Road to 105kg Englands

[Andy Lidbury]

I'm currently 9 days away from competing in 105kg Englands strongest man.The top 6 will qualifiy for Britains strongest man.
Feeling a bit sluggish these past few days.Training 5 days a week starting to hit me a bit now,not used to that extra day.But i need to keep up theses cardio sessions.
This was last nights session.
Log
50kg 5 presses
70kg 3 presses
90kg 1 rep
100kg 1 rep
105kg 3 cleans and presses in 75 second time limit, P.B at this weight.Nearly got 4 but missed lock out.
The log's not been going to well since i lost a bit too much weight earlier in the year ,but now my weight is back up to just under 105kg ,its beginning to get a bit better.

Squat
60kg 10 reps
100kg 3 reps
140kg 1 rep
Was supposed to do 180kg for my all out set but realised after that i'd put an extra 5kg on

185kg 10 reps P.B. Was hoping to do 11 reps tonight so i was a bit pissed until i realised about the extra 5 kg ,was then happy as i'm sure this would equate to 11 reps at 180kg.
One more squat session to go.

[Andy Lidbury]

Log
50kg 5 presses
70kg 3 presses
90kg 1 rep
100kg 1 rep

105kg 4 cleans and presses in 75 second time limit.P.B. Want at least one more at the comp,obviously that won't win it but that would be good for me.

Deadlift Hold
110kg a side 45.83 seconds What a load of shit nearly 10 seconds off my best.

Thick Bar Semi Stiff Leg Deadlifts
90kg 3 reps
150kg 3 reps
190kg 3 reps
200kg 3 reps

[Andy Lidbury]

Thought i'd post my eating habits leading up to this comp which is pretty much the same as all year round exept in the off season so to speak i eat a bit more and more crap aswell.
Mon-Fri
8.00am
1 bowl of Alpen followed by a Prolab Whey Protein shake.

11.00am
3 rounds of Wholemeal tuna and dressing sandwhiches and bag of Walkers Lites

1.30pm
Either a tin of Heinz Baked Beans & Sausages or Healthy living rice pudding 624g followed by a pro biotic yogurt

4.00pm
Prolab whey protein shake followed by a couple of bannana's

At 6.00 or 7.00pm (depending if i have trained) i have what ever my sweet heart has cooked me

8.30ish
Chicken breast with either rice or pasta(with some greated cheese)

Saturday & Sunday much the same although i may have something on a Saturday night like KFC mmmmmm.

I take a multivitamin called 'Foreval 24 vitamins and minerals in one capsule'.I actually got these on prescription originally, when i had Mumps.But you can buy them over the counter to.There quite high strength and are for adults or the elderly(no jokes) who are ill or on a poor diet.

I take at least 300mg vit C through out the day dissolve into water.
I drink atleast 3 litres of water during the day and probably another 2 in the evening.
If i get joint trouble i'll take Glucosamine by Health Perception for a couple of months.
This all is holding my weight around 104kg.

Cardio this afternoon on the crosstrainer.Big improvement.High intensity to medium.
Managed to stay on the top level 20 reistance for 5 minutes, Heart rate did not go above 170 bpm and could not go any quicker as legs were burning.Dropped it to 15 and kept heart rate at 160 bpm for 20minutes.

[Andy Lidbury]

Went to bed late last night ,got up late had a quick bowl of cereal then went training

Log in the rain ,nice.
50kg 5 presses x 2 sets
70kg 3 presses
90kg 1 rep
100kg 1 rep
105kg 2 presses tried for 3 but was not explosive enough today
105kg 1 rep

Squats
95kg 3 reps
135kg 2 reps
165kg 1 rep
180kg 12 reps P.B.
5 minutes after ,i then puked up :disgust: Think it was more to do with training so close to breakfast.Only started back squating again a couple of weeks ago,hopefully should get my injection into my spine within a couple of months.But last squat session before Englands and i've hit my target so i'm happy.

Farmers Deadlift hold
240kg (120kg a side) 37 seconds .Pussy'd out with the pain today,could have done maybe 10 seconds more.

[ScottDowney]

Pukin.....one of the finest ways to tell you 2 things:

You've eaten too close or you're really pushing hard hahaha

Nice work though Andy

[Andy Lidbury]

Hey Scott how are you.Still training with your same training partner?(forgotten his name i'm affraid)

Just got back from last cardio b4 comp.
25 minutes on cross-trainer heart rate kept between 167 - 175bpm.
Managed 6 minutes flat out on maximum resistance.Best so far.

Feeling like i'm a 40 a day man sitting here now wheezing away. :M:

[Andy Lidbury]

Last quick session tonight on the Log.

50kg 5 presses
70kg 3 presses
90kg 1 rep
105kg 3 cleans and push presses
105kg 3
105kg 2
105kg 2
105kg 1 clean 3 push presses

Thats it, now 3 days rest ready for Sunday.

[Jamie.H.]

Hope you do well man, keep up the good work. Is Darren Sadler competing? if he is I think he'll probably win it, totally unstoppable.

Good luck man!!

[SBaier]

Good luck Andy!!

[Andy Lidbury]

Thanks chaps.

Yes Darren Sadler is competing ,i expect him to win on Sunday and probably win Britains again.He's awesome, even when he's competing in non weight class events he cannot be overlooked.

Thanks again to you both.

[Andy Lidbury]

Big day tomorrow.Lots of pasta, chicken and rice tonight.Early night if my mind will allow it.Been with the family to Lego Land today which allowed me to chill out and not get all stressed up with my usual pre comp nerves.
Was chatting to a fellow athlete on the phone last night and we both were laughing how a couple of days before a comp we always think we've got a cold coming or an old injury flaring up.Usual tricks of the mind. :BB:

[Jay O'Neill]

good Luck to ya Andy!

[Andy Lidbury]

Thanks Jay.

[Andy Lidbury]

Woo-hoo i got 4th and qualified for u105kg Britains strongest man.
Will post full write up tomorrow.

[Jamie.H.]

Well done man, train hard and smart for the Britains, again my congratulations!!

[Andy Lidbury]

Under 105kg Englands strongest man.

Started the day out with usual nerves and some unfamiliar faces.Was expecting there to be 20-30 but 12 showed.

I'll start by saying Darren Sadler was awesome in every event as expected.
First event 105kg Log lift for reps.
It was a thicker log which i'd not done before and the time limit was only 60seconds.Olly Thompson was ref and was strict with the lockout as it was Englands.I managed 3 reps nearly got 4 but just as i locked it out i lost balance.As i'd never tried a thick log i was reasonably happy.3 reps placed me joint 5th.
Next event was 180kg squat for reps.After around 7 athletes had squated I was eyeing up the opposition to try and work out what i needed to do.Sadler i knew i could not beat and i was'nt sure about the powerlifter,so i thought the worst i'd get would be 3rd,so i squated 12 reps for the lead position and stopped even though i was good for 15.Sadler was last to go and did an easy 13 for the win.So with 12 reps i placed 2nd in the squat.


3rd event was giants fishing pole which i'd never done.You could tell the guy's who had trained at Physiques gym and practiced on it so i was pleased to place joint 3rd in this event which placed me 3rd overall.

4th event was Walk of pain which was carrying an old fashion milk churn by the handles for distance.Once picked up, you could not put it down.With my short legs i really struggled and distaster,i ended up in about 10th.I was so pissed off.Colin (Anderson) told me what i needed to do to qualifiy for Britains going into the last event.

5th event was deadlift hold using a Rover Metro.The handles were really thick and i could barely put my thumb over any of my fingers.With Colin shouting in my ear ,telling me i need this to qualify, i held on for 32 seconds i was in 1st place until Paul Wood and Darren Sadler's turn.Paul beat me by 1 second and Darren beat him so i placed 3rd in this event.


After what seemed like days with me worrying if i'd made the top 6,Colin came over smiling to tell me i came 4th overall qualified for Britains strongest man.
I was so pleased although one bad event cost me 3rd.


1st Darren Saddler
2nd Paul Wood
3rd Colin Lewis
4th Andy Lidbury
5th Scott Reid
6th John Fortey

----Above Qualify for British 105kg championship-----

7th Stuart Hayes
8th Wayne Bawcombe
9th Mike Betty
10th Mark Bagwell
11th Mark Smith
12th Mok

[Andy Lidbury]

Me on the squat and deadlift hold.

[Jamie.H.]

Well done Andy...think everyone knew Darren would win it but bet ur bit gutted not 2 av got 3rd, but hey u tried and you've got something to improve upon, good work man!!

[SBaier]

Great job Andy!!

[Terry_hollands]

Andy you'll have to change the title of your log now mate!!!

[Paul Neuhaus]

Way to go Andy! Nice job making your "come back" on the last event!

[Patrick McGuffin]

awesome performance!!!!!

[Andy Lidbury]

Cheers lads.
This will show you how awesome Darren Sadler is,with him in 1st place and me in 4th he was 19.5 points in front. :BB:

[Andy Lidbury]

Quick session tonight felt tired and not fully recovered so thought i'd practice doing the semi-stiff leg deadlifts with the rolling bar technique.

Semi stiff leg deads
60kg 5 reps
100kg 3 reps
130kg 1 rep
160kg 1 rep
180kg 1 rep
200kg 1 rep
220kg 1 rep
220kg 1 rep

Put some tacky on and tried my stone again,still could only just break it from the floor.God knows how much this thing weighs.

That was it ,short and sweet.

[Andy Lidbury]

Log
50kg 1 clean 10 presses
70kg 5 presses
90kg 2 presses
100kg 1 rep
110kg 1 rep = my p.b. from when i was 110kg (at last)
115kg 0 x 2 attempts
100kg 1 clean 4 presses

Low Incline bench
60kg 5 reps
110kg 5 reps
120kg 2 reps
110kg 4 reps

Single arm tricep ext.
12kg 5 reps
17kg 5 reps
22kg 3 reps
24kg 3 reps
26kg 2 reps

Finished off with some situps (i never do them and need to start)

[Andy Lidbury]

Back at training tonight(at last)MAN FLU nearly gone.
Knew i would not have a lot of energy and stamina tonight so i thought i'd go flat out for the first one.

Pallet drags
205kg 20 metres 30 seconds ,pleased to beat my training partner who's 15kg heavier than me,even if it was only by 1 second But boy was i bolloxed after.

245kg 10 metres

350kg tyre flips for technique
3 single flips
2 flips
2 single flips managed to do complete flips as in did not have to rest it on knee and re-grip.
High pulls with the tyre
1 set 3 reps
Finnished off with another 3 flips.

Mest about tonight,nothing to taxing on the lungs (except the drag).Hopefully by the end of next week i should be 100%.
Although i want to know whats happening with BSM it would be nice to have at least another 3 weeks to prepare.

[Andy Lidbury]

Anyone who has seen a pic of my farmers walk (railway sleepers) knows how long they were.But i decided to shorten them today as it was just becoming impossible to turn with the with anything over 110kg.Took me over 2 and a half hours to cut them with a industrial size circular saw,and i was training in between.


SEMI -stiff leg deadlifts
75kg 5 rep
100kg 3 rep
130kg 3 rep
160kg 2 rep
200kg 1 rep
220kg 1 rep
225kg 1 rep

Stiff leg deads
200kg 3 reps
200kg 3 reps

Single arm hammer curls
21kg 5 reps x 3 sets

Had a quick go with un weighted farmers (64kg each, bare)
40m 1 turn

When i do farmers walk i'm quite stiff in the legs and tend to kind of flick them forward or i tend to waddle with the hips,this all makes me very slow with my short lgs.
Talking to Darren Sadler at England's,he said i need to try and lift the leg up and concentrate on moving the legs as if i were cycling.He said that training with Stumpy,Elwood and Dave Warner that they will use 105kg a side farmers for 80+metres.Then following week do really heavy farmers.
Thats what i need to do.

[Patrick McGuffin]

is stumpy still competing?? i havent heard anything about him for a few years.(saw him on wsm a while ago and that was it)

[Andy Lidbury]

Yes as far as i know he's still competing.Big fan of Stumpy,as being a bit on the short side myself i no how hard it can be competing with the man mountains. :BB:

[Andy Lidbury]

Log
50kg 1 clean 5 presses
70kg 1 clean 3 presses
90kg 1 clean 3 presses
100kg 1 rep
110kg 1 rep
115kg 0 x 2 attempts,first one was close,much better than last week.
105kg 1 clean 3 presses

Low incline bench
60kg 3 reps
80kg 3 reps
100kg 5 reps
110kg 5 reps
120kg 3 reps
120kg 2 reps

One arm db tricep ext.
21kg 6 reps x 3 sets
21kg 10 reps

[Andy Lidbury]

Front squats
60kg 3 reps
80kg 3
100kg 2
120kg 2
140kg 3
160kg 1
180kg 1 rep First time i'd lifted this with out knee wraps and it felt good and had a lot more there.Was gonna do 200kg without wraps tonight but did not want to push my luck so close to a comp when i have not done them much recently.(maybe next session)

Barrel loading onto oil drums raised by railway sleepers.
80kg,120kg and 125kg Big barrel.Mate didnt hit stopwatch properly

Loaded 120kg barrel onto drum 3 reps ,lift on ,off touch floor and back up.

11kg crucifix 23 seconds stopped with bad pain at top of forearm.Put on elbow sleeves.
11kg 34 seconds
11kg 25 seconds

Not happy with this at all.Did a 12.5kg crucifix at a comp last year and did 42 seconds.Much work to be done.

[Andy Lidbury]

Went and trained in my lunch hour today as its my daughters 6th birthday and wanted to get straight home.

350kg tyre
5 flips

Up hill tyre flips
4 flips
4 flips
Did them on the steepest part and fuck me was it hard.

Back on the flat
2 flips tried to get them both over in one.
3 flips x 2 sets

21 flips today overall in about 25 minutes which is a lot for me.

Then back to work.

[Andy Lidbury]

October 9th
Bent over rows
60kg 10 reps
100kg 5 reps
120kg 5 reps
140kg 3 reps
160kg 3 reps

Plate lifts
60kg 3 reps
80kg 3 reps
95kg 1 rep plates slipped,puts some rubber mats between plates.
95kg 3 reps
95kg 1 rep
Weight was not a problem but my 20kg plates were slipping,need to rig something up.

Pallet drags.The idea today was to do these as a supplementary exercise to help with the end of the Giants fishing pole coming up in a comp in a couple of weeks.
Real heavy short drags.
205kg 12m
305kg 5m
305kg 5m
305kg 4m
Pleased to get this going with 10kg under 3 times my bodyweight it fucking heavy,had to row it everytime.

Finnished off with 50kg log squats.First time ive tried these.Quite hard to do,could not go very deep.

[Andy Lidbury]

10th october
Cardio on the Crosstrainer

Did 25 minutes + 5 minutes cool down
Managed 5 mins on top level resistance 20.Heart rate up at 176BPM.
Then dropped down and kept HR between 165 - 170 BPM for 20 minutes.

[Patrick McGuffin]

that pic of the plate lift is crazy

[Andy Lidbury]

Thanks Patrick i'll take that as a compliment(is it?)


Log
50kg 1 clean 8 presses
70kg 3 presses
Push presses from here
90kg 1 clean 2 presses
100kg 1 rep
110kg 1 rep
115kg 1 rep P.B. :D
120kg easy clean o press but not too bad an attempt.
120kg 1 clean 0 press

Low Incline Press
60kg 3
80kg 3
100kg 5
110kg 5
120kg 3
120kg 3

Crucifix
11kg 15 seconds ,really bad pain in forearm again.
11kg 22 seconds same shit.

[Patrick McGuffin]

yes its a compliment, i have never seen anyone do that and thought it was pretty dang cool :BB:

[Andy Lidbury]

Its to help with stone lifting,its one 1993 WSM Gary Taylors exercises,thats where i got it from anyway.

[Andy Lidbury]

Went to Physiques gym in Bexhill south coast to meet up with the boys from there who then took me and my mate to the farm where they train and meet up with a few others.
Exellent training area ,i was well impressed (and jealous ).Really enjoyed it down there although i was'nt too happy with my performance in a couple of events.Had a real calorie issue yesterday due to training at a completely different time than normal and missed out on a lot of eating which left me with no energy.

Log
3 warm ups on a light log then moved on to a thicker log.
94kg 1 clean 3 presses
94kg 1 clean 2 presses
104kg 1 rep
114kg 1 clean 0 press
114kg 1 clean 0 press but closer
114kg cleaned it just locked it out and then stumbled back and chucked the log down.Was reasonably happy as this was 1kg under my P.B. from wednesday and this was on a thicker log.
94kg 1 clean and 5 presses

Fishing pole
Pole 1 lift
+5 kg 1 lift
+10kg 1 lift did +15 at Englands but this felt heavy today and got bad cramp in left calf
+5 kg 1 lift x 3 sets

Stones
95kg-110kg-120kg,missed the 120kg due to height of platform,after a few tips from Colin tried again with 120kg on its own and got it up there.
95kg - 110kg -120kg- 130kg then tried the 170kg but could'nt even budge it

Tried to lift the 130kg on the higher platform,2 attempts but couldnot quite finnish it so moved it down to lower platform for 1 rep.

Crucifix
25 seconds

Had a couple of half hearted attempts with the 190kg
duck walk but did'nt have it in me.

In the local paper this week ,following the England comp.

[Andy Lidbury]

Sussex showlifting comp.
Although it was great to meet up with everybody today i had a bad day competitive wise as i had to pull out ater the second event with an injury.
Came joint 3rd on 2 events but did not get a trophy/medal as it was decided on bodyweight.Only by .2 of a kilo on the log,gutted.
Cage deadlift pulled 280kg no problem but while trying for 300kg lost my form and fucked my back.Within 25 minutes i could barely touch my kneesand so had to pull out.
After 4 pain killers a couple of hours of trying to stretch and my dad rubbing my back and plenty of deep heat i gave the stones a try but after loading 90,100,110kg i could not get low enough to get a propper hold of the 120kg stone to get my hands underneath and just as i was about to load it onto the wall it slipped and i left it there.
To top it off i nearly had a head on,on the way home due to some tosser speeding up as i was overtaking him.


Other than that i did enjoy watching the comp.Impressive log lift and cage deadlifting from Big Dale Norris.

[Andy Lidbury]

Back felt good enough for training today although i've still got this pain in my collar bone.

Gonna start doing some % work now for my main lifts,

FRONT SQUATS

80kg 1 x 2 sets
100kg 1 rep

60% OF 200KG 1 REP MAX=

120KG 1 REP X 15 SETS 60 - 90 seconds rest between each set.

LOG
50% OF 120KG MAX=

60KG 1 REP X 18 SETS 30 seconds rest between each set.

Supprisingly hard session ,really catch's up with you.
Good to force myself to do really light log as this gives me a chance to work on explosive technique.Was cleaning log up in one motion today as apposed to lapping it first.

[Andy Lidbury]

Speed and fitness work with light farmers.
2x 64kg Farmers

1st run 100m 4 turns
2nd run 60m 2 turns
3rd run 80m 3 turns
4th run 60m 3 turns

[Andy Lidbury]

BACK SQUAT
80kg 3 reps
80kg 1 rep
100kg 1 rep


50% 253kg 1rep MAX =

127kg 1 REP X 20 SETS

30-40 Seconds rest between each set.

COC GRIPPERS

Trainer 2 reps each hand

COC NO.1 1 rep x 2 sets each hand
COC NO.3 3 attempts each hand,best -LEFT down to 3cm
RIGHT down to 2cm
1cm better on both hands

Negatives with NO.3 2 reps each hand

COC NO. 1 L 10 R 15 did not fully close everytime.
Trainer L 22 reps
R 46 reps

[Andy Lidbury]

DEADLIFT
60% of 240kg MAX =

145kg 1 rep X 15 sets

Around 15 - 20 seconds rest between each set.

Back still only around 90% recovered and will probably stay at that for a while,so good to be using this light weight.

LOG

55% of 120kg MAX =

65kg 1 rep X 20 sets.

30 - 40 seconds rest between each set.
Felt like technique was better tonight,felt like i was really snapping the log up to lockout.

Finnished off with 80m sprint with 2 x 64kg Farmers.

[Andy Lidbury]

FRONT SQUAT
40kg 10
80kg 1

65% 200KG 1 rep MAX =

130kg 1 rep x 15 sets

Tricep Ext.
25kg 5 reps
35kg 5 reps
45kg 5 reps
45kg 5 reps
45kg 5 reps

[Andy Lidbury]

Thanks lads.

BACK SQUAT

80kg 3
100kg 1
120kg 1

60% of 253kg 1 rep MAX =

152KG 1 REP X 16 SETS

Single arm hammer curls
4 sets

Thick bar reverse curls
15kg 10 reps
20kg 10
25kg 10 x 3 sets

Back felt 100% tonight ,hopefully will still feel the same tomorrow.

[Andy Lidbury]

DEADLIFT
100KG 5 reps
130kg 1 rep

Then-
70% 240kg 1RM =
170kg 1 rep X 12 sets

Log
65% of 120kg =
72kg 1 rep X 15 sets ,around 20 seconds rest between each set.

Tricep ext.
25kg 6 reps
35kg 6 reps
45kg 6 reps
50kg 5 reps
50kg 4 reps

[Andy Lidbury]

FRONT SQUATS
40kg 5reps
80kg 1 rep
100kg 1 rep
120kg 1 rep

Then 70% 200kg =

140kg 1 rep X 12 sets

Did this in just under 20 minutes including warm ups which i did'nt think was too bad as these fronts are starting to get a bit harder now.

Farted about trying to set up incline log in my cramped lockup but after 10 minutes i realised i did'nt have the room.
Decided to do a few sprints with light farmers in the pissing rain with my car headlamps on so i did'nt run into a hedge

64kg a side
80 metres 3 turns X 2 sets.
Was really hoping for 110 - 120m tonight but after those front squats i had no speed in my legs.Worked hard though going as quick as i could so i should benifit from it.Still keeping them light, working on speed,sort of starting from scratch.

[Andy Lidbury]

INCLINE PRESS
60kg 5
70kg 8
90kg 6
100kg 6
110kg 5
110kg 5

CLOSE GRIP FLOOR PRESS ,1ST TIME (thanks Dale)

50kg 8
70kg 5
90kg 3
100kg 1
90kg 2
Was really supprised how hard i found this.Gonna keep at it.Was lucky that my Farmers sleepers were at more or less the right height for it so i could use them as a bar rest.



SEATED FRONT PRESS
40kg
50kg 5
60kg 5
60kg 4 missed 5th
60kg 5
60kg 4

SINGLE ARM HAMMERS
4sets
SINGLE ARM PREACHERS
2 SETS

This is the set up i was on about for close grip floor press.

[Andy Lidbury]

Tonights

Squats
40kg 8
80kg 6
120kg 3
140kg 1

Then 65% of 253kg 1RM =
165kg 1 rep X 15 sets


Bent over rows
60kg 5 reps
100kg 5 reps
120kg 3 reps
140kg 3 reps
150kg 3 reps
160kg 3 reps

[Andy Lidbury]

DEADLIFT
100kg 5 reps
130kg 1
150kg 1
170kg 1
190kg 1
210kg 1
220kg 1
230kg 1 Rolling
216.5kg 1
216.5kg 2 reps

LOG
50kg 10 reps
70kg 2 reps
80kg 1 rep X 15 sets did this in a relay with my wednesday training partner in 10 minutes exactly.Bloody hard on the lungs but really enjoyed for some reason

[Andy Lidbury]

SEATED FRONT PRESS
40kg 6
40kg 5
50kg 5
60kg 5
70kg 1
65kg 5
70kg 2 tried for 3

CLOSE GRIP FLOOR PRESS
40kg 5
70kg 5
90kg 3
90kg 1
80kg 3
80kg 3
Cant believe how crap i am at these.

SKULLS
20kg 5
28kg 5
36kg 5
40kg 5
40kg 5

[Andy Lidbury]

Russ Kirby came up today for some event training.
Messed about with the log for max which i've not maxed with since Showlifting.
Log
50kg 10
70kg 5
90kg 1
90kg 1
100kg 1
110kg 1
110kg 1
120kg 0 cleaned it but no press
Russ went to 130kg so i thought i'd try and clean it.But did'nt have it in me.Russ tried different cleans to see what worked for him best.He's got bloody strong shoulders with a 225kg bench at a bodyweight of 120kg


350kg Tyre
Did this in a 3 flip relay.Me 3 Russ 3...........9 fips each in total
Finished with 4 flips

Light Farmers Sprint
64kg a side 80m 3 turns.

Good session with Russ which we hope to do at least once a month.

[Andy Lidbury]

Tonights
SQUATS
45kg 6
45kg 5
85kg 3
125kg 3
145kg 1
165kg 1
185kg 1 belt from now onwards
205kg 1 wraps from now onwards
215kg 1
220kg 1
185kg 5

CLOSE GRIP FLOOR PRESS
45kg 10
65kg 3
85kg 3
95kg 3
105kg 2 P.B.
85kg 5

[Jamie.H.]

Nice work Andy, keep it up!!!

P.S do you know when 105kg worlds is? I know it's later this month, just thought I'd ask

[Martin Smith]

Hi Andy

Where in England are you?

[Andy Lidbury]

Deadlifts
100kg 6
130kg 3
160kg 1
180kg 1
200kg 1
210kg 1
220kg 1
232.5kg 0 back was still fried from mondays squats but i thought i'd try anyway.

LOG
50kg 10 presses
50kg 5
70kg 3
85kg 1 reps x 12 sets

SKULLS
20kg 10
28kg 6
40kg 5
40kg 5
45kg 5

[Andy Lidbury]

Cheers Jamie ,105kg WSM events start on the 26th.I'll post the athletes and events in the comp thread now.


Martin i'm from the south east of England ,in Surrey (just outside London).
cheers mate.

[Andy Lidbury]

Trained in my lunch today so only had around 40 minutes.

FARMERS DEADLIFT
64kg a side 5 reps
104kg 3 reps
124kg 3 reps
134kg 3 reps
144kg 3 reps
154kg 1 rep
Was just about to pull 165kg a side to = PB ,but with no belt with me i decided to leave it.

FARMERS WALK
124kg a side 20m really slow
104kg a side 20m

Back to work :BB:

[Andy Lidbury]

FARMERS (speed and distance)
64kg a side for 105 metres P.B. with 4 turns

64kg a side for 82 metres with 3 turns


350kg tyre flip
Relay with Tony.
Me 3 flips,Tony ,me 3 flips,Tony,me 3 flips

1 set of 3 flips
1 set of 5 flips

[Andy Lidbury]

LOG
50kg 10 reps
70kg 5 reps
75% 120kg = 90kg 1 rep X 10 sets

CLOSE GRIP FLOOR PRESS
40kg 10 reps
60kg 6 reps
80kg 5 reps
100kg 2 reps
90kg 5 reps

SKULLS
28kg 10 reps
36kg 6 reps
40kg 5 reps

[Andy Lidbury]

LOG
50kg 10
50kg 6
70kg 3
90kg 1
100kg 1
110kg 1
120kg 0 No chance,got it about 8 inch's off my chest
90kg 1 clean 6 presses

PALLET DRAGS
200kg 20M
200kg 10m
260kg 10m

350KG TYRE FLIP
5 Flips,tyre too wet,could not grip it properly

[Andy Lidbury]

Preparing for another U105kg comp on January 14th.Was not planning on competing again until around May but after a phone call from the promoter putting on the comp ,i will probably do it.Gonna confirm after Christmas.

Midwinter Cup Strongman / Strongwoman
Bexhill
Sussex

3 classes

Women - To be Refereed by Britian's Strongest Woman - Gemma Taylor!!!
Deadlift for reps 120kg (no suit)
Sandbag Carry for distance 60kg - to be carried "bearhugged" against the body. (75 seconds to carry it as far as possible, no drops allowed)
Log Medley 35kg, 50kg, 65kg, 75kg
Fishing Pole
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Under 105kg
Deadlift for reps 220kg (no suit)
Walk of Pain (75 seconds to carry it as far as possible, no drops allowed)
Log for reps 105kg
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Heavyweights
Deadlift for reps 260kg (no suit)
Walk of Pain (75 seconds to carry it as far as possible, no drops allowed)
Log for reps 125kg
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Last night.
Cardio

Crosstrainer 25 minutes
Worked HR upto 183BPM ,3 off my max.Fitness is improving for sure as i'm having to work so much harder to get my HR up.Once i got my HR to around 165 ,pushed Crosstrainer to top level 20 and went flat til i hit 183BPM then dropped back down and held HR at 165PBM.
I really need to keep pushing my fitness ,i'm 35 next year and i lot of theses U105 boys are nearly 10 years younger than me, so theres no way i'm gonna let that be my excuse for not placing well.

TRICEP PUSHDOWNS
30kg 8 reps
40kg 6 reps
50kg 5 reps
60kg 3 reps
60kg 3 reps
50kg 6 reps
50kg 8 reps

ROMAN CHAIR SIT UPS
20 X 5 sets

TODAY'S

DEADLIFT

60kg 10 reps
100kg 5 reps
130kg 3 reps
160kg 2 reps
180kg 2 reps
200kg 1 rep

220kg 6 reps P.B. Slight twinge in back on first rep(from Sunday's Yoke) but deffinately had one more in the tank.
Also paused at top and bottom of lift as in comps.
LOG
50kg 10 reps
70kg 3 reps
90kg 2 reps
100kg 1 rep
110kg 1 rep
110kg 1 rep
100kg 3 reps
Log felt hard today,had no 'snap' in the lift and triceps felt weak,obviously from last nights pressdowns.

[Andy Lidbury]

Tonight
COC TRAINER

Right hand 95 reps (so close)
After 65 i had upto 5 second breaks when needed.
After 79 i had 3-5 second breaks every rep until total failure.

Left hand 60 reps

Forearm levers

Bar + 2.5kg 25 reps each hand X 2 sets

[Andy Lidbury]

Today

Hyundai H100 van pull up an incline.

20 metres X 2 sets

80kg BARREL LIFTS Top & tail
Clean and press 1 rep
1 clean 2 presses
1 clean 5 presses
1 clean 6 presses
1 clean 6 presses

CLOSE GRIP FLOOR PRESS
60kg 8 reps
80kg 5 reps
100kg 3 reps
110kg 2 reps
100kg 5 reps

SUITCASE DEADLIFT (1st time)

40kg 5 reps a side
50kg 5 reps a side
60kg 5 reps a side
Did'nt go mad this first time.Can definately see these helping my lower back problems.

[Andy Lidbury]

Went to the gym to do some Cardio today,felt like crap after consuming too much Red Wine but forced myself before i started getting any lazier than i had the last few days.

Crosstrainer 30 minutes total

10 minutes of HR at 170BPM

Blasted up to a HR of 187BPM Held for 10 seconds then dropped resistance level right back for a few minutes to recover.My max HR for my age is 186BPM ,after hitting 187 i came soooooo close to puking over the Crosstrainer Think this would have been an instant ban if it had happened.

Last 15 minutes held HR between 165-170BPM.

[Andy Lidbury]

Confirmed with Colin today that i'll be competing at his show on the 14th January.

DEADLIFT
60kg 10 reps
100kg 5 reps
130kg 5 reps
160kg 2 reps
180kg 1 rep
200kg 1 rep
220kg 7 reps P.B.

LOG
50kg 10 presses
70kg 3
70kg 3
90kg 2
105kg 1 clean 3 push presses P.B. i think
105kg 1 rep

DIESEL SIDE BENDS OLY BAR(first time)
5 reps a side
10 reps a side
10 reps a side