Comments on: Heavy Thoughts http://strongsarah.com/2009/08/01/heavy-thoughts/ Lifting Heavy Stuff is Fun Mon, 03 May 2010 02:50:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Beth http://strongsarah.com/2009/08/01/heavy-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Beth Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:59:20 +0000 http://strongsarah.com/?p=777#comment-456 I read this when you first posed it Sarah, and wanted to re-read now I have experiemced a couple of heavy days myself. Yes, that is very similiar to my thinking as I struggle through my ladders! Good to know I'm not the only one who talks crazy to myself!! I also think weird stuff on the swings, I like to count each set differently ... so if I'm doing 25 reps I may count 5 sets of 5, or 2 sets of 10 then a 5, or if I really really need distracting I will do something odd like 3 sets of 7 with an extra 4 on the end .... it all serves to distract my brain from the pain!! I read this when you first posed it Sarah, and wanted to re-read now I have experiemced a couple of heavy days myself. Yes, that is very similiar to my thinking as I struggle through my ladders! Good to know I’m not the only one who talks crazy to myself!!

I also think weird stuff on the swings, I like to count each set differently … so if I’m doing 25 reps I may count 5 sets of 5, or 2 sets of 10 then a 5, or if I really really need distracting I will do something odd like 3 sets of 7 with an extra 4 on the end …. it all serves to distract my brain from the pain!!

]]> By: Laura http://strongsarah.com/2009/08/01/heavy-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Laura Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:15:48 +0000 http://strongsarah.com/?p=777#comment-408 I was laughing and nodding all the way through this post. Yeah, heavy day sucks. Yesterday I experimented with leaving out the cleans after the first rep of each rung and just doing straight military presses. Not that I don't need the clean practice, but I thought it would be a better test of my pressing strength since I wouldn't be able to use the stored energy from the clean to get the weight up after the first rep. It was really hard--in fact, by the final ladder I had to go back to clean and press. I also tried doing my swings with my 16 kg kettlebell, but sets of 25 with only 5 seconds rest between sets was just too much. I managed two sets, then switched to my 12kg to finish out. I'm just not used to the heavier weight yet. It's only a 25 percent increase, but somehow it seems like more :) I was laughing and nodding all the way through this post. Yeah, heavy day sucks. Yesterday I experimented with leaving out the cleans after the first rep of each rung and just doing straight military presses. Not that I don’t need the clean practice, but I thought it would be a better test of my pressing strength since I wouldn’t be able to use the stored energy from the clean to get the weight up after the first rep. It was really hard–in fact, by the final ladder I had to go back to clean and press.

I also tried doing my swings with my 16 kg kettlebell, but sets of 25 with only 5 seconds rest between sets was just too much. I managed two sets, then switched to my 12kg to finish out. I’m just not used to the heavier weight yet. It’s only a 25 percent increase, but somehow it seems like more :)

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