@Walker what bothers you with the Carries?
Also, are you just holding the bell by the horns and walking with it…? Maybe I missed the description of “goblet carries” somewhere.
I do them as shown by Tim Anderson in this video, he recommends them to build „old men strength“
They are also described in Dan Johns book published on DD, he recommends them to develop „anaconda strength“.
15 Years ago I had a surgery because of a supraumbilical hernia which I got because of overdoing one arm hindu push ups, following the naked warrior approach, but it was my own fault, I tried out my limits, went all out, testing my limits.
Since then I couldn’t do heavy squats, heavy deadlifts or heavy pulling or heavy pushing . With increased abdominal pressure my upper abdominals tended to stick out and my abs lost connection to each other, my linea alba widened. I found a lot of benefits doing isometrics over a longer period of time, built a base of strength and conditioning again, was surprised that my body adapted well to crawling afterwards. My abs ( six pack hidden behind a layer of skinny fat) came close together, when I contract them I can’t put one finger between them actually. Before I crawled a lot, I did carries and other stuff and could put three fingers between my ab sections, they even bulged out.
My core / abs became one of my strongest body parts after lots of crawling .
During the carries today, which I paused for a while, I recognized my ab/ core sections to separate again and bulge out. I tried different approaches to prevent this but it only get worse. But after some leopard crawling afterwards, my abs got connected and tightended again.
Sorry for the long answer, but I thought I should mention my experience in this case, which is some kind of special (?).
Healthy persons with a stable core should benefit much more from carries. In theory carries are great, you need no mwarm up, you need almost no skills, you adapt fast, you built some kind of allround strength and conditioning.
