Mike Nunan
First Post
Greeting to you all, I’m a new member and just getting started on S&S. I’m familiar with both movements from a few years of Crossfit (at a great box with outstanding attention to movement standards, unlike some) but have had a few months layoff. My swing is solid while my TGU is ok and will benefit greatly from the program, I’m sure. I don’t have injury issues but my left shoulder has a tendency to click and I want to build up some more stabiliser strength before going for 24kg one-arm swings in the main program structure.
I’ve read the book a few times through but would be very grateful for pointers on the following, from Pavel or any of the experienced practitioners on here. The book recommends 24kg as a starting weight for men, but if I begin the main program that means one-arm swings all the way – should I stay in Program Minimum mode until I can put up the 24kg single-handed, or start immediately with a 16? Or even a 20 in this case? I like the 8kg jumps and totally see the wisdom of that, but in this situation 20kg might be the sweet-spot starting weight for me, and I’d then progress to 24 and use 8kg jumps from there.
Basically though, I’d like to follow the format of the program as written, as far as possible – have I understood correctly that 24kg is the minimum requirement for men to start the main program? It is only mentioned in the Program Minimum chapter as far as I see, so I’m making an assumption that the weight carries over to the main program. If it’s legit to do the main program with 16, then I could just blast away for technique and power with the 16 until my 24 feels do-able with my left arm. (However, I did try that today as an experiment, 10x10 one-arm swings took me just 4:00 mins and felt like a cruise...)
Best regards,
Mike
I’ve read the book a few times through but would be very grateful for pointers on the following, from Pavel or any of the experienced practitioners on here. The book recommends 24kg as a starting weight for men, but if I begin the main program that means one-arm swings all the way – should I stay in Program Minimum mode until I can put up the 24kg single-handed, or start immediately with a 16? Or even a 20 in this case? I like the 8kg jumps and totally see the wisdom of that, but in this situation 20kg might be the sweet-spot starting weight for me, and I’d then progress to 24 and use 8kg jumps from there.
Basically though, I’d like to follow the format of the program as written, as far as possible – have I understood correctly that 24kg is the minimum requirement for men to start the main program? It is only mentioned in the Program Minimum chapter as far as I see, so I’m making an assumption that the weight carries over to the main program. If it’s legit to do the main program with 16, then I could just blast away for technique and power with the 16 until my 24 feels do-able with my left arm. (However, I did try that today as an experiment, 10x10 one-arm swings took me just 4:00 mins and felt like a cruise...)
Best regards,
Mike