Ive been chasing the same guy in the number one and number two spot in the world, for the last couple of years. Man if I could just get on the treadmill a little bit more, these abs. Now lets talk training. Podcast #172: Scottish Highland Games & Training for Performance You may have seen the Highland Games online or on television: guys in kilts throwing giant logs, tossing hammers over their heads, etc. DM: Well, since I met with you, Ive started to switch my set up a bit. I really save that for the platform. My body is going to, I think, quit before Im willing to quit. In the caber toss, a full length log, usually made of Scots pine, is stood upright and lifted by the competitor using both hands under the bottom of the caber to rest against their body. Thats one of Jims big principles. Chad has lost over 50 pounds since October, learn how he's done it. Dan is an amazing athlete. Im not talking about doing sets of fifteen or twenty to really get the pump. Dan is big on simplicity and treating the body as one piece.. How do you deal with that? Perhaps this is Dr. Clinton Lee gives you some strategies to keep your knees feeling healthy and strong. Give me a shout Discover True Victory Liquid error: Could not find asset snippets/icon-apple_pay.liquid Highland Games are as iconically Scottish as bagpipes, kilts and whisky - all of which feature heavily at any gathering. I think, when Im done doing this that strength will become less of a focus for me. Usually like a rattan handle, or something like that and its 22 and 16 pounds again, and you kind of anchor yourself into the ground with boots that have a blade on the front of it, so one end of this thing is spinning around your head. BC: How does one start learning more about The Highland Games if one is interested in training and competing? (Questions not related to today's topic should be directed towards the daily thread.) Dan and I are different athletes, and Ive beat him some and hes beat me some. I would take these ideas and implement them as the following: Olympic lift full, power, hang or any combination there of, Unilateral oly movement opposite of the previous, Corresponding squat to the first oly movement. What you should do is work and do your job every day. Anyways, today on the podcast, I have a world champion Highland Games competitor. Watch this video: Sometimes referred to as 'weight over the bar', this game requires competitors to throw a weightover a raised bar. 4 X rounds if advanced. When the rubber meets the road, fitness sport is an endeavor driven by endurance. eBook, Try out these drills for a better and more stable overhead position in the Jerk. Its a five week program that can be used by any athlete, really, and its called , Brett McKay: The Hate, but you spell it H with roman numeral eight. The shot put is a favourite at all good Highland Games. Matt Vincent: Thats what novice is for, right, youre brand new to this. It takes a lot of ego out of training. Your glutes were burning like crazy after just one set of all 3 exercises. Please elaborate. It was extremely helpful to get those emails when my gym opened back up. The Quick and Dirty of Heavy/Light Lifting: Choose your program options from the pull down menu above. Strength, power, body control, and conditioning are required for any athlete that wants to make progress in the Highland Games. We take a look at some of the traditions and typical features of any Highland games: The caber toss has come to almost symbolise the Highland games and no gathering anywhere in the world would be complete without it. Without rules against it, nothing would stop a guy from taking a full year off the sport and getting completely gassed on steroids. DM: Taller guys do have leverage advantages as well as release point perks, but Id say your success in those actions is due to your athleticism. Hes done a couple of those with us, and I think, actually has the world record for standing weight over bar, not technically as a Highland Game weight over bar, but he has thrown it higher than anyone else in history. Hes of the move, plus, people in Iceland seem to know how to move heavy stuff. I need to be quick and I need to be flexible, and I need to be strong. Brett McKay: In one of your books, you talk about your program. Im curious why doing curls to work the biceps always seems to fall into the cosmetic category. Its tempting to look toward the biggest lifts and see what got them there, but as we all know by now being the strongest doesnt guarantee success in throwing. To do well your body needs to be explosive and stable. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); and receive myFREE Lower BodyProgressions eBook! Im curious This is something I want to do. Vertical pulling. Now tell us a bit about The Highland Games. Once I get below that I really start feeling weak. Brett McKay: You said you need quickness for the Highland Games. The Games are also noted for their unique sporting and athletic events many of which involve throwing and lifting. Former Highland Games World Champion, Matt Vincent, and former thrower, Chad Wesley Smith have both said that training in the gym only gets you so far. This is tricky and if youre not prepared, you will end up on your face. Ive loved every minute that Ive spent doing Highland games. Weve been going at each other for a few years now, and it doesnt look to be slowing up anytime soon! Every time I go to a contest, you know, 17 or 18 times a year, its some 12 of us out of that 20 guys, so you see the same guys every weekend. Highland Outlaw Workout This is a predominantly sandbag based highlander workout with the incorporation of stability exercises and speed drills. The structure and exercise choice that he put into his program really let me continue to work on strength but also added additional components of dynamic work, jumps, and throws that really helped my highland games performance. Other competitors find the bodybuilding split I build my workouts around to be surprising. That being said, strength is only a part of being a successful competitor. Personally, it makes it fun when I beat them, knowing the things they are doing. I think the mountain from Game of Thrones does this sort of stuff as well, youve competed against him. Your leverages all change on the events How far I have to lean or how hard I have to sprint. (Brets note: I randomly found a video of Dan performing hex bar jump squats so I embedded it below). How do you split it up, and how many exercises, sets, and reps do you typically perform? knowing they do hip thrusts well that takes it to another levelthanks. With other 1400 articles, we're confident we have what you need. Ive really spent a lot of time over the last couple of years trying to improve that event and its been a relatively futile attempt. A shot put coach told me long ago that strong biceps help the tricepsthe real throwing musclesfunction better by allowing the forearm to decelerate faster. How far he throws is completely, has nothing to do with how far I throw. What Ive been fighting for in my sport is, essentially, the same rules that the NCAA, IOC, SHGA, WADA, etc. October 13, 2014 at 6:54 pm. Take your performance on the mats to the next level! Youve written a lot of books. We will feature discussions over training methodologies, program templates, and general weightlifting topics. Bret, you da man when it comes to muscle theory. You know, accumulating some implements, and starting to think about training for it. Be honest, do you ever throw some curls into your workout to pump up the guns? Stuff like that. I work them in once a week for looks, but mostly for auxillary work. Heavy/Light: Periodized Throwing for the Highland Games. Try these moves out before your next Deadlift workout. What aspect does quickness or athleticism come into the .. Like throwing a sheaf over your head. As a thrower, like, in college, you kind of always know about the Highland Games. Brett McKay: Got you. I had a weird spot writing the program, because I knew there were a lot of similarities to it and at the end of the day, if it aint broke, Im not going to rewrite it just so I can say this is original. I have started to think of pinning my big toes to the bottom of my shoes, which forces my knees to track better and keep me from hitting rock bottom. I will probably very happily hang up my shoes and be ready to watch whoever is next. These do well to work the stabilizing muscles. Since then, he has competed in Powerlifting, Strongman and CrossFit. Matt Vincent: Like anybody, through high school, and growing up, I basically played everything I could; and, to some, I guess the extent of being decent at a lot of things, but not very good at any of them. He will share some of the secrets to the ancient art of stone lifting. Thats never been the goal, but as long as I can still be valuable and help people out. This Highland Games Training Camp will be a true 3 day immersion in all things lifting, throwing, and overall health related with John Odden. MILO articles on Highland Games heavy events technique for weight for height, caber toss, weight for distance, putting the stone, hammer throw, seasonal weight training and more, from Jim McGoldrick and others. all have in place. Ive since added the rounded back extension (love it) and hip thrusts more readily in my programming. Thursday Incline, strict overhead press, shoulders Brett McKay: There you go. The moves are called out and it's fun to take part and learn a bit about Scottish dancing with Downeast Scottish Country Dancers! "It's more of a test of athleticism than most sports." Vincent travels the world for 20 weeks a year to participate in the Games, doing event training followed by weightlifting three to fours days per week during the season. I can still fatigue my legs and get plenty of work in, without having to squat all the way to the bottom. DM: You better believe I do! It takes a long time for you to finally learn that, its like, OK, just diet.. I do Olympic variations twice a week and get my posterior chain work through lots of back hypers, glute ham raises, curl work, and modified deads such as RDLs and straight leg deads. Thats just from Ive just abused my body for the last two decades and Ive not been that nice to it. I met Dan at the CSCCA Conference in Salt Lake City this year, where we were both working the Sorinex booth (I was promoting my Hip Thruster to the various strength coaches). Nothing is over 56lbs. It was always something we looked at athletes, right. Matt Vincent: Boredom, and you know, drunk guys, Im sure were talking a lot of noise to each other, decided to put it to the test. Pleasetell us a bit about yourself, and be sure to include your height, weight, and age. Ive always wanted to get involved with it somehow, get in touch with my Scottish ancestry. Its the guys who are wearing the kilts, theyre throwing the giant telephone pole looking thing, theyre throwing hammers over their head, theyre throwing big, burlap sacks over their head with a pitchfork. That helps me keep that. Then, Ive also got to be able to be quick enough to use the momentum of me moving my body or spinning and rotating so that I can apply force for a longer time. Does this theory still hold water? The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Id like to expound on this. Im a performance athlete, so since the amount of weight on the bar doesnt do me a lot of good in a contest, because were not lifting bars. Its pretty simple. Look, Im 280 pounds. The object thrown isa 25.4kg (56lb) weight with a handle at the end of a short bar whichmust be thrown using just one hand. It is sad, but any strength sport will have guys who feel they need to cheat and destroy their bodies to throw far. One can easily see the connections between points one and two. Training has been a passion of mine since I was 14. In the Highland Games, we are throwing such heavy implements, that you truly have to have a base of strength that rivals other strength athletes (strongman, powerlifting, weightlifting). Core work is important but it is not the whole of the answer. Brett McKay: No, that doesnt make any sense. No one is going to make it out of this thing all the way without scars. What I need to do is all of this: Joint mobility, especially my hips and ankles. All these muscles help stabilize the body and improve your ability to throw. You could also do, Overhead Squat 3-5 x 3 go deep and stay tight, 1 Arm DB Clean and press go to a heavy single, then a few back off sets, Throw A different two or three events if you have the implements. As things moved on, Im sure someone took one and said, I think I can throw it further than you or higher. Thats what the original ones actually looked like, and they were counterbalances for the other side of the scale. Even the UFC, now, disallows TRT as an acceptable medical treatment. I always thought it was heavy. A stone is 14 pounds, a two stone is a 28 and four stones is 56. Some days, the cards Im going to throw really well, and the cards fall in my favor, but Ive also had days where Ive thrown very, very well, and been proud of it, and just didnt have enough to beat it. Youve probably seen on TV or on the Internet, the Highland Games. I do speed work as well as the Olympic lifts. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hit me up through my contact page or social media. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Build power with these Clean tips from Max Aita. Brett McKay: Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of The Art of Manliness Podcast. Brett McKay: Got you. Does not get any better than this.Bret and the Scottish Games two of my favorite thingsThanks for the info Dan McKim. Highland Games are as iconically Scottish as bagpipes, kilts and whisky all of which feature heavily at any gathering. Thats the gist of it. Im excited to see how my numbers and strength improves now that I can squat more appropriately within my anatomy. We really didnt dead lift much in college. DM: Ive never used steroids and have held a strong stance against PEDs my entire career. What are the strength feats that youre most proud of in the gym? Theres no need for one week 15 because Id assume hed take a full week off. How did you get to be a guy who throws around cabers around the world. Liberty or Death: SCBC goes all in at the LibertyOpen. Matt Vincent: You need that speed to apply that force, instead of just, you know, a 600 pound bench press, right. So, for me to get the most done in a week that I can, safely, I split my workouts into muscle groups so I can turn around and train hard the next day. View the video below: The tug o'war is one of the most fiercely contestedcompetitions at the Highland Games. I think youd be crazy not to have it in your program. And I think you make a good point about the throwing I do. For some reason, my brain just isnt going to allow it. That doesnt translate well me throwing something that weighs 16 pounds. Or up to 20 KB throws overhead if you have one. Dan McKim YouTube Ill throw well, and throw a PR and then lose by 15 feet. Im not 19 years old and 20, and Im not in college to where Im just, you know, eating and sleeping, and going to track practice. If it is straight the toss is said to be in the 12 o'clock position. Curlz are admissible, too, as they may have some carry over in flipping the caber, if you are so inclined. Like, I want to try that out. So many of us appreciate your work and expertise. Do you know how many calories you typically throw down per day? Matt Vincent: The Highland Games is really all about application of force and power. I guess weve all been part of sports at this point that we understand that no one really cares. When we were lifting together, you informed me that you cant squat deep, and I saw that you have a nasty case of buttwink when you try to squat rock bottom. Im guessing the throwing ones. Its amazing to me that the logic of, If I want my biceps bigger, right, I can do, say, curls, and do a bunch of sets of curls. Ive been competing in it for 10 years now, so its becoming more and more important that I dont bury myself with the Highland Games. You know, Im tired, or, I need to rest, or, I deserve this or this and that, and the truth is, you dont. Matt Vincent: Yeah, it was great, man, I had a great time. That gives a lot of direction, too. Its a sad state of affairs, I believe. 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