Hammer

Got my 14# hammer in the mail today so I decided I should throw. I usually don't do much the saturday before a competition but I haven't been throwing hammer well and wanted to get some more reps in. It was nice so I thought, why not!

No real ankle issues so I did some light mobility work, and let my early throws be the warm up.

Throwing set up:
One winds with 22 and 16 out to 100' and 120' respectively. Once I hit those numbers, I dropped to the 22 and took 5 throws and hit 110' which was huge for me as it really puts me where I want to be and then grabbed the 14# hammer for some full throws.

I have heard from some of the great hammer throwers that the 14# hammer is very good for building your speed and teaching yourself to catch the hammer earlier so I'm hoping that adds to my 16. I would really like to get up to 140'+ this season. I felt I had it late last year but never got it to line up. Now being 6 weeks behind, I really feel like I want to get some hammers out there this year. I'm trying to look at it like I had 6 weeks of rest instead of being behind...but I totally see through my lies!