[Numpty]

Interesting life you've had. Good lifts!

[finnegan]

Originally Posted by oyaji poi

what's "firetending"?

make yourself a badass lifting cage, take pics and post them up in here. bacon made one the girly way, with a "welding torch". psshhh

Firetending involves building and stabilizing a bonfire. Many outdoor events or parties want to have a bonfire, but they don't have anyone who actually knows what the hell they are doing with one. As a firetender at one of these events, I haul wood, build the fire, feed the fire, and keep everyone safe (from both the fire and themselves, depending on the situation).

Biggest burn I've ever done: 10 foot oak chimney log as the centerpiece. (I am not pictured)


Me and another firetender staring at a big log deep in the woods, trying to figure out how to get the son of a bitch back to the tractor.

[Bamaispriceless]

Awesome log man, I'll keep up with this one.

[finnegan]

Bas Rutten's Thai Boxing 3 minute rounds tonight.

Got my chiropractor friend out to the "gym" after showing him some Saint Wilhelm's footage (it'll be his digicam I'll be using for the forging. He's a smith as well) I put him through my routine.
He did okay. He pulled 195 lbs (5x5) DL @ 135 lbs bodyweight, and did 100 lbs squats for 10 reps.

He is already thinking about what his "Feat of Strength" will be.

[finnegan]

Bench Press
225 x 5, 1 set warmup
300 x 3, 3 sets
Isometric pushup :
45 seconds each position w/ one minute rest
OP
135 x 5, 5 sets
Hammer Curls
60 x 5, 5 sets
Squats (the ones where you cross your arms in front to hold the bar. Can't remember real name. More about that in a minute..
225 x 5, 5 sets
Saxon Side Bends
25 db x 15, 3 sets each way (my heart is full of hate for these)
leg raise crunches
15 for 3 sets


Now then, onto the questions. As I've stated, I don't have two spotters. I put the barbell racks on the top position, straddled the bench, and crossed my arms so that the bar sat in the crook of my elbows. I squatted until my ass hit the bench, then went back up. My thoughts were that if I had to dump it, I'd still have some control over it with this lift and not have cast iron weights hitting concrete. I know its not as deep as I should be going, but its better than nothing, right?

[Barut]

Awesome log man. I'll be back in Lexington in May. We'll have to get together and beat the hell out of some people and incinerate their corpses.

Personally, I think you'd better off cleaning and front squatting until you can build your own rack.

[finnegan]

Just finished my St. Wilhelm's Feat of Strength. I did pretty good. In the first video, I folded the tool steel bar in one heat. It took me about 20 hits to hold it over, and a few to close it up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2GXxLayLpw
In the second video, I flatten a railroad spike in one heat to show the contrast in how much force I was using just to fold the tool steel over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jQfPImOjL0

[Lusst]

This log should be good...

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[finnegan]

Conditioning day.

I did 20 minutes of the Bas Rutten All Around Workout (up to the point where he says "Don't stop. In about 9 minutes you can stop. Make that 8 minutes. You're lucky.")

Rested for about two minutes, then did five 3 minute rounds of the Thai Boxing CD.

Total time: approx 45 minutes.

My goal for this one was to really pay attention to when my striking form breaks down. I'm kind of on a Bell curve with technique. When I'm too fresh, I overextend/ overpower my punches. When I'm too tired, I turn into a Toughman puncher. My form broke in round three (stopped rotating my body, arm punches, etc)

This is the basic scheme I'll be using for a couple of months on heavy conditioning days. My goal is to push back the breakdown in form to at least round 5. For each round I go without my form totally turning to dogshit, I'll add another round to the end of the workout.

[finnegan]

Tested out a few lifts tonight for my workout tomorrow.

Hack Squat:
225 x 1
305 x 1
330 x 1
350 x 1
One Arm Dumbell Snatch
65 x 1
One Arm Barbell Snatch
75 x 1

Impressions: The Hack Squat with the Zercher Squat will probably be my go-to moves. On the Hack, I wasn't really straining too much at 350, so I'll go heavier tomorrow during my session (probably 375 x 5, as this sounds about right for the resistance I felt)

The Dumbell and Barbell Snatches were both done w/ left arm. The barbell snatch felt wrong as hell. I'll definitely want to practice this at lower weights until I get the motion down. The Dumbell snatch, on the other hand, was smooth and nice. I'll alternate between the two. I'll stick with 65 x 5 for now until I can better gauge this lift.