Run a mile as fast as possible while wearing a 45 pound vest….males and females use the same weight.
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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
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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
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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
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IF one does not own a vest, whats the best way to approach a workkout of like this besides carrying a plate?
Skytta
@Dana Skytta
Tape a 25 pound plate to your back, and two 10s to your chest
I started to add your strongman WOD to my workouts,my first one was 3RM pull-ups got to #70 , and todays weighted run was great, did it at 7 min/mi pace, freaking smoked me. Thanks for the great WOD’s.
My gym did a 1 mile time trial last week so i put a vest on for that. 8 minutes flat. Up from 655 in october but i didn’t pace. I went balls to the wall the first 600 and had to stop
This took me 15:31 BUT–
1) I have no vest, so I was using a barbell. I had to adjust the damn thing about 100 times during the run.
2) It’s snowing pretty heavily here on Cape Cod. I kept a slower pace deliberately to keep from falling on my face, as I was essentially running on black ice.
I still got a in a really great session.
Chris–
You’re a bad ass.
Rob O
Did this yesterday, didn’t comment last night.
Did crossfit WOD “Elizabeth” first… Hadn’t done cleans in a long time, took me 20:03.
Then did my mile in 7:36
9:20 can’t wait to try this again.
8:17 with the vest, took about two min to rest, and get the vest off, ran another mile without and did it in 7:11
Very mentally tough with the vest.
6:50 at the track w/ 40# vest
Really want to chase down a sub 6 mile w/ vest.
M-6’2″-195