Strongwoman Radio, Episode 51, How to Train When You Don’t Have an Implement

SWR New Strong Woman Radio 51 How to Train When You Don't Have an Implement

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Episode 51, How to Train When You Don’t Have an Implement

  • Intro (0:00)
  • Latest & Greatest (1:16)
    • Welcome back Stacy! She’s back from vacation with her sisters and dad!
    • She visited her relatives on her dad’s mom’s side. And they’re pig farmers! How interesting!
    • Stacy saw a Contiki tour bus, reminding her of Viv’s trip.
    • Super long flight back, wrecking her body and her jet lag is intense.
    • Stacy would have returned to Strongman at Crossfit Burke this week, but the trip wiped her out. Instead, she attended a seminar with Calle Beck.
  • Vivian is training for United States Strongman Nationals! (7:01)
    • She hates everything.
    • Up until the competition starts, Vivian is always unhappy. Which is the opposite of all other times.
  • Let’s talk about Vivian’s preparations! (8:57)
    • She’s lifting intense every day now and extremely tired, but after her week off before the competition she’ll be anxious to lift heavy again!
    • You’re much less likely to have a bad day after that rest.
    • She’s very excited to compete because there are over 300 competitors coming, including 8 Superheavyweight Women!
  •  How do you train if you don’t have the implements? (10:57)
    • This competition, she’s doing Fingal Fingers (essentially flipping a giant telephone pole).
    • She improvised by turning a yoke into a finger.
    • Viv should put this on YouTube!
    • Look for similar events you can train. A Conan’s Wheel is a Zercher hold Farmers’ Carry!
    • If you can, you’d want to visit the gym where the competition is and train on your actual competition equipment!
    • You can substitute almost anything for anything, really, with creativity.
    • Work with what you have and just feel yourself getting stronger!
  • Vivian is looking forward to hanging out with her friends!
    • Former guests Meg Squats and Sarah did a couple of YouTube videos about strongman! (and there’s shoutouts to both Stacy and Vivian!)
    • Meg was pretending she didn’t know Strongman and Stacy was like “But I met you at a Strongman competition!”
    • It’s a great fun video to watch!
  • The week before a big competition, Vivian isn’t fun to be around
    • She’s in her head about all the negative possibilities
    • But when the competition starts, she already will know how she can work it out.
    • Vivian feels like she has something to lose now, since she’s the defending champion
    • And the competition is stiffer this year, so she doesn’t know how it will go this year.
    • Viv’s looking forward to the bourbon and fun later, after the competition.
  • We promise we won’t skip for a month, but we’re off next week
    • Vivian is going to be in Louisville next week! Check out her Instagram!
  • Outro (23:50)

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