@Steve Freides I thought GTG style stuff was supposed to be done in sets of less than half of your max?
Yes but life isn't perfect.
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When I first started with kettlebells, I got a 16 kg, which felt very heavy at first but with a few days, I wanted a heavier bell and the next choice was a 24 kg. I'm 150 lbs and, prior to discovering Pavel's work, I'd never lifted. This was 2002, I think. That 24 kg was _way_ heavy for me,m.
I first learned to clean it, and then I learned to jerk it overhead and worked on the yielding press, which is a controlled negative. And finally, I was able to press it for a single.
So, what to do with a weight you can only move for a single? GTG - I did a single once a day as long as I felt ready to get it, and I skipped days when I felt tired. Eventually, I found I could do it almost every day, and on some days, I tried one rep in the morning followed by another in the afternoon, and took the next day off - I first increased the "density" or "intensity" of some days without increasing my weekly volume, and then worked up to 2 widely separated singles on some days and 1 on others and still some off days, and I just kept building from there. I'd add more singles on some days, and eventually, I could do a double, and so on, and I worked up to pressing the 24 pretty well and went on to higher weights.
It's not "by the book" but it can be done as long as you listen to your body, pushing when you can and
resting when you can't.
-S-