mvorchard
Level 4 Valued Member
Hi there,
Long time no see.
After a really tough 2017, with no one but two major mtb crashes, which left me out of almost any sporting or fitness activity, I'm (kind of) back.
With the Simple goal as target for my birthday in August, I started almost 10 weeks ago with sessions of 10 two-hands swings @ 24kg, and five getups @ 16kg, which only came with rather big effort at the time.
I've so far completed 41 sessions in these weeks - so, a little bit more than four sessions per week. Combining with some mountainbiking, good commuting ride to work almost every day, and a couple of HIIT (an)aerobic sessions here and there. I do every session using my heartbeat sensor, and I've been keeping my pulse under 133-135 bpm for the duration of each session. Sessions usually last between 35 and 40 minutes; including a good warmup and a good enough stretching and cool down.
On session number 22 I started to move to one-hand swings, and by session number 28 I was doing only one-hand swings. They've started to feel so good, that, a couple of sessions ago, I even tried the 32kg for a couple of reps - it felt strong enough. Cheers to myself!
TGUs are another animal - for me, at least. Only after 27 sessions I tried the 24kg KB, and after five consecutive sessions I was doing the getups only with 24kg - thankfully! Thing is, it doesn't feel strong; even after these last 10 full sessions of 10 one-hand swing @ 24kg, and five getups @ 24kg, the getup feels a little weak. At least it does when comparing to the way I feel doing the swings.
My concern is that if I put the effort, those one-hand 32kg swings will come. But I don't see anything like it happening for the getup!
So, in order to look for this TGU progression:
Kind regards,
MO
Long time no see.
After a really tough 2017, with no one but two major mtb crashes, which left me out of almost any sporting or fitness activity, I'm (kind of) back.
With the Simple goal as target for my birthday in August, I started almost 10 weeks ago with sessions of 10 two-hands swings @ 24kg, and five getups @ 16kg, which only came with rather big effort at the time.
I've so far completed 41 sessions in these weeks - so, a little bit more than four sessions per week. Combining with some mountainbiking, good commuting ride to work almost every day, and a couple of HIIT (an)aerobic sessions here and there. I do every session using my heartbeat sensor, and I've been keeping my pulse under 133-135 bpm for the duration of each session. Sessions usually last between 35 and 40 minutes; including a good warmup and a good enough stretching and cool down.
On session number 22 I started to move to one-hand swings, and by session number 28 I was doing only one-hand swings. They've started to feel so good, that, a couple of sessions ago, I even tried the 32kg for a couple of reps - it felt strong enough. Cheers to myself!
TGUs are another animal - for me, at least. Only after 27 sessions I tried the 24kg KB, and after five consecutive sessions I was doing the getups only with 24kg - thankfully! Thing is, it doesn't feel strong; even after these last 10 full sessions of 10 one-hand swing @ 24kg, and five getups @ 24kg, the getup feels a little weak. At least it does when comparing to the way I feel doing the swings.
My concern is that if I put the effort, those one-hand 32kg swings will come. But I don't see anything like it happening for the getup!
So, in order to look for this TGU progression:
- should I use less weight for the swings before doing the getups?
- should I do the getups before the swings, at least until the getup feels stronger?
- should I rest MUCH MORE before the getups?
- should I do getups-only sessions??
Kind regards,
MO