Physical Culture
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Al just put up a beastly video of the sinister swing goals in another thread. Great job, Al! That's great inspiration to get back to heavy swinging. I thought Sean Schniederjan had a great observation when he wrote:
"This is a nitpick that has little to no bearing in reality because this is pure beastly, but is it not IMPOSSIBLE to maintain maximal power output for the whole duration of the swings?
I want to see one guy who isn’t doing GS lite by the end of the set with the 48kg."
Many people try to make much of the differences between GS and hardstyle, but like Teilhard de Chardin (and later Flannery O Connor) noted, everything that rises must converge. As GS and HS lifters approach maximal efforts, they tend to look more and more alike.
In the beginning of a max set of snatches, for example, the differences are obvious: the HS lifter is producing maximum snap and force with each rep, while the GS lifter is making each rep as easy as possible. At the end of the same set, however, the HS lifter will often, because of fatigue, make each rep just hard enough to get the bell into place. The GS lifter is also fatigued, so he has to exert more force on those last reps than in the first reps, just to keep going.
It seems like HS and GS are different ends of the same spectrum, and the differences are most apparent when the reps are low and the sets are relatively easy. The harder it gets, the more we gravitate toward the middle, and the more similar our efforts become.
Great observation, Sean! Thanks!
"This is a nitpick that has little to no bearing in reality because this is pure beastly, but is it not IMPOSSIBLE to maintain maximal power output for the whole duration of the swings?
I want to see one guy who isn’t doing GS lite by the end of the set with the 48kg."
Many people try to make much of the differences between GS and hardstyle, but like Teilhard de Chardin (and later Flannery O Connor) noted, everything that rises must converge. As GS and HS lifters approach maximal efforts, they tend to look more and more alike.
In the beginning of a max set of snatches, for example, the differences are obvious: the HS lifter is producing maximum snap and force with each rep, while the GS lifter is making each rep as easy as possible. At the end of the same set, however, the HS lifter will often, because of fatigue, make each rep just hard enough to get the bell into place. The GS lifter is also fatigued, so he has to exert more force on those last reps than in the first reps, just to keep going.
It seems like HS and GS are different ends of the same spectrum, and the differences are most apparent when the reps are low and the sets are relatively easy. The harder it gets, the more we gravitate toward the middle, and the more similar our efforts become.
Great observation, Sean! Thanks!