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 Posted: 8/19/14 at 9:11am |
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Great job Rob. Was nice to meet you, and hope to see you back in 2015 (assuming you are not beating up Kaste in the pros by then).
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Posted: 8/20/14 at 3:40pm |
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Thanks Kevin. It was great to meet you. Glad you had me out!
Oh yeah...Jasen, yep. A one-spinner for sure. haha. I'll 2 spin next year. Finally. |
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Posted: 9/03/14 at 1:59pm |
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Pleasanton Games - 8/30-31/2014
I have wanted to compete in Pleasanton for a long time. I used to live in Dublin and had attended the Games back when I did strongman. I always said if I ever get serious in the games, I had to do Pleasanton. Well, 8 years and 3300+ miles later, I made it. Thank you to Steve Conway for allowing me to throw here this year. Also, HUGE ups to Mike Qutermous who was a very fair and consistent judge for the Ams both days. There was a lot of good talent here, guys who I just faced in MN like Adam, Karl, and Cory, and of course Duncan felt good enough to throw here so I knew it would be a hard fought competition. Day 1 17# Open Stone: 41+ -7th -Ugh. I could not tuck this stone at all and my mind got to me in the warm-ups. I decided to stand only, and it sucked. Way to start, Rob. 56# wfd: 33+ -4th -Ugh, again. I tore a callous 4 days out, so I was hoping for the best, but I re-tore it on the first throw. Crappy number, but at least I held onto 4th. -As of here, I was mentally killing myself. Had a nice pep talk with myself, and an awesome text from John Halloran who basically said buck the FFFFF up, and I got over it. New comp from here. 16# hammer: 125' (PR) -1st -More like it. Great release; long orbit. Needed this throw to beat Adam and I came through. Feeling better. Caber: 12:30 -2nd -Like Duncan said, not too long or heavy. Only like 18'5", maybe 105-110#. Still though, only Breezy and I turned it. Adam takes first with a 12:10. 56# wfh: 15' -1st -Hit 15' on my first, and was right there with all 3 16' attempts, but that damn knock off bar did not agree. lol -Went into Day 2 only 2 points behind Duncan in second place. Day 2 26# Braemar: 32+ -4th -Holy moly. If you've never thrown a bowling ball, come to P-town and throw one. Very tough stone. I was having fits with the grip, but Duncan calmed me down and on my last throw said "Put your hand here" and boom. Moved up a lot. How's that for that dude...by this point I was the only guy who had a chance (albeit slim) of beating him and he is giving me advice to throw farther. Class act. 28# wfd: 70+ -4th -Handed shredded to shit. Dug DEEP down. Duncan gave great advice: "It's going to hurt like hell if you don't throw it far, so you might as well put one out there". -At this point, I had no chance of winning unless I won HH and Duncan placed last. 22# hammer: 98'+ (PR) -2nd -Hammers were definitely the highlight of my weekend. Had some great series here. Breezy had a 102+ to get me, but I am pleased with hammers. Still a long way to go but it is nice to see the hard work pay off. Overall: 2nd Had a blast competing with everyone. Loved hanging out with Duncan and Adam. Good dudes. We had a lot of fun over the weekend. Loon in 2 weeks, then off-season.
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Posted: 9/03/14 at 5:22pm |
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Rob, awesome throwing my man! I wish I had seen more of it or more of you in general but I suppose that's what next year is for!
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Posted: 9/15/14 at 1:26pm |
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Tore my oblique.
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Posted: 9/15/14 at 1:27pm |
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Damn! Get well man!
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Posted: 9/15/14 at 3:31pm |
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Hope you heal up quick Rob!
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Aim high. Stay hungry.
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Posted: 9/15/14 at 4:35pm |
Heal up boss. I hear the recovery for a torn oblique is just peaches and cake.
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Posted: 9/15/14 at 5:39pm |
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I've been there.
Twice. Ugh.
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Posted: 10/01/14 at 9:44am |
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2014 Season Recap
Well, I finally had a season I felt was up to my level of expectations, yet I can't help have a bad taste in my mouth of things left undone. After having both 2012 and 2013 decimated due to injuries, in 2014 I stayed relatively injury free and really made some big leaps in my throwing abilities. Number one thing I see was that I trained very little this summer, and instead spent most of my time on the practice field. I also competed more than I ever have in one season, and I believe that time under fire is what builds character and takes people to that next level. I really had 3 goals this season: Get invited to Am Worlds, Pleasanton and North vs. South. I am happy I accomplished all these goals. Winning MN was not something I envisioned at the beginning of the season, but as time went on and my numbers were improving, I felt I had a shot. Really bummed to not have won Pleasanton, but Duncan was flat out better those two days. And very upset to miss Loon, as I really wanted the New England title. Waddell and McCallum would have not been easy to battle that day for sure. As far as numbers, I hit nearly all of my season goals, except for officially cracking 40' HWFD and my sheaf was down (but I hardly got to contest it this year). Currently ranked 6th on the NASGA board; I wanted top 10 so I am happy. My season bests this year were: BS: 41'11" @ MN Ren Fest (PR) OS: 52'1.5" @ RI Games (PR) HWFD: 38'11.5" @ Maine Celtic Celebration (PR) LWFD: 80'3" @ Maine Celtic Celebration (PR) HH: 98'10.25" @ Pleasanton Games (PR) LH: 125' @ Pleasanton Games (PR) WOB: 16'10" @ New Brunswick Games (PR) 16# Sheaf: 30' @ Albany Games 20# Sheaf: 26' @ MN Ren Fest (PR) -Open stone was great first half of season, but shit the bed second half. Need to find my mojo again. Braemar kept getting better as season progressed and I learned to actually use my legs on the thing! -Weights were fairly solid. I am finally dealing with my grip issues for HWFD that had been limiting me. i thought it was arthritis related, but it turns out it might just be nerve damage I have been dealing with all season. No wonder my grip felt crappy! -Hammers...I was most pleased with them this season. I put some serious work in on hammers this year. Like work to the extent of about 90% of my practices containing hammer. I turned it from an obvious weakness, to something that won't cost me a championship (see MN). I still have a lot of work to do, but I feel good about them. -WOB finally clicked this year. 16' in the second half of the season was like automatic. Almost made 17' a couple different times; right there. Definitely on the right track. -Sheaf I hardly practiced since I hardly contested it. But I am happy that sheaf did not COST me a championship (see MN) -Caber finally felt consistent this year. Expect for when I nearly lost myself a championship (see MN), I turned decent sized sticks fairly consistently, and I felt very confident on my picks. Getting there... My goals for 2015 are: BS: 43' OS: 53' HWFD: 41' LWFD: 83' HH: 106' LH: 132' WOB: 17'6" 20# Sheaf: 30' Tough, but doable numbers. If I put the time in, I don't see why I can't achieve these goals. I am done for the season. I am letting the oblique heal up, but plan to get back to practicing soon to get ready for N/S. Team North has our hands full, but I will do everything I can to help try to bring home a victory for us.
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Posted: 11/21/14 at 12:10pm |
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Time to revive this. Been training pretty hard. Went back to my roots - in many ways. Closed down our gym and moved all my stuff back home; I am now back to basement training, so that is awesome. Missed it.
Also re-dedicated myself to going back to following a more "traditional" Westside approach. It got me far, so why not ride it to N vs. S and beyond. Weather here has been crap (12" of snow on Nov. 1), so except for a fun session I had with Dirk Bishop about a month ago, throwing has mainly been non-existent. :sad face: It is what it is. I have been getting my body worked on for about 3 solid months now. I have some bad nerve issues in my left arm/hand due to crazy tight muscles in my forearm, triceps, and delts. Been getting routine adjustments, Graston, and crazy deep tissue work almost every week. Slowly working. Only 2 short months till North v. South. Can't wait.
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Posted: 11/21/14 at 12:19pm |
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11/20/14
warmup: bike, mobility Bench press against doubled minis: 185x3x9 Strict OHP: barx5 95x3 145x3 165x3 195x3 215x3 145x12 -Shoulder issues getting me here. Shut it down. Dips: 3 sets of 8 Lat pulldown/Pendlay row superset: 3x12/3x8 -some DB work for rear delts.
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Posted: 11/22/14 at 3:03am |
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For Christmas I want a Rob "MurdaMaine" Meulenberg Public Enemy recital.
I've been so good.
Also, glad to see you back. Good talk today.
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The man in the arena.
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Posted: 11/22/14 at 4:56pm |
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Duncan, done.
11/22/14 Warmup: bike, mobility Deficit Deadlift (off ~3" box): barx5 135x3 225x3 315x3 365x3 405x1 495x1 545x1 585x1 -Shut it down here. Still babying my back a bit. Pause squat (3 sec pause): 135x3 225x3 275x3 315x3 365x3x3 Reverse hypers: 140x15x3 Abs |
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Posted: 11/22/14 at 11:25pm |
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JUST BRING IT /
SPEED KILLS..BUT STRENGTH PUNISHES |
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Posted: 11/23/14 at 5:12am |
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me and the felon known as William Drayton aka Flava Fav yeahhh boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
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JUST BRING IT /
SPEED KILLS..BUT STRENGTH PUNISHES |
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Posted: 11/23/14 at 9:17am |
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Dan that is awesome.
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Posted: 11/23/14 at 10:22am |
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Oh snap MurdaMaine, shit is about to get real
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Skinny guy trying to get big
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Posted: 11/23/14 at 7:29pm |
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Flav should've got the F out of dodge
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Posted: 11/23/14 at 8:58pm |
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Flav coming off a 3 day crack binge/comes home/neighbor(62 year old college professor)says HI,Flav says why you banging my wife?/neighbor says WHAT?/Flav pulls out..380 and pegs 7 shots at neighbor/ clip jams/we respond(had been eating breakfast in the car,reading the paper at Yankee stadium(4 blocks away) as I enter a15 story building elevator opens an a distresses shirtless, .380 in the waistband see s us and wants to draw on us/we pull our 9s say to Flav(who we know from public enemy and living in the neighborhood) Flav thinks about it,then puts his hands up and says you got me. Haha. Good times. Funny story-not my most notorious or heroic arrest but lots of shits and giggles all the way around!
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Posted: 11/24/14 at 8:14am |
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Thread has all I need, pulling legit, Dirk Bishop sighting, and the Law.
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Posted: 11/24/14 at 10:04am |
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Dirk Bishop-besides being a hoot to be around/the man oozes class. MWC in New Hampshire-Dirk was raking in the hardware(me not so much) well we tied in WOB but they only had one gold medal-they gave it to him/no biggie but Dirk hunted me down thru the day and gave it to me said I earned it. Chuckled but was touched. On the mantle next to the wife's world champ ring and her HOF placque
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Posted: 12/11/14 at 8:48am |
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I could have closed this log up with Myles' post. Awesome. I was training, then took a week off or so as I was out of the country. Back home and back to work.
12/10/2014 abbreviated wamrup tonight Box squat against greens: 335x2x8 405x1 455x1 -30 sec rest or so. Good speed. Gassed; my trip took a bit out of me! Arched back GMs: 135x5 185x5 225x5 275x5x2 Abs. Done. Good one. |
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Bench against mini-band and 2 chains: 135(?)x3x9 Can't really remember weight. Then a crazy amount of tricep work. Done. **************** 12/13/14 w/u Deficit DL (standing on 3" block): 135x3 225x3 315x2 405x1 495x1 545x1 585x1 635x1 SSB squat: 155x5 205x5 245x5 295x5 335x5 385x5 Shrug/row complex. Calves. Abs. Done. |
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Posted: 12/17/14 at 9:43am |
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12/15/14
mobility warmup Bench press: add 2 chain per side (80#) barx5 135x3 225x3 add 3 chain per side (110#) 245x1 275x1 add 4 chain per side (140#) 295x1 315x1 Close grip 4 board: 315 with 80# chain x 5 x 3 Tricep work. 2 sets of bis. *************************** 12/16/14 mobility warmup Box squat against greens: 315x2x8 -Low back super tight today. Could not get loose so kept it lighter. Front squat: 135x3 225x3 275x3 315x3 365x3 325x5 Shrugs. Abs. Done. -We also got to throw some shot yesterday afternoon with one of the track coaches at the university I teach at. Nothing big, but I am actually trying to learn correct power positions. Hope to throw some 35# weight "our style" tomorrow.
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Posted: 12/17/14 at 11:35am |
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Nice deficit pulls
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Posted: 12/17/14 at 2:18pm |
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Thanks Ryan! You too. That 625 looked easy.
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Posted: 12/17/14 at 6:15pm |
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It was the 605 for 3 that killed me lol! Deficits are one of my favorite lifts. What ever I can deficit I can usually pull 50 lbs more from the floor. Just an indicator lift for me. Love seeing some big pulling numbers. Keep em coming.
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mobility warmup Bench press against minis and 1 chain: 155x3x9 Strict OHP: barx5 95x5 145x5 195x3 215x3 235x3 145x11 Shoulders. Face pulls. Tris. Bis. Fun. -We also made it to the Field House earlier in the day and threw some indoor 35# (our style). Worked some single spin and a bunch of 2 spin. It was surprisingly good. Distances were where they should be (if I can extrapolate what the distance of a 2.5 stone weight should be on what I've thrown a 2 and 3 stone weight). Hope to make it out there a couple more times before NvS. |
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Posted: 12/19/14 at 1:05pm |
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2 spins? How were the distances compared to your typical 1 spin? If you can get that smooth and really build off your 1 turn, I predict big things for you this year.
Merry Christmas Al
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