Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Hardstyle- The Weight for height.


56 pounds overhead as high as possible.Once.

6 comments:

Royce said...

Dude, how freakin sweet are KB's for practicing that event.
And yeah, the russian throwing contests and that event are pure hardstyle. Very cool man.

Mark Reifkind said...

I just wish I knew about kbs when I had my gym and big chiefjim mcgoldrick, the highland games champ and I were training together and hanging out. He would have loved them. then he turned into the little chief and became a rower.bummer.

Royce said...

LOL, Jim Mcgoldrick. Dude I really envy you sometimes.

Chris said...

I was in Braemar last July one saturday at the start of a week's hillwalking. We got there later in the day and ended up watching the Junior Highland Games instead of hitting the hills. It was good watching the "weight for height" - the guy that won was not a big heavy lad - they were struggling - but a real athletic looking guy who could swing well.

Tossing the caber is a similar motion.

Mark Reifkind said...

royce, yes, I've had some very interesting athletic friends over the years. I have been blessed with that.

Mark Reifkind said...

chris
you are right the guys with technique will always do better than just the big guys. BUT put together big with technique and you have a champ.

195 x 1 x 11 , 20 kg swings 5 x 8/8, floor pushups 35, 25

  Not great sleep and a bit sore ( no aspirin for last three days) so all in all it was a strong day . Just definitely not 'fresh'  ...