495 DL 20lb PR!
Kinetic Edge Performance was invaded yesterday by 10 competitors for the Tactical Strength Challenge (TSC) as well as some spectators. I will be posting video and pics as they become available.
Snatch with Long Spine ...still have some work to do with LS but these felt as good as they can feel when all out for 5 minutes.
Here are the results:
Results are in order of placing...Men's Open Mike N. and Aaron F. tied for 3rd.
Name / BW / DL / PU / SN
Women’s Open
Fawn Friday / 121.4 / 255 / 11 / 115
Jordan Hansen / 126.6 / 225 / 9 / 125
Arlene Kim / 120.6 / 235 / 9 / 28
Men's Open
Brad Nelson / 197.0 / 495 / 16 / 119
Laurion Burchall / 212.2 / 495 / 19 / 104
Mike Nelson / 203.4 / 400 / 7 / 108
Aaron Friday / 155.8 / 365 / 16 / 92
Brad Ellingson / 181.6 / 365 / 11 / 79
Nick Jasken / 180.4 / 290 / 11 / 86
Men's Masters
Bruce Wuollet / 166.8 / 335 / 9 / 70
Some interesting notes:
Nick Jasken did not train at all for this. Thanks for having heart!
Arlene Kim snatched the 16kg for the first time this past Wed. Way to gut it out!
Jordan Hansen deadlifted for the first time last Saturday...fantastic for the first time out!
Thoughts and ramblings on what I witnessed...
1 I was VERY pleased with the numbers for the first time hosting this event as well as participating.
2 Everyone who competed 'nutted up' when it came to competition...brings out the best. This environment is the #1 reason I do what I do and just by holding this competition gave me a plethora of ideas to exploit some clients into some sinister yet enjoyable competitive pain by means other than the 3 events yesterday. Stay tuned for more competitions like this one.
3 Women. Competitive women. I love them (especially my girlfriend). All 3 DLed over 225. All 3 did 9+ strict dead-hang pull-ups. All are between 120-126lbs. THAT is impressive. That is not something you will see at ANY fufu gym across this nation.
4 Comraderie. There is nothing better than encouragement from fellow competitors. When it's all said and done everyone is really only competing with themselves. (Although it helps to have someone close to your numbers to push you...Thanks Laurion for pushing me!)
5 Personal Records. I love breaking them. And I love that as we age we are becoming better athletes. That was evident by the different ages of today's competitors. I would venture to bet that Bruce Wuollet is in better shape now than he was at 20-25. And for that matter I would bet that he is in better shape at age 51 than 85% of most 20-25 year olds. Props to Bruce!
As for my own training...
This is the first time I have competed in a TSC. I have never been involved in any type of competition past college and it felt good to revive the competitive juices. I decided to host and compete 6 short weeks ago.
Training DL: Since I was on a DL hiatus since the end of January I thought I would get my butt in gear. I DLed Mon/Fri for 3 weeks singles only with 20lb increments per set. 4th week was back off week and did 3 sets of light DLs. 5th week did 3 heavy singles two different training sessions. 6th week. Pulled 455 for 2 singles on Monday and then nothing until yesterday.
Training Snatch: Off and on for 6 weeks trained VO2 intervals with the 24kg. I did do one day of 5 rounds per arm with the 32kg...all 7 reps per 15 seconds/15 seconds rest. I found this to be a fantastic way to increase numbers and endurance very quickly and will be implementing this again.
Training Pull ups: I did not train for pull ups. I have been doing 1 arm Push Ups GTG style and I think that may have had some tranfer.
Overall: A LOT of Z health. I know this increased my numbers and is definitely 'my secret weapon'.
*Good times had by all and many more to come!
3 comments:
Nice work Brad for hosting and putting up the big numbers! Way to lead by example! Nice PR too! Whoo ha. Gotta love the DL.
Mad props to EVERYONE that put it on the line. Nice work by ALL!
Everyone was very supportive. I almost lost my voice yelling. ha!
I look forward to more competitions.
Mike N
Dude, your blog is weird. As soon as I hit the link, the music starts blaring at me. I don't like it, so I hit Refresh, and a different song comes at me. I hit Refresh 5 times, and now I'm listening to Beck, which is calm enough to write to.
Thanks for hosting the thing. As long as you host it, we'll be there. It was great, and you and Jordan did an outstanding job making it happen. If there's anything we can do to help next time, let us know. I'll bring the dipping belt, because next time you're going Elite. I'll count the reps myself.
What the fuck is this now, Alice in Chains? Whatever happened to Marvin Gaye? Smooth lovin' music is way better than angry music.
Nice Brad, those are great numbers! Seems that a lot of what we do has great carryover and as always you cannot measure the size of a persons heart when it comes down to it. Great job all those people stepping up to the challenge and bummer no elite competitors
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