I’ve developed a foul mouth when I can. I find it pretty easy to turn off when appropriate though, so not too worried.
Apologies if it offends.
Nice and steady my man
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Cheers man. I’ll get there.
That’s because you’re not British.
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Definitely a British/Aussie thing.
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I swear at my body rather than the bar.
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It’s a term of endearment in Glasgow ffs
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@T3hPwnisher I think I was mostly swearing at my mind for being weak and making that weight seem like a big deal. As soon as I “found” the right position (ie. Exactly the same position I’ve used thousands of times before), it started moving again. Definitely approached it differently as a “max lift”.
@ChongLordUno everything sounds like a term of endearment in a thick Billy Connelly accent.
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The women in my culture seem to think it’s the most offensive word ever spoken. It’s one of the few swear words that I actually omit from my vocabulary.
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@Frank_C some people over here do too. Some don’t. I’m usually pretty careful who I say what around.
Work for this evening:
10mins of 20 push ups EMOM.
Only 10 mins because triceps were already completely toast going in. Between this and the tabata press earlier, I reckon that’s enough assistance for the day.
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Good to see you putting some real work in. Well
Done mate
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You and me both, plenty of my sessions include sayings like ‘move you old bastard’ or ‘fk you shoulder get on with it’. Lol
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Just to be sure I understand this EMOM method thing; This would have you do 200 push-ups in 10 minuttes, yes?
@doomyguy 220, because there’s 20 at the start of every minute as well as the end. @T3hPwnisher not-at-all-a-reccomendation is to do 49 mins to hit a total of 1000. I was slightly short of that yesterday.
@simo74 I’m glad to hear it’s not just me, to be honest.
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@dagill2 @Bagsy if you had to rate Dan John books in order of how you’d recommend them and/or your own favourite reads, what would that list look like?
That depends entirely on what the reader was looking to gain from a Dan John book.
For a general grab bag of lifting goodies: Never Let Go is a pretty good intro.
If you want to do either of his specific programs, obviously the books Mass Made Simple or Easy Strength are musts.
For Life and Lifting lessons (leaning more towards life), From Dad to Grad and Attempts are awesome. Attempts is more Lifting, From Dad to Grad is more life stuff.
Can you Go, Intervention and Before we Go all blend into one for me and focus much more on very specific tools for assessments and on goal setting for an athlete. I found them pretty tedious, but may be of more interest to you.
It’s worth noting, Dan John’s style is very much high level, top line stuff. Not much in the way of sets and reps or the like in any of the books.
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I second @dagill2, though I haven’t that many of his books. Never Let Go, the first one I read, would be a great way to get a little taste of all the themes mentioned. But if you’re looking for something more specific, definitely check out the synopses of each book. They should be able to point you in the right direction. If you’re a podcast fan, Dan has his own informative series. It’s straightforward without any small-talk or sponsorships clogging up the information.
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Work for today:
10 jumps
Trap bar deadlift:
5 x 70kg ss. 5 dips
5 x 70kg ss. 5 pull ups
5 x 90kg ss. 5 dips
5 x 100kg ss. 5 pull ups
5 x 115kg ss. 5 dips
5 x 90kg ss. 5 pull ups
5 x 90kg ss. 5 dips
5 x 90kg ss. 5 pull ups
5 x 90kg ss. 5 dips
5 x 90kg ss. 5 pull ups
Notes:
- Tried out Krypteia today. Weights seem really light. I think I need to get better at pull ups and dips to make this an effective program. And probably not use my shakey as fuck garage power tower. Still finished in just over 20mins without pushing hard, less than half of what Jim states for athletes who are actually in shape @antiquity have I missed something here?
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I’m sure @antiquity can offer better advice than me. However, I did Krypteia in the past and usually did a couple sets of pull ups and dips before touching the barbell. I also finished quickly enough that I had more than enough time to finish up any remaining reps if necessary. I might have done both pull ups and dips between a few of the working sets but can’t quite remember.
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Surely doing the program will make you better at pull-ups and dips?
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