For someone who's "ramping back" I'm still working pretty hard.

[Alan H]

My offseason weight training was focused on Hang cleans and box jumps, rather than big squats and deadlifts. That made for much less strain on the joints and I got through the offseason without any significant injury, or even a squeezed vertebral disk. I took all of the second half of October off, and all of November as well. Throwing practice started mid-March.

I've held myself to two-days-a-week practice with just one weekend jaunt down to Shaffer Field in the past six weeks. Still, today after two Games on back-to-back weekends and last nights hammer practice, I am SORE.

I'm making a mess of cabers for the Southern California group and did my usual Athletic Director gig at the Season Opener. That was a big success.

Throwing numbers are in there with 'the usual". This past weekend I managed a 14 foot weight over bar, thereby proving that I can do it in Nor Cal, not just with the So Cal weight. I managed to put a 16 pound hammer throw over 80 feet at Ardenwood, and have some good 22 pound hammer tosses. Weights seem to be "off" the most.

Last night at practice I had an AHA! moment after doing 100 hammer winds, three sets of hammer-walk drills and three sets of 10 winds with my feet really close together. Can you say "core workout"? I dished up what might be my biggest 16 pound hammer throws EVER. Now the challenge is to make that same sort of result happen with 1/3rd of the warmup in a Games situation.

I will be at three So Cal Games this year because I'm signed on to be one of the West region representative for the Scottish Games League. I kind of got roped into this, but it's fine. They guys putting it together are good guys, I'm happy to help. So anyway, I seem to be traveling southwards a lot, still...just not northwards.

https://youtu.be/79Sox9EPOOw

https://youtu.be/4MRtLs6RGDs

I turned this caber once...just missed this time.

https://youtu.be/l6T7eVPrPY4