TRAINING LOG: John Davis

stonethrower wrote: 5/29/12 Lifting Deadlifts up to 655 x 1 Bench up to 425 x 4 5/30/12 Throwing HWFD x 6 LWFD x 8 best of 75+ slight practice PR

I'm liking that!!

GREAT Games for you!
Those weights are HUGE HUGE improvements.  You've got to be walking on air over that 78 feet!  That's getting *Serious*!

BIG Braemar stone
PR's in both weights - SWEET

Good heavy hammer even if it was the low point

and 15 in the WOB is still no joke. You'll get 16 again soon.

It's paying off!!  Congratulations!

6/5/12
Another day at the office
Front Squat
up to 405 x 3 x 2 sets

Bench
up to 435 x 3

Deadlift
up to 635 x 1

Everything felt good- esp. front squats, pretty quick for that weight

stonethrower wrote: 6/7/12 Lifting Clean- from floor 135 x 3 225 x 2 275 x 2 295 x 2 315 x 2 335 x 2 One arm db snatch 120 x 2 130 x 2

John, I do these, but with more like 80-85 pounds and I do like, 2 sets of 8 with each arm. Left-right, left right for a total of 32 snatches.

What are your thoughts on doing more reps with the lower weight, or doing fewer reps with more weight?  I've managed one snatch with 100 pounds, but just one. Now that I'm doing more explosive work, I might be able to to something like  2 x 3 x 95 pounds each side for a total of 12 snatches... or maybe 2 x 2 x 95 for a total of 8 movements.  Sheesh, maybe I could snatch 100 pounds for some reps, that'd be cool.  What do you think?

Big request, John...but could you take a video of those dumbell snatches at some point?

I will try to get video for db snatch next week.
6/9/12
Throwing
HWFD x 6
LWFD x 8
Hammer winds


Back got really tight doing HWFD. I was able to hit a decent throw in LWFD 76+ through a tree (video above). I think I should be a little lower on my second turn to use my legs more. Hammer was rough- back was really tight. Hope it loosens up this week so I can put up some decent numbers on Saturday.

6/12/12
Throwing
17lb Open stone x 6 easy 50+ (haven't thrown open stone in a while so I just wanted to get some footwork in)
LWFD x 8 best of 74+
L Hammer x 8 Best 2 just under 120

Nice game John, it's all coming together now.  

Thanks guys- as I have said before I am just trying to get better little by little and am having a blast along the way. It is more fun when you throw well though. I have hit at least 1 PR in every games this year.
Improvements this year from last
HWFD +5 ft
LWFD +10 ft
HHammer +7 ft
LHammer +5 ft
WOB +2 ft
Both stones +1ft
Last year one 12:00 in caber- this year I have hit at least 12:30 in every comp.

If I keep this up I should be good to go in a decade or so..



6/18/12
Lifting
Bench
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 5
385 x 5
405 x 5

Deads
495 x 3
585 x 3
645 x 1

"in a decade or so".....HA!

If you keep this up, you'll be throwing 38-39 HWFD... 80's + LWFD.... 125+ Light Hammer.... 105 Heavy Hammer... and 16-17 WOB by the end of next season.

And that's, like...Pro Country, or "Super A's" if you want to keep it Low-Key.

LOL.....this year, next year. What, this is your second season?  You might do it all this year.  If it takes until next season to hit those numbers consistently then....meh...whatever. No biggie.  I was thinking about consistently hitting those numbers.

As a complete aside, I fret over this "consistancy" thing.

This "consistently" thing is something I think about when I throw 10 Games a year instead of the 20 that some guys throw. Like.....I say that I'm consistently clearing 13 in wob now. Well, truth is, that's BS. I got 13 at Woodland, the MWC and Santa Cruz. That's three Games! Sure I got it about half the time last year,  but is that really "consistent", when I missed 13 at Ardenwood and Bakersfield?  Hardly.  Now if I get 13 at Montery  to make it four Games in a row, then I think I can say "consistently".  How to get an result consistently over 4 consecutive Games (or maybe 4 out of 5)  in a 10-game season?   In a way it's just semantics.  OK, end of threadjack!

I bet you'll throw those numbers by the end of this season, like you say.  But I'm guessing that it will be  mid-season next year when you can say "consistently hit those numbers".  By then your LWFD PR will be 85 or something ungodly huge like that, and your LH hammer will be 130+ or something!

6/22/12
Lifting
Clean
135x3
225x3
275 x 3
305 x 3
345 x 3
375 x 1 + 2 hang
405 x 3 hang. No catch

Db snatch
130 x 2 x 3




Edited by stonethrower - 6/27/12 at 10:47am

No problem Josh. Sorry it took 2 weeks I got off schedule. Of course I went off course today because I was lifting at Metroflex in Long Beach and did some hangs too. Weight might have been 120 on DB snatch.

6/26/12
Throwing
HWFD x 7
LWFD x 12
WOB x 10
Everything seems to be coming together. HWFD is getting closer, LWFD was right at practice PR-76, and in WOB I hit some pretty good pulls for being tired. Stones and hammers tomorrow.

Looking very good, John.