Triskaidekaphobia - Joshua's Training

**Joshua** · 4th March 13, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by Alan H

How'd your knee feel with the single blade? No stress?

No stress at all. I've always had good knees and I hate to admit it, but I was holding back on my spin a bit as I didn't want to foul or fall backwards. I was following Kevin DuPuis all day and that guy holds pretty much every field record on this field... I knew I wasn't going to throw anywhere near him (he threw 93' HH on his 2nd, and 101' on a 4th or 5th challenge throw if I remember correctly).
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The numbers got published in NASGA btw - I threw the hammer 61' 4", which isn't an all time best but it's the furthest I've thrown the heavy since 2008. So I'm going to keep drilling hammer now that I'm relearning it.

Braemar: 24' 6" (PR I guess, I've never thrown B stone)
Open: 29' 2" (best throw since 2006)
HWFD: 23' 2" (don't know how this stacks up to the Brandon Games 2 weeks ago as results haven't been posted yet, but skipping Brandon this is my best since 2006 - pretty sure I threw 28' and change in Brandon though)
LWFD: 46' 2" (kinda meh)
HH: 61' 4"
Caber: 3x45* (17' stick 130lbs of middle-heavy madness, only 3 of us turned it)
Sheaf: 16' (boo)
WFH: 10' (Super Boo)
Placing: DFL - Dead F'ing Last (9th of 9)

But the events that I practiced two days before were the ones I made progress in. The Gods of Hammer and Stone beseech me, I must now craft weights for distance, and height. That's happening this weekend. I have one of those IronMind ring handles and I just need to find a link that will fit over it.

And I need to get a D-handle to train with as well. That was one other variable that we threw D's on the distance events and even though it was the exact same 28# I threw 52' 10" back in 2006, it was unfamiliar enough to me that it wasn't pleasant to throw.

Finally, I'm going to have to stitch up a bag to throw. I wouldn't mind getting a Clev but the wait is fairly long from what I've heard Gonna have to start bugging local coffee shops for burlaps so I can put one together.

**Joshua** · 5th March 13, 05:32 PM

Heavy Hammer

51' 5"
52' 2"
55'
49' and change foobar
57' 2"
54' 7"
52' 5"
51' 9"
55' 5"
59' 8"

3 sets of 5 hammer winds (slow)

**Joshua** · 6th March 13, 09:11 AM

My 59' 8" practice throw

**Joshua** · 7th March 13, 05:04 PM

Getting Stoned

Braemar 22#: 6 throws guessed (from my open stone throws later) to be low-to-mid 20's. I always warmup stone workouts with braemar because I don't actually leave my hips behind in it, where that habit comes out in open stone for me.

Open Stone 14#: 25 throws, I know for a fact 8 throws were over 30'. Best throw was 34' 6". Worst throw the stone "rolled" off my hand and I only managed 24' and change. Besides that stinker, I didn't throw under 27' the whole night.

Hammer Winds: 5 sets of 5 with last wind as fast as manageable without spikes or cleats.

Just for s&g I threw my hammer. It broke. Off to Home Despot tomorrow for a new handle. I'm going to accrue a ton of extra conduit around this house as it's a 10-foot piece for $1.60 and I only need 50" on the flanged end for my hammer handles.

**Joshua** · 10th March 13, 10:05 AM

Yesterday Weightlifting: Clean and Jerk form work up to 105kg/232lbs, Back Squat 5's up to 150kg/330lbs

Then I went on a 1.1mi pub crawl.

This morning throwing:
3 sets of 5 hammer winds
About a dozen throws in the mid 50's with no tape or tack, best was 56.8 feet (I replaced my handle today and had no tape for it so it was slick)
Braemar 22lb: 23, 23, 25, 21, 24
Open Stone 14lbs: approx 12-15 throws - best was 36.5 feet (!)
42 wfh (using tape on a stick to measure branches): 9, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13.5, 13.5, 13.5

I'm going to do well in stone, I feel like I'm improving every time I throw it.

**Alan H** · 12th March 13, 09:26 AM

Hey, I like the pub crawl!

There's nothing as motivating as improvement! Good job on the stones.

**RogerWS76** · 12th March 13, 10:47 AM

Looked at your video practice. just a couple of suggestions to start. Try to get your low point more to your right foot rather than in the mideel and when you throw it reelaeas it MUCH higher. YOu are releasing it like you would swing a baseball bat. Think of it more as a lift from your right foot at the bottom over your left shoulder.

PS If anybody took video of last weekends games I threw in DO NOT WATCH it! Ha! I think I was doing the same thing. Bad Habits die hard!