Could I still do conditioning though? It makes me happy
Of course you can. You should do what makes you happy. that’s not the same as saying a lot of conditioning, functionally making up the primary stimulus of your training, won’t hurt your long term strength goals though.
If conditioning is what makes you happy, then it may be wiser to re-assess your goals, rather than always having to fight your self and do what makes you unhappy to achieve them.
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Well, all my classes are online so I could do strength work during “lecture” and run/ conditioning in the morning🤷♀️
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There are lots of ways you could do it. But my point isn’t whether its doable, or achievable or any of the other ‘good goals’ buzzwords, my question is whether your goals are appropriate.
Clearly its achievable from a physical perspective, you’ve demonstrated the natural ability, but when everything you actually want to do pulls in the opposite direction of those goals, and doing what is required to achieve them requires you to not do something that makes you happy, its questionable as to whether it’s the right goal for you.
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and to be clear its an open question. Im not saying they are the wrong goals, only that you should honestly ask yourself the question
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I love heavy strength work, slow body weight/light weight stuff that doesn’t get my heart rate up is mentally hard
Which is why I’m saying try to replicate heavy work wherever you can. Tempo work is not the same as heavy. I can do 60 pushups in a set, and its endurance work, If I do 10 super slow pushups, its still endurance work, the fact that there were 10 reps is irrelevant.
If I do planche pushups and the additional tension is why i only get 10 reps, that’s strength work.
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Some of the things here seems like it’d get my heart rate up but maybe I am out of shape:
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Like everyone, new program starts… Monday 
We’re firing up the grill tomorrow, so I’m going to crush it before I 
out ( No restrictions… so probably at least 2.5k 
)- permission to indulge?
@Pinkylifting I’ve noticed that I’m looking less defined but My weights the same and my abs are more visible. I’m not freaking out but am really confused. Any idea what’s up?
The place I’m staying at is considerably hotter and more humid, could that play a role?
Your indulging sounds more like eating the amount you need to eat.
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Permission granted. Permanently.
Sounds like you are seeing what normal glycogen levels look like, fuller muscles.
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Yesterday’s workout
3x(800m+400m recoveries)+1mile cooldown
Archer push-ups:3x5/side
- pretty intense but felt a lot faster and easier than expected
2x(100squats w/5kg paint can+400m run+ 200m walking lunges + 200m run)- 27min
Push-ups: 3x(5archer push-ups/side+20 regular push-ups)
- felt good, but probably could have pushed it more, push-ups a lot harder than expected
I assume you’re doing these workouts at a track. Do you like sprinting? It would likely have more carryover to your lifting than doing 400-800m runs.
400m jog, dynamic stretch, build up sprints
Sprints anywhere from 10m to 80m, full recovery between sets
Then you can add some jumps if you want, or throws if you have an object
Finish with some higher rep ab work
You won’t get the out-of-breathe feeling that you crave but it will be stressful on your CNS.
I’m doing the runs on a street and used my pedometer to estimate distance.
Sprinting just sucks 
China just closed borders and I’ll be stuck here for a while. I actually found a 30lb kettlebell on amazon for $50+free shipping so I might actually take up the 10,000 swing challenge
DON’T. IT’S FUCKING AWFUL.
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seconded, especially deadlifts.
Just ordered a 25lb kettleBell that arrives on 4/9
Would doing at least part of the 10000 swing challenge be worth it?
Define worth it?
Beneficial to strength goals