a little stiff-legged from squats earlier this week, but good overall. Bar was moving quickly enough. High Pulls 135x5x5 Felt a little uncomfortable with these. Honestly can't remember the last time I ever did them. Started clicking by the last set, which was the one I filmed. DB Swings (no KBs at this gym) 50x20x3 100-Foot Carry Medley - Farmer's Walk / Hydrant Carry 4 trips Threw my new 22 lb. stone a little. The handle is a little strange, and the wrist wrap exacerbates that problem. I had decent tosses with a couple of different hand positions though. gains.html">blog and video here |
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Mike Beech
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Linking is acting weird. Just follow the link in my
signature for blog/video. Here is the video link Not being able to edit your posts kinda sucks =/ |
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whatevs, you never get enough credit for what is probably a load of boring behind the scenes stuff...... so we can all frolic thru the joy that is Nasga. Even though I've noticed you like giving folks funny monikers in their avs. keep it up Beech, best advice I can offer at this point of your throwing is to learn stuff the right way the first time thru. No reason in half assing it or having to re-learn things when you've obv. got some great talent and direction right in your own neighborhood. ohh....and I just edited my post, once you've proven to the gods of nasga you're not a db, they'll turn your edit button on. |
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jammin on the one.
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Mike Beech
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rest day
just drove up the road and threw about 25-30 stones. primarily worked open stone spin with 8-10 lb. stones |
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yesterday, i threw about 30 times with my brother who was visiting from
dallas. mix of braemar, open stone and lwfd. pretty fun. he is a former big league starting pitcher and now coaches teens and kids, so it was good to get his input on some of the rotational power aspects of the throws. i should probably lift some weights soon. |
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Hi Mike.
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Mike Beech
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Hey Paulie. Welcome!
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Mike Beech
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Working out is just an excuse to use caffeine.
Push Press Didn't really warm up properly, just did 3 sets at 65 lb. 115x3 135x3 155x11 205x2 - Just for fun I messed around a little trying to figure out where I sit in terms of push press strength. 205 was a little tough after the work sets, but still easy enough. 1-arm DB press 45x10x5 Chins (multiple grips) Superset with Cable Curl 5x5 / 5x12 Weighted Dips 25x10, 10, 8, 6 BWx10 Worked on open stone footwork. MAT$O had a really great blog post where he broke down specific positions in the spin, and I spent about 30 minutes working on hitting those at progressively faster speeds. |
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Mike Beech
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60 minutes of yoga with my wife.
Yeah, that's right. |
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Mike Beech
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warm-up:
5 min treadmill foam roll stretch 3 sets of jump rope squat 135x5x2 225x5 255x5 275x5x3 bench 135x5 155x5 195x5x3 barbell good mornings 115x10x3 weighted dips 25x10x3 afterwards i met up with the wife and kiddo at the park and threw some open stone spinnin' HERE IS A VIDEO OF THAT |
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Mike Beech
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warm up:
5 min treadmill foam roll band work jump rope push press 45x10 135x5 155x5 165x5x3 deadlift 315x5 345x5 365x5x3 was asked by a golds gym employee after last set if i could keep it down next time. i wasnt even really grunting or breathing loud, and i was controlling the weight down. the kid obviously didnt want to be telling me this and was told to do it by his boss, so i just smiled. i literally said two words "no problem" and that was it. someone was annoyed at the sounds of plates hitting the ground and couldnt enjoy their favorite black eyed peas track apparently. whatever though, par for the corporate gym course. yay. chins 3x10 db row 80x10x3 weight 208 |
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MAT$O
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on the rows go heavier...
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Conquest Nutrition SPORT KILT Clevenger Sheaves Training LAB ebook "Strength Training for The Highland Games |
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Mike Beech
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warm up:
5 min treadmill foam roll jump rope skipped the rest because im lazy snatch 95x3 135x3x2 145x3x2 sooooo sloooooow cleans 135x3 155x3 175x3 185x3 205x3 seated box jumps 3x10 single leg jumps 3x10 cable crunches 3x20 video: http://youtu.be/EZRMH2yb CkU |
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Mike Beech
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will do |
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warm up:
treadmill 5 min foam roll stretch jump rope squat 225x5 265x5 295x5x3 belt on bench 155x5 185x5 205x5x3 good mornings 135x10x3 weighted dips 25x10x3 VIDEO |
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Mike Beech
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quick throwing day
spin drills, LWFD, weight over bar VIDEO today is my little boy's 3rd birthday so we went to the park. played some baseball and soccer, then daddy ran some hills while mommy and little dude explored. |
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couple things..
line drill: doing this and staying in a line is great. This means your low and high points of the weights orbit are where you want them. Also it is go that you are quick in the air and long on the ground. Now next time start trying to use the feet to generate the speed instead of the upper body. When the weight is at the low point drive the right leg hard toward the direction you want to go. THis is the same for LWFD. We will get plenty of time to work on this at Tossapolooza. if you dont come consider it failure. WOB: For me I start much slower. Speed in the swing is only momentum that you will have to stop change direction this slows the pull. The bottom of your throw is good however think of coming in high and when the weight reaches the high point in the back(between the legs) then sink and wait for it to hit the bottom and stand up. It will create a sling effect. |
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Conquest Nutrition SPORT KILT Clevenger Sheaves Training LAB ebook "Strength Training for The Highland Games |
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Mike Beech
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thanks matso, the WOB stuff makes perfect sense.
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Mike Beech
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son's birthday and a fairly nasty cold this last week. hoping to get back in the swing of things tomorrow.
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Mike Beech
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ugh still not well today, but heck it
push press 135x5 155x5 180x5x3 deadlift 315x5x3 390x5x2 had to shave off some weight on the earlier sets because i felt horrible chins 3x10 db row 110x10x3 |
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still not 100% recovered from whatever demon virus i caught, but i had to train before i went crazy.
cleans 135x3 185x3 225x3x3 snatch 135x3x3 because im lazy seated box jumps 10x3 1-leg box jumps 10x3 - felt more confident in these and started getting some elevation weight is between 208-210 now. bf probably 10-12%. damn cold killed my appetite for a week. Edited by Mike Beech - 12/17/11 at 8:31am |
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