OK, is this where you stand still and jump as far as you can? If so, I think we should add it to the games!
Sounds fun. Gonna have to try it and see how I do!
The idea is to develop or measure explosive leg strength.
Good shotputters usually have exceptional standing long jump numbers. Reese Hoffa (American Olympic shot put medalist) is reported to have been able to leap a ridiculous distance and land on top of a 45" table. In the same way, there is video of Brian Oldfield dunking a 16lb shot and beating a female sprinter in the 40 yd dash. All at a body weight in excess of 280 lbs. The sprint is in the following video along with some other fairly well known feats.
Kit
'As a trainer my objective is not make you a version of me. My objective is to make you better than me.' - Paul Sharp
Right now, I'm all about *kaboom!* EXPLODE. Move fast...thus the pylo box sequences, which I do absolutely as fast as I can, and the Hungarian core blasters. It's only 100 pounds, but I pop that dumbell to eyeball height, or higher. That's hard.
yeah....standing long jump. Stand in one place and see how far forward you can jump. I was pretty toasted from the workout, I'm sure I can do better than 72"...probably pretty close to 6 x 80" when I'm reasonably fresh. Yesterday they had the actual measurement pad out...probably for the Health Assessment program. The other couple of times I've done this, I just jump until I can't clear 3 floor tiles, which is probably more than 72".
Last edited by Alan H; 15th September 12 at 06:12 PM.
14 pound wire hammer....remove wire, replace with shackle and chain. I got one, too.
We could also use a 6K Masters 50-59 hammer, which weighs 13.2 pounds, so some old guy could use it if he ever got a wild hare to throw some wire hammer. Just use a beefier handle and heavier chain to make up the difference.
I, of course didn't think of that until I ordered the 14 pounder.
Last edited by Alan H; 15th September 12 at 07:44 PM.
Slipped in an hour on the field by myself today between church and running errands.
6 WOB throws, really working on getting the weight BACK before I pull. I tend to leave the weight out in front of the bar when I do this, gotta work on it.
6 sheaf tosses...two different styles. The bag is way over the 17 foot bar, is it 22 or 24? I don't know. In style #2 I stand closer to the bar and the bag flies, but I have to be careful to not leave it in front.
6 light hammer tosses. Oh MAN am I sore from squatting on Friday. Nothing spectacular here. Busted the handle on #6.. Reconfirmed that the technique to use is the easy peasy-then pull like hell on #3 technique.
6 heavy hammer ..this is bluidy hard. Only got it to fly, once.
6 LWFD ... everything 50+, and I was wearing clunky hiking boots, and was tired and sore.
Good CHAC practice last night....for Robert Krieger and MacFhearchair, anyway. We did weights, mostly. MacFhearchair is started to pretty consistently get 38-39-40 feet with the 14 pounder. Robert is hitting 60 almost every time he launches a coordinated throw. Next season, when he gets his speed up, he'll go 65+ for sure. HWFD is coming along as well. Our 56 pound weight is very dour...tough to throw and handle. It's good for wob but awful for distance. MacFhearchair is consistently 15+ and dropped in two at about 18 feet with the 28 pounder.
I spent the evening in a world of suck, due to STILL having not recovered from squatting on Friday, and also getting 4 1/2 hours of sleep the night before.
Originally Posted by Alan H
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