Your leverages all change on the events How far I have to lean or how hard I have to sprint. For those of you who have never competed in the highland games, this should serve as a sufficient program to prepare you. Does not get any better than this.Bret and the Scottish Games two of my favorite thingsThanks for the info Dan McKim. Its the North American source for discussion, training, technique work, schedules, ranks, equipment sources and more. -Henry Rollins, By Scottishfury in forum Workout Journals, My Highland Games In-Season Training Program, Powerlifting Workouts - Training Journals, Post Your Pictures and Introduce Yourself, 5-3-1 For Highland Games Lightweight thrower. But, during the off-season I wont practice the events at all. There is minimal info, compared to Powerlifting, From being involved in various strength sports for this long one of the big mistakes I see is that guys never take IHGF Professional Highland Games World Championships Things have been very exciting in my world lately. Brett McKay: Do you think youll stay connected to the sport in some way as a coach or mentor? BC: Yep, all of us lifters have to learn this lesson as we age. Through high school, I ended up playing football and doing track, and having more success, actually, as a shot putter. And on a serious note, is there anything about your training that other competitors find surprising? Then, I build all of my program off of that number. Bailey became involved in the Highland Games in 1988. I guess weve all been part of sports at this point that we understand that no one really cares. Keep moving weight violently and fast. hang snatch and 500+ lb. Haha! If I want to stay around 300 pounds, I have to consciously eat all the time. Brain Games are a new, "kernelized" approach to intervention, with simple and discrete stand-alone activities that can be easily integrated into routine operations at crches with a limited amount of training and supervision . Dont go nuts. This is a program for beginning throwers by Dan John: "For an example, I offer you the world's simplest program: 1. Growing up as a baseball player, Mike transitioned to fencing and chased the Olympics for a decade. Technique and timing trump overall brute strength. Programs like Training Lab, Strength Lab, and other block periodization programs give Highland Games athletes a solid plan and foundation for the weight room throughout a season. Look man, if I was really happy, I would just lay on the couch and play video games, just be content, and that would be great. Whats the benefit of doing it? I keep my diet to keep me in that range. Your email address will not be published. I also dont focus on the split like I should: I just try to eat more protein! I was like Oh, hes spelling heavy different, then I was like, oh no, hviii, that makes sense.. Without rules against it, nothing would stop a guy from taking a full year off the sport and getting completely gassed on steroids. Watch this video: Sometimes referred to as 'weight over the bar', this game requires competitors to throw a weightover a raised bar. Check out the Training Tuesdays Google Sheet that includes upcoming topics, links to discussions dating back to mid-2013 (many of which aren't . Then, we have another distance event where we throw the hammer, which is a steel or a lead ball on the end of a stick. As I prep for this off-season, Im excited to move my depth from letting my buttwink hinder and hurt my squat development. This is a program for beginning throwers by Dan John: For an example, I offer you the worlds simplest program: 1. Dan and I instantly hit it off. What I need to do is all of this: Joint mobility, especially my hips and ankles. This is tricky and if youre not prepared, you will end up on your face. Ive since added the rounded back extension (love it) and hip thrusts more readily in my programming. 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Brett McKay: Lets talk about your athletic background, first. Lifting days are to develop explosive power and improve stability. Low back pain can make your lifting (and life) miserable, learn how to fix it! Its okay Dan, we all want a biceps pump. Well, it's not and we will show you how with a little effort, creativity, and a playful attitude. Dan McKim Instagram. Caber Toss: Well throw a different caber at each event 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. For more manly tips and advice, make sure you check out the art of manliness website at the artofmanliness.com. Great interview, Bret. Heavy/Light is the first manual to create a full-season block periodization approach for athletes competing in the Scottish Highland Games. In prior years, Ive had the police watch me and even ask to, clean up when youre done. During the season (April through September) Ill typically practice the events two to three times a week. Im not missing any lifts in training. Unfortunately, a popular item is TRT, which is on virtually every commercial break or radio sponsor that you hear. The basics: 1. What I mean by that is accelerating mass. You know, if my knee is bothering me, maybe Ill box squat for the next two weeks, you know, a little high. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that youre a god or a total bastard. He could help with his hip flexion issues. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Not to mention, that guy throws kegs for height. How do you mix in the event training throughout a typical week? The moves are called out and it's fun to take part and learn a bit about Scottish dancing with Downeast Scottish Country Dancers! If you do, also try to work some, Power Clean (jerk optional) heavy single, then back off sets with power clean only for triples, Off or find a group of guys you can throw with on this day, Off or find a group of guys you can throw with on this day or start cycle over. A stone is 14 pounds, a two stone is a 28 and four stones is 56. When I first started, I was so addicted and excited about throwing that I practiced five to seven days a week for 18 months straight; rain, snow, cold it didnt matter. In that window is really where I perform my best. Other than that, YouTube is a huge asset in training and competition development. Ive been very fortunate to be part of a sport that allows me to travel around the world and do some pretty awesome stuff. Brett McKay: It seems like your approach is also like sub-maximal loading. BC: Now lets talk roids. It is sad, but any strength sport will have guys who feel they need to cheat and destroy their bodies to throw far. And I think you make a good point about the throwing I do. pole held vertically is a challenge. How did that first invite happen? I feel super confident going into to games this year. Find out more about participating in a Highland games on visitscotland.com. 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. Ill be honest with you, I finally figured this out not too long ago. For some reason, my brain just isnt going to allow it. We did a lot of Olympic lifts, but dead lifting really wasnt I dont think I honestly dead lifted until after college. It was extremely helpful to get those emails when my gym opened back up. When its no longer fun. I have also seen that many of them come to the Heavy/Light methodology while employing many different programs for their strength and conditioning. 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. You are a Highland Games competitor, so not a champion. You throw it with one arm and they weight 28 pounds for the light one, and 56 pounds for the heavy. I feel like singles and heavy singles are more of a test than they are an actual strength building exercise. Go home. all have in place. Given the movements I do in my sport, I was very posterior dominant. If you were born with a dumbell in your teeth, look elsewhere! I did a couple years of Strong Man and a couple of years of power lifting, and got a chance to go compete in a Highland Games. I may even like to see the squats come second, alternating Overhead Squat with Back Squat. Matt Vincent: Its for myself. What I usually want to do is the stuff I'm really good at in training. Theres no need for one week 15 because Id assume hed take a full week off. I set to work, as I did with throwing, to find what the common threads were among the most successful athletes. 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. He needs to follow Matt Vincents lead and chat with kelly starrett. So today on the show I talk with Highland Games champMatt Vincentto get the lowdown. How do you work around this? Thats a really bad idea. So get a shotput or a big rock and get 50 good throws. You have quite the memory, my friend. Man if I could just get on the treadmill a little bit more, these abs. What Ive found that works the best for me, and, you know, not just works the best for me, but is conducive to the life I live. Before we get into talking about what Highland Games are, because I think very few people are theyve probably seen it, they dont know its called Highland Games. Sports Science Topics & Research Guest Articles, Peer-Reviewed Articles (Journal Publications), Coaching, Personal Training, Programming, & Nutrition Topics, Coaching, Personal Training, Programming, & Nutrition Guest Articles, (Brets note: I randomly found a video of Dan performing hex bar jump squats so I embedded it below), (Brets note: below is my friend Jim Kielbaso showing off the glute ham roller), Dan McKim eBook: Behemoth: Power Training for Strength Athletes, How to Isolate the Quads and Hams in a Garage Gym. I have a twin and we put my poor mother through hell, but you have 5 boys in total, I couldnt even imagine how much of a handful that is. Matt, this has been a great conversation, and a lot of insights about a sport that I knew little about. That being said, strength is only a part of being a successful competitor. Those are really your best places. He is now a Highland Games Athlete, and won the 2016 U.S. Highland Games Lightweight National Championship, and in 2019 he won a Masters World Championship. Im excited to see how my numbers and strength improves now that I can squat more appropriately within my anatomy. Martin Jancsics is an exceptional athlete and stone lifting instructor from Scotland. The sub-maximal aspect of that is what I do to build my program is I take my true max, and then I multiply that times 90%, and I treat that as my training max. Brett McKay: Boredom probably was the impetus. With each successful attempt, the bar is raised higher and higher, eliminating the contestants one by one. Im going to get up and do what I can to make myself better. (Questions not related to today's topic should be directed towards the daily thread.) Then, when they were ready to compete again, since they now have low T from their steroid use, they could get prescribed TRT to keep their levels high. Because I love to lift, this allows me to get five days of lifting in each week, pushing it hard every day. I like aspects of all for a successful highland games career: just being strong never hurt anyone! Dan is an amazing athlete. I think the mountain from Game of Thrones does this sort of stuff as well, youve competed against him. Theres competitions all over. BC: You dont deadlift from the floor, correct? 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. I wish you the best of luck in the future. I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. Matt Vincent: Poor mass, a lot of times can lead to some impingement and movement, things like that that are going to keep you from hitting positions that will be better. Program, Strengthen Your Tribe: A Report on the Atomic Athlete Vanguard, The Best Riddles for Kids (With Answers! DM: In the past four seasons, Ive won two World Championships and Matt has won the other two. Powerlifting Matt Vincent's Training LAB Brett January 27, 2016 Last updated: September 28, 2021. You know, completely below parallel. October 13, 2014 at 6:54 pm. Price: $97 Buy Now Highland games Online Clinic: Weight For Distance Matt Vincent:Best place to find me would be mattvincent.net, or the hviii.com. Just search for him on Instagram, hes got a really entertaining Instagram feed as well as find him on YouTube. The heavy stone is anywhere from about 22 to 28 pounds and you throw it just standing like a shot put throw, but you dont get an approach. Tell us more about your training. 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. If you did, you probably lived a really boring life. Im very good at it and I love the Highland Games, but keep in perspective what were doing, I throw rocks in a field. Try out these movements before your next Snatch session for better mobility and technique. Again, Im guessing. I can do that, but Im also going to gain a bunch of weight, lose some mobility and be slower. We also throw a 56 pound weight up over a bar, for height, with one hand. Good idea. Really been looking forward to this one. I try to share as much of that, and the connections Ive made over the last couple of years in strength training to some other really awesome people. Brett McKay: It seems like theres a lot of camaraderie in that sport, in the Highland Games. Dan McKim Website (LogOut/ Just kidding buddy, trust me, I wouldnt ever mess with you after seeing your hang power snatch prowess. You know it exists and its ones of those things, like how do you ever do that. Dr. Clinton Lee helps you improve your shoulder health. Ill probably work on losing weight and doing some body composition stuff. Its really fascinating. Those have been my most consistently top-ranking events. Im not interested on being a 280 pound 45-year-old. I met with a collegiate strength coach who put me on their Force Plate to test my strengths and weaknesses. Learn more about concurrent training for Strength & Endurance, Add some new twists to the traditional plank. Your Strong Man, power lifting, and especially toward the top end, right, your professional classes in those sports have it a lot more. It doesnt pick you up and throw you on the ground. Where can we find out more about you and your work out there? Matt Vincent: You need that speed to apply that force, instead of just, you know, a 600 pound bench press, right. except the caber but it probably wont be more than 90lbs. Matt Vincent: No, thats correct. Matt Vincent: This started my brother and i actually kind of talking about it. BC: How does one start learning more about The Highland Games if one is interested in training and competing? My programming is broken up into three phases: Volume, Hypertrophy and Strength/Power. My body hurts. Brett McKay: Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of The Art of Manliness Podcast. Its really the easiest way to about it. Matt Vincent: For me, and what I believe sub-maximal training is, right, is youre going to use less weight and do more reps. Not quite like a body building style. Want to start taking action on the content you read on AoM? Much less, its a much worse idea to be a 280 50-year-old, they tend to die. 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