News Articles of John Conner

Day 1 900lbs yoke/truck push 75ft each Going into this event I was a bit nervous, since my recovery the most I have carried on a yoke was 830lbs and it was for a very hard 20ft. The pick was pretty tough but once I got it moving it felt pretty good, unfortunately I was moving very slow. Once I f...

During my recovery process competing in the Liberty City Strongman Classic was my goal. Just having the ability to compete is what motivated me, but I could not be happier with my placing. It is hard to believe 8 months ago I was 280lbs and just getting out of the hospital after major surgery. ...

Training My training is still progressing at a great rate. Gains are getting smaller and a little further apart, but I am happy to still be headed in the right direction. Since the last blog, I have hit two huge personal post surgery records, a 400lbs axle press out of the rack and an 800lbs dea...

Training Training has been going great, still consistent gains. Getting a little closer to a wall but I am very happy my strength has come so far so quick. Bench is still lagging a bit behind but my chest is finally starting to feel good enough to train hard. The most improved part of my traini...

Lifting has been going great; aside from a few bumps in the road, I have made progress every workout. As usual I haven’t had any trouble gaining shoulder strength. I am still lagging behind in chest strength. Most likely it’s from the surgery, they made a little over 6” incisio...

I would say the first time I started feeling symptoms was the first day competing at the Olympia. All day I felt uneasy which I just figured to be nerves but later that night everything worsened. I ate what little I could because of nausea and a fever and fell asleep around 7:30pm. The next day ...

Day 1 Log Press All of my press training has been going very well over the summer; I knew this would be a great event for me to start the competition. It was a last man standing max log press, and we were starting at 320lbs. I was a bit concerned about making so many jumps. The plan was to ...

Trip The trip started off kind of rocky with my cars transmission losing all but fourth gear on my way to school but turned around once I got to the airport and headed to Quebec. On the flight I ran into my art history teacher Royce Smith, once we landed he also had a bit of a layover so he offe...

Day One: Tire flip sled drag The tire was a bit lighter than I would have liked, about 750 pounds. To me it just seemed like a way to wear us down before the sled rather than challenge us, but the sled was very heavy. I believe only two ended up finishing the medley I got 15th place. ...

Flight delays My trip to the Quebec Invitational started off as a nightmare with all of the flight delays. Once I got to the airport I was informed that there was a delay and my flight ended up being almost two hours late. With that, I missed my connection and the best they could offer m...