Kozushi
Level 7 Valued Member
In my experience walking was not enough intensity as training to handle the rigours of a judo match but it was enough to give me the kind of recovery and endurance needed to survive through judo training and to develop the heavier kind of cardio intensity needed. S&S certainly approaches the cardio rigours of a judo match, so the HIIRT stuff I think works well for this.
In terms of heavy barbell strength versus kettlebell style strength-endurance, when it comes to judo I honestly think it doesn't make too much of a difference, which is perhaps a plug for kettlebells. Me manipulating a 40kg or 32kg kettlebell made me strong enough to wrestle with guys deadlifting and squatting around 600lbs, and I do remember what it was like wrestling with them before taking up kettlebells (I was just too weak!!!). My guess as to what is going on here is that both they and I have reached a kind of natural maximum of strength regarding the movements that we are pursuing, so we're both "filled out" in terms of our musculature. I can do the kind of movement I train for as strong as reasonably possible for someone my size and weight, and the same is true for them with their deadlifting and squatting strength. I swing and getup strongly and they squat and deadlift strongly. These are simply put different movements even if one is a big pull and the other is a big push. If they took up swings and getups they'd be doing about the same weight as me, and if I trained like them I might be able to get my deadlift and squat up into the 500lbs range too.
I think that no matter what you're doing you should try to get up to a comfortable maximum strength for your size and weight.
In terms of heavy barbell strength versus kettlebell style strength-endurance, when it comes to judo I honestly think it doesn't make too much of a difference, which is perhaps a plug for kettlebells. Me manipulating a 40kg or 32kg kettlebell made me strong enough to wrestle with guys deadlifting and squatting around 600lbs, and I do remember what it was like wrestling with them before taking up kettlebells (I was just too weak!!!). My guess as to what is going on here is that both they and I have reached a kind of natural maximum of strength regarding the movements that we are pursuing, so we're both "filled out" in terms of our musculature. I can do the kind of movement I train for as strong as reasonably possible for someone my size and weight, and the same is true for them with their deadlifting and squatting strength. I swing and getup strongly and they squat and deadlift strongly. These are simply put different movements even if one is a big pull and the other is a big push. If they took up swings and getups they'd be doing about the same weight as me, and if I trained like them I might be able to get my deadlift and squat up into the 500lbs range too.
I think that no matter what you're doing you should try to get up to a comfortable maximum strength for your size and weight.