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Just won Pennsylvania’s strongest man masters division.this stuff works..Bill Redanauer
Here is a study from one of the NSCA journals that readers of StrongmanWod may be interested in. It found that heavy circuit training using 6RM loads was as effective as traditional strength programs that include long rest periods between sets in building strength, power, and muscle mass. But it also found that athletes performing heavy circuit training lost more body fat than those following a typical strength training program. The heavy circuit training program is similar to many of the workouts on this website such as the one that this comment is posted on. Thanks for the great workouts!Caleb Bernacchio
Rob, I wanted to thank you for the site. I follow your programming as best i can around what I have to do/coach at my box. Your “move heavy objects” philosophy was manifest this weekend at the Oregon CrossFit Games. In the scaled division I took 2nd and 4th on the two barbell WODs and finished top ten. I never would have thought I’d do that well. Thanks for the site and inspiration. Oh yeah, while there I also bought an axle and am pumped for your cert this coming Saturday.Clark
Thanks to StrongmanWOD, I smashed the atlas stone ladder at the All Cities Open this weekend. The WOD was get 5 stones over a yoke set to 45″ as fast as possible, the weights of the stones were 116#, 142# ,173#, 207# ,246#. I had never lifted a stone heavier the 130#, but using your instruction and watching your stone videos the 246# felt like a pebble! My time for the ladder was 28 seconds, placing 2nd. Thanks again brother!!! Look forward to more! If I can find a video I will post it.Mike Jones
My trainer at CrossFit Geelong got me on here. If he was a chick, I reckon he’d have posters of you on his ceiling – always raving about SMW and what you write up. Have been scaling a lot of stuff, but love mixing it up with my regular CF workouts. The Yoke work looks rad – may have to invest!Ionel ‘Yonny’ Mierla East Geelong, Victoria AUSTRALIA
Got to see you and your crew in CO Springs and took the Strongman teachings back to Chicago to CrossFit Barrington and Underground Performance. My lacrosse kids love the tire flips and always shudder when I break out the stones and axles. Many Thanks!Chris Bluse, Crossfit Barrington
Shoutin out from Dublin Ca. CSA CrossFit. Love Strongman Wods and have been using them in our strength classes- people are loving it!Jessica F, Dublin, CA
It’s The Don rocking it up down in Stillwater, Oklahoma @ CrossFit Stillwater. This programming is great! This week I’ve programmed “StrongMan Week” at my box with nothing but strongman WODsThe Don, Stillwater, OK
Love the site. Been throwing your wods in when I can. Located not far away in Hartford…Quick question for you. What do you use when you fill a keg? Is it water and gravel? Thanks for the awesome site!Jason
I dont do all the WODS, guess i cherry pick the ones that fit into my regular programming. Love the WODS and definitely make me think and work harder. Thank you for sharing.Carl, Crossfit Lee Summit, MO
I’m in Buffalo, NY. I love this site, it’s some of my favorite programming, but me and my buddies are seriously lacking in equipment (we’re saving up, but it’s a long list: yoke, prowler, etc.) so a lot of the WODs are not possible, but I do what I can..Joe, Buffalo, NY
Thank you for the informative and exceptionally fast reply. I'll be honest, when I used the contact form on StrongmanWOD to ask about the stone molds, I didn't expect that one of the individuals responsible for inspiring me to completely devote my training towards Crossfit, especially strongman and raw strength related lifting, would be the person emailing me back. I'm sure you get this kind of stuff regularly and I'll try not to be too starstruck, but you're one of the reasons my deadlift is now over 415 lbs (I'm 5'8, 165 soaking wet) when my previous max a couple months back was 335. My goal is to try and qualify for the North Central Regionals and you're one of the individuals that keep me motivated to go out into my uninsulated (working on it!) and heater-less garage despite the winter months to keep chipping away in time for the Open. So seriously, thank you for all that you do for the community and for forging ahead no matter what. You've given me hope that 29 might not be too late of a start to make some noise and have some fun doing it. Oh, and thanks for the sweet molds, too!Joey
Category Archives: Dumbbells
4/23/13
5 flat bench dumbbell presses (struggle to get 5 reps unbroken) 7 double KB Swings(to eye level) 9 strict handstand pushups 5 rounds for time Men 53# KB’s per hand Women 35# KB’s per hand Scale as needed. Post times … Continue reading
“DB Grace” 4/12/13
30 Ground to Overhead using a pair of Dumbbells Beginner 40′s Intermediate 60′s Strong 75′s or more per hand Women use 65% of men’s weights. Post loads and times to comments.
Posted in Dumbbells, Ground to overhead, Workout
5 Comments
1/28/13 “Dumb Bell Bench Press Drop Set” (compare to 9/7/11)
3 rounds with 3 minutes rest between rounds. Bench Press Heavy Dumb Bells x 5 reps. Drop the weight by 10 pounds per hand and bench for 7 reps. Drop the weight by 10 pounds per hand and bench for … Continue reading
Posted in Bench Press, Dumbbells, Workout
10 Comments
11/25/12
Criss Cross of Strict Pullups and Dumb Bell Bench Press 1 up to 10 Strict Pullups 10 down to 1 DB Bench Press Round 1 will be 1 pullup and 10 bench presses. Round 2 will be 2/9. Round 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Bench Press, Dumbbells, Strict Pullup
10 Comments
10/13/12
Axle Overhead Hold for time Using an axle with body weight or more clean and press it overhead. Then hold it in the overhead position as long as possible. Rest 3 minutes and then do the a static crucifix hold … Continue reading
Posted in Axle Overhead Hold, Crucifix Hold, Dumbbells, Workout
3 Comments
9/21/12
Dumb bell bench press Muscle up 5-4-3-2-1 75% or more of your body weight for the bench For Time Post loads and times to comments
Posted in Bench Press, Dumbbells, Muscle Up, Workout
5 Comments
9/14/12
100′ odd object carry no drops allowed 5 dumb bell snatches per hand Rest 60 seconds Repeat x 5 rounds Carry Rx is body weight or more Dumb bell weight Rx is 50% body weight Scale as needed. Post times … Continue reading
Posted in Carry, Dumbbells, Workout
2 Comments
Farmer Carry Ladder
70 Pound KB each hand x 300′ 100 Pound KB each hand x 200′ 200 Pound Farmer’s Handles each hand x 100′ 250 Pound Farmer’s Handles each hand x 50′ 1 drop allowed per implement. Anything over 1 drop is … Continue reading
Posted in Dumbbells, Farmer's Carry, Kettlebell, Workout
4 Comments
“Rat Bastard”
30 Minutes of the following– Start a clock and do each task as quickly as possible. At the top of the first minute—75 feet of burpee broad jumps At the top of the second minute—3 Atlas Stones to Shoulder At … Continue reading
Lunge it out
50 feet walking lunges while holding 75 pound dumb bells in each hand(women 45 pound dumb bells) 20 chest to bar pullups 5 rounds for time Scale as needed. Post time to comments.
Posted in Dumbbells, Lunge, Pullups, Workout
2 Comments