TRAINING LOG: T. Hunter

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Hello all!
New guy here, I've been lurking for a little while and thought it would be a great place to keep a log.

Having grown up in the highlands/Moray Firth area I have always said I'd like to do a highland games comp and after going to the Lonach games a few months back I decided that I would try to do my first one next summer. The Lonach games had a 18-25 age category which would suit me, so this is my current plan.

My best lifts to date are:

Power clean - 130kg (286lbs)
Olympic squat - 180kg (397lbs)
Front squat - 150kg (331lbs)
Bench press - 120kg (265lbs)
OHP - 92.5kg (204lbs)

I weigh 92.5kg (204lbs) which I am trying to increase.

I do not have any throwing experience but I plan to join an athletics club shortly to learn the hammer throw as ive always wanted to do this event and i think it will act as a good introduction to throwing and set me up for future highland games comps. 

I've not completely worked out how im going to do my heavy events training as I dont have much equipment other than a few shots I use for overhead backwards throws, so I will need to sort this out!

I am currently recovering from a knee injury which has prevented squatting for many, many months so im just working my way back up. I also broke my elbow many years ago throwing javelin so that injury sometimes rears its head and i have a dodgey shoulder, haha. 

I hope this may be of interest to some and I look forward to learning from you all here.

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Soggy Kilt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11/07/12 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Soggy Kilt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: TRAINING LOG: T. Hunter Posted: 11/07/12 at 11:32am
	Hello all! New guy here, I've been lurking for a little while and thought it would be a great place to keep a log. Having grown up in the highlands/Moray Firth area I have always said I'd like to do a highland games comp and after going to the Lonach games a few months back I decided that I would try to do my first one next summer. The Lonach games had a 18-25 age category which would suit me, so this is my current plan. My best lifts to date are: Power clean - 130kg (286lbs) Olympic squat - 180kg (397lbs) Front squat - 150kg (331lbs) Bench press - 120kg (265lbs) OHP - 92.5kg (204lbs) I weigh 92.5kg (204lbs) which I am trying to increase. I do not have any throwing experience but I plan to join an athletics club shortly to learn the hammer throw as ive always wanted to do this event and i think it will act as a good introduction to throwing and set me up for future highland games comps. I've not completely worked out how im going to do my heavy events training as I dont have much equipment other than a few shots I use for overhead backwards throws, so I will need to sort this out! I am currently recovering from a knee injury which has prevented squatting for many, many months so im just working my way back up. I also broke my elbow many years ago throwing javelin so that injury sometimes rears its head and i have a dodgey shoulder, haha. I hope this may be of interest to some and I look forward to learning from you all here.

Soggy Kilt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11/07/12 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Soggy Kilt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11/07/12 at 11:39am
	Here is my last training session: Powerclean 60kgx5 60kgx5 80kgx5 90kgx5 95kgx5 100kgx5 110kgx5 - I think this is a PR, got a video too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aTh8...&feature=g-upl 115kgx3 - going to try and hit this for 5 next time round. Squat 60kgx5 80kgx5 90kgx5 100kgx5 110kgx5 120kgx5 130kgx3 - knee feeling a bit funny so i stopped here + TKE's OHP Bar x lots 40kgx5 50kgx5 55kgx5 60kgx5 65kgx5 70kgx4 I don't see many people posting in kg's but im not sure I can be bothered posting in the imperial system too. Because I have to travel quite far to a facility that has platforms and bumper plates I often train in my local "health club" too which is usually accessory and hypertrophy stuff. This is exactly what was done at the weekend after the above session, I just did some accessory lower back, abs, RC and upper back work.

C. Smith Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Retired Joined: 8/30/04 Location: Antarctica Status: Offline Points: 6661443	Post Options Post Reply Quote C. Smith Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11/07/12 at 1:28pm


Soggy Kilt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11/07/12 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Soggy Kilt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11/08/12 at 2:45am
	Hi Craig, just been watching the vids on your website! Amazing! As I had to work a little late last night I had to train at my local gym, which means accessory/pre-hab/bbing type stuff Chins x5 x5 x5 +5kgx5 +10kgx5 +15kgx5 +20kgx5 +25kgx5 +10kgx6 +10kgx6 +10kgx6 Row (machine) 80kgx10 90kgx10 95kgx10 105kgx10 109kgx15 - possibly a bit too much body language used on this set + 3 sets of face pulls, 3 sets of pull downs, 3 sets of external rotations and a huge number of band pull aparts Also, here is a picture I took from the Lonach games: http://postimage.org/image/mvu89uacj/ perhaps you guys know some of these competitors, perhaps you are one of these competitors!? I think there were several from BC, Canada and I think the guy with those ENORMOUS calf's is Polish.

Soggy Kilt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11/07/12 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Soggy Kilt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11/10/12 at 12:20pm
	Fri night training Power Clean 60kgx5 60kgx5 80kgx5 90kgx5 100kgx5 110kgx5 115kgx3 - same as last week, just lost focus. Aim is 5 reps here 100kgx6 100kgx6 these last two back of sets were great, very fast and aggressive. OHP bb x lots 40kgx5 50kgx5 55kgx5 60kgx5 65kgx5 70kgx5 72.5kgx3 Squat 60kgx5 80kgx5 90kgx5 100kgx5 110kgx5 120kgx5 130kgx5 knee held up, so ill keep pushing it. Going to go and do some light gym work tonight, just accessory lifts and hopefully throw tomorrow. Scotland vs NZ is on tomorrow, any rugby fans out there?