So I did a Strend run through at the gym. I brought my MirVest with me and
loadedit up to 21.5 and 29 pounds for chin-up/pull-ups and dips, respectively. I
felt pretty good on some of the exercises but a little weaker than usual on
pull-ups. I posted the following numbers:
24 Bench (at 165 pounds. I weighed in at 144.8 pounds.023 Pull-ups34 Military
Press (I used 85 pounds because they didn't have 1 pound increments.)20
Chin-ups70 Dips.
Total : 171.
I was feeling really good on dips and was watching my technique in the mirror,
part of the time, to make sure I bent my elbows to 90 degrees. I'm sure not all
of these were completely clean form so we will have to wait till Jun. 27th. If
I'm having a good day with the judges there I'll be happy if I hit 170. 
The run was, well, the run didn't go so well. I'd been running six days in a row
and my legs just didn't have it. I decided to make it a half-strend and go only
1.5 miles (on the treadmill at 1.0 incline), which I did in 9 minutes flat.
Also, I think not having done many complete strends lately made the transition
from weights to running a little more difficult than I'm use to.
Anyways, I will continue posting my results for my Strend. I will try to get my
friend to videotape some trial runs as well. 
Everyone, let me know how your training is going.
Keep strending!
-Chris

--- On Wed, 5/13/09, train_hard_win_easy <train_hard_win_easy@...> wrote:

From: train_hard_win_easy <train_hard_win_easy@...>
Subject: [STREND] Re: Jun 27th here we come!
To: STREND@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 9:15 PM
























A confirmation on the date would be awesome.



Randall and I did a run through on a whim this past Saturday morning. I put up
134 reps breaking down as:



Bench 10

Pull Ups 30

Military Press 24

Chin Ups 29

Bar Dips 41



My personal best is 137 and that was back in the beginning of February. I have
just started to run again on a regular basis, doing almost all of my running on
a treadmill these days. Legs just can't handle the pavement anymore. I'm
sitting right at about 152 right now but I'd be looking to shed down to about
145-147 range for the competition, helps out a lot in the run.



Chris let us know how your test run goes. Hopefully we can get a good group
together for June!






























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