I’m going to be finished with this program shortly, and the last two weeks are testing - so I’ll test the big 4 over 2 weeks and I’ll deload the 2 movements I’m not testing, which means I should be fairly fresh for BTM!
Until then I’ll keep pushing as prescribed 3 sessions left! Had a fairly good nights sleep bit disturbed but much better than the night before. I’ll make sure I recover hard in the food department today!
Looking at the program it looks hard enough, but adding Brian’s mods will add a new level of fun. Hopefully being a 3 day a week will help and having run dark horse I’m thinking I’ll be more conditioned to training that way - it might work…
I think this is the first time I’ve noticed it, probably got away with it because of my off program double deload!
Haha yup, I’m a CNS fatigue denier!
It’s been fun!
Remember that part of BtM is the 3-4 days if hard conditioning on top of the lifting.
Sshhh, I am willfully ignoring that.
My general thinking is I’ll hit the 3 days a week BTM sessions and they’ll have 10 mins of hard conditioning before them anyway, so I’m counting that - I may (read probably won’t) throw in a longer run, with the thought of generally improving my running ability and getting 1.5 miles in 10 mins - that would then make 4 conditioning sessions.
Since I’m going to be not doing the diet and modifying the training slightly to make it Alsruhesian I’m not going to claim to have been faithful to BTM, therefore I can ditch the conditioning!
All conditioning is hard.
I think that’s compliance enough.
However as a kind of side note. I’ve started doing daily complexes. Real simply from Dan John’s Southwood piece. There is something magical about getting your pulse up even for 5mins.
Ain’t that the truth! If it’s not hard it’s not conditioning you for anything, except to stay in the same shape as you were.
Is that because you see stuff that isn’t there? (Stars!)
Eh…not really hard conditioning. The weighted vest walks and airdyne fall under Jim’s “easy conditioning” definition, and the prowler isn’t meant to kill you. It should all be restorative.
Where it’s HARD is that you’re doing it after getting beaten to hell int he training. But it makes things better to do it vs NOT doing it.
Its because it reminds me to pray.
“Dear God - why did I start this? Legitimate request. Next time I go to do something this STUPID get someone to call me or something. Thank you.”
I’ve only used mine a handful of times - but I’ve never found it restorative, I threw up once, does that count?
How would you do a prowler in a restorative way? Light and slow?
Check the sample from the article
Tuesday – Prowler: 10, 40 yard sprints/walks with 50% of bodyweight. 60-90 seconds rest in between the sprints/walks
That shouldn’t be killing you, but SHOULD be getting blood flow to the areas that have been trained.
Give me your number I’ll call you - and encourage you to repeat, but harder!
Joking aside I do have a strong loathing for conditioning.
Thanks, knew I shouldn’t have skim read the bits I didn’t like!
Dude, read the WHOLE thing. People biff that program all the time for missing something in a 4 minute read, haha. It answers everything.
Just go somewhere quiet so no one can hear you reading out loud.
True, I did read it it in full and have done a couple of times previously, but I suppose I didn’t bother to retain the bits that I wasn’t going to adhere to - then I can just moan that BTM doesn’t work!
Yea I’ll re-read (and maybe add a bit of Jim’s suggested conditioning in, no promises though!), thanks Pwn keeping me on track!
Haha, thanks Cyrrex, you gave me a good laugh, unfortunately I’m lacking any good come back.
Misread on my part, apologies @alex_uk. I even read the options and still missed that part.
Have you met Isabel and Grace? I had my first threesome with them this weekend and it wasn’t the type that everyone raves about.
Yes I can see that not being so pleasant. I mean - threesomes are “meant” to be sweaty. But not like that.
All I’ve done is the “Southwood” complex from the Dan John Article.
8 cleans, 8 front squats, 8 press’s
6 of each
4 of each.
All with 50kg / 110lb. So not earth shattering. But its enough to wake you up. no where near that level of intensity.