ROCKY 3

JUNE 26TH JUIJITSU 90 min.

JUNE 27TH
28 - 30's degree heat outside made today extra tough.
Building mental toughness too.

Tire Flip Hell Training:New used tire 430 lbs. loaded the rim up with 50 and 25 lbs. plates until it was loaded up to 730 lbs. (430 tire + 300 lbs. worth of plates.)Warmed up by just lifting it up as I loaded the rim each time.Did as many lifts to standing the tire upright and then took out 50 lbs. when I couldn't do it again. Did 6 sets like this with minimum rest between, just took out the plate and ran with it back to the shed and then did a set of tire flips.

Had a real tough time with the heaviest flips getting started. But finally got it. Watched ROCKY 3.... AGAIN! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FJp8WkudXg&feature=related and the Joe Defranco training videos on youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/joedefranco and that made me stay with it and keep trying until and not just quit. It was hard yes but that and also the training I see them do on BIGGEST LOSER and how those people are losing 100's of pounds and how it changed them because they did it even though.
Finished with a set of flips with just the empty tire at 430 lbs.

Atlas Stone Training with a homemade "Stone trainer" with the plates loaded and clipped onto a loading pin and tipped on its side. New idea I saw that simulates the stones really well. Size wise and weight wise compared to real ones. You can actually pick this right up and lap it and load it instead of just picking up the one end of a bar on the floor loaded on the one side.
This exercise WILL REALLY help my stones which has been a problem forever!