SMalishev
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Hi guys, first post. I thought I would start this log to share my thoughts and any progress, as well as training diaries
A brief history (warning, contains rambling)
I read the S&S book earlier this year, and decided I wanted to give it a go. Pure strength training instead of "conditioning and more conditioning" as I recall was once said. I faithfully practiced convict conditioning in the past, but found that most of the things I was doing was not carrying into spheres of my daily life and that it lead to high-rep grinds which felt like overtraining.
I got started with S&S, and it felt incredible and was exactly what I was after. Unfortunately I came down with glandular fever after a month of S&S, and was completely wiped out. I knew I wanted to get back into the kettlebells, but didn't want to risk any fatigue, so stopped doing everything for a month or two (including the relax into stretch stuff I had been doing).
So fast forward to roughly four weeks ago, when I discovered the "4 Weeks to flexible steel" program. I figured it was a good entry back into training - and a bit of mobility would be great before then too
For a bit of context, i've always had a bit of an inflexibility problem. For example I could never touch my toes when growing up... ever....
well, on the last week of the 4 week program, I managed a toe touch. In hindsight, if I was told about such an effective, structured way to correct a history of inflexibility + desk job damage, I probably would not have believed it, or believed it required breaking oneself to accomplish.
In the meantime, I also discovered breathing training and by extension, meditation. both these things have made a marked difference in my life, and as i've discovered, my training. Definitely try the things outlined in the "Secrets of breath mastery" chapter in Simple and Sinister, and The Oxygen Advantage.
TL;DR starting S&S for a second time, after getting wiped out by a virus. This time I am wiser and ready to go forth and achieve the Simple goal
Thanks for reading, comments etc. are welcome
A brief history (warning, contains rambling)
I read the S&S book earlier this year, and decided I wanted to give it a go. Pure strength training instead of "conditioning and more conditioning" as I recall was once said. I faithfully practiced convict conditioning in the past, but found that most of the things I was doing was not carrying into spheres of my daily life and that it lead to high-rep grinds which felt like overtraining.
I got started with S&S, and it felt incredible and was exactly what I was after. Unfortunately I came down with glandular fever after a month of S&S, and was completely wiped out. I knew I wanted to get back into the kettlebells, but didn't want to risk any fatigue, so stopped doing everything for a month or two (including the relax into stretch stuff I had been doing).
So fast forward to roughly four weeks ago, when I discovered the "4 Weeks to flexible steel" program. I figured it was a good entry back into training - and a bit of mobility would be great before then too
For a bit of context, i've always had a bit of an inflexibility problem. For example I could never touch my toes when growing up... ever....
well, on the last week of the 4 week program, I managed a toe touch. In hindsight, if I was told about such an effective, structured way to correct a history of inflexibility + desk job damage, I probably would not have believed it, or believed it required breaking oneself to accomplish.
In the meantime, I also discovered breathing training and by extension, meditation. both these things have made a marked difference in my life, and as i've discovered, my training. Definitely try the things outlined in the "Secrets of breath mastery" chapter in Simple and Sinister, and The Oxygen Advantage.
TL;DR starting S&S for a second time, after getting wiped out by a virus. This time I am wiser and ready to go forth and achieve the Simple goal
Thanks for reading, comments etc. are welcome