Brian Shaw 2011 World’s Strongest Man Info
January 27, 2012
2011 World's Strongest Man - Brian Shaw
Most Inefficient Chess Game Ever Played
January 27, 2012
Rolling Thunder – Paused Lifts
January 26, 2012
Didn’t have a lot of time to do a long workout yesterday since I was doing a lot of house cleaning and generally trying to stay busy to keep my mind off my father’s terminal prognosis.
Chose Rolling Thunder because it doesn’t aggravate my forearm tweak (right arm) and it’s pleasant to train. Did some light kettlebell work before that but it wasn’t taxing on the grip, mostly just Goblet Squats and Halos.
ROLLING THUNDER
-166×1-both hands Paused at the top for a second, just like I would in a contest setting.
-181×1-both hands Paused at the top again. Felt strong both hands. A bit stronger righty than lefty, which is the usual.
-192×1-right hand, -MISS-left hand Strong lift righty, with a pause at the top. Got only 2″ of air lefty.
Obviously a very short workout. My wife came home after the set with 192 and I ended the workout. Could’ve done a lot more sub-maximal pulls but no reason since I’m not training for a grip contest anymore.
1-25-12 Chess Game
January 25, 2012
What’s New?
January 21, 2012
Got a clean bill of health on my knee on January 16th.
Great news!
Since then I have:
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Jogged a few times. A mile was the farthest. 1/4 mile the other time. I much prefer the 1/4 mile jog, although I didn’t have any knee pain on either of them.
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Done some “beach work.” Light dumbbell curling and some low volume parallel-grip pullups.
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Played with my kettlebells a bit. Kept it simple, short, and light. Some one-hand swings, two-hand swings, goblet squats (no knee pain), front squats, halos, and figure 8s.
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Did a few gripper workouts and realized that my right forearm tweak is apparently never going to heal to the point where I am at my top-end strength of a few years ago on the no set gripper action. I’m dealing with that by trying to put the grippers out of my mind for the most part.
Don’t have any desire yet to deadlift because that will test my knee more than jogging or squats. I always feel sumo deadlifts in my knees (never injured them deadlifting, but they sometimes feel a bit tender after a hard deadlift session) so I’m holding off on doing any for a bit.
I had planned on doing the USAWA Grip Championships but due to some family health issues I’m not sure I’ll be able to make it.
I definitely have a new appreciation for having working knees so I plan on making use of them and doing more goblet squats, short runs, and other physical pursuits that don’t involve just lifting a weight while standing in one spot.
Knee is feeling better
January 15, 2012
Injured my knee on the 6th and I will never take a healthy knee for granted again! I injured my back in December of 2010 and after that never took having a healthy back for granted either.
Have been walking much shorter distances than what I was doing from the previous few months just to let it heal.
Wouldn’t be a bad idea to focus more on some upper body work for until summer and just do some light prehab and maintenance work for the lower body to make sure all is well.
Sore Hamstrings!
January 6, 2012
Yesterday’s workout involved several types of deadlift. The weight wasn’t high on any of them – since they’re grip events that I’m training for the upcoming USAWA grip contest – but my hamstrings are feeling it today.
1-5-11, Thursday
INDEX FINGERS DEADLIFT
ONE-HAND THUMBLESS-GRIP DEADLIFT
ONE HAND AXLE DEADLIFT
LOADABLE INCH DUMBBELL DEADLIFT
The entire workout was mediocre at best poundage-wise. I understand why though and it doesn’t bother me. At the start of the new year I began doing more cardio, kettlebells, and more “beach workouts.” So at this point I’m rescinding my contest goals for the USAWA grip contest. And leaving them blank. Whatever happens is going to be fine with me. I’m still training but at reduced frequency and intensity on grip. And enjoying adding some variety into my training again.
Bodyweight was 214lbs this morning. On track to hit 209lbs by the contest on February 11th at least. Even that isn’t necessarily a “goal” – if I make that weight I do. If I don’t, then I don’t. No harm done.
A Little Sacrifice Goes a Long Way
January 5, 2012
Sometimes you have to let valuable possessions go on the way to achieving your goals.
Happy New Year!
January 2, 2012
Did Rolling Thunder yesterday. Thumbless version too. Best Thumbless was 172×1-righty and 166×1-lefty. On the normal style (using the thumb) I got 201×1-righty and 191×1-lefty as my best lifts.
Ran a mile today. Started cutting weight for the February 11th USAWA grip contest. Was 220.0lbs a minute past midnight on the 1st.
