I wonder if this has to do with your recovery abilities? You’ve mentioned that you tend to keep rest periods short, which I’m sure has had benefit.
I had a similar issue when I was messing around with escalating density training. You’re supposed to use your 10RM and do non stop sets of 5 between two opposing exercises, expecting a drop off in reps as you progress through a 15 minute time cap. Well, using my true 10RM, that never happened. I just kept going with 5 reps continuously.
Thanks for supporting my wants instead of forcing me to assess my needs!!!
It gets the HR up in a hurry and the way I’m doing it only has me running for 100 seconds before I get to walk and rest. I can handle it much better than slowly jogging any distance.
It’s a very strange endurance. Strength-endurance, maybe? The ability to do something somewhat heavy, rest, and then repeat the performance without any trouble?
Someone once suggested I try a hard candy when I mentioned my issues (feeling faint and nauseous during an intense workout). I started with Jolly Ranchers but I bite them and it killed my teeth. I settled on Starbursts because they’re soft and individually wrapped. I almost bought jelly beans at the store this last week but I knew I’d just eat them by the handful outside of my training sessions.
I know what you mean - even though the temptation to chew them is exactly why Starbursts wouldn’t work for me. I’d start thinking of them as food - of which more must be consumed if available in all circumstances. I had these fun Japanese chews for awhile - watermelon and kiwi. But it became a lot like those jellybeans you mentioned. Jolly Ranchers help me keep it a little more “medicinal.”
They opened up our work gym today. It’s limited to five people at a time. I don’t really care to go back, but I doubled up with a co-worker and he hasn’t worked out for two months so we went.
SQUAT
bar x 10
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5
255 x 3
285 x 2
310 x 1
DEADLIFT
225 x 3
315 x 3
355 x 5
380 x 4
405 x 3
435 x 2 (supposed to be 430 but this was easier to load)
455 x 1
HANG POWER CLEAN
135 x 2
185 x 2
205 x 3
215 x 3
225 x 2
235 x 2
245 x 1
RFESS
125 x 5 ea x 3 sets
Time: 42 minutes
Strange realization: it was actually kind of an annoyance to be outside of my home gym.
In semi-related news, I am at least 5% weaker if I am not chewing gum while I lift. So maybe it is just important to have stuff in your mouth, and it doesn’t necessarily have to be Starburst? It’s a working theory.
As a “Love the One You’re With” kind of person, this is exactly the feeling I’m anticipating. On the one hand, the pre-quarantine, commercial gym split I was doing was working terrifically. On the other hand, I’m more than a little happy with what I’ve been able to put together in my garage over the past 6+ weeks. Ideally I’ll come up with some blend that’s the best of both.
I think this is likely to be my approach as well. I’m hoping to find a way to do 2 regular gym sessions like before and add a bare bones garage session once gyms reopen.
I’ve been very attached to cables for back, shoulders, and arms. I’m doing just fine without them. I’ve even improved my training skills and found simple ways to load my shoulders just like cables.
This is the fun part of the SGSS progression. I squatted and power cleaned the most weight I’ve used since about October of 2018 and pulled a fairly smooth 455 after squats. It’s fun hitting near-PR weights on multiple lifts in the same session.
Looks like you’re getting pretty consistent with keeping running in your program, good to see. I know it’s not basketball, but you need something to keep your conditioning up. I may want to try working some fartlek runs into my routine. Of course, I’m doing all my running right after my weights, but it’s sort of necessary from a training economy standpoint, I can only afford the time to train 2-3 times/week. Sprints seem to work better than 1/4’s or 1/2 miles right after lifting, at least from how my legs feel during the run… Fartleks might split the difference.
I’m starting to worry that running on pavement and concrete is part of the reason my pelvis keeps shifting.
And I seem to have strained both hamstrings on that last run. They’re both in similar spots - a couple inches above the knee and on the outer half. Strains seem to be more tolerable when they’re lower.
Yep. Definitely strained both hamstrings in almost the same spot… They hurt and I’m just sitting down with a glass of peach Crown and an Arrogant Bastard Ale.
Ah, you’re one of those people who like hops with their hops… When I lived in Cali, we did a Stone brewery tour for one of my good friends’ 30th birthday party, was a lot of fun. Not an IPA fan myself, but they had lots of other good beer.
