Brandon McDonald Wins NAS Strongman Nationals
Every year my gym, Strength Camp, sponsors a strongman who will compete at the national level. And we look for WINNERS.
Well this year was no different. Brandon McDonald, who trains at Strength Camp and is a sponsored athlete, competed in the North American Strongman Corp. amature strongman nationals and took first place in the 200 lb light weight class.
Here is an interview I conducted with Brandon where he shares his strongman training routine and philosophies on getting stronger!
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Here are a few videos of Brandon kicking ass. Enjoy!
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Strongman Log Clean & Pressing
It never ceases to amaze me how many sports and strength coaches think that they need to teach their athletes the incredibly technical skill of The Olympic Clean & Press! These well meaning coaches sometimes forget that exercises like the Clean & Jerk as well as The Snatch are OLYMPIC EVENTS!! — The men and women who receive the greatest benefit from executing these movements have generally spent several years, sometimes decades learning how to perfect their skills. Also, I have discovered that in order for our training programs to be effective, they have got to be FUN. No 16 year old football player, who is full of “piss and vinegar” is going to want to stall his strength efforts in order to “learn” how to execute a lift. He wants to “hit it hard… NOW”, and within the bounds of safety, it is our responsibility to let him go for it! This is why I love Strongman Training so much. The movements we use are very functional, based on “Primal Movement Patterns”, create incredible strength and explosive capacity AND it fun to do. Among several substitutions for Olympic Lifting movements like the clean and press is The Strongman Log Clean & Press. This movement requires very little skill but a SH*T LOAD of Attitude! Also, it puts such an immense demand on the bone and muscle tissue that it literally forces the body to release a flood of testosterone and other naturally produced anabolic hormones directly into your blood stream. Below is a video of me doing Log Clean & Presses with over 300 lbs. I move lots of weight with this movement, granted that I am a Professional Strongman
. If you see me lifting like this and are thinking to yourself, “there is NO WAY that my that my young, skinny punks will EVER clean and press like that” — please rest assured that my athletes use about 1/4 of the weight displayed here and are usually performing sets of 5 reps.
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My Top 10 Best Training Songs
This morning I sat down to create a video on Marketing Tips for Strength Coaches and Trainers…
as I was completing my 4 min talk, the freakin battery died on my Flip Cam.
So, instead of getting pissed – I just hopped on You Tube and grabbed clips of my favorite records to train to.
Check out my favorites below (in no particular order), then tell me what you like to listen to when bustin’ up the weights in your gym. I’ll be sure to respond to your posts (as I just figured out how) and comment of the cray stuff that you listen to!
WARNING - If you are offended by harsh language, don’t watch these videos. If you like to get a little crazy when you train HARD… rock on!
Comments At The Bottom Of This Post.
A Milli – by Lil Wayne
Lose Yourself – by Eminem
Down With The Sickness – by Disturbed
Get Buck – by Young Buck
Break Stuff – by Limp Bizkit
Party Up – by DMX
Ante Up – by MOP
Bombtrack – by Rage Against The Machine
Ridin’ Dirty – by Chamillionaire
Hustling – by Rick Ross
This list is by no means conclusive… in fact, I may change my mind tomorrow. But, these are great training songs no the less!
What do you train to? – Comments Below
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