No worlds
Not going to make it to the worlds this year. Just the economics of the times. Was close, had some sponsors, but just not enough. Throwing pretty solid in everything also, so much better than last year at this time. Going to really get my fork ready and tuned for Loon. I want to be ready for a record if it presents itself. I think I need one bad.
My speed work has not quite worked out how I wanted. I am healthy and throwing with no pain so to speak. I mean I hurt, but just the usual stuff. But I seem to have lost the pop I was getting, and there was not enough of that. So going to up the poundage some and see what that does. I spoke to Don Stewart today about this problem, he advised me to go up in poundage and cut the rest times. He mentioned 15 seconds. So I tried it with 315 pulling some deads. First couple of sets it is a joke. All fun and games. You don't leave the bar, you just look up at the clock and wait 15 seconds. It is not long. About set 6 I realized this is not so much speed work anymore. Set 8 I was stoked there was only 2 sets left. Hands and arms starting to just ache. No real pop left, kind of a real fast grind. Ugly.
I threw most of it this weekend. Started with stone. Was only going to do a couple. Well I did a couple with the breamer. Was not pleased and went until I had moderate joy. So then I moved with it. Took a few for moderate joy in that. Ended up doing a lot more than I thought I would. Then went 42. I was suck. Threw it 4 times and all sucked. Just no pop. Went 28. Pretty decent in keeping low and form, just did not go far. Low 50's. What the hell? Did quite a few of them to get to that suck feeling. Then some light hammer. The first three throws were the most comfortable and fast winds ever in my life. The delivery and all, did not go that far, 90. So some wob. Did a few of these and they felt good also, did not go real high, but worked my pop. All in all it was two and a half hours in the sun. Blazing hot. I felt really pretty darn good and trained real hard in the heat with no problem. Other than being real hot. You sweat through the leather gloves. Not easy, but not much of the sport is it seems.
Yours in steel,
Myles
My speed work has not quite worked out how I wanted. I am healthy and throwing with no pain so to speak. I mean I hurt, but just the usual stuff. But I seem to have lost the pop I was getting, and there was not enough of that. So going to up the poundage some and see what that does. I spoke to Don Stewart today about this problem, he advised me to go up in poundage and cut the rest times. He mentioned 15 seconds. So I tried it with 315 pulling some deads. First couple of sets it is a joke. All fun and games. You don't leave the bar, you just look up at the clock and wait 15 seconds. It is not long. About set 6 I realized this is not so much speed work anymore. Set 8 I was stoked there was only 2 sets left. Hands and arms starting to just ache. No real pop left, kind of a real fast grind. Ugly.
I threw most of it this weekend. Started with stone. Was only going to do a couple. Well I did a couple with the breamer. Was not pleased and went until I had moderate joy. So then I moved with it. Took a few for moderate joy in that. Ended up doing a lot more than I thought I would. Then went 42. I was suck. Threw it 4 times and all sucked. Just no pop. Went 28. Pretty decent in keeping low and form, just did not go far. Low 50's. What the hell? Did quite a few of them to get to that suck feeling. Then some light hammer. The first three throws were the most comfortable and fast winds ever in my life. The delivery and all, did not go that far, 90. So some wob. Did a few of these and they felt good also, did not go real high, but worked my pop. All in all it was two and a half hours in the sun. Blazing hot. I felt really pretty darn good and trained real hard in the heat with no problem. Other than being real hot. You sweat through the leather gloves. Not easy, but not much of the sport is it seems.
Yours in steel,
Myles
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