Scott Tighe 2x32 Long Cycle 10 minutes 40 reps

Some people just love when you get sick!

       How about those people that absolutely light up like a Christmas tree when they hear you coughing or sneezing? They delight in the fact that you maybe slightly under the weather? At this point, I ususally brace myself for the statement that you know is coming and they cant wait to say...." sounds like you got what's been going around". 

Then they love to give you the list of all the sick people they know within a 300 miles radius.... The funny thing is that usually these are the type of people that can't remember what they ate for dinner the night before, but can recount the horror of others sickness with exactly detail!!  No matter what time of the year it is, or what is actually happening... these people always say the same thing.." There's a lot of stuff going around right now"...

Usually what happens next is they tell you what you have how long you will be sick and what you need to do to get over it... But the whole time you can see that they love the fact that you are suffering... Especially if they know you train or workout or try to be a healthy person... You know the type..

I usually just deny being sick or feeling bad... and I take it another step which completely stupefies these misery lovers... I say, I never get sick... That usually ends the stories they keep ready in their holsters for time like this...

What is really going around is a word that I re-learned this week... 

schadenfreude \SHOD-n-froy-duh\ , noun:

A malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others.

Pentathlon Meet 1/14

So I ended up going to this meet last minute.. Scott had signed up for and his goal was to break 2000. I was on the fence about going... it is about a 4.5 hour drive from my house... I decided mid week that I would go... I have been training but mostly light bells for general fitness... Nothing super hard... The last time/ first time I did the pentathlon, I was conservative... I scored in the high 1600's... So my hope was to better that..

Here is the what really happened to me... I cleaned the 32kg for 6 minutes at 20 rpms... I have never done this and my hands reminded me that you cannot just jump into this and get r done.. I damaged my hands, but not on the surface...  Anyone that has had this happen to them will understand what I'm talking about... Your skin rips down deep at first.. then if you continue.... it get looser and looser until it heats up and tears on the surface... I have done this more times than I would like to admit... Once this happens, you are in trouble... SO on my next set of Long cycle press I used the 28kg and on the hand switches my skin let go first on my left side, then on my right side...  So I had to decide what I was going to do... I decided to drop down in bell size and get through the competition... Next event was the OAJ so that wasn't too bad on the hands, but I still had to switch, I slowed down and got 80 reps... the Half snatch was next, I decided to use the 20 to make sure I didn't do any more damage... then the push press I used the 24kg.. I ended up with a score of 1600.. not great not bad...

The main lesson I learned (again the hard way) was that if your hands are not conditioned for competition, you are looking for trouble....

Scott did break 2000 which is really really hard... Only Andy fitting has done it in competion. I know Charlie Fornelli has done it in training...  He did 36kg cleans 120 reps, 28 LCpress 60 reps, 32kg OAJ 120 reps, 28kg 1/2 snatch 108 reps, and 28kg push press 120 reps... it was a good time... 

Scott Tighe 28kg Push Press 120 reps

Scott Tighe 32kg One Arm Jerk 120 reps

Scott Tighe 28kg 1/2 Snatch 108 reps

Scott Tighe pentathlon Long cycle press

Scott Tighe Pentathlon 1/14 36kg Cleans 120 reps

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Wow... 25k hits...

I can't believe that this blog has had over 25 thousands hits. Thank you for following my craziness... Things have been slow around here for a couple of months... I promise to fix that... Once again, Thank you for reading!

This Guy is Serious! 2x32 LC 5 min 47 reps

Case for the Gym

One of the biggest reasons I started lifting Kettlebells was so that I didn't have to go a gym. I basically got sick of the whole scene. From automatic withdrawals that never stop, to listening to the crazy training/ nutrition talk... I had to escape.

Training at home is great! Pick your own music, wear whatever you want, nobody to think about but yourself... perfect for a guy like me... I work in the fish business so most days I have a slight hint of fish on my shoes from walking around the plant... this is not that noticeable at my house... it is very noticeable in a gym type place...

I decided to join a place on my way home from work. This is has turned out to be a very good idea.. I go there looking forward to training.. I go in, change up and get to work.. when I go home, I open mail, look in the fridge, go online, do some laundry, answer the phone... then I start to get ready, this process could take me a long, long time... very easy to stall at home... Big problem... Some nights when I'm dogging it, I might start working out at like 8pm... this is bad! That means I eat late, shower late, go to sleep late... all bad..
Going to the gym forces me to get in there, change up and go to work.. No mail, no internet, no laundry, I usually start my sessions with some form or cardio, rower, treadmill, stairclimber, and get my body temperature elevated... then I do some joint mobility... foam roller, stretch a little bit... just get loose...
then, what I have been doing is all one arm work... basically 4 to 6 minute sets of the pentathlon lifts... and some swings at the end... I usually try to do 3 or 4 work sets sometime heavy, sometimes light... sometimes I start light and work up every set, sometime I start heavy and drop down every set... The main point right now is to work and make things fun...
Another unexpected benefit is that I find myself doing more stuff after I finish the bells... Nothing huge but things like battling ropes, TRX, body weight exercises, plyo metrics... things I do not do at home...
Things are going well, I am sure that when I have some clear targets I will go back into my little pain cave at home... but for right now, I am very happy with hitting the gym...

Snatch 16 kg Irina Myakisheva .MP4