haha, not in my case (covid gym shit). I’m finding that I’m feeling just as hesitant to take a set of 3 pistols at 45 as I was two weeks ago taking a set of 3 pistol squats+6 jump squats 
With that said, My form has gotten significantly better
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Excellent.
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Week 2: day2
Sprints: 4x30m, 1x20m
Pistols: 4x3/side-45lbs
1-arm push-ups: 3x6/side, 1x5/side(4on left)
Nordic curl attempts: 1x5, 1x1- cramp
- slept weird last night so everything was tight and somewhat sore, rests WAY took long, pistols easier than expected and VERY happy with 1arm push-up progress, no improvement on nordic curls
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I’m experiencing exactly this too, as I spent a solid year or so training in giant set format, but have moved away from that for a period. You’ll just adapt to whatever you wind up doing, and pretty quickly.
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How long is that exactly? Been on the giant sets 4 weeks now they still suck! (In the best kind of way!)
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Did you time your rest this workout? What is considered way too long? Could you have potentially hit 4 x 6 1-arm pushups if you rested longer?
Not sure what to suggest for the hamstring cramping, I’ve never had that. Maybe thoughtfully flexing your glutes will help. Or it could be a nutrition issue (lacking electrolytes).
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No, couldn’t be bothered to but in the ballpark of 3-4min based on the time
Probably not, my shoulders were very pissed (weird sleep position last night)
Yeah, I wasn’t really mentally into it so chances are, I wasn’t focused on keeping things as tight as they needed to be
Haha they never stop sucking, but they get easier to deal with.
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Anna, why all the 1 armed pushups? I could be hugely wrong (I know what you are thinking, and yes, it is very unlikely), but that sounds more like an ego move. Feel free to correct me. What I am really asking, though, is why not just regular pushups?
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@Pinkylifting recommended them as a “heavy” upper body move. I’ve tried weighted pushups, but turns out, kettelbells aren’t really good for that and we don’t have any heavy books in the house
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How many unweighted pushups can you do? Must be a lot if you can do one-armed?
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my best ever was 77, but that was a a couple of years ago for a PE fitness test
I reckon I could probably do 40-50 good form ones when fresh
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Show off!
Nah kidding aside, that’s really impressive!
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It really helps if you’re a 94lb midget
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That makes a certain amount of sense, but I would bet my pancreas that you would be better off ALSO doing regular pushups, or doing them instead of. No way those relatively few number of one armed are a good replacement for regular pushups.
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I doubt it too tbh. I might actually start throwing in a few extra sets of regular pushups or pushup variations.
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It is the kind of thing, in my opinion, you do ON TOP OF the basic movement. Not instead of.
I would say the exact same thing about pistols.
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That would be the case if I could go to the gym.
I think you’re misunderstanding what @Cyrrex means by basic movements.
Yep. Pistols might be fine (until your knee explodes…), but they are also an ego move. Do them AFTER, not INSTEAD.
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I think this is probably what you meant, no?