Start of Strongman?
Ive been watching a lot of Strongman videos online and shows on tv lately, and it really makes me want to get into strongman stuff. I already started doing truck pulls with my chevy trailblazer, and those are actually starting to get easy. Been focusing on heavy rickshaw deadlifts lately. I did the first rickshaw workout the other night in a powerlifting suit and with my heavy hernia belt. I will say it made quite the difference! I ended up pulling 650X2, 705X2, and a very easy 765. I tried 820, had it half way up, but my hands were sweaty and that made my grip go. Ah well at least it went up.
I saw on elitefts.com a new thing for guys who want to train for strongman but cant get most of the equipment, especially for the stones lift. They have a piece of equipment that you can load up plates and lift it off the ground just like stones. Im thinkin about getting it soon and spending the summer not only powerlifting, but training heavy in strongman stuff too.
Anyone have any ideas on what I could do more for strongman training??
May 20, 2008 at 11:44 am
The man to talk to is Fogg82 on bodyspace. Typically, A bunch of people that want to train strongman end up on a farm somewhere and all go in together for the equipment and train together. I went to my first live strongman competition this weekend and it seems as if I could do it with the proper training. It is very intense because of the cardiovascular conditioning you will need along with your strength. Check out Fogg82. He is a very cool guy!