Dan Harrison
04-28-2007, 06:14 PM
In the spirit of Derek's rant, I will start posting all my write-ups here as well.
23-25 something AMs competed. There were 11 pros but they did each events after all the AMs and they were scored seperately.
-Arm over arm:
Got a good start but as my grip started getting tired, I started fumbling with the rope and lost it a couple times, and when I re-gripped, the truck was already going up the uphill slant and had slowed down WAAAAY too much, so I kept fighting till the whistle blew and didn't finish. Only a few AMs finished, but most who didn't finish got like a couple feet farther than me, of course
-Axle, 280, clean one and max reps.
Got 8 reps, one guy got 9, and 2 guys got 12, but 8 was a great standing and it got me alot of points. 280 frickin felt heavy after doing the arm over arm! I couldn't believe it, I figured I was good for 15 reps. Order of events is EVERYTHING!
-Car deadlift, Ford Mustang GT, handles very close to the car
This was a CRAZY event. The first 10 or 12 guys that went up didn't even budge it. Almost all the AMs got a 0 on this event. I go up near the end and bang out 10 reps. The next guy down only got 6, 2 guys got 5, and a couple got 1 or 2 reps. This was more incredible because the pros used the same setup as us (same weight in hands, etc.) and THEY were having trouble! I couldn't believe it. They were either getting a ZERO or getting 3-5 reps. Nick Best got 9 and could not pull that tenth rep to equal me, so I really felt like the hero of the day. I just couldn't believe I pulled that off, the pros were all coming up to me saying congrats and that they were really inspired and stuff, it was really a cool moment and definately the highlight of the show for me.
-Farmers/powerstairs
I knew this was my do or die event. 330 farmers for 80 feet and 2 pwrstair implements up 3 steps each. Here's the catch: Anyone who doesn't finish the farmers gets a ZERO for the whole damn event. Carry them 79 feet or 4 feet, didn't matter on the scoreboard. My grip was dead from the arm over arm and the DL, and I only made around halfway with the 330s, so I got a zero for that F-ing event.
-Stones, 280 to 400
Did the first 4 stones in 15 something seconds, one-motioned the first three, popped up the fourth one very quickly, but as I was trying to lap the 400, I grabbed it off center and it rolled forward out of my arms, so I set it down and re-gripped. My hips were totally shot from everything and I tried grabbing it again, off center AGAIN. A third time and I finally lapped it, but then I lost some balance and leaned too far forward and it fell out of my lap... kind of a freak accident, so I stopped there. Got 4th overall on the stones cause 3 AMs loaded the 5th stone. My hips might have been shot cause I picked up the 330 farmers like 500 times. My grip costed me another pro card. As usual. A better grip would have meant a strong finish on the truckpull and farmers/pwrstair medley and Nick and I would have been ectremely lose on points...not sure who would have won though... he was very consistent all day. I need to really start beating the holy hell out of my grip when I train it. Not just 3 sets. I need to train it so heavy and with lots of thickbar that I can't scratch my ass afterwards. Not too often, but just with a lot more volume and intensity. I'm sick of this.
Got 5th (if I remember right) AM out of 23.
I am very confident about Coy's show in Indiana (my next PRO-AM) since there's only one grip event and it's the end of a medley that most people probably won't finish anyway. More on that later... lots of medleys, power events, and a front carry and car deadlift hold that I cannot wait to unleash my hate upon.
23-25 something AMs competed. There were 11 pros but they did each events after all the AMs and they were scored seperately.
-Arm over arm:
Got a good start but as my grip started getting tired, I started fumbling with the rope and lost it a couple times, and when I re-gripped, the truck was already going up the uphill slant and had slowed down WAAAAY too much, so I kept fighting till the whistle blew and didn't finish. Only a few AMs finished, but most who didn't finish got like a couple feet farther than me, of course
-Axle, 280, clean one and max reps.
Got 8 reps, one guy got 9, and 2 guys got 12, but 8 was a great standing and it got me alot of points. 280 frickin felt heavy after doing the arm over arm! I couldn't believe it, I figured I was good for 15 reps. Order of events is EVERYTHING!
-Car deadlift, Ford Mustang GT, handles very close to the car
This was a CRAZY event. The first 10 or 12 guys that went up didn't even budge it. Almost all the AMs got a 0 on this event. I go up near the end and bang out 10 reps. The next guy down only got 6, 2 guys got 5, and a couple got 1 or 2 reps. This was more incredible because the pros used the same setup as us (same weight in hands, etc.) and THEY were having trouble! I couldn't believe it. They were either getting a ZERO or getting 3-5 reps. Nick Best got 9 and could not pull that tenth rep to equal me, so I really felt like the hero of the day. I just couldn't believe I pulled that off, the pros were all coming up to me saying congrats and that they were really inspired and stuff, it was really a cool moment and definately the highlight of the show for me.
-Farmers/powerstairs
I knew this was my do or die event. 330 farmers for 80 feet and 2 pwrstair implements up 3 steps each. Here's the catch: Anyone who doesn't finish the farmers gets a ZERO for the whole damn event. Carry them 79 feet or 4 feet, didn't matter on the scoreboard. My grip was dead from the arm over arm and the DL, and I only made around halfway with the 330s, so I got a zero for that F-ing event.
-Stones, 280 to 400
Did the first 4 stones in 15 something seconds, one-motioned the first three, popped up the fourth one very quickly, but as I was trying to lap the 400, I grabbed it off center and it rolled forward out of my arms, so I set it down and re-gripped. My hips were totally shot from everything and I tried grabbing it again, off center AGAIN. A third time and I finally lapped it, but then I lost some balance and leaned too far forward and it fell out of my lap... kind of a freak accident, so I stopped there. Got 4th overall on the stones cause 3 AMs loaded the 5th stone. My hips might have been shot cause I picked up the 330 farmers like 500 times. My grip costed me another pro card. As usual. A better grip would have meant a strong finish on the truckpull and farmers/pwrstair medley and Nick and I would have been ectremely lose on points...not sure who would have won though... he was very consistent all day. I need to really start beating the holy hell out of my grip when I train it. Not just 3 sets. I need to train it so heavy and with lots of thickbar that I can't scratch my ass afterwards. Not too often, but just with a lot more volume and intensity. I'm sick of this.
Got 5th (if I remember right) AM out of 23.
I am very confident about Coy's show in Indiana (my next PRO-AM) since there's only one grip event and it's the end of a medley that most people probably won't finish anyway. More on that later... lots of medleys, power events, and a front carry and car deadlift hold that I cannot wait to unleash my hate upon.