Highland Practicing...how many events?

[Ayin McFye]

I didn't know how to phrase the title, so I did my best. My question though is for all of you athletes that practice at least once a week. Because I'd assume that if you practice less than that, you probably do all the events when you get the chance.

What I mean my that is this. Do you ever spend an entire practice focused only on one event, for example WFD. Or do you always practice more than one when you go out? I can see the benefits of both.

If you choose only one event to practice one night, then you are focusing your skills, attention, and form by not switching back and forth. But on the other side, the other events may start to get rusty if you only focus on one.

If you practice twice a week would it be a decent idea to say, this Monday i will only throw the hammer, but I will practice all the events on Thursday?

I'm just trying to get a feel for how other people's practices go. Since everyone in my group is brand new at this, we have to point of comparision. We've never been to another practice than the one we hold.

Thanks!

[kiltedinUSMC]

I practice once a week. The way practice is run is we try to practice all events but this is hard to do in a 2-1/2 hour time frame. So we go for what is the weak point for everybody that practice. Which by the end you done a majority of the events.

[mcvarmit]

Mr. McFye,

i practice 3-4 times a week, WFD, HAMMER and the STONE PUT, i also lift light weights every other day. the way i look at it is that i'll do good at some events, and suck at others, but i'm just into it for FUN anyway, and you get to meet some really nice people.

semper fi

slick

[Ryan Nielson]

I practice 3-4 times a week as well usually in short 40 minute sessions. A lot of that I have to do on my own for that reason I have to use my homemade implements so I do stone throws, hammer, light WFD with my homemade implements. When I'm with the group training I have all the implements so I focus that day on Sheaf, Weight for height and caber, and might do a little hammer throwing or something else if I feel like showing off something. I always use the stones as my warmup before every training session. I think stones help for getting your body ready and get your mind focused.

I also tackle my weak areas more than most, that's the main reason I throw stones every single training session.

On top of all that I lift weights twice a week. I also compete in powerlifting or strongman contests at least once a year. I also do a lot of steel bending horseshoes and nails.

[Kilted_MJM]

My training schedule at present is one-hour weight lifting exercises on
M-W-F and throwing on early Sunday evenings. Yesterday evening I worked on light hammer, Braemar stone and caber. I use two cabers, one light, that I have success turning, the other is too much for me to turn just yet, but just lifting and balancing is enough now; maybe in a month or two I'll get it to turn.