Its pretty simple. I need to be quick and I need to be flexible, and I need to be strong. 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. You know it exists and its ones of those things, like how do you ever do that. Dan and I are different athletes, and Ive beat him some and hes beat me some. Ive since added the rounded back extension (love it) and hip thrusts more readily in my programming. Want to start taking action on the content you read on AoM? Id say that, along with the volume of work I do each week. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Matt Vincent: Of course. When the rubber meets the road, fitness sport is an endeavor driven by endurance. I dont necessarily count them, though, as its a struggle for me to maintain a high body weight. 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. I kid. Like, why did they come up with Im going to throw a giant pole. I always thought it was heavy. "The Iron never lies to you. However, being strong never goes out of style. Keep moving weight violently and fast. Those are really your best places. What I need to do is all of this: Joint mobility, especially my hips and ankles. Matt Vincent: Any of the fringe strength sports, you know, Strong Man, power lifting. Improve your mental performance with Coach Kate. Through high school, I ended up playing football and doing track, and having more success, actually, as a shot putter. The exercise selections were challenging, but felt great. Heavy/Light is the first manual to create a full-season block periodization approach for athletes competing in the Scottish Highland Games. Haha! The camaraderie is great, because theres probably only 20 of us that are at the top end in the world. 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. Im really glad I got on board with Heavy/Light lifting. Dan McKim Facebook Fan Page They have an amateur class and they have a novice class. Brett McKay: Lets talk about your athletic background, first. With the competition that you do, how does your diet look? Where core work will mostly consist of abdominal and low back muscles, stability work will include all the small muscles of the torso. Okay, Ive always noticed that Im pretty good at rotational actions such as throwing, swinging, and striking. Brett McKay: Were the same age, then. Strength, power, body control, and conditioning are required for any athlete that wants to make progress in 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. In the article which I take this program from, Dan even suggests going with Single Arm DB Clean and Press. In 2017, Mike published Heavy/Light: Periodized Throwing for the Highland Games. Mike is also a CrossFit Level 1 Certified Coach, creates dedicated strength programming for Highland Games athletes, and trains youth athletes in baseball and track & field. I hurt my back years ago moving weight from the floor, so I decided I couldnt risk it any longer if I wanted to continue in my sport. Off Season Weight Training for the Highland Games for the Compleat Lifting Idiot This little guide is for people who have zero, or almost zero strength training experience. Good idea. Brett McKay: Got you. I still dont see how that would be the most efficient way to do it. On throwing days we work to perfect technique. 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. Throwers perform these exercises throughout training in some shape or form. There are a couple of real basics, that we can start with. Brett McKay: Do you think youll stay connected to the sport in some way as a coach or mentor? This is going to build strength and power. 14 weeks per phase.. or 3 phases in 14 weeks? DM: The Scottish Highland Games is part track and field throwing and part strongman. The Highland Games, like Powerlifting, Strongman, and Weightlifting, are a niche strength sport. Ive been very fortunate to be part of a sport that allows me to travel around the world and do some pretty awesome stuff. Now lets talk eating. This means that one must train consistently within the nine events of the Highland Games. Dr. Clinton Lee helps you deal with hip pain that's holding your strength back. Once I get below that I really start feeling weak. I really do thank you for helping me line up my programming better. That eliminates a lot of the ego. 56# Weight for Height: 18 You probably didnt know they were called the Highland Games but youve seen the events in the Highland Games. We also talk about his programming that hes created called The Hate. Well talk about why he calls it The Hate as well, in a bit. BC: I met Matt Vincent the year before at the Sorinex Summer Strong conference, and hes another strange combination in that hes a humble, gentle giant just like you. Right now, Im doing this over a 14 week period with a few rest weeks in between the phases. Brett McKay: There you go. Bench is one of the most common exercises used in every gym in the world. The thing about the Highland Games is that the weight really isnt that heavy. I keep my diet to keep me in that range. Highland Games are as iconically Scottish as bagpipes, kilts and whisky - all of which feature heavily at any gathering. Just search for him on Instagram, hes got a really entertaining Instagram feed as well as find him on YouTube. Listen to the episode on a separate page. The one that kind of rotates in and out is called the sheaf. Nothing is over 56lbs. 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. Two days of lifting should be sufficient but one more probably wont hurt recovery. "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. It doesnt pick you up and throw you on the ground. Brett McKay: Got you. I cant guarantee you will win, but you will be prepared and you will have a good time. Thats his goals and his things. He needs to follow Matt Vincents lead and chat with kelly starrett. Say, do a hundred reps a day of curls of some sort, and my biceps will better. Just kidding buddy, trust me, I wouldnt ever mess with you after seeing your hang power snatch prowess. Kettlebell training for Highland Games: 12.4: Caber tossing 101: 14.1: Hammer throwing : 14.3: Standing weight-over-bar: 17.4 . Do you have any idea about the history of the Highland Games? No one is going to make it out of this thing all the way without scars. 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. It is a 20 pound bag we throw with a pitchfork for height. What you should do is work and do your job every day. Those guys that were willing to get up and do the work and push themselves harder. It was my answer to my version of 531, basically. When its no longer fun. English (North America) English (Europe) English (Oceania) etina Deutsch Espaol (Espaa) Espaol (Latinoamrica) Franais Magyar Italiano Polski Portugus (Brasil) Romn Trke English (Philippines) English (Singapore) Indonesian Ting Vit Dan and I instantly hit it off. except the caber but it probably wont be more than 90lbs. After doing that, I got into a normal job in the oil and gas industry and started getting back in the gym and it seemed like the thing I wanted to do was strength training, still. I couldnt ignore the results of athletes training in methods beyond classic block periodization. Liberty or Death: SCBC goes all in at the LibertyOpen. A stone is 14 pounds, a two stone is a 28 and four stones is 56. How did that first invite happen? Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Thats just from Ive just abused my body for the last two decades and Ive not been that nice to it. Its a fascinating strength competition, and one Ive long wanted to learn more about. If you were born with a dumbell in your teeth, look elsewhere! DM: The best tool is www.nasgaweb.com. My plan is to put 3 implements (14 pound stone, 16 pound hammer, and 42 weight for distance)in the Hyudai and throw at lunch. Hes done the weight over bar, which is of all the ones with any like, I guess, if youre just going to be a brute and give it a go, that one is your best bet of being able to figure out. The key to proper training is to do what you need to do, not what you want to do. Much less, its a much worse idea to be a 280 50-year-old, they tend to die. Or up to 20 KB throws overhead if you have one. Competitors are judged on how closely their toss lands to 12 o'clock. If youre doing a bodybuilding routine, this probably isnt for you. 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. Dan is an amazing athlete. Dan McKim eBook: Behemoth: Power Training for Strength Athletes What about macronutrient split? Post-college, I gave It a run at owning a bicycle shop, and that didnt work so well. Theres no need for one week 15 because Id assume hed take a full week off. Im curious why doing curls to work the biceps always seems to fall into the cosmetic category. Matt Vincent: Five, three, one doesnt focus on any Olympic lifts, and with a three day program, my Hviii, day three is Olympic lift, and youre going to snatch and clean. Brett McKay: Fantastic. The centrifugal force here is substantial. So get a shotput or a big rock and get 50 good throws. Im going to get up and do what I can to make myself better. Try out this warmup before your next Bench session. 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Matt Vincent: Im really bad at the hammers. All of our best Nutrition content in one convenient place. Man, thats all of the fringe strength sports Ive found. The shot put is a favourite at all good Highland Games. 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. 56# Weight for Distance: 475 Right. Want to see how it's done. How far he throws is completely, has nothing to do with how far I throw. Matt Vincent: Yeah, man, stoked to be here. People always ask me what I do, and I tell them, big guys in kilts throwing heavy stuff. You know, Bret, pretty much your family reunion, right? Matt Vincent:Best place to find me would be mattvincent.net, or the hviii.com. I try to vlog and document and kind of do everything Im doing. I have at least two locations near my house that I can throw at, and thankfully the cops know me at this point. You know, so I follow a more keto approach, which is high fat, high protein, and very limited carbs. The heaviest implement you'll likely throw is a 56 lb weight or caber. Matt Vincent: The Highland Games is really all about application of force and power. Like I said earlier, a strong posterior is critical for my events, so adding in the things you showed me has not only helped my training but also my back health. Youve got to do all of it to make the good days good. Brett McKay: Right, exactly, thats something Ive learned. Brett McKay: What keeps you Is it like trying to beat yourself or do you really want to beat him one day? 20# Sheaf Toss: 352. But, during the off-season I wont practice the events at all. If youre moderately fit and youre working out and youre athletic, yeah, just go give it a shot and see if its any fun before you start investing a bunch of time and energy. His name is Matt Vincent. This program is essentially a "desert island" plan that you can do just about anywhere in 15-20 minutes, 3 times a week with minimal equipment. Brett McKay: Theres a fine line, you said that if you just focus on getting big and strong, youre going to fat, but that could be a detriment to . Thats really my concern is just self optimization. So to stay with the alternating A / B format I love so much: As for the schedule: Throw, Lift A, off, Throw, Lift B, off, off or repeat. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Look, Im 280 pounds. . Dan is currently one of the best Highland Games competitors in the world, having won the National Championship from 2010-2013 and the World Championship in 2011 & 2013. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. Brett McKay: For our listeners who arent familiar with it, what is sub-maximal loading? However, people believe that if they want their stomachs to shrink, they should do the exact same thing with their abs. Great interview, Bret. Matt Vincent: Yeah, thats kind of pretty standard. Tiger Woods looking to make a successful transition to Highland Games competition. 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. Matt Vincent: Yeah, Im 32, Ill be 33 in April. Your email address will not be published. I think, when Im done doing this that strength will become less of a focus for me. It was always something we looked at athletes, right. 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