WxHerk
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When Sawaki Roshi was asked: "zazen-what is it good for? he answered "good for nothing". That does not mean zazen/training has no effects...lately I do zazen very rarely, but when I sit I just sit, when I snatch I just snatch, when I run slow I just run slow, when I row 10k in 40min I just row 10k in 40min.
The A+A philosophy is probably the closest approach to "practice". Accumulation of 'good training karma' - if it makes any sense.
The power alactics is one side of the coin, doing endurance/locomotion work the other side. Easy aerobics lets me absorb volumes of power work. Lately I am doing some high frequency high intensity single rep barbell work with the press, hexbar dl and some squats for quite some weeks now. I am fairly convinced that concurrent endurance work lets me recover from that also.
I am a Jack of power, strength endurance trades and not disappointed to have no "success"...but keep on doing anyway.
That makes crystal clear, perfect sense to me!! You spell out my personal inner philosophy: I do what I do and don't involve my mind in the moment other than to go forward. I have happened to accumulate "good training karma" but that is a byproduct of traveling this particular road, it's not a goal or destination..it's a wonderful part of the journey.
First, when deployed to Germany last year I had the tremendous fortune to meet Harald and spend a day with him in Stuttgart, at Sportcodex along with the other magnificent German SFGs. Again, what an absolutely TERRIFIC experience!!
Harald is very much like a panther in his build and his movements. The Q&D big cat concept very much applies!! Harald is a wealth of information but quietly listens and absorbs everything...of course we were listening to Pavel Macek!!!
I have also been A&A snatching for several months. At age 56 I am snatching the 32kg for 30~50 five snatch repeats. No elbow problems of any sort. Three weeks ago, after 500+ snatches over three consecutive days, my hands became a little tender but that went away by the next morning.
Following Harald's zazen comment, just keep snatching and not worrying about it. In a few decades, Harald might not be the only 80 year old snatching heavy on YouTube!!