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@Adachi Any tips?Well…bought AXE, did it with snatches and a 28kg (out of town for work). I stayed Primarily in zone 2 and it was 4/15. Maybe i need To up the reps? I’ve always been a turd with programming….
4/15 is a good starting point.@Adachi Any tips?
Are you doing iron cardio straight after Q&D or the day after?Finishing out my Quick and Dead 044 Cycle with a 20KG kettlebell this week (I've spent a good 14 weeks on Q&D 044 with Iron Cardio sessions (10-20 minutes duration - varying load from 16KG to 32KG on the roll of a dice). It's a good thing I re-read AXE again today, because I plan to also drill the H2H Swing before I do my first AXE Test in the New Year and determine the load (likely between 24KG to 32KG) I'll be using.
Probably how next week will look:
Drill H2H swings with my 24KG bell all next week to make sure I've got the form right (I've been doing snatches only for several weeks)
Do my last two Q&D sessions
Start the New Year right with AXE
Straight after Q&D most times. I ran the 044 variant last time around, but I might change when I do IC when I run the 033 or any other version since there's pressing involved.Are you doing iron cardio straight after Q&D or the day after?
4/15 is a good starting point.
If it doesn't feel like you're finding a stop sign feel free to test yourself by continuing till you find one, and use that as your bench mark for now.
Take it as a step load for a couple weeks or so. And when it feels easier, have a test day. find your next step load via bumping into a stop sign. (The book does a good job of listing these stop signs for you) as soon as you find your stop sign that's the new step load volume.
If you max out at 40 sets then finish up that step load till it feels easy, like the other ones, and then test again with the 6 rep sets.
Don't worry, the tonnage will catch up with you very soon
I started running AXE at the start of the year and Monday I hit 40 sets of 4 EMOM and I'm now going to go back to 6 x EMOM and work my way to 30 to 40 sets WITHOUT impacting a stopsign as next goal.yea the stop signs didn’t get me at all. Or at least didn’t run into those. I just Set the timer for 15 and made sure i could do it. I think I’m gonna up weight and lower the reps to get more bang for my buck….
So it was 40 min total correct?I started running AXE at the start of the year and Monday I hit 40 sets of 4 EMOM and I'm now going to go back to 6 x EMOM and work my way to 30 to 40 sets WITHOUT impacting a stopsign as next goal.
Every second or third session I deload due to all my other things I do (Jiujitsu, MMA, Muay Thai, EASY endurance and iron cardio) through the week.
Yep, 40 minutes total (well 41 minutes given I did two sets of 5 goblet squats as a warmup then I started swinging kettlebells). I WAS gonna do IC right after but said, forget it since I'd already done both our morning MMA class and 160 swings and 10 goblet squats.So it was 40 min total correct?
Yea that’s what i would Want to do honestly because i switch Between hardstyle and sport often but realizing the volume in sport is not something i can Handle while training. Just completely smoked. So when I’m training/competing HS for the win as far as transferring over to the mats.
Damn IC AFTER axe?Yep, 40 minutes total (well 41 minutes given I did two sets of 5 goblet squats as a warmup then I started swinging kettlebells). I WAS gonna do IC right after but said, forget it since I'd already done both our morning MMA class and 160 swings and 10 goblet squats.
Yeah. Though, nowadays I only do that once a week, and my IC sessions are between 10-20 minutes (roll of dice). Usually I do them off an AXE Deload or lower volume day.Damn IC AFTER axe?
Damn that’s a ton of work. I commend you. I can’t recover well from stuff like that.Yeah. Though, nowadays I only do that once a week, and my IC sessions are between 10-20 minutes (roll of dice). Usually I do them off an AXE Deload or lower volume day.
I always watch recovery like a hawk for things like that. Sometimes it means I only do one IC session that week so I don’t fry myself. For martial arts and S&C one always seems to be walking the fine line of overtraining.Damn that’s a ton of work. I commend you. I can’t recover well from stuff like that.
Gotta buy the book…no secretsHow long are AXE training sessions in general?
If this was the army then no soup for you.Gotta buy the book…no secrets
I ate All the soup.If this was the army then no soup for you.
There is a rumour on the board that All of the soup has been eaten. That is not true. I got some good home made chicken soup ready to be served. If you let us now the average time of an AXE session.I will say that these AXE jerks are invigorating!