TRAINING LOG: John Davis

6/30/12
Throwing
HWFD x 6 - felt the best it ever has, no huge throws, but very smooth
LWFD x 6 - Really felt a solid drive- best at 76+ worst 73+-- feel really grooved in now
20lb Sheaf x 8 6/8 over 30' branch - feels good hope to hit it when it counts
WOB x 5 pulls
L hammer- x 6 no blades (heard no blades next weekend so took a couple without them) best of 113+ I think I am on the verge of a break through here. The event is starting to click and I hope it means big throws.
All in all a good week of training. One day of lifting and one day of throwing next week and then games on Saturday.

7/4/12
Throwing
Braemar x 4 best of 45+
Open x 3 - easy throws up to 53+
HWFD x 4
LWFD x 5 best of 77-2 -very flat throw so I know there is a big one in there somewhere
H Hammer x 4- no blades, best of 91-6
Sheaf x 5
Solid day, all throws are uphill- stones feel good, weights are solid, hammer is starting to feel really good, sheaf is a crap shoot- we will see what happens on Saturday with Ryan, Rusty, and Kearney

7/8/12
Monterey Games

Braemar
1. Me 42
2. Rusty 38?

Open Stone
1. Me 56
2 Rusty 49

HWFD
1. Rusty 39 (41 extras)
2. Ryan 37
3. Scott Hutchison 35
4. Kearney 34
5. Me 34

LWFD
1. Rusty 80
2. Ryan 79
3. Scott 76 (78 extras)
4. Me 72

Heavy Hammer-no blades allowed
1. Rusty 97
2. Scott 93
3. Me 92
4. Ryan 87

No light hammer- not enough room in arena

Caber -The Hook
1. Me 11:00
2. Ryan 85 degrees

20lb Sheaf (2 misses and out)
1. Scott 31 (took a couple shots at the WR)
2. Me and Rusty 28
4. Ryan 28

WOB
1. Scott, Rusty, and I all made 15 on 2nd attempt for the tie

Great day. Easy to see what events I need to keep working on. Stones were solid. HWFD just was not there today. I fouled my first LWFD out of the back- then I was thinking about it on the other two and I couldn't get a solid throw. Heavy Hammer was good, it would be nice to see what hammers would have been like today if we had grass (we threw off hard arena dirt) and boots. Caber was the most dramatic turn ever- it stopped, pointing straight up and stayed there for about a half hour, I jumped twice and yelled a couple of times before it fell over for the 11. Best caber I have turned to date. I hope someone has video of that! Sheaf was nice PR (I guess practice pays off sometimes) my 2 attempts at 31 were solid just not quite enough. WOB was tough. I came down on 15 on my first attempt- which ended up costing me the A class by a point the way it went down- and I rushed it at 16. Scott threw out of his mind all day and came up with some clutch throws and PRs in LWFD and WOB (open stone?). Great job Scott!!!




Edited by stonethrower - 7/08/12 at 11:07am

7/10/12

Lifting
Bench
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 5
385 x 5
Power Clean (caught with virtually straight legs)
135 x 3
205 x 3
255 x 3
295 x 3
325 x 3
Hang Snatch
225 x 3

Easy day- will start new "Destroy Pleasanton" cycle next week.

CHAD wrote: stonethrower wrote: (caught with virtually straight legs) Not you, now.

Figured someone would appreciate it...now if I said I did it in my sandals that would be a huge cause for concern.

CHAD wrote: stonethrower wrote: (caught with virtually straight legs) Not you, now.

Pingleton wrote: Whether it is optimal or even a good idea might be a valid question, but catching a lift on straight legs vs. in a half squat or a wide split of some kind is a very different thing, and therefore worthy of note.

Says you.

Very cool, John!!!  Is there a website for the Throws Center?

7/14/12
Throwing
Lowther Braemar x 7 Best of 37+
HWFD- x 8 Best of 34+ (feels good but doesn't go anywhere, damn I suck)
L Hammer x 10 - Best of 122+(3) Practice PR(s) Feels like I am on to something, hope for big things

7/15/12
Jake, hammers are going in the right direction I think I am on to something there. Watched Bruce Aitken videos and something clicked. Have at it on the video of HWFD, I need all the help I can get.
Throwing
Lowther Braemar- x 4 warm up
HWFD x 8 felt better today- hit a few over practice PR best of 35-6 (video) My heavyweight is a couple pounds heavy- I usually get 2ft more in comp.



LWFD x 4 Best of 74+
Back to the Braemar x 5 had 4 over my best with this stone, Best of 38-5

7/19/12
Lifting
Bench
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 5
385 x 5
425 x 3
455 x 1
Front Squat
225 x 3
315 x 3
365 x 3
Pull ups
15 reps x 2

stonethrower wrote: 7/18/12 AM Active rest (daddy and me swim lessons)

7/23/12
BWT-265
Lifting
Clean
135 x 5
225 x 5
295 x 3
325 x 2 + 3 hang
345 x 1 + 4 hang

Seated Shoulder Press
135 x 5
225 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
295 x 2
135 x 8



Edited by stonethrower - 7/24/12 at 12:36am

jsully wrote: i don't know how that's not going 40+ .. it looks really good, sink the hips more and get a stronger sprint/finish..

Cool at least I will score high on the artistic impression marks. I think I need to get a little lower and just keep grooving it in and it should go. BTW great job last weekend. Pleasanton is going to be a great comp.

stonethrower wrote: 7/25/12 Throwing HHammer x 10 best of 96+ LHammer x 8 best of 116+ HWFD x 7 best of 34+ (weighed my HWFD today and it was 58.6lbs)

That'll buy you another eight inches, you know? ...maybe even another foot.

My "42" HWFD is actually about 44 pounds when I team it up with a solid handle and some shackles. I set it up with a super-lightweight handle and a swaged wire link from the weight to the handle right before Ardenwood and now it's 42.5 but the handle is gonna get mashed and break really soon.  It'd be a great handle for a womens weight, so I don't want to bust it.    I think I'm going to cut the wire and just go back to throwing with a more solid handle and a super-big quick-link.  I'll just get a little bit stronger if I throw 2 pounds over weight, right?