Highland - Dino Workout

I have decided to combine my throwing workout with one of my weight lifting workouts I will try it tonight. Do any of you do  something similar?

Highland - Dino Workout

1. Stone Throw open 10 reps
2. Braemar stone 10 reps
3. 56 WFD 6-10 reps
4. 28 WFD 10 reps
5. H Hammer 6-10 reps
6. Caber 6-10
7. 60lbs 2 hand Stone throw 10 reps
8. 100lbs stone clean and press 10 reps
9. Sled or caber drag note: if using the caber pull from skinny end this is a leg exercise

-Clayton
B.F.H.S.H.F.H

The Big Fat Highland Sailor Hippie from Hell!!!!

Edited by G-man

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Realize that one will have a direct affect upon the other.  If you perform a throwing session and then go lift, you will not lift as much, thus diminishing the efficiency of your strenght training.

From the looks of it this would be a long workout.  Remember that ATP amd energy levels are going to drop considerably after about 40 - 45 minutes.  So your strength training will suffer from inter workout fatigue, which you should be trying to avoid.

Keep your reps low.  Nobody improves in one workout.  Concentrate on form and technique, and it will come over time.  I would think that by the time you get to 30 - 40 throws using power (80% - 100%) the rest of your workout will suffer.

Remember that strength training is to gain strength.  That's it.  Don't get caught up in the idea that there are really any specific exercises that are going to make you throw a stone farther or a weight higher.  There are movements that will address your strength through that range of motion.

Example - Think about adding half-squats to your routine.  Notice that the power position of most throws are made from the half-squat range, so there is some logic to building strength in that range of motion.  It doesn't mean you should totally replace full squats, it's part of the whole.

Keep weight training simple.  Squats, Presses (Bench/Overhead) and Deadlifts and their variations are all that is needed to build power.  Specific speed and skill training is then utilized to take advantage of the strength you build.

Good luck.

BillB not looking for trouble..?!?!??!? Who is that masked man..???

Anyway throwing does help a lot and odd object lifting is extremely helpful not just for the games but also in real life...it's called "Functional Strength."