Training Log: R Huddleston

Competed in the Kansas City Games yesterday against another really good field of throwers. Big thanks to Doug McDonald for putting on great Games. This is really a great game to check out in the middle of the country. 9 guys in total, with several being first time A's, and a couple top tier guys mixed in.

B stone- 30.0. Had a tough time getting this tucked, but finally got a decent push on it.
HWD- 27.4. Grip was a big issue with it raining during this event so I put tacky on. Considering I had 2 throws where the glove ripped off and flew with the weight, probably too much tacky.
LWD- 54.11. This felt wonky all week....
LH- 89.4. Still not used to having 2 boots on, couldn't get comfortable and absolutely no finish.
Caber- No turn, but only 2 guys turned to qualifier (Scott Hutchison and Jon Hereth) so not too upset. This is getting closer.
Wob- 12, a couple decent pulls at 13
Sheaf (20lb)- 24 for a 1 foot PR, and I think 26 will fall soon. Very happy with this.

Overall 7 out of 9, but really couldn't be happier with how I threw. I threw right at my seasons best with a torn hamstring. Felt like I finished all my throws better except the WOB. And with the fact that I had no idea how my hamstring would hold up, I feel like I threw really well. Now its time to trust the hammy and start adding speed to the better finish. Once I get this together I'm looking for a lot of improvement. Thanks to Jon Hereth for all the rehab work at your office Friday night and for letting us crash at your place. Had an awesome time. Now time to get ready for Joplin next week.

Got some cardio in at the "Box" last night.

Floss/Stretch/Warmup

Did some light benching and crucifix hold. Just working on moving the bar fast.

Got some throws in:

HWD- x 10
2 single turns
3 warm-up 2 turns
3 "comp" throws
2 more to work on technique

Felt ok, pretty muddy and slick, so all things considered I'm not going to sweat it.

Started LWD, and slipped hard. Hung it up and called it.

Got some throws in this morning

Stands with light stone
x 8, all around 36-38
Felt really good. Was really focusing on a better block with the left arm.

Tried some glides, but legs were still pretty slow from squats yesterday.

Lwd x 8
All around 53-55. Was focusing on exploding across the box and actually having a sprint step. Felt pretty good, just need to add a bigger push/pull and I think I can get that added distance. Really need to get this distance up.

Was supposed to throw today, but its raining...again. So went to the gym.

Warm-up/stretch

Deadlifts
Worked up to 5x3 at 365. Moved pretty fast, felt good.

Worked a few sets of hang cleans
4x3

Then had to roll out. Hoping to get a lot of throws in this weekend.

No kidding buddy. I need to invest in better waders if I want to get any throwing in.

Got some throws in this morning

HWD
3 1 turns
3 2 turns (warm-up)
6 full 2 turns.
-Something isn't clicking. I think I'm not pushing the weight around enough going into the sprint step and its making the weight really pull me off balance when I go to release. Distance was about average this season.

Heavy Hammer
5 throws.
-This was more for a warm-up for light hammer. Could tell I'm not countering enough though because I was getting pulled off balance when I started trying to crank on this. Average distances for the season.

Light hammer
5 throws.
-First throw was nice and easy. Hit 99+. This is right at my season best so far. Really excited about this, so got after other throws. All were 98-99, but the first one was the farthest. Pretty sure this means I need to relax more. When I try to throw it hard I think I'm shortening my arms.

Overall not bad, but always more things to work on.

Went to Crossfit last night because they were squatting. I liked the squat part, really didn't do hot on the actual workout part. Could be because I only ate a breakfast burrito that day, and threw for 2 hours in the 100 deg heat and gave myself an hour to recover.

Squat
Worked up to 425 for 5. Wanted a little more, but considering I was a little beat up I'll take it.

WOD

4 sets of

3 rounds
5 kettle bell squats (53lb bell)
10 med ball slams (40lb ball)
5 knee to elbows
5 pullups

1 min rest between each set

My head was swimming at the beginning of the workout, then called it after 6 rounds when everything went pink and purple. Went home and started eating/rehydrating.

Nice. PR's falling all over the place!

WOOHOOOO

Threw yesterday morning

B stone
4 front
2 partial turn
8 full throws
Not great, but slowly getting better. Best around 32.

Sheaf
Took about 12 pulls with this. Didn't really get into it, was more trying to break my new bag in. Throwing at a light pole around 24ft. Hit it with the bag still going up 4 times, finally got the spacing figured out and smoked one the last throw. My big problem with sheaf this year has been accuracy. If I can get my spacing nailed down should be able to put a few feet on my score.

Crossfit Metcon last night
2000 meter row
1600 meter run
100 burpees
Broken up however you want.

The wife did not tell me what the workout was until we pulled up to the gym. Thankfully one of the regular guys wanted to split the work, so I gracefully accepted. I ended up running 600 meters, 30 burpees, and 1700 meter row.

Gym last night

OHP
5x3 at 50%

Bench
5x3 at 50%

10 min EMOM
5 DB snatch each arm. 60lb DB the first 2 sets, then switched to 100lb DB with the right arm to hopefully help with WOB. Kept the 60lb on the left arm
4 pullups

5min AMRAP
50m farmers carry
20 lunges

2min rest

5min AMRAP
100 jump ropes
15 KBS with 53lb bell

2min rest

5min AMRAP
100m sprint
15 burpees

I was done after this.

Worked some HWD this morning as I seem to have lost my mojo with this
2- 1 turns
12- 2 turns

Worked on a couple different things, but still haven't figured out what I'm not doing anymore. Looks like I'm off balance, have no sprint step, and am not getting my left foot down fast enough. So there's that....

Sat morning went to the Metcon with the wife.

Partner workout
Alternating 50 box jumps
Simultaneous 25 burpees
Alternating 50 KBS
Alternating 50 med ball pass sit ups
Alternating 50 squat cleans

The partner thing sucked. Normally with these types of workouts I tweak them to make them more sport specific for me. For example knock down the box jumps to 15, and try to get really explosive with them and recover in between. But the partner thing killed that. But the wife was happy, so....

This morning went out to get some throws in. Was really excited to work on the ques I picked up the other night.

B stone x 12???
2 fronts
4 quarter turns
6ish full.
Best 31+, but most over 30.

Open x 8???
2-3 just hitting positions
2-3 full speed
2-3 working tech
Best 41+, 3-4 others over 40

HWD x 6???
2 1 turns from the front
2 1 turns from the back
2 or so 2 turns.
Best 27+. This is right at my season best. Felt decent, but my thumb was about to fall off, so I switched to the light

LWD x 10???
2 1 turns from the front
2 1 turns from the back
6ish full throws
Best 58+. That right around my PR, and 3 feet over season best. Finally felt something good here.

Sheaf x 6-8
Throwing at a 24ish ft light pole. Working a lot more on accuracy than height. Its about half the length of a crossbar, so if I can be accurate here, should carry over. Hit it 3 times, cleared clean once.

Overall, this was the best practice day all season. Really excited about what the new ques did in 1 practice, now just need to watch the videos and keep throwing. I also started building the WOB standard from a while back in the training section, so will start actually practicing that with an actual target soon.

Went on vacation with the wife all last week. Got some DB work in one day with some rowing. Kayaked 1 day. Another day got on a rower with the wife. We did 8 500 meter row keeping all under 2:30 minutes, with a 1 minute rest in between. Averaged just over 2 minutes for all the rounds.

Back in town and got some gym time in. Wanting to peak in about 5 weeks, so going to get heavier this week then move into Vincent ' s peak training.
Squat:
3 @ 265
3 @ 315
3 @ 365
2 @ 405
2 @ 435
3 of 1 @ 465

2 sets of 30 situs
2 sets of 15 deads at 255

4 sets of 9 wall balls
4 sets of 6 target burpees.

Throws tomorrow.

Missed most of last week due to an ear infection. I know I sound like a wimp, but that was awful.

Back at it this week.
Throws Monday morning
B stone
5 stand w/ no reverse
3 "comp" throw. All 31+
5 full throws working on tech. Need more leg...and cowbell

Open stone
3 warmups
3 comp 39, 41, 43

LWD
2 1 turn
2 2 turn
3 comp throws 57, 57, 54

Heavy Hammer
x 5. Had 2 at 75+. No boots and running out of time.

Lift last night
OHP
135 x 5
185 x 3
205 x 2
225 x 1. Strict Press PR
Then moved to push press
245 x 2 x 2
265 x 1
275 x 1-miss

Bench
225 x 5 x 5
245 x 3
275 x 1 x 1
295 x 1
225 x 3
185 x 2 x 2 x 2

Then finished with some med ball throws.

Throwing this morning
Sheaf x 10
WOB x 10
Just working technique on both of these. Need to get accuracy down with sheaf, and wob is just aweful. Good news is I figured some things out with both.

Got some throws in last night with the Irvin Crew

B stone x 5. Best of 31

Open x 5. Best of 38

LWD x 5. Best of 59. Lifetime PR.

WOB x 5. Hit the bar at 13 a few times.

I have got to figure out my Braemar. Happy with the Open. I practice with a slightly light stone, and was really anxious to see what the new technique would do with a legit stone. Was really slow and legs were still kinda shot, and still hit 38. LWD finally seems to be coming around. Always stoked for a PR. WOB feels like I finally found a technique that allows me to get a big fast pull. Nothing great here, but feeling a lot better. Now just need to do all this in a Comp.