BEYOND STRONG

David Morgan destroys Crossfit

David Morgan is a 5 times Commonwealth Games Olympic Weightlifting Champion, 3 time Olympian and current Masters World Record Holder. Recently he took on one of the better challenge workouts Crossfit offers.

The workout is called the King Kong and involves 3 rounds of a single rep with a 455lb deadlift, 2 muscle ups on rings, 250lb squat clean for 3 reps and 3 handstand pushups. This is a man maker!

David set about the workout but upped the barbell to 500lbs for the deadlift and 275lbs for the squat clean.

I think it's fair to say he made his point. Olympic lifters are fit!

David's website can be found at www.beyourbest.uk.com

Nick

Laurence Shahlaei - England's Strongest Man 2009

As I said to the man himself - England's Strongest Man sounds pretty good!

Yesterday Laurence truly came of age winning a high level National contest in style. He had the evnt won before going into the last event (stones). An impressive performance all round for my old training partner and all round good guy. With the birth of his daughter Ava, this is a landmark year for Big Loz and things can only get better.

Result
1st Laurence Shahlaei
2nd Mark Westerby
3rd Alex Curletto
Last years champ Jimmy Marku was 7th

All photos courtesy of David Horne David Horne's World Of Grip and Grip and Strength Forum

Nick

 

Log Press

Truck Pull

Loz with his winners trophy and Arm Wrestler Alex Horne

Clash of the Titans - training

I was fortunate to have a great deal of input into the training of the stunt team, including myself and some of the actors, for the upcoming remake of the classic Clash of the Titans movie. Each day we trained between 6am and 7am for between 30-60 minutes depending on our schedules. We also trained at lunchtimes when we had the energy. I was fortunate to be dealing with great athletes (something many trainers won't tell you) who were motivated and ready to work hard. We also had fight training and specific stunt rehearsals to deal with as well.

I will detail the actual workouts over the next few entries to show you what we did with limited time and equipment. Unlike the stunt team who trained for 300 we had to do this in our own time, bringing in our own food to stay on track with diets and time scales. However, at the end of the 6 weeks many of us were in the best shape of our lives.

Watch the video and please comment and ask questions!

Nick