FromThePenumbra
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Hey all. Long-time lurker, first-time poster.
Is there something more efficient I could/should be doing If I am not able to do S&S five or six times a week?
I have experimented the last couple of months with doing S&S two to three times per week as time allows because I've got young children and work has ramped up. I'm pretty comfortable doing untimed sessions with 24 kg (each session lasts between 20 and 30 minutes), but my progress beyond that has been slow--much slower than adding one set with the 32 every four weeks as described in the new book. I assume that is because S&S is designed to be run almost every day, or in conjunction with other training. It's not clear that I am doing anything more than maintaining on this schedule. The book even says that two or three times per week is "not enough."
I'm not doing any other training besides some low-intensity jogging once a week, and five to six 30-minute S&S sessions per week is more than I can manage right now with the other demands on my time. I'd even be okay with slightly longer but less frequent sessions because having a whole evening free is better than having half of two evenings free.
If I accept that three days a week is my maximum for the foreseeable future, is S&S still likely to provide enough of an effective dose to see some strength gains? I'm not attached to the idea of achieving Timeless Simple as end end to itself but am aware that the guiding principal behind Strongfirst programming is that you should reach that standard before you move on to other stuff.
Are there modifications to the program to allow for reduced frequency--ie, doing sessions with the 24 but reduce rest periods, add pauses during getups, and accelerate the bell during backswings? There's stuff about that in the book but it's all in the context of going from 32 kg to heavier weights.
Or would I be better off doing like some sort of double-bell complex or other program that is already designed to be done three days a week, even if I have to use lighter weight than if I'd reached the Timeless Simple standard?
Is there something more efficient I could/should be doing If I am not able to do S&S five or six times a week?
I have experimented the last couple of months with doing S&S two to three times per week as time allows because I've got young children and work has ramped up. I'm pretty comfortable doing untimed sessions with 24 kg (each session lasts between 20 and 30 minutes), but my progress beyond that has been slow--much slower than adding one set with the 32 every four weeks as described in the new book. I assume that is because S&S is designed to be run almost every day, or in conjunction with other training. It's not clear that I am doing anything more than maintaining on this schedule. The book even says that two or three times per week is "not enough."
I'm not doing any other training besides some low-intensity jogging once a week, and five to six 30-minute S&S sessions per week is more than I can manage right now with the other demands on my time. I'd even be okay with slightly longer but less frequent sessions because having a whole evening free is better than having half of two evenings free.
If I accept that three days a week is my maximum for the foreseeable future, is S&S still likely to provide enough of an effective dose to see some strength gains? I'm not attached to the idea of achieving Timeless Simple as end end to itself but am aware that the guiding principal behind Strongfirst programming is that you should reach that standard before you move on to other stuff.
Are there modifications to the program to allow for reduced frequency--ie, doing sessions with the 24 but reduce rest periods, add pauses during getups, and accelerate the bell during backswings? There's stuff about that in the book but it's all in the context of going from 32 kg to heavier weights.
Or would I be better off doing like some sort of double-bell complex or other program that is already designed to be done three days a week, even if I have to use lighter weight than if I'd reached the Timeless Simple standard?