SNIPER PERFORMANCE

Mo Clips!

2011-09-07T22:34:00.000-07:00

Wendler 5/3/1 Program

2011-09-05T18:44:00.000-07:00

What's happening, what's up? Not much for us just getting deeper into training. After a 2 month hiatus we decided to keep it very basic & not get too complex. Our base fitness & strength had diminished when traveling through Canada. I think they have some bullshit in their water, although what kept us alive was "Tim Horton's". They are a mixed of a fast-food coffee, pastry & sandwich soup shop. Pretty tasty & impressive for Canadians. Anyway, the Wendler 5/3/1 Program is a 3 week progressive strength program raising the Back Squat, Press, Deadlift & you guessed it Bench Press. Along with some basic assistance work to bring up weaknesses in the lifts. It's very simple percentages off your perceived 1 Rep Max. Week 1 uses 3 sets of 5 reps with the last set a rep out. Week 2 & 3 are the same fashion but 3 reps & the final with a 95% rep out. No frills, no gimmicks just hit your weights for the week & break records. I think it's a good intro strength program for all beginners, as well as anyone trying to get back into the swing of things & BeastMode status. Here are some highlight clips of us leading up to Week 3...enjoy!

Continuing Education

2011-09-03T20:02:00.000-07:00

Take some notes from this man, Matt Wichlinski from the eastcoast. He's straight beastin over in Virginia! I like his style of training using strongman, kettlebells, bodyweight, sleds & O-Lifting. Very similar to our style of training. Keep it simple, basic & appropriate to your training needs. My man will explain the rest, enjoy!

Sniper Performance 2nd Annuall Re-Grand Opening Arms & Back Extravaganza!

2011-09-01T23:53:00.001-07:00

Yeeeeeaaaah, aaaaaaahhhhhh!!! Kids we are back in full effect now that we are finally settling into AK territory. Watch out haters & all my lovers! But seriously the SP blog will be a conscience daily "Max Effort" with no rest in between days. We will blog till we have calluses on our finger tips. Especially when we get deeper, deeper into training prowess! We have some upcoming contests around the way...October 22nd in Reilly's hood, there will be a Strength Extravaganza put on by some folks. NAS strongman comp, USAW weightlifting, USAPL powerlifting meet, USMC Ironman challenge & a CrossFit event comp. We all want to do the strongman comp as well as the other lifting disciplines. We are still deciding if one of us will do the 3 comp challenge...we will see. Oh yeah, NAS nationals is around the corner on November 4-5 in Tunica, Mississippi. I'm currently getting back into BeastMode after a long 2 month layoff after the WA strongest apple. I felt pretty burnt out after that comp & life got hectic. But now I'm back in business & business is good. See you guys in the weightroom...

Reunited in Alaska

2011-08-08T23:23:00.001-07:00

Finally the crew is back in the same state ALASKA! Ready to start tearing it up. Benji and Jer recently moved up to Fairbanks to work at Fort Wainwright. Reilly is down @ Joint base Elmendorf-Richardson. Will hopefully start posting workouts daily and possibly some video footage. Stay tuned!!!

2011 PR's & highlights in January...

2011-02-03T00:05:00.000-08:00

585lb 7" Block Deadlift

375lb Cambered Bar Zercher Squat

265lb Power Clean

286lb Front Squat

211 x 5 Axle Split Clean & Push Jerk

374lb Snatch Deadlift

240 x 3 Atlas Stone Load to 50" Platform

225 x 4 Axle Incline Press

198lb Snatch

2011-01-02T16:20:00.000-08:00

505lb Sumo Deadlift

2010-12-30T23:31:00.000-08:00

505lb Sumo Deadlift

545lb Rack Pull Bottom pin

2010-12-25T16:20:00.000-08:00

Hardly, do rack deadlifting, just wanted to see how it felt.

2010 NAS Nationals Video Clips

2010-12-17T23:56:00.000-08:00

Event #1: 600# Yoke Walk & 250# Sandbag Carry

Event #2: 150# Circus DB Clean & Press

Event #3: Car Deadlift for Reps

Event #4: 200# Axle Clean & Press for Reps

Event #5: 230/250# Keg Carry & 500# Sled Drag

Event #6: 500# Farmer's Frame Carry

Event #7: 230/260/300/330/360# Atlas Stones

Final Points/Place: 44 Points/2nd Place

*Very, very pleased with my performance...I couldn't
be more proud of what I accomplished in the 2 days.
I had a few mistakes the 1st day with the dropped sandbag
& just not getting a rep on the circus dumbbell. Things happen
in a competition. I knew going into the 2nd day I had to be
perfect if I wanted to still win. I was down 10 points which is a lot
for the number of competitors we had. I felt more confident in
the events for the final day. I trained my butt off with the axle
clean & press...I wanted to totally dominate & stand out from the
rest of the competitors. I felt my conditioning was top notch & the
best out of all of the competitors & it showed in the keg carry & sled
drag. I even slipped & lost my lead & still pulled away with the victory.
I didn't take too long to recover from the event...I was all ready for the
next one if I had to go that minute. The farmer's was a sprint for the
finish & I knew I had to jet! The atlas stones was last & a nice ending
to a contest, I wanted to get the 300# stone & felt really good about it.
220 & 260 was easy & the 300# stone was an issue. The picks were
hella easy with the tacky but I didn't have a good stance to generate
power from my legs & hips...rookie mistake. I did pick it up 3 times
with no issues. Next year I'm getting the 300,330 & 360# stone at
175 pounds! I had tons of fun, met some cool people & won some
cash...what a great weekend!! Be BeastMode...Be Relentless...see
you next year at Nationals!

Snatches are Fun!

2010-10-28T01:11:00.000-07:00

80kg Snatch + Overhead Squats

Lightweight 3x Bodyweight RAW Deadlift

2010-10-25T09:39:00.000-07:00

Attempt #3: 505 lbs

*Had so much left in the tank, didn't max out my
attempt couldn't done at least 20-30 lbs more!
Weighed in at 164.9 lbs that day hitting 3.06
times my bodyweight. Great day for a PR. Be
Relentless...Be BeastMode!

Sniper Performance Presents...

2010-10-12T12:16:00.000-07:00

BEASTMODE...RELENTLESS TRAINING
When your competitors are resting
& recovering, you train.
When they are blabbing & running
their mouths, you train.
When they are sleeping & dreaming,
you train.
Don't stop till you win your prize,
Be Relentless, turn on your inner
BEASTMODE!

Cleans, Cleans & Cleans

2010-09-28T01:30:00.000-07:00

110kg Clean

120kg Clean

275 lb Clean Attempt

*Almost had 275 lbs! I just need to keep my
chest up & jump hard. I can get my elbows
through fast but I'm off balance in the front.
I think I need to work on clean pulls & cleans
from the blocks. I will get it sometime next
month with a Jerk! To be continued...
-B Lee, 175 lb Strongman

Squats, Pressing, Cleans & PR's

2010-08-10T12:24:00.000-07:00

Box Squat + Lt Bands: 335 x 1

Back Squat: 225 x 20

Back Squat: 225 x 20

Back Squat: 275 x 10

Back Squat: 315 x 10

100 lb One Arm DB Snatch + Push Jerk

Back Squat: 365 x 2

Split Clean: 285 x 1

Behind the Neck Split Jerk: 305 x 1

265 lb Split Clean & Jerk attempt

Sumo Deadlft Muscle Split Clean: 265 x 1

2010 CrossFit Games

2010-08-08T23:35:00.000-07:00

2011 CrossFit Games Winners
Jason Khalipa 3rd place, Benji Ehlers 1st place, Rob Orlando 2nd place

CrossFit Total Showdown

2010-08-08T23:05:00.000-07:00

B Lee - Back Squat 385 lbs

Sniper - Back Squat 345 lbs

Sniper - Overhead Press 185 lbs

B Lee - Overhead Press 175 lbs

B Lee - Deadlift 472 lbs

Sniper - Deadlift 492 lbs

And the results...

Sniper - 1022 lbs
B Lee - 1032 lbs

New PR's & recent lifts for Sniper Performance

2010-08-02T20:24:00.000-07:00

Hang Split Clean: 275 x 1(Sniper Style)

Split Clean & Jerk: 260 x 1(B. Lee Style)

*What's good...Where the challenges' at?

2010 WA Strongest Apple Pics

2010-06-15T00:37:00.001-07:00

LW 175# Division-1st Place

Keg Load to 50" Platform(180,200,220,250#)

100ft Yoke Walk(665#)

100 ft Tire Flip(700#)

200 ft Farmer's Walk(240# each)

Axle Press For Reps(209#)

2010 WA Strongest Apple-175 lb LW, 1st Place

2010-06-15T00:10:00.000-07:00

Event #2: 700# Tire Flip 100ft-72'2"(10 flips), 1st Place

Event #3 209# Axle Press For Reps-7 reps, 1st Place

Event #4: 240# Farmer's Walk 200ft-34.19, 1st Place

*Overall 1st place out of 8 competitors. First time doing the 665# Yoke Walk, I ended up getting 55'4.5" getting 2nd place. The last event was the keg load, I only got the 180# and 200# kegs. I couldn't get that 220# keg up...too freakin heavy. My right quad was bugging me the whole time after the tire flip, I had a bad bruise weeks prior. I also dropped the axle bar on my knee adding to the already bad bruise. This was a really fun and challenging contest, all the competitors were tough and I look forward to doing it again next year.

Shut Up & Train!

2010-04-06T00:11:00.000-07:00

Very corny but true, there's no time to bullshit. We have around 2 months to prepare for June 12th, WA Strongest Apple. Me & Sniper have our work cut out for us. We haven't hit the tire in months, kegs, farmer's walk use to be a strong point & now its weak. They're adding the Yoke walk in the contest, I've never hit that before. I heard it kills your lower back & core. Axle press requires one clean with as many presses as you can. Last year you had to clean & press each time. That should be better this year but I feel my Olympic lifting has improved a lot since then. We need to work on our grip training: Rolling thunder, fat bar training & CoC grippers. Right now we're starting to get really specific to our training since we know our events. Wednesday & Saturday is our event days. Monday & Thursday is squat/deadlift days whether heavy or speed. Tuesday & Friday is Olympic lifting/Pressing using fat bar, log press, kegs, kettlebells & BTN variations. Again having heavy & speed days. During these days the following will be incorporated on various days: Box jumping, plyometrics, p-chain work, heavy core work, rehab/prehab, met-cons, upper back work, grip training & active recovery.
Event days will be short & sweet but very intense, focusing on our events for that day. During the other workouts they will serve as the foundation for our success. Speed squats & box jumps have a tremendous carry over to strongman events. Olympic lifting will be a big factor in our success with the pressing. Learning how to not muscle it but to use our whole body & be efficient. The Jerk will help us this contest. Fat bar/farmer's deadlifts & will be a staple as well. These will all aid in our grip training & prepare for events in the farmer's walk & axle press.
The new thing that I think will aid us in our performance will be our met-con & sled work. Prowler sprints, sled pulling, "Cindy" variations & other met-cons.
The goal is for the next 2 months is to shut the fuck up & train!! Fuck all the bullshit mane!!!

-B. Lee
Co-Founder Sniper Performance

Sniperperformance is now on YouTube.

2010-03-26T23:20:00.000-07:00

Check out some of our workout video's. under search type sniperperformance as one word. Let us know what you think...

Crossfit Olympic Cert @ Rainier Crossfit

2010-03-26T23:18:00.000-07:00

Steffane, BLEE, Josh Everett, Sniper

Stay Focused for Improvement

2010-02-03T11:02:00.000-08:00

Regardless of what bullshit you deal with on a daily basis. Do these three things:
1. Stay focused on the prize- meaning whatever your trying to do as far as training(preparing for a contest, benching 315, running a faster mile, improving your fran time, etc).
2. Convert energy- meaning convert the energy it takes you to get mad or bothered and use it in a positive way.
3. Don't allow others weaknesses to affect you- meaning someone treats you a certain way that you dont like, just understand their not on your level and throw that shit out the window and continue to stay focused!

By doing these tips you will be spending more time on your training and goals rather on bullshit. Again dont let others affect you. There is haters wherever you go!

2010-01-27T23:40:00.001-08:00

Let me know what you think.... Should be available soon.

Muscle up

2010-01-22T20:46:00.000-08:00

Finally got it down...

Stone Load Series-180,190, 235, 240 lbs

2009-12-19T00:41:00.000-08:00

Crossfit: difference between doing it and being taught to do it

2009-12-18T22:43:00.000-08:00

There is a a huge different between doing crossfit and being taught to do crossfit. I hear many people speculating about how crossfit is dangerous and not good for the body. what they seem to not realize due to the lack of knowledge about crossfit is that all workouts can be scaled down to fit anyone's needs. the only way it becomes unsafe or bad for the body is if they haven't been trained specifically in crossfit. It would be like having an average citizen become a nascar driver without having specific training in race car driving.That would cause unsafe driving and risk for injury, just like a untrained cross-fitter. The key to crossfit is having good trainers with knowledge and experience to train you.I find it hard to believe that crossfit is so bad for you when most firefighters, policeman, and armed service members do it. These jobs demand these people to be in excellent shape because their job depends on it. These types of jobs are to protect people, so it wouldn't make much sense to have them doing something bad for there bodies or unsafe. Until you have actually been taught the foundational movements of crossfit by a certified trainer and have been trained at a crossfit gym you should probably keep your idiotic thoughts to yourself.

Matt hits the 240 for the 1st time!

2009-10-22T00:09:00.000-07:00

Lightweight baaaaaaby!!!!

B Lee 240lb stone to 50" platform

2009-10-18T23:13:00.000-07:00

2nd rep of the day!

Krazy K Doing Work!!! 700lb Tire Flip

2009-10-14T12:04:00.000-07:00

J Beezy Tire Flip CWU Strongman 09

2009-09-22T10:03:00.000-07:00

240lb Stone for reps

2009-09-22T09:36:00.000-07:00

Blee Fat Bar Axle Push Jerk-235 lbs

2009-09-22T09:25:00.000-07:00

Matt Push Jerk-250lbs

2009-09-22T09:08:00.000-07:00

Blee Push Jerk

2009-09-16T10:36:00.000-07:00

240 stone on 60 inch platform

2009-09-16T10:14:00.000-07:00

2009-09-16T10:02:00.000-07:00

Crossfit's - John Welborn at the Mt. Rainiers Strongest Man

Old School Pic Sniper Crew

2009-09-16T09:58:00.000-07:00

Surround yourself with people that want to push you to become better!!!

Video of the Week

2009-09-15T20:05:00.000-07:00

Dario Slowik is an Olympic Discus thrower, Highland Games & Strongman athlete from Canada eh!

Old videos from CWU Push/Pull March 2009

2009-09-07T23:04:00.000-07:00

Sniper w/ 530 lbs

B Lee w/ 575 lbs

Crossfit Certification Level 1 Portland, Oregon

2009-09-07T12:14:00.000-07:00

The certification was a blast!!! Learned a lot and got my butt kicked in a couple workouts!! Overall it was awesome. Level 1 Certified !

Afternoon Training Session

2009-08-29T13:33:00.000-07:00

10 flips (~500+lb tire), 10 hang cleans (145lb), barrel walk (filled a bit under 1/3 with water)

8 flips down the street, 16 flips up the driveway (~500+lb tire)

Strongman/Crossfit Saturday

2009-08-22T21:07:00.000-07:00

Sniper Performance Stones!!!! Thanks to BLEE Crafty Skills!

"Grace" 30 Clean and Jerks For time.

Sniper 2:14

175lb Reps Stone Training

Sniper 240lb Stone for 2 reps

BLEE One arm 95lb 30 Rep Snatch

Strongman Saturday B-Town Crossfit

2009-08-15T19:06:00.000-07:00

Fat Axle Bar Deadlift

Sniper PR 500 LB Deadlift

Power Grip

BLee One Arm Deadlift 300LB's

Tire Machine

Sniper 50 reps of the 515LB Tire in 4:05 secs

Strongman Stones Now available at B-Town Crossfit
Our first time making the stones 240 lb and 120lb
We will have training videos on the stones soon!

Tre Day

2009-08-05T23:54:00.001-07:00

Tre Bills first ever axle press. Check out his Paul Anderson style approach.

Mt .Rainier's Strongest Man 2009

2009-08-02T17:48:00.000-07:00

Sniper performance crew now has another contest under their belts!!! Jer "Irongut" Bulyar came through with a sweet performance, 1st place in the arm over arm truck pull. (2009 Toyota Tundra Truck). Sniper came through with two first places in the arm over arm truck pull and the log/sandbag deadlift. He ended up getting 3rd Place overall. Both had PR's on the stone loading event hitting a 280lb stone!!! BLEE was not able to compete due to an injury from the Washington's Strongest Apple (2nd Place), but is recovering quickly. He will possibly be making a trip down to the swamp lands (Louisiana) to compete in Strongman Nationals!! We will be posting some footage as soon as TREBILLS Productions edits it. I want to thanks everyone who came out to support us. We really appreciate it!!!! A big thanks to everyone.
MW Men
1 - Tyler Scott 45
2 - Victor Beebe 40
3 - Reilly Kelleher 38
4 - Joseph Maccarone 29
5 - Len Nuanez 29
6 - Aaron Engstrom24
7 - James Eide 17
8 - Jay Nielson 13

HW Men
1 - Zack Nims 48
2 - Jason Weller 42
3 - Matthew White 38
4 - Quentin Brock 37
5 - Jeremy Bulyar 29

Looking Forward To Rainier Strongman Contest Aug 1st

2009-07-26T23:01:00.000-07:00

Check this out !!!!!!

2009-07-14T11:34:00.000-07:00

Please go to this site!!!

www.AlisonMcWeeny.org

Fellow CWU Strongman Woman Division Champion 2009, had a tragic accident on a boat July 4.

Read her story! Do what you can to help!!

T-Shirts (Girls)

2009-06-16T13:23:00.001-07:00

T-Shirts (Guys)

2009-06-16T13:20:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the delays

2009-06-16T13:06:00.000-07:00

I know it has been a while since anything has been posted, and we apologize for that, but Sniper has been busy with life's daily stressors and lots of work, and has not had the time. So I'm here to say that as soon as he is back (hopefully at the end of the week), new videos will be posted, including the remaining strongman competition footage, as well as Sniper flipping the 515lb tire 50 times in under four and half minutes (CRAZY!). Also, new things with SniperPerformance are our T-Shirts. I came up with the design logo, Sniper approved, and a good friend of mine had it drawn up. Blue is for the guys, pink for girls. Hope you like them. Well for now keep checking in, we'll be back with sample workouts and other good stuff soon. Thanks for hitting us up. - J Beezy

Sniper's Performance Workout

2009-05-30T17:21:00.001-07:00

"BeoWulf"
200 meter Row
275lb Deadlift 10 reps
155lb Clean and Press 6 reps
24in Box Jumps 10 reps
Run 200 yards
3 Rounds for time

This workout is definitely the truth. Try it and let me know what you think.

CWU Strongman Video Clips

2009-05-25T20:31:00.000-07:00

Sniper Stone Load 2nd Place

Crazy K Stone Load

Blee Stone Load

JBeezy Stone Load

Sniper Farmers Walk 200lb each hand 1st place

Blee Farmers walk 175lb each hand 1st place

JBeezy Farmers walk 175lb each hand 2nd Place

CWU Strongman Competition 2009 Pics

2009-05-24T10:19:00.001-07:00

Heres some photos from the competition

Event Training May 14th

2009-05-15T22:37:00.001-07:00

We focused our training session on strongman events. We warmed up on the 515lb tire doing 5 sets of 5 reps then taking a quick water break and repeating it one more time. We also adding a little challenge by hitting the tire on a incline which proved to increase the difficulty. Then we headed back into the gym and hit the Log for one rep Max's. After completing that we did two sets of 5 reps around 180lb. Then our focus was on the farmer walk which is a true test of grip strength. So we warmed up with about 105lb each hand, then hit 200lb each hand and lastly tried to push the limit by hitting 245lb which was a great challenge. All together it was a great training session and thanks to J-Beezy for setting the bar by having us really push it on the tire.

Farmers Walk

2009-05-15T22:18:00.000-07:00

245lb each hand

Log Press 1 Rep Max

2009-05-15T21:36:00.000-07:00

Sniper 235lb

J-Beezy 190lb

B-Lee 215lb

Becoming a Succesful Unit

2009-05-12T22:57:00.000-07:00

One thing that I have figured out through many years of training is that you need to surround yourself around positive training partners. I have trained with both Blee and J Beezy now for about 5 years. During those years we have influenced each other through hard work outs (5am during college haha Blee loved those days), sharing knowledge and helping each other push ourselves to the limit. One thing I know is that when we step foot in the gym, we cut all the everyday bullshit aside and try to better each other. If you want to succeed surround yourself with training partners that train for function, form, consistency, and that bring the utmost intensity to the table every training session. Become a unit that can rely on each other and be just as excited for your partners PR as they would be for you!!! Shout out to my Eburg training partner Kellen who always brings tremendous intensity to the table!!!!! Thanks to all who have influenced me through my journey to get stronger while staying functional.

Banded Pull Ups

2009-05-12T22:40:00.001-07:00

J Beezy

Blee

Rolling Thunder Grip Training

2009-05-12T22:18:00.000-07:00

Sniper

Blee

J Beezy

Life

2009-05-07T12:27:00.000-07:00

Life is crazy sometimes. You get people that bitch and moan on a daily basis instead of appreciating life. Don't get me wrong everyone needs to vent and release some negative stuff. I would be the first to say that I release my negative things. But appreciate the simple fact that you are capable of lifting a weight, putting your shoes on , feeding yourself etc. Look at life as a gift, be thankful for all the ups and downs. Without the ups and downs you wouldn't be who you are today. So instead of talking to your friend about how shitty life is going, do yourself a favor and find something positive to say or do about your day. If that means running an extra mile, getting one more rep on a lift, motivating a friend to hit a personal best, whatever it is just do it. Ask yourself: Are you going to stay where your at today or find a way to better yourself. Its all up to you!!!

Gym Stone Lifts

2009-05-02T00:54:00.000-07:00

Simulating stone lifting

515 Lb Tire Reps

2009-05-02T00:12:00.000-07:00

Speed Flips Vol 1

405 deadlifts for reps

2009-05-01T23:50:00.000-07:00

J-Beezy for 1 rep

B-Lee for 8 rep

Sniper for 10 rep

315lb deadlift for crazy reps

2009-05-01T22:34:00.000-07:00

J-Beezy for 14 reps

B-Lee for 25 reps

Sniper for 25 reps

Writing Checks and Cashing Them

2009-05-01T21:20:00.000-07:00

Today was the day to set some PR'S (personal records). Or what I like to call writing checks and cashing them. what I mean by that is I told my fellow lifting partners (B-LEE, J-BEEZY) what my goals were for today and if I achieve them, then I have cashed them. Let me tell you, we all wrote checks and cashed them today!!!!! Been looking foward to this workout session all week. Went and picked up Brandon from T-Town and heading for B-TOWN. Got to Bremerton Crossfit Gym and had to grab a bite to eat at subway. After that we began warming up on the concept rower. Hit some banded hyperextensions and were ready to go. We all came and conquered the training session today!!!! Our focus today was on the deadlift, stones, 515lb tire and rolling thunder for grip strength. Check out the videos......

700 lb Tire Flip

2009-04-25T21:11:00.000-07:00

Its been about a year since i have hit the tire... getting ready for the contest

One Arm Man 515 lb Tire Flip

2009-04-25T20:46:00.000-07:00

Getting Ready For May 21st.

B-Lee 52 in box jump in Eburg

2009-04-25T20:14:00.000-07:00

52 inch box jump. Speed squats do pay off right B-Lee

CWU Strongman Competition 2009

2009-04-25T12:28:00.000-07:00

Looking forward to the competition on May 21st. Professional Strongman Grant Higa will be there to help with the contest!!! Keep training hard!

Road Trip for the tire.....

2009-04-25T11:14:00.000-07:00

Headed to Bremerton to meet up with B-Lee. Then went over the mountains to Ellensburg. We made it after a 3 hour trip. But in the end it was worth it. The 515 lb tire is now here.......