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 Competing Strongmen & Women: What are your best and worst events?

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Competing Strongmen & Women: What are your best and worst events? 06 November 2009 15:17 (permalink)
What are your best and worst events and why?

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    Re:Competing Strongmen & Women: What are your best and worst events? 06 November 2009 15:41 (permalink)
    Worst - loading, stones, medleys - because I'm slow, unfit and short!!
     
    Farmer's walk has been hit & miss. Can be a good event for me. I prefer it on the heavy side with non-bulky implements with grippy handles!
     
    Tend to do quite well at partial dead lifts, particularly with side handles - because I'm short!
     
    In my last comp I did well at axle clean & press, but I surprised myself there.
     
     
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      Re:Competing Strongmen & Women: What are your best and worst events? 06 November 2009 17:09 (permalink)
      I'm fairly consistant across the board.

      Deadlift is probably my most standout with yoke being by far the worst.
       
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        Re:Competing Strongmen & Women: What are your best and worst events? 06 November 2009 19:53 (permalink)
        I don't have any stand out events, I just try to be consistent.

        Deadlift - particularly partial range, is by far my worst event!
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          Re:Competing Strongmen & Women: What are your best and worst events? 06 November 2009 23:26 (permalink)
          I'm becoming quite good accross the board now.

          Best press would have to be axle press; best deadlift would be a side handles car deadlift and then worst would maybe be medleys due to fitness, but it's improving. If it's a very heavy medley though that's where I shine!
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            Re:Competing Strongmen & Women: What are your best and worst events? 07 November 2009 09:03 (permalink)
            I find any overhead quite difficult although I am decent at viking press for some reason! My squatting is pretty weak too!

            I would have to say Truck pull is probably my best event at the risk of sounding big headed I feel I am the best in the world at this!! Also Yoke would be a great event for me too! 

            I would say i am pretty solid at every event these days apart from the first two mentioned!
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              Re:Competing Strongmen & Women: What are your best and worst events? 08 November 2009 13:35 (permalink)
              I am still finding my way around the events, but I would say my weekest would be the overehead events and maybe some static grip events although my grip is fine on farmers deads e.t.c

              I would say that I was pretty consistent on all other events.
               
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                Re:Competing Strongmen & Women: What are your best and worst events? 08 November 2009 19:29 (permalink)
                i am bad at any overhead (i hate logpress with a passion) but am average at vikingpress.
                 
                i like deadlifting and squating but not a strong point for me.
                 
                truck pull is a good event for me as i am fat but have a strong cardio system

                and i do well on stones and medleys
                 
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                  Re:Competing Strongmen & Women: What are your best and worst events? 09 November 2009 08:31 (permalink)
                  overhead pressing, yoke and truck pull are probably my best events, although i have never done yoke or truck pull in competition

                  farmers for a set distance is an ok event for me, farmers for max distance isnt as my grip isnt great

                  deadlift is my worst event, with stones a close 2nd and my grip is ****, but these are my main areas to improve before next years comps start


                   
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                    Re:Competing Strongmen & Women: What are your best and worst events? 09 November 2009 19:55 (permalink)
                    My overhead is by far my weakest event.

                    Stones is definately my best followed by farmers although odly my static grip is crap.


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                      Re:Competing Strongmen & Women: What are your best and worst events? 13 November 2009 18:10 (permalink)
                      Not massively experienced but so far:

                      Worst:

                      Log - not done it many times, and tend to be poo at pressing
                      Yoke - quite a small bone structure, so not stable enough through my hips
                      Farmers for time - I'm slow


                      Best:

                      Deadlift for reps - as proven in competition I just keep going til I pass out lol
                      Loading - Get there eventually
                      Truck pull - Only done it once but seemed to do ok against some good guys


                      None of them are good enough yet though...  ;-)
                       
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