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@@shinobiokata I try not to but sometimes I don’t have enough time to eat beforehand after work. :(

@@shinobiokata I’m always more happy seeing him have fun then what I do lol. He’s a good lifting buddy.

@@samajier2566 Thanks!

@@jonadamw Trying to haha! Thanks buddy!

@@jamesphelps1531 Thank You! :)

@@jonadamw Thanks Jon! Appreciate it!

@@ryanrainey1646 thanks guy!

@@ryanrainey1646 Thanks buddy!

@@jonadamw Absolutely man! The weights were wild, and the rain surely didn’t help the start, but more motivation to come back stronger next year! You keep working hard too guy!

@@jonadamw Thanks a lot buddy! Thanks for chatting with me at the comp, it was a big highlight to my day, and was great meeting you!

@@dreesz3180 thanks buddy

Very much appreciated! Always out here suffering haha.

🤟🏼🤟🏼

Yeah it’s always a fun time when he runs in. Lol.

Thanks, and thanks for commenting!

Thank you James!

Thanks guy!

Placing wise… not great. But personally I got a new best on everything I touched, and didn’t come last. So I’m happy overall and met most of my goals! I’ll be putting a video together and putting it out soon! Thanks for checking up on me!

@@theaverageliftingguy1993 awesome great work

It sure will be. The live stream link will be on the Bricktowns FB and instagram pages later tonight. :)

Shoulder is always bugging me haha. But it can always be worked around. Thanks man!

Hey thanks a lot Kevin. Hope your 2024 is awesome!

Right now I’m signed up to do the Bricktown Showdown in Dubuque. After that I’m not sure what I’ll do. Probably just gear the whole year towards getting stronger.

Hopefully buddy!

No pity for a coward from suicide silence. 🤟🏼

Thank you!

I’m guessing my next 2 blocks will shift in to more events training but we’ll see. My sandbags are pretty good but definitely need to work on my hand coordination for truck pulls. For my sandbag setup I got 4 10’ pipes I can connect together and a wooden base to hold them upright. Then drilled holes in the top of the pipes and ran a thin rope through a pvc pipe and back through those holes so I can raise and lower the height of the bar.

Thank you! Had a good time.

Thanks for the comment guy! 💪🏻

@@theaverageliftingguy1993 do you attend competitions in the area for strongman?

@@Lammies I do. I’ve done a few in Stoughton and Madison, one in Lake Geneva, one in River Falls and MN’s Strongest plus one in Rochester MN. Next year I’d love to do the Bricktown Showdown in Dubuque.

It’s a work in progress that’s for sure. Thanks for the comment.

Always makes the session more worthwhile.

Thanks!

Yep you seen that right!

@@theaverageliftingguy1993 I also have the injury since birth. I have limited movement in my right arm. I can’t fully extend it in most areas, just curious if you’ve always been able to lift yours over your head or is it something you’ve worked on? I’ve started lifting quite recently and have been trying to figure out how to best work out with the condition, to give it more strength and flexibility

@@theaverageliftingguy1993 Your videos are super inspiring bro, thank you for posting!!

@@brokenskate300 it’s been a process of trial and error over the years. When I started lifting in high school it was because I was embarrassed that I couldn’t do push ups or even bench the bar. My arm was definitely more stiff when I was younger but over the years through stretching and strengthening the muscles I can I’ve gained more mobility. It’s not perfect and never will be, but it’s so much better then when I first started. Just go slow and work on gaining some more mobility through stretching and then strengthen that new range of motion. I know one thing that helped me was using my good arm to help my bad arm do the movements, like db presses. Other things like using the smith machine that’s a fixed bar helped me early on learn how to press with my left side without needing to focus on balance, just how I’m moving my arm. Taking it slow and being patient is your friend that’s for sure, but telling yourself you can do it or there’s another way to get it done vs. “I can’t do it” was a big mental game changer too, as I was told I couldn’t do a lot of things growing up that I do daily now. I’ll keep posting regular on this channel and I might start adding short videos on how I specifically overcome certain movements if that would help. I also have an Instagram account with the same handle. I hope this helps in any way buddy.

@@theaverageliftingguy1993 Thanks man! I really appreciate it. I will follow you on insta, it’s awesome you’ve overcame so much success. I’ll send you a video of my progress so far.

Thanks so much! Still 5 months out so plenty of time to keep getting stronger. Thanks for comment as well! I appreciate it.

Thank you much!

@@theaverageliftingguy1993 No problem bro, can't wait to see your progress

Thank you!

Unfortunately it’s impossible to make it fair to everyone because not only does height play a factor, limb length does too, so raising the height of the lift to accommodate a person’s height wouldn’t be enough to make it fair. But I do agree it sucks lol. I’m 6’ 7” so even an 18” pull is below my knees. So personally I’d like to see 18” lifts like the silver dollar deadlift be limited to individuals 6 feet or higher, and my reason for that lift in particular is with the short guys and gals, you reach a certain weight and they can’t even get it off the floor anymore because with their lockout so low the weights don’t even break the floor. So they’ll always be limited. It would be better if they made a 13” silver dollar lift for weight class athletes so they could push those numbers higher, but then it’s not a traditional silver dollar height and can’t be compared to records. I try not to dwell on it too much and focus on myself, but if I ever run a comp I’ll be making the deadlift heights higher for the taller guys lol.

Thanks! Trying haha.

Hey thanks man! Trying haha.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thanks a bunch for the comment!

Thanks for the question. I have Erb’s Palsy in my left shoulder so have mobility and nerve issues. I can’t get my hand back to the bar on that side because I can’t retract my scapula and rotate my arm back so I hold the strap. I did buy an SSB so I could squat and not worry about mobility because of the handles in the front, but I like squatting with a regular barbell more so I do it this way. At one point I was able to hold the bar with both hands but hurt my shoulder from over stretching it so I stopped trying to squat normal and stuck with the strap.

Thanks! Many more months of work to come! Gotta reach them goals!

Thank you!

Yeah I thought he was gonna try helping but then he sat there. 😂 I get online coaching and right now I’m kind of following a step load style plan for this off season.