TRAINING LOG: Mike Miller
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Topic: TRAINING LOG: Mike Miller
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Subject: TRAINING LOG: Mike Miller
Date Posted: 10/05/11 at 10:39am
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Recently finished my first season in the heavy events. Monday Oct 3 2011 Incline Bench: Tues Oct 4 2011 |
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Posted By: C. Smith
Date Posted: 10/05/11 at 12:10pm
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Welcome!
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 10/06/11 at 1:48pm
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Thursday Oct 6 2011 Overhead 20lb stone heaves: Jump Squat Warmup: Back Squat - Dynamic (min. 1.0 m/s avg speed) Deadlift: Dynamic (min. 1.0 m/s avg speed) Incline: Dynamic (min. 1.0 m/s avg speed) Good training day. Ran out of gas by the end of the lift, but slowly working my way back into the weight room. |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 10/11/11 at 1:04pm
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Tuesday Oct 11 2011 Time to shake off the turkey (Canadian thanksgiving this past weekend). 22lbs Hammer Winds: 3x3 Jump Squat Warmup Hang Clean - 4x6 @ 2.1 m/s min peak speed Incline Bench: 4x8 @ 0.7 m/s min avg speed Hungarian Core Blast: Good workout for the first day back after a few days out of town. Stones and med ball tomorrow... |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 10/12/11 at 1:58pm
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Wednesday Oct 12 2011 Core is pretty sore from the 2x7x10 22lb hammer winds yesterday. Braemar: 18 lbs 10 x OH heaves Best @ 51' Not a lot of pop today, but technically felt pretty good in Braemar. I find working non-reverse throws with focus on a strong block really sets the right groundwork for the full reverse throws. If I skip non-reverse and go right to full reverse throws, I find I'll do a lot of 'diving' and miss the strong right hip drive and left side block... |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 10/13/11 at 2:13pm
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Thursday Oct 13 2011 Good day in the weight room. Starting to get back into the groove... 3 x 3 Jump Squat Warmup Back Squat: Dynamic (min 1.0 m/s avg speed) Clean-Grip Deadlift: Dynamic (min 1.0 m/s avg speed) Incline Bench: Dynamic (min 1.0 m/s avg speed) Med ball and hammer winds tomorrow. On a side note, recently ordered an indoor 28 lb WFD and a 22 lb large diameter indoor shot for Braemar work...We already have tons of 16, 17, 18, lbs shots that we use in our group (I coach throws at the University here in Windsor). |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 10/15/11 at 2:21am
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Friday Oct 14 2011 Lots of hammer winds today with the 22lbs... Decided to do it in a pyramid style, with a total of 10 sets of 10 each direction at the following speeds: 10 @ 60% Was a nice way to do the workout. Focus on doing things right, and slowly amping up the speed. By the time I was at 100%, a few things were out of sync, and so slowing down again makes it easier to make the adjustments. This workout was from yesterday - Hips/core are hurtin today. Beverages last night did not help with that I'm sure. |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 10/17/11 at 4:12pm
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Monday Oct 17 2011 Lift today... Jump Squat Warmup/Testing: 3x3 @ 50kg Hang Clean: 4x6 @ 2.5 mps minimum peak speed Incline Bench: 4x8 @ 1.0 mps minimum avg speed Hungarian Core Blaster: Not a bad lift...Lower body moving well, upper body a bit slower... |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 10/19/11 at 3:27pm
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Wednesday Oct 19 2011 Rained out, and our indoor facility was being used for convocation...stuck with just a lift Jump Squat Testing/Warmup 3x3 @ 50 kg Back Squat - 1.0 m/s minimum average speed Incline Bench - 1.0 m/s minimum average speed Clean-grip deadlift - 1.0 m/s minimum average speed
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 10/20/11 at 3:04am
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Little bit of free time in the lab today, thought it would be a good time to ask some of the pros a quick question regarding # progression. I just finished my first season of heavy events. I spent the entire season learning the events, and more or less ignored the weight room. Now that I have a basic feel for the events, I plan on training exclusively for heavy events and putting in a lot of strength/speed/plyo work during the indoor season along with a ton of throwing reps. What I'd like to know is, what kind of progression from season 1 to seaosn 2 can I expect? I realize this is going to be completely different from one athlete to the next, but I'm hoping that having a dedicated training program rather than just trying to learn the basics (like this season) will lead to big gains. Here is a list of my PR's from my first season, and goals for next year Thanks for any info/insight. |
Posted By: C. Smith
Date Posted: 10/20/11 at 3:16am
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Nice first year numbers! All of those goals seem reasonable. ------------- |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 10/24/11 at 4:36am
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Thanks, Craig. Though I'm sure this topic has been addressed ad nauseum on this forum, what amateur class would these #s fit into in the US? I am in Canada, but living in a border town. As such, I would like to try to get into some US games next season. Not quite up to speed on how the US class system is rated. Appreciated, |
Posted By: C. Smith
Date Posted: 10/24/11 at 5:29am
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You would be an A class amateur (or Super A if the game has it) with your current numbers. You would be one of the best HG athletes in Canada with your goal numbers. ------------- |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 11/02/11 at 1:01pm
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Wednesday Nov 2 2011 Last week was spent mainly testing. Went through the Gamut of lifts I've been doing with the Tendo and tested for maximum power output (myself, and a couple of other athletes that I've been training) I won't post all the numbers here, but they were much improved from about 6 weeks ago when I started training with the Tendo S/P analyzer. This week I am starting a strength phase. I plan to keep olympic lifting movements to a speed of about 1.3 m/s, and power lifts to 0.7 m/s. First lift this week: Clean High Pull (to the chin) - Min bar speed 1.3 m/s Flat bench - min bar speed 0.7 m/s This phase will include: Looking forward to it. Also if anyone is interested in indoor throwing weights (I just ordered a 28lb indoor - 18", steel ring handle) please see my recent post in the general forum |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 3/24/12 at 2:19am
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Ok, time to stop being so lazy and start posting workouts on here again. Friday March 23rd 2012 Made the switch to HJ shoes with some really short pins - I love them. They have the same feel and shape as a throwing shoe, but the option of any size pin you want to fit the right amount of 'grip' that you need. 23 lbs Braemar: 5 x Releases 5 x Non-Reverse - Best of about 37' 10 x Full Reverse - Best of 39'6" 17lbs Open: 3 x Full Reverse - Best of about 45' 3 x Half-Turns - Best of 47' 10 x MSA - Best of 50' First day in the weight room after a couple of weeks spent on the road. Back Squat: 10 x bar 10 x 135 10 x 225 5x5x375 Squats felt ok but everything is tight from the time away from the gym. Bench: 10 x bar 10 x 135 10 x 225 5x5x275 Bench was really easy, I'll have to push it a bit harder next time |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 3/24/12 at 10:21am
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March 24 2012 Did a little bit of throwing with the 16lbs today. Hoping to be able to throw with the MSA comfortably by my first competition (Sacramento) after spending 12 years with the glide (1 year of heavy events). Legs were a bit fried from squatting yesterday, so there wasn't a ton of zip on the shot. My usual stands are around 47-48', and today I could only get out to 45' with a full reverse. MSAs started out a bit rough, but got better as I went along. Focusing on leading with the hips and trying to create some separation in the middle. On the last throw, I thought about keeping my hips low throughout the throw rather than popping up out of the back - turned out to be my best throw at just over 52'. My PR in the open stone gliding was 50'3", and so 52' on the 2nd day with MSA is promising, especially after squatting the night before. Stands - 5 Non-Reverse, 5 Full-Reverse - Best 45'3" MSA - 15 full throws - Best 52' Any comments/feedback more than welcome. |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 3/25/12 at 4:03pm
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Sunday March 25th 2012 Good overall practice with a few of the guys. First time pulling the WOB, starting out about where I left off last season. 17lbs stone - 3 Stands 5 full MSAs LWFD - 2 one turns 5 two turns Light Hammer - 1 one turn 1 two turn 3 three turns WOB - 10 total pulls. Going to San Diego for a conference tomorrow, going to try to find somewhere to lift but I doubt I'll find anywhere to throw. If anyone knows of a gym locally that will give day passes, please let me know.
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 3/27/12 at 1:24pm
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Tuesday March 27th 2012 Currently in San Diego all week for a conference (American Chemical Society annual spring meeting - If anyone lives in the city I'm sure you've seen some of the 15,000 attendees). Spent the morning presenting some work from my PhD thesis, and then came back to the hotel to get in a lift! Hotel gym didn't' have very much iron, but I was grateful that there was a barbell to use. Romanian Deadlift - 10 x bar 10 x 135 5x5x225 (That's all they had) OH Push Press - 10 x bar 10 x 135 5x5x225 First time in awhile I've lifted without boots, straps, belts etc. Also the first time I've lifted outside of a real weight room in awhile - Funny how some guys look at you like you're from Mars for using free weights. The guy doing bicep curls in surfer shorts and bare feet thought I was the weird one.
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/01/12 at 11:57am
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Sunday April 1st 2012 Tried to get in a full practice today, weather didn't really cooperate. 40 degrees and rain. Stone - 5 x stands 5 x MSA Heavy Weight 3 x one turn 5 x two turns Light Weight 1 x one turn 5 x two turn WOB About 8 total pulls with the 56 Too wet for hammers/caber.
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/02/12 at 1:18pm
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Monday April 2nd 2012 Pretty happy with training today. After a miserable day (Weather and throwing) yesterday, I was happy to bounce back a bit. #s weren't great but they don't need to be. Technically felt much better. 24lbs Braemar Stone: 5 x warmup throws 10 x Non-Reverse - Best of about 37' 10 x Full Reverse - Best of 38'10" My best ever with this stone is just under 40', so 38'10" on a cold day is decent. Missing the turn of the right foot on the finish, but I think I am still adjusting to the spiked shoes. Much better traction, but might have to put a bit more focus on getting the hip through and the foot turned. Everything was way off to the right side of the sector. Light Hammer (47", 17lbs) 5 x one turn 5 x two turn 8 x three turn Best of about 105' which is near my practice PR with this slightly short/heavy hammer. Worked on using turns one and two to setup a big third turn, rather than trying to be fast on all three. Tried a mental progression of Turn 1: Get it into orbit Turn 2: Get the arms long and counter at the top Turn 3: Big Orbit and drive the knees down hard at the top Finish: Block as hard as possible Lifting: Starting a speed block this week Back Squat -
10 x bar 10 x 135 12 x 3 x 250 dynamic squats. These were fast, bordering on jump squats Bench - 10 x bar 10 x 135 12 x 3 x 205 dynamic. Also fast dynamic presses, > 1 m/s |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/03/12 at 3:28pm
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Tuesday April 3rd 2012 Body is pretty beat up from the last couple of days. Today was about a 2 hour throwing session covering three events. No zip on anything, but technically felt OK. Open Stone (18.5 lbs) - 5 x Warmup Stands 3 x Non-Reverse Stands 3 x Reverse Stands 10 x Full MSA Best of about 46' Tried working on getting the hips ahead of the stone, but was moving too slow to create any real separation. 56 WFD - 5 x Stand Throws 10 x One Turns 5 x Two Turns Best of about 35' 20 Throws with the 56 did a number on my thumb. Again, no real pop on the finish but technically started coming back. Tried to keep the hips low and speed up the feet. Timing is still off on the sprint phase. 56 WOB - Took 12 total pulls without any standards. Trying to work on a technique more like Zolk - Staying tall as the weight passes through the legs, bending at the waist to allow the weight to carry back behind, and then sinking when the weight drops and catching it on the way up. I'd say 3-4 of the 12 I caught nicely and they went considerably higher. Try this with a bar next time to see if any real improvement is to be had. Day off tomorrow for some rest and our University's athletic banquet.
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/05/12 at 1:40pm
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Thursday April 5th 2012 Did some throwing today. Cold temperatures (35 degrees) made it tough to get going, but all in all it was a decent session. 28 WFD - 5 x stand throws 10 x one turns 10 x two turns One turns went well, around my practice best...Unfortunately two turns didn't go any farther. Going to spend next session working on cast and drop drills to make sure I'm getting into the right position. Heavy Hammer (23 lbs, 46") 5 x one wind 5 x two wind 10 x three wind Hammer went well, focusing on the same things that were working well in the light hammer earlier this week. Had a practice best of +7'. Back at it tomorrow...
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/06/12 at 10:33am
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Friday April 6th 2012 Full day of training today. Threw both stones and got in a lift. All in all, felt pretty good today. More zip on the stone than there has been in awhile. Lift was just light and quick, focus is on throwing. 23.5# Braemar - 5 x warm up stands 10 x Non-Reverse - Best of 38' 10 x Full Reverse - Best of 40'6" 40'6" is a practice PR with the 23.5. Really worked on pushing the stone early and long, rather than slowly bringing into position for a short push. 18.5#Open - 5 x Full Reverse Stands - Best of 45' 15 x MSA - Best of 49' 49' is also a practice PR with the 18.5# stone. MSAs were kind of all over the place today, averaging a lot lower than the 49' best. After a full braemar practice I was surprised it went as far as it did. Lift
Dynamic Deadlift - 10 x bar 10 x 155 3 x 12 x 255 Dynamic Push Press - 10 x bar 3 x 12 x 155 |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/07/12 at 7:34am
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Saturday April 7th 2012 Today was suppose to be a day off, but it was too nice outside not to throw. Went out and threw some light hammer, went OK. Light Hammer - 17lbs 46" 5 x one wind 5 x two wind 10 x three wind Best of about 105'. This right around my practice PR with the short/slightly heavy hammer. In more exciting news, just ordered a new hand made wool kilt from Edinburgh. Should be here in 6 weeks. Tartan day sale was enough to push me over the edge and place an order.
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/08/12 at 3:47pm
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Sunday April 8th 2012 No training at all today. Spent my day doing as little as possible, and then ate filet mignon, grilled shrimp, scallops, and chocolate lava cake for easter dinner. Onto an ounce of Glenfiddich before bed, and back at it tomorrow. Less than 3 weeks until season opener in Sacramento.
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/09/12 at 3:36pm
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Monday April 9th 2012 One of those days. Went to training expecting to make a lot of progress and ended up having a pretty useless session. 28 WFD - Really wanted to video tape, but 40 mph winds didn't work too well with the tripod. 5 x Stands 10 x 1 turns Best of about 66' 15 x 2 turns - Bout the same turns out 30 is a good number, throw 31 tore open a dime size blister on my thumb Heavy Hammer - 5 x one wind 3 x two wind 2 x three wind Then the bolt of my hammer boot snapped. Broken boot and a bloody thumb was what I took out of today. Lifted anyways Cleans - 10 x 2 @ 245 Snatch - 10 x 2 @ 175 Back at it tomorrow
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/10/12 at 2:06pm
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Tuesday April 10th 2012 Gonna give my hand a break from throwing today. Just a lift... Squat - Dynamic (>1 m/s) 10 x bar 10 x 135 10 x 2 x 270 Bench - Dynamic (>1 m/s) 10 x bar 10 x 135 10 x 2 x 215 I like this speed phase. Moving the weight quickly, and the lifts aren't taking very long. Working on about 1-2 mins rest between sets. Using the lifts to stay quick and sharp, but the focus is still on throwing. Hoping to be back at it tomorrow with stones and hammer. Might be a couple of days before the thumb is ready for weights.
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/11/12 at 12:54pm
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Wednesday April 11th 2012 Another day of throwing out in the cold and wind. Body is struggling a bit from the recent push in training the past couple of weeks. Got through the workout. Braemar - 23.5# 5 x Releases for warmup 5 x Non-Reverse 6 x Full Reverse Best of 40'1". Happy to be consistently over 40' in practice with the 23.5#. Although the body didn't have much in the tank, a couple of little technical changes are really allowing to get a nice long fast push on the stone. Going to up my goal for the season - 43'+ with the 22 lbs stone in competition. Open Stone - 18.5# 3 x Stands 10 x MSA Nothing special here. Stands weren't much further than my braemar with the 23.5# - gives an idea of where my CNS is at. MSAs were OK. No big distances but a couple of little tweaks here and there that added distance. Still outperforming my glide #s from last year. Light Hammer - 17# 5 x one wind 3 x two wind 3 x three wind Terrible hammer today. Tweaked an ab muscle (at least I know there's some in there) on the second two wind, and I think I was guarding after that. Never got long and started getting more sore, so I decided to shut it down.
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/12/12 at 2:08pm
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Thursday April 12th 2012 Not a bad session today. My weights still suck but I know the timing will come. Body has been tired and sore lately, going to up the cals and protein and see if that helps. Actually dropped a few pounds the last two weeks, when I need to be going up if anything. 56 WFD - 5 x Stands 5 x One turns 5 x Two Turns No distances worth reporting. 56 WOB - 12 total pulls. Timing was way better today. Didn't setup the standards but I was happy with the height of the ball. Still working on dropping with the weight and catching it on the way up. Timing seems to be everything here. Lift: DL - Dynamic 10 x bar 10 x 135 9 x 3 x 265 Push Press - Dynamic 10 x Bar 3 x 135 9 x 3 x 175 Day off tomorrow.
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/14/12 at 10:17am
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Saturday April 14th 2012 Just a quick lift today. Feeling a lot better after yesterday's day off. Cleans - Speed 6 x Bar 6 x 60 kg 8 x 2 x 115 kg Snatch - Speed 6 x Bar 2 x 60 kg 8 x 2 x 80 kg Quick and easy. Back to throwing tomorrow (pending weather).
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/15/12 at 12:52pm
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Sunday April 15th 2012 Threw some open stone with my 18.5#. Its the lightest stone I have without going to a shot. I was coaching one of my athletes so I threw off to the side on concrete with running shoes. Open Stone - 18.5# 5 x Releases 5 x Stands - Best of 43' 15 x MSA - Best of 47'6" No bombs today, but a giant crater around 47' means my consistency is starting to improve with the MSA. Still didn't feel like there was much zip, I'm usually around 45' standing with that stone when I'm fresh. One more week of high volume throws then I will lighten up a bit so as not to get too embarrassed at Woodland. Might also throw a little bit of 16# shot on the grass to get the speed up. All this work with the 18.5# might be building some specific strength, but timing might be just a hair different with the 16. Hammers and a lift tomorrow...
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/16/12 at 1:10pm
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Monday April 16th 2012 Good day with the hammers today. Probably one of my worst events from last year, I've spent a lot of time working on hammer and today was the first day I felt a little bit of return on investment. Threw my 17# hammer farther than my current games PR with the 16#, and also threw farther than my games PR with the heavy hammer. Technically still shaky, but at least there was a bit of zip. 84 feet one wind with the HH and 104' one wind with the 17# is by far the best I've ever had. Heavy Hammer - 22# 5 x one wind - Best of 84' 5 x two wind - Best of 88' 5 x three wind - Best of 91' (Games PR is 89'+) Light Hammer - 17# 5 x one wind - Best of 104' 5 x two wind - Best of 110' 5 x three wind - Best of 113' (Games PR with 16# is 110') Still not getting the improvement from one wind to three like I should be, clearly a lot of technical work left to be done. LWFD tomorrow. Push is on for Woodland - Have to minimize how badly I get beaten by that monster A class.
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Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/16/12 at 4:15pm
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Also lifted tonight... Back Squat - Dynamic 10 x Bar 10 x 135 8 x 2 x 280 These were more or less jump squats from below parallel. Felt nice and light/quick. Bench - Dynamic 10 x bar 10 x 130 8 x 2 x 225 |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/17/12 at 11:56am
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Tuesday April 17th 2012 Threw some light weight today. Frustrating. Numbers are going up because my body is starting to come around in terms of energy, but my two turns still aren't any farther than my ones. Missing that timing of sprint phase when the weight gets to 0:00. 5 x Stands 5 x One Turns - Best of 70' 15 x Two Turns - Best of 69' Happy with 70' from one turn. Last year I was adding about 7-10' from one to two. Hopefully I find that rhythm again soon. Cabers and WOB tomorrow. First time with cabers this year. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: swollenknuck
Date Posted: 4/18/12 at 2:21pm
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Hey Mike, Your numbers are looking good, it looks like you are going to have an awesome year. See you in Vic. Thanks Ray ------------- Ray Siochowicz AD Victoria Highland Games Association www.victoriahighlandgames.com |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/18/12 at 3:26pm
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Thanks, Ray! Can't wait for Victoria. Been almost 10 years since I've been out to BC. Wednesday April 18th 2012 First day of the season with some cabers. We had three cabers, a small medium and large. 2/2 on the small 2/2 on the medium 2/4 on the large. Not bad for the first caber session, still plenty of work to do. Also took 3 throws with a 16.5# open stone, stepped out the best to about 52'ish. 6 Total pulls with the WOB. More stones tomorrow with a lift.
------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/19/12 at 12:35pm
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Thursday April 19th 2012 Sixth training day in a row and the body is feeling it. Looking forward to the day off tomorrow. Stones today - Nothing spectacular in either but both solid. Got a hold of a new stone that weighed in at 16.71#, little bit awkward to throw but its close to the Woodland stone than my 18.5# 23.5# Braemar - 5 x Release drills 3 x Warmup Non-Reverse 5 x Non-Reverse 5 x Full Reverse Best of about 38' for the non reverse, and just over 40' for the reverse. On par for the course 16.7# Open - 3 x Stands - Best of 46'6" 15 x MSA - Best of 51'3" Adding 5' to my stand is about what I hope to get out of the MSA right now. Still pretty new and shaky with it. Happy with 51+ after a full Braemar workout. Quick lift - Push Press -Dynamic 10 x Bar 10 x 135 slow 8 x 2 x 185 RDL -Dynamic 10 x Bar 5 x 90 k 8 x 2 x 110 k I took video of the last couple throwing sessions (light weight, braemar, open) but the camera is dead. Will post in the next couple of days ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/20/12 at 12:18am
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Day off... My first nephew was born today! 9 lbs 8 oz. Better start getting him fitted for a kilt. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/21/12 at 10:08am
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Saturday April 21st 2012 Did a little bit of competition style throwing today. Went pretty well, nothing crazy. 56 WFD - 5 x stands 5 x one turns Best of 35'6". Sticking with one turns for now. Lets me get really aggressive without worrying about fouling/timing/positions. I'm confident that I can produce a throw at or above my PR with a one turn right now 22 lb Hammer - 3 x one wind - Best of 86'6" 2 x two wind - Best of 88' 3 x three wind - Best of 91'6" Not bad, above my games PR. 86'6" is also my best with a one turn with the HH. Video of the last few sessions will be posted tonight. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: stonethrower
Date Posted: 4/21/12 at 11:04am
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Looking forward to meeting you next weekend. Should be an awesome comp. Hopefully every one is on their game and there are plenty of PRs to go around.
------------- John Davis |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/21/12 at 2:08pm
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Looking forward to meeting you too, John - And everyone that will be at Woodland! I think I'll need some PRs - say maybe 8 of them - to hang with you guys! Either way I should be pushed to a higher level which will start my season off right for competition here in Canada. Lifted today - Light and fast Cleans - 10 x Bar 6 x 70 kg 6 x 1 x 125 kg Snatch - 6 x 1 x 85 kg Here is the video I took over the week. Body is ready to deload and feel fresh at Woodland. Hopefully some warm temperatures and an atmosphere for throwing will help too. Looking for some PRs. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: rknebel
Date Posted: 4/21/12 at 5:01pm
With the practice numbers you are putting up you are right in the mix. I am not sure who all is competing but I think Jon O'neil is the obvious favorite but after that I think there will be 3-4 of us that could place in anywhere from 2-5. I think this is going to be one of the better amateur competitions of the year. Outside of the N/S game there aren't to many other lineups that are as solid from top to bottom.
I keep looking at yours and John Davis's stone numbers and knowing how Jon O'neil throws the stone, and thinking I am going to have to have an awesome showing in every other event to really stand a chance. Regardless of the outcome it's a great early season competition that will probably benefit all of us later in the season.
I am also looking forward to meeting the guys I have never met, as well as seeing the guys again that I have met.
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Kilted Lancer wrote:Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/21/12 at 11:50pm
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Robin - The way you feel about the stones is how I feel about the weights. Even my PRs could put me 5th in the weights. Also, I'm brand new with the MSA so it could be hit or miss. Either way I'm looking forward to giving it a try. There's also the almighty equalizer in the caber. I've had one practice with cabers this year, and I won't get another before Woodland. See you on Saturday morning! ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/23/12 at 12:35pm
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Monday April 23rd 2012 Yesterday's day off was spent standing in the cold/wind coaching for 6 hours. Body is pretty stiff today, and really feeling that HWFD practice from saturday. Today called for winds of up to 40 mph and snow. We got the wind, but the snow missed us so I got out to do a competition style Braemar practice. 23.5# Braemar - Warmup and 3 competition style throws 40'3" 40'8" 41'0" Happy with these numbers considering weather and how I'm feeling today. Quick lift to loosen up after being in the cold RDL - 3x3 @ 100 kg PP - 3x3 @ 70 kg ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/24/12 at 12:58pm
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Tuesday April 24th 2012 Competition hammer practice today with the 17#. Hammers continue to improve.. One hard 1 wind - 108' One hard 2 wind - 111' Three hard 3 wind - 116', 114', 115' Pretty happy with today. 116' with the 17# is a practice PR and 6' better than my games PR with a 16#. If I don't hit PRs in the hammer at Woodland I'll be very disappointed. LWFD tomorrow... ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/25/12 at 11:47am
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Wednesday April 25th 2012 Threw some stones and LWFD today. Nothing special, not much in the tank for one reason or another. 16.7# Stone - 46' stand and 50' MSA LWFD - 69' one turn No more throwing until Woodland. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/29/12 at 5:53pm
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Just got back from Sacramento / Woodland games. Ended up having a good day and met some great guys. Hope I get to throw with you all again in the future. Here is a breakdown of how the day went: Finished 2nd overall behind Jon O'Neill who was really in a class of his own. 22# Braemar - 41'4.5" PR I was happy with the Braemar. Was hoping to be in the 42' range, and each throw was getting better. But when you throw with Jon O'Neill, don't expect extras! 16.8# Open - 50'0.5". 2 inches under my PR Decent result, should've been a bit better. Opened with 50', fouled the second throw which was about a foot farther, and popped right up out of the back on the third throw for 49'6". Tough stone, anytime I can stay with Jon and John Davis in open stone, I'm happy HWFD - 36' Ties PR 36'-37' is where I top out with a one turn right now. Time to get two turns down, or get significantly stronger LWFD - 69'5.5" See HWFD. Decent for one turn, but won't cut it HH - 92'9.5" PR by about 3 feet Thought speed not strength. Orbit was a bit off. Can't complain LH - 110'5.5" PR by a couple of inches Not happy with this. Been much better in practice. Need to get the arms long/loose with the light hammer. Caber - 10:00 with 18'6'' 105lbs First time trying to pick a caber with duct tape on it. Allowed me to demonstrate to everyone how to properly lay down a mis-picked caber in round 1. Round 2 pulled early and won the caber for height, round 3 managed a 10:00 that saved my games. Can't complain WOB - 15' standing. PR by 1' Very happy with this. Was hoping for 14' and hit 15', with a knock off bar. Focus was on dropping with the weight and catching it. Happened on maybe 3 pulls total, one happened to be at the right time. Back at it this week... ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: swollenknuck
Date Posted: 4/29/12 at 6:01pm
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Nice throwing Mike. Three weeks till Victoria, would be awesome to see your debut of the double turns?
------------- Ray Siochowicz AD Victoria Highland Games Association www.victoriahighlandgames.com |
Posted By: C. Smith
Date Posted: 4/29/12 at 10:40pm
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Big time #'s. Well done! ------------- |
Posted By: Kilt1979
Date Posted: 4/30/12 at 12:36am
| Looks like are your hard work is paying off Mike...Congrats....Looking forward to hopefully placing second behind you in a few weeks! |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 4/30/12 at 8:04am
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Thanks for the encouraging words, guys. Was nice to get a decent set of #s on the books for an early season ranking. Still PLENTY of work to do in a number of the events - Hopefully I can continue to improve these numbers as the season progresses. Again - Had a great time this weekend. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Duncan McCallum
Date Posted: 4/30/12 at 8:11am
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Dood...
WAy to GO OFF this weekend! Very impressed! ------------- The man in the arena. |
Posted By: rob meulenberg
Date Posted: 5/01/12 at 4:09am
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Nice to meet you Mike! There are direct flights from Detroit to Bangor ME...you should come out to the Maine HG in August! Talk to you later.
------------- www.sportkilt.com |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 5/01/12 at 2:21pm
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Thanks Duncan. Hope I'll get a chance to throw with you sometime this season. I'd love to see those sheaf #s! Rob - Great meeting you too. I'll definitely look into the schedule for the Maine HG. August is usually busy for me, but if it fits I'd love to throw. Tuesday May 1st 2012 First day back after Woodland. Decided to throw some heavy Braemar. My next games is Victoria, where traditionally a 26.5# Braemar stone is used. Checked the box of stones and found a 26# that is pyramidal and has nowhere good to hold. Threw it anyways 26# Braemar - 5 x Release Drills 6 x Non-Reverse - Best of 35'6" 8 x Full Reverse - Best of 36'6" This stone sucks to throw, but the #s are OK. Lift - Starting into a strength phase for the next 4-5 weeks. Squat - 10 x Bar 10 x 135 10 x 225 5 x 315 5 x 5 x 345 Bench - 10 x bar 10 x 135 5 x 225 5 x 5 x 275 Felt good to put a little more weight on the bar again. Nothing felt too heavy. We'll see how the body responds tomorrow... ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: rknebel
Date Posted: 5/02/12 at 10:05am
| Great meeting you this weekend Mike. You had a very solid performance. Really impressive. Hope to get the chance to throw with you again. |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 5/02/12 at 1:42pm
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Great meeting you too Robin. You guys made me feel welcome in a group of people I've never met. Really had a great time! Wednesday May 2nd 2012 Body is feeling rough today after yesterday's lift. No zip on anything so I didn't bother measuring, just threw at about 85% and worked on some technical things LWFD - 5 x stands 5 x one turns 10 x two turns Two turns were going about 5' farther than one turns - The first time this has happened in a long while. Heavy Hammer - 5 x one wind 5 x two wind 3 x three wind Ran out of gas by the end and had to shut it down. Back at it tomorrow ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 5/03/12 at 12:32pm
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Thursday May 3rd 2012 Threw the 18.2# open stone today. Had a bit of an "a-ha" moment. Tried really reaching with the left arm and speeding up the left leg in the middle to create more torque, instantly farther. First time over 50' with the 18.2#...even the misses were 48-49'. Pretty happy with this considering the body didn't feel all that great, and stands were nothing special. Open Stone - 18.2# 5 x Release Drills 5 x Stands No Reverse - Best 43' 5 x Stands Full Reverse - Best 44'6" 12 x MSA - Best of 50'6" If I can add 5-6' to my stand consistently I'll be where I want to be Lift - Deadlift 5 x bar 5 x 135 5 x 225 5 x 5 x 350 Push Press 5 x bar 5 x 135 5 x 5 x 215 DL felt light and fast, PP felt fast but a little bit more taxing. Looking forward to tomorrow's day off. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 5/06/12 at 2:22am
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Saturday May 5th 2012 Good full training day with two events thrown and a lift. Highlight of the day was 118' 17# hammer. Although, it makes me question what I was doing in Woodland. Practice before Woodland was 116', after Woodland was 118', both with a 17# hammer, and I only managed 110' in the competition. Oh well, motivation for the next one. Light Hammer - 17# 5 x one wind 5 x two wind 5 x three wind - Best 118', average 115' HWFD - 5 x Stands 5 x One Turns 5 x Two Turns Didn't measure as someone had already taken my tape in. Didn't look far, but two turns are catching up to one turns. Maybe a foot difference between the two. This new strength phase only seems to be hurting distances in the weights, which is probably fine because I can throw at 85 - 90% and focus on technical changes. I'd imagine in the next week or so I'll adapt and get back to bigger #s. Lift - Cleans - 5 x bar 5 x 60 kg 5 x 3 x 110 kg Snatch - 5 x bar 5 x 3 x 75 kg Nice easy, quick lift. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 5/07/12 at 12:19pm
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Monday May 7th 2012 Just a lift today. One of those days where I felt like just saying screw it and taking the day off, but then I remembered my competition is probably training, so I better be. Squat - 20 x bar 10 x 135 10 x 225 5 x 5 x 375 Bench - 10 x bar 10 x 135 5 x 225 5 x 5 x 285 Squats felt tough. Fast enough, just required a lot of work. Hammered through bench no problem, light and fast. I think my predicted 1RM in bench is probably lower than it actually is right now, as even the heavy strength days feel pretty light and fast. Throws tomorrow... ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 5/08/12 at 12:23pm
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Tuesday May 8th 2012 Just throws today. 26# Braemar and LWFD Braemar - 26# 5 x release drills 6 x Non-Reverse 8 x Full-Reverse Didn't measure but full reverse were about 2' farther than non-reverse LWFD - 5 x stands 5 x one turns 10 x two turns Again, didn't measure, but two-turns are no consistently farther than one turns. Gotta say thanks to Robin Knebel for a tip that has helped me a lot here. Hopefully I'll be throwing farther in the LW at Victoria... Cabers/WOB Tomorrow... ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 5/10/12 at 2:35pm
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Thursday May 10th 2012 Rained out yesterday so cabers/WOB moved to saturday. Today was open stone with the 16.8#. Open Stone - 16.8# 5 x release drills 5 x non-reverse stands - Best of 46' 5 x full reverse stands - Best of 47'6" 15 x MSA - Best of 52' Last 10 throws were all between 50' and 52'. Happy with the consistency, not enough in the tank to hit a big one. Lift - Deadlift 10 x bar 10 x 70 kg 5 x 110 kg 5 x 150 kg 5 x 5 x 175 kg Strict OHP 10 x bar 5 x 135 5 x 5 x 185 Deadlifts felt good, push press sucked. Heavy braemar, bench, and open stone made my shoulders feel rough. Went to strict OHP instead of push press to compensate. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 5/12/12 at 11:49am
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Friday May 11th 2012 17# Hammer - 5 x one turn 5 x two turn 10 x three turn. Didn't measure - threes farther than twos farther than ones.... ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 5/12/12 at 11:54am
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Saturday May 12th 2012 Did a mock games with a few of the boys today. Pretty happy overall with the day considering it was on no rest. 22# Braemar - 42'5" 17.5# Open - 49'11" HWFD - 33' (tried 2 turns this time - no luck) LWFD - 78'10" (also 2 turns) - Note this weight is about 1.25 # light. Light Hammer - 115'8" Caber - 3/3 turns with 115# Sheaf - Terrible, but first time touching it this year. Did 'bottom drills' a la Duncan up to 24' WOB - 14', didn't attempt 15' Good #s for me. This week will be rest and fine tuning for Victoria next weekend. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 5/14/12 at 1:54pm
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Monday May 14th 2012 Quick lift today just to shake out and get moving 5 x 3 Cleans @100k 5 x 3 Snatch @ 80k Feeling tired from the weekend. More rest before Victoria needed ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 5/16/12 at 4:05pm
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Letting some injuries heal up a bit... Variety of different types of active rest, stretching etc. Hoping to be feeling much better by Sunday for the Victoria games. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilt1979
Date Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:53am
| I sure you will be...we can do some foam rolling and stuff when you get here too. |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 5/17/12 at 2:26pm
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Thursday May 17th 2012Just did an open stone workout with the 18.2#10 x Release drills 6 x stands (44') 10 x MSA (49') Off to Victoria in the morning! ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 5/21/12 at 3:35am
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Victoria International Heavy Events Games Breakdown: Had a great time in Vic. About to fly home, but here are the #s: 1st overall in the As with 9 games points Braemar (26.5#) - 37'ish. Big ugly stone, was happy with it Open Stone (17.8#) 49'6" - Probably a prorated PR in Canada due to the weight of the stone HWFD - 33-34'sh? - Went with two turns, still not there yet LWFD - 69'+ on extras with two turns Caber - 11:50 for first. Small stick WOB: 13'6" - Should've had 14'6" HH: 95'1" PR by 2 feet LH: 120'11" - PR by over 10 feet. Very happy LH finally came together Back to work this week with focus on the WFD. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilt1979
Date Posted: 5/21/12 at 4:52pm
| You earned those hammers man....Congrats! Had a blast! |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 5/29/12 at 8:16pm
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Tuesday May 29th 2012 Took a bit over a week off to let an injured hamstring heal up. Tried training through it but it kept getting worse. Starting to feel better this week. Tested it out with a LW workout. LWFD: Throwing at about 85-90% 5 x stands 5 x one turns (Best of 64') 10 x two turns (Best of 69') Timing was still feeling terrible, so I decided to speed up the cast and it seemed to help. Will give it a try this weekend in Sudbury and see what happens. Hopefully stones tomorrow - Out of town working in a lab at a university a couple hours down the road, so hopefully I'm back in time. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/04/12 at 9:06pm
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Monday June 4th 2012 Been kinda lazy filling in the log lately, but I'll try to be less useful at night and get it done. Sudbury Celt Fest Breakdown: 1st Overall with 5 games points 16.7# Stone: 50' even LWFD: 69'6" HH: 95'6" WOB: 14' Caber: 12:00 Nothing special but par for the course. Today's workout: 31.3# Braemar - Preparing for the 'Embro Stone' at Ontario championships 5 x Release Drills 8 x Non-Reverse 4 x Full Reverse Best of about 33'6". Not sure what is good with a 31#+ stone but it felt OK 18.2# Open Stone 4 x Full stands 10 x MSA - Best of about 49' Back Squat: 10 x 135 10 x 225 5 x 315 5 x 325 3 x 345 3 x 365 1 x 410 1 x 440 Bench - 10 x 135 5 x 280 5 x 290 3 x 300 3 x 300 1 x 325 1 x 360 ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/05/12 at 9:34pm
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Tuesday June 5th 2012 Easy day today after what was a heavy lift for me yesterday. Just did a little heavy weight, throwing at about 80% but worked on being patient and letting the cast get ahead before sprinting. 5 x warmup releases 5 x stands 5 x one turns 5 x two turns 3 x one turns Not much jam, but technically felt good ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/09/12 at 6:53pm
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Guelph Heavy Events Breakdown: Good time, not so good weather. Pretty steady downpour throughout the day, but a great event put on by Dean Curtis. Took 1st overall in the Am A Division 16.4# Open Stone: 51'1 PR. Happy with this, especially in the rain HWFD: 35'ish, one turn, meh LWFD: 69'ish, see HWFD Heavy Hammer - 100'7". Huge PR and a big barrier for me. I've added 10' to both of my hammers already this season and they are continuing to improve. Caber: 12:00. 1:00, 12:00 WOB: 14' Sheaf: Terrible, maybe should practice this once in awhile. Great day, really happy with event progression so far. Now weights need to improve. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilt1979
Date Posted: 6/09/12 at 11:33pm
| Good job out there man! Sucks to hear Peterbourgh isnt going to happen...hopefully someone else takes the bull by horns and puts on the Am Championships so I get a chance to see and throw with you again before you go pro! Even though you are not happy with your weight for distance they are still really good numbers...just wait till it starts to come together for you! And dont worry I hate sheaf too! |
Posted By: C. Smith
Date Posted: 6/10/12 at 9:52am
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Those look like Pro numbers, in Canada anyway, to me.
Nice work. ------------- |
Posted By: Kilt1979
Date Posted: 6/10/12 at 10:07am
| Mike will representing Canada at the World Amateur Championships this year! |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/10/12 at 11:00pm
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Thanks, Craig. My second season competing in heavy events so I chose to stay an Am - meet some ADs and continue to develop a bit. So far I am happy with my decision. Hopefully I can keeping bumping up the #s before it is time to make the jump. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: swollenknuck
Date Posted: 6/11/12 at 12:01am
Craig why pick on poor little Canada, what did we ever do to you? Awesome numbers Mike, well done and I think you made a good decision. ------------- Ray Siochowicz AD Victoria Highland Games Association www.victoriahighlandgames.com |
Posted By: rob meulenberg
Date Posted: 6/11/12 at 6:21am
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Damn Mike. Numbers keep rising and impressing. Keep up the good work.
------------- www.sportkilt.com |
Posted By: C. Smith
Date Posted: 6/11/12 at 7:51am
 I was being complimentary!! And +1 on the smart decision. I didn't think pointing out the obvious would change that, lol. With those numbers he can make some money in Canada! ------------- |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/11/12 at 5:54pm
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Haha don't worry I took it as complimentary! Monday June 11th 2012 Body was feeling pretty slow and lazy today so I woke up the CNS a bit with an olympic lifting session. Clean: 6 x 70 kg 3 x 100 kg 3 x 120 kg 2 x 130 kg 2 x 135 kg 1 x 140 kg 1 x 145 kg Snatch: 6 x 60 kg 3 x 75 kg 3 x 80 kg 2 x 85 kg 2 x 90 kg 1 x 95 kg 1 x 100 kg Nice and quick. Back to the implements tomorrow. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/14/12 at 9:24am
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Wednesday June 13t 2012 Cabers and WOB. Warmed up with the light caber, working on picking and carrying higher - Seemed to help Went to the short heavy stick that I'm usually turn about 60% of the time, and I was 4/4 with it, including a 12:00 that went over hard. Moved up to a bigger stick that was hooked like a banana. Turned it all 3 times but took some adjusting to get used to the post-pick twisting. All in all a good caber workout WOB About 12 total pulls on the day, most with the standard at around 14'. Longer arm was helping Stones today... ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/14/12 at 9:00pm
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Thursday June 14th 2012 Didn't have time to throw, but I joined my training group for a lift. Back Squats (ATG) 10 x bar 10 x 135 10 x 225 5 x 315 5 x 365 3 x 385 3 x 405 1 x 445 1 x 475 Bench 10 x bar 10 x 135 5 x 285 5 x 305 3 x 320 3 x 330 1 x 340 1 x 340 Ran out of gas benching, but squats felt good. Looking to get a lot of throws in tomorrow and Saturday ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/17/12 at 9:59am
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Friday June 15th 2012 Worked on stones today, both braemar and open. Braemar - 31.5 # 5 x Warm-up Releases 5 x Non-Reverse 5 x Full Reverse Didn't measure today. Throwing this huge stone because we will be throwing a 30# stone at the Ontario Open Championships July 1st. 10-15 throws with this thing is a workout in itself Open - 18.3# 5 x Full Reverse Stands 10-15 x MSA Went well. Worked on staying loose and creating separation. Looked to be around 50ish ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/17/12 at 10:04am
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Saturday June 16th 2012 Traveled to Harrietsville to throw with a couple of the pros from the area. Good overall practice Braemar - 31.5# Took 3 throws because the other guys wanted to throw it. Got me warmed up anyways Open Stone - 17.3# 5 x MSA - Moved my grip on the stone a bit and the last 3 were 50', 52', 51'. All would be PRs with that particular stone LWFD - 27# (The implement has a piece missing and is 1 # light) 3 x one turn - Best of 68' 10 x two turn - Best of 79'6" Not sure how that converts, but I have to believe it would still be over 70' with a proper 28# Improving slowly... Caber - 5/5 on the 16' 115#. This caber used to give me trouble, now I can slam it over just about every time Went up to the bigger banana shaped caber. It says 18' 130# but its definitely dried out since then. Turned it 3/5 times. Caber liked to twist after the pick so I laid it down twice. After that I worked on carrying it higher and I had so much more control that it made turning it feel pretty easy. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/19/12 at 9:18pm
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Tuesday June 19th 2012 Temperatures reaching near 100 degrees today, made the workout tough. Threw lots of heavy hammer in preparation for the Ontario championships July 1st Heavy Hammer - 22# 5 x 1 wind 15 x 3 wind First 6-7 full throws were good, out around 100'. Started to wear down pretty quickly in the heat after that. By the end it felt OK but they weren't going anywhere. Glad I got the work in... Weights / Olympic lift session tomorrow. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/20/12 at 6:48pm
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Wednesday June 20th 2012 Still scorching hot here today. Decided to keep inside and get my lifting session done. Nice and quick today, just get the CNS firing a bit Hang Clean - 6 x 70 k 3 x 120 k 2 x 130 k 1 x 140 k Hang Snatch - 6 x 60 k 3 x 80 k 2 x 85 k 1 x 90 k All quick and easy ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/23/12 at 7:17am
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Friday June 22nd 2012 Worked on a lot of LW today. Really glad I did as I felt like I figured some things out 5 x stands - Worked on the big lift with the legs and added about 5' to my usual stands 5 x one turns - Tried catching the weight back farther and lower, as well as getting ahead of the implement. Didn't measure but they felt pretty good 15 x two turns - Worked primarily on the timing of the cast. I realized after watching some video Duncan recently posted that my feet were really late coming down on the cast. Sped up the feet a bit to get a head of the weight, and everything started magically feeling like it used to. Didn't measure everything but it felt so much better. By my 15th throw I was starting to wear down a bit, and I measured it at around 72' which would be a season's best and just short of my PR. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/25/12 at 6:19pm
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Monday June 25th 2012 Open stone and LWFD today. Throwing at about 85%. Trying to stay smooth and technical, not worrying about #s so much OS - 18.3# 5 x release drills 5 x non-reverse stands 5 x Full Reverse stands 15 x MSA LWFD - 5 x stands 5 x one turns 15 x two turns. Lots of reps today but at 85% it wasn't too bad. Still figuring things out in both events. LW needs to be better this weekend for Ontario championships ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilt1979
Date Posted: 6/25/12 at 10:31pm
| Good Luck Mike.....not that you are going to need it! |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/25/12 at 11:01pm
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Thanks, Adam. I'll take the luck! First games throwing with the big boys... ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/27/12 at 11:22pm
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Wednesday June 28th 2012 Last big throw workout before Ontario championships this weekend. Went through the gamut of events that we'll be doing this in Embro. 3 throws in each, mock competition style 17.3# Open Stone - 49'8" LWFD - 70'6" HH - 98' Caber - 11:45, 12:15, 11:30 WOB - 14'6" Pretty happy with today for practice numbers. Not a ton of zip on everything but that should come with a little rest and some adrenaline. Tomorrow off, and some fine tuning Friday... ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Duncan McCallum
Date Posted: 6/27/12 at 11:57pm
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Luck is what happens when opportunity meets preparation.
You have prepared to win, so go do it. ------------- The man in the arena. |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/29/12 at 4:46pm
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Friday June 29th 2012 Nice quick lift to keep the CNS firing for the games this weekend. Get in, get out. Hang Snatch - 3 x 60 k 3 x 70 k 3 x 80k Jump Squat - 3 x 135 3 x 225 3 x 315 Incline - 3 x 135 3 x 225 3 x 275 Bar was moving fast. Feel ready for Sunday. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: stonethrower
Date Posted: 6/29/12 at 9:07pm
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Good luck this weekend! ------------- John Davis |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 6/29/12 at 9:21pm
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Thanks John. Hope all is well with you. What is your next big games? ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: stonethrower
Date Posted: 6/29/12 at 10:43pm
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Everything is going well. I throw next weekend in Monterey. Should be a good one. ------------- John Davis |
Posted By: swollenknuck
Date Posted: 6/29/12 at 11:45pm
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Hey Mike, Good luck this weekend, it looks like a tough field you are competing with. ------------- Ray Siochowicz AD Victoria Highland Games Association www.victoriahighlandgames.com |
Posted By: Kilted Lancer
Date Posted: 7/02/12 at 7:10am
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Ontario Heavy Events Championship (Embro, ON): Felt awesome - Took 1st in the overall wth some PRs and 4 field records. 30lb Braemar - 36'8". New field record 17.3lb Open - 53'8". Huge PR. New field record. Had a foul at 55'1" LWFD - 72'9". Slight PR, New field record. Still one turn only. Continue to work on two turns... HH - 107'8" - Huge PR by over 7'. Added almost 20' to my HH this year. New Field Record Caber - 10:00 with a 21'6", yet to be weighed caber. One of the bigger sticks I've turned WFH - 14'. Pretty standard, ran out of gas at 15' Overall a great day with great guys on the field. Excellent time had by all at a great show put on Sean Borland and crew. ------------- Mike Miller |
Posted By: Kilt1979
Date Posted: 7/02/12 at 7:41am
| Dude those are incredible numbers! You are coming on strong this season! Awesome Stones and Hammers.....and I cant beleive you are one spinning it out over 70' LWFD! Thats nuts....Really wish Peterbourgh was happeneing to get the chance to throw with you again this year before you go pro. Hey atleast if you come to Vic next year you can stay in a nice comfy hotel instead of my kids bed!LOL. Congrats on being Ontario Champ! |