Quote Originally Posted by Archangel View Post
Just a point on the general strength training at the beginning of this. Certainly, that is important. However, the distinctive of Highland Games is the movement from point A to point B. Olympic type events simply lift and put it down in the same place. What was the point of that? Might as well have left it there and saved the energy. Highland Games measure movement. (I'm being a little simplistic here.)

The point is that maxing out on weights is not so critical as being able to move with them.
Too true! I used to work with a welder who was an amatuer body builder and every time we needed to move something, he would end up red faced and breathless because he was used to keeping the weight centered. If he had to lift and shift the weight he dropped it every time.