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HQ I have done some squats to warm up for yolk I'm doing some car walk today and some
power stairs if I feel all right but this will be the third time I've ever touched our
car so we just want to get familiar with you know as familiar as I can with it in the short
space of time we've got basically he went full weight on the Vikings first time I've
done that obviously coming off the injury
get back on the Car Walk ¡um!
then a little bit of loading with implements we use and then finish with the power stairs
like nothing no full runs ¡um!
but it's my kind of last heavy session before, before Brits so yeah, how are you feeling
after the injury now you're back to full health yeah, good like Choice it's been great I've
had some good physio ¡um! and it's back to North if you're feeling normal again we've
still got a pretty gnarly scar on it which is pretty cool ¡um!
but yeah, it's feeling depending normal in day-to-day life and lifting wise it hasn't
been an issue what's the kind of goal you kind of get out today session just to basically
do all the way I've done, I've done these run throughs a lot ¡um!
so I know exactly kind of reps I need to do and how everything needs to feel so it's not
it's you're not going flat out just because so many guys it ends up being a lot slower
than you'd like to train ¡um!
but it's just getting a feel for all the comp kit and being ready for it now you expect
to be back under the lights in Sheffield yeah, man yeah I love going to Chef it was my favorite
comp of the year just the ¡uh! the venues class the ¡uh! the fans are always really
good so yeah it's ¡uh!
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yeah been sort of copying Hoopa in trying to be quick pick up and go as fast as you
can so do you go quite well did you pick it as well I try not to I try to keep sort of
hip width right because ¡um!
we've lost code to me that's how he's always showed me how to do it yeah, to find if I
go wide up I have to step in that's not a hoopa dealership isn't it yeah so he does
a wider pickup and he comes in and he comes in but he's got that balance so but I haven't
got a balance yet so still trying to train that where would you rank yoke as one of your
like in the list of good or bad events I think it's one of my good events I I'm sort of better
at like moving events I prefer them yeah, statically I'm okay but when it comes to moving
I'll seem to be a bit better at them and like farmers and stuff like that as well have you
touched a Car Walk before yet yeah, we come up a few weeks ago well a few months ago now
and ¡um!
it's definitely more of a odd bit because when you pick it up the counterbalance sort
of tips you forward right so so you've got to try and pick up and take a quick step yeah,
to tip the car back again so are you pushing the car forward with your hands at all yeah,
I ¡um!
someone guys come in and pull pull in I'm one of the guys that comes in there I push
it out to try and break my back a little bit more yeah, so ¡um!
I'll try and counter it a little bit with my hands as well so that sort of helps when
you're in in these situations you're at the HQ and basically got half the people you competing
against how much of the design up what what they look like on the events ¡uh!
I mean two years ago I'd probably care I don't give a [ __ ] anymore ¡um!
you know what I do here is gonna have absolutely zero bearing on what I or anyone else was
at the comp so I've come here to do a training session it just so happens that they're all
here as well and I think if you let that affect you then you're gonna be pretty [ __ ] when
the the comp comes around aren't you yeah, funny mind games today any Mind Games well
I don't know if I don't plan on doing [ __ ] so I if someone else wants to take that as
a mind game that's cool but I don't care I made a train and to be honest it's a good
good to see more you drinking the best of your career or power walker at least ¡wow!
I've always here yeah, well no well everyone here where everyone in the comp ¡uh! to be
honest mate Hixie looks really good as well fish [Music] fish I'd expect this to win the
¡uh! to be honest yeah, like this is just it's really good at yolk ¡um!
but I'm gonna put my money on Felix to win the yolk I mean it it could well I don't think
it's a I don't think it's a Bad Bet to be honest ¡um!
looks good on it ¡um!
Felix will be there on it I think my, my tactic is to just not get too far away from Bishop,
Hixie on what I'd consider to be my weaker ones and then yeah, I don't know it'll be
a bit I think this event will be the kind of deciding one for me to be honest yeah ¡um!
but it is what it isn't it yeah out of everyone here today like this looks the best yeah
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just miss one of the Leafs up yeah a little easy enough so that's always good ¡um!
yeah just got iron out their mistakes not making on the dial be fine pretty happy why
did you training session being like today yeah it's been a while I mean still like I've
got to be honest we're two weeks out and it still feels like a shock to the system doing
all the comp Waits and stuff but I'm hopefully hoping that extra bit of fire on the dale
you know see me through the comp so ¡um!
yeah I mean I'm doing everything which is kind of where I wanted to be no expectations
just to do all the events and be competitive and enjoy the show so ¡um!
big good training with all the boys they're all looking really great everyone looks awesome
I'm excited what was the goal of your fishing today I mean it was just, just to have a run
through most things ¡um!
the Car Walker did it a few weeks back and ¡um!
definitely felt better today than it did the other week do the power stairs I mean only
trained them like two days ago so a little bit beaten up anyway but it's nice to be able
to actually just practice the the setup we're going to be doing in competition so like I
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like that and ¡uh! that is quite cool because especially like some of the times like you
can message them on social media now and it's not like completely alien to talk to him that's
a stranger some of them are like I consider like sort of friends really because yeah,
they're having a laugh especially like Gav have competed with them a few times and having
a laugh and having the banter with the guys that that's what calms the nerves on the comp
as well so everyone's serious when they're competing not doing the events but then as
soon as the event's done it's laughing having it like having a laugh with each other and
stuff like that so I don't think that'll ever change I'll still be probably a fanboy no
matter how long I've been doing this for so what your personal expectations going to the
first you first dance live where would you assess that and what were you hoping for Michelle
it's a good field of guys and it's like it's everyone's like obviously there's the favorites
and everything like that but it's it is a good field of guys that we're going up against
so it can be anyone's game depending on the day because some people have their good events
some people have their bad events and like I'm like a lot of people say about me but
I don't personally think but a lot of people say about me I'm, I'm consistent I've not
got even lost says it like I'm not a one-trick sort of guy it's I'm consistent on a lot of
a lot of the things that I do so I'd like to be mid-table really that's that's one of
the goals that I've got this mid-table because That'll be amazing especially for the first
Giants Live competition would you say that obviously I was going to ask if you've thought
about podium table yeah, but in your head do you see it as maybe you don't but do you
see it as you're just gonna you're just doing enough to get invited back to the second show
yeah, I'd like you know I just want to start like now I've got you know like you get your
foot in the door somewhere and you just I want to show you that like I can, I can stay
consistent with everyone yeah and like prove that I'm okay to be it in these competitions
and then obviously I know like it's going to take me a couple of years to get to the
standard that I see myself wanting to get to ¡um!
but I'm willing to put the work in everything like that so it's like getting just getting
the invites to these competitions is amazing on its own life so getting to go to them and
competing and that alone is growth in the sport for because ¡uh!
I'll get to peek and everything with my strength so that'll be a bonus so just training for
the competitions really yeah now they're gonna be tough on the day because the final event
what's the hardest part about that event for you the wings just get heavier I'm being so
tall coming down is horrible yeah, so let's do it easy for your 250 are horrible
really nasty event but it's nice to see a different event a set of stones so yeah, I'm
looking forward to it so if you say that being so tall is difficult for this would you rather
have your height or be Hix yeah easier to get up there yeah that's the hardest part
getting you ain't got a [ __ ] shrug a 250 Duck Walk so height definitely helps how can
we need to finish it oh no need I mean I do it on the day I've done this before yeah,
did you do well at Europe yeah, and I was what time did you get my first show back in
40 seconds they were heavy yeah, like they went out so yeah, there's my first show back
since my injury right yeah so if
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a bit of food travel home yeah, and then I got some loading events tomorrow so oh lovely
big weekend yeah, busy busy so there's just a few tickets left for Britain's strongest
man in Sheffield on the 28th of January if you want to get tickets or watch a live stream
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