Sep 15, 2009 10:48am

There's actually a technique to it. Balance them on an edge and let them fall back into your hands. Then row it up into your lap (or if light enough just sort of do a clean up to your shoulder). Once it is on your lap get your arms under and kind of clean/squat it up. Once you get the feel you can handle some big stones. I'm sure you got the horsepower.

Feb 4, 2009 7:53am

Cold, it's always cold here. That's why I like it. When are you going to get a picture there?

Jan 11, 2009 7:49am

Thank you and congrats on the DL, that is incredible. I have a throwing friend that lives in Dublin. She is a real sweetheart.

Jan 11, 2009 7:46am

Thanks man. Hopefully I can stay healthy and get as ready as I can. Good luck to you as well!

Dec 8, 2008 4:09pm

Yep, have my ap. I hope to catch one or two of their meets if they have them out east, you?

Nov 1, 2008 6:24pm

decided to take a little time off. I have some non lifting related surgery coming up in a week that will take some recovery so i figure I'll take it as a sign to back off for a bit. I'm also going to try to figure out how to better prepare for an entire season of throwing.

Aug 12, 2008 9:52am

Going to be throwing in Maine on Saturday. Good field of Masters so I will be getting it handed too me. Good guys so it will at least be a fun arse kiccking. How's the fighting going?

Aug 6, 2008 3:10pm

Hey there, glad you're sticking around the forum. You have been a very good addition! I'm going to be pestering you to try throwing rocks and sticks at some point. If I remember you were talking about giving Heavy Events a try some day. You would kick arse.

Jun 10, 2008 1:17pm

Ya, I survived, but sh'es being all nice to me now. That's usually a bad sighn. I might need to sleep with one eye open for a bit.

Jan 14, 2008 8:29pm

Good luck, you seem to have a great spirit. I hope all goes well for you.

Jan 6, 2008 9:11am

I see you are from NH. There is a great group of stone lifters/Highland Games guys in that area (Concord). Check out www.newenglandstrength.com if you get a chance. Have a good time, finding the stones is always fun.

Jan 5, 2008 7:32pm

Sorry it took me so long to look at the program. Looks good! You might want to try adding some power/speed moves when you get closer to your first games. Some power cleans, snatches and either jerks or push presses. Ask on the nasga page and sure you'll get lots of help. Also, I saw your response to my WSM thread over there. Glad to know I wasn't the only one glued to my TV all that night. Take care, and I'm insanely jealous you'll get to throw so much sooner than I will.

Dec 30, 2007 7:35pm

I saw that you were, but I think if my part of New York was annexed by Canada no one would know the difference. When I try to explain to people (US friends) where I live now, the response is usually something like...."Do you live by Niagara Falls?" Eventually I just give up and tell them I moved to Canada. If it wasn't for your Loonie killing me right now I might as well.

Dec 30, 2007 6:03pm

should have said "good luck with things"

Dec 30, 2007 6:02pm

Thanks, good luck things. I see you once won Mr. Ottawa. I actually live pretty close to there. We might as well be Canadians.

Dec 20, 2007 1:35pm

Baab is hilarious. I hope I get to meet him in person this year. Keep on hitting that 5x5, if you ever need advice along the 5x5/Bill Starr sort of program I reccomend asking the guy known as Skullsplitter on NASGA. He was trained by Starr for years and he has given me some of the programs he used. Skullsplitter also writes for Milo quite a bit. I have one of the programs here if you are ever interested. It's a butt kicker, simple but brutal.

Dec 15, 2007 5:26pm

Thanks for the input on the thread I started, you asked some good questions.

Dec 13, 2007 7:46pm

Good bunch there, I'm really enjoying the power ratio test we're doing.

Dec 10, 2007 8:09am

Thanks, I was terrible at keeping a workout log and then found this. Not sure if you have found this site already but if not go to nasgaweb.com they have a very active talkboard and schedule of events around North America.

Dec 10, 2007 8:06am

Thank you, and just to let you know there is an active and growing womens class that is always welcoming to new people.