blad51
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Week 3 of Phase 2 is over. WHAT A WEEK!
I closed on my new house on Monday. I was at an out of town work conference for the rest of the week. I moved most of my KBs to my new house. (The song by Reel to Real is stuck in my head "I like to move it, move it, I like to...")
My first lift of the week was early in the morning because we had to get to the closing.
My second lift of the week was at the hotel. They had KBs but.... they were singles up to 35lbs. (Boo!) So I did the lifts with dumb bells. My warm-up was 2x35lbs: 5 DMP. 5 C&P and 2x45lbs: 5 DMP. 5 C&P. I thought I would be able to use the 50 lbs DBs because I'm using 24k bells for Strong. So I tried the 2x50lbs. I was only able to get 3 C&Ps with good form. There was a bunch of other people lifting so I decided not to push it. (I usually don't work with an audience!) So.... I decided to drop down to the 45lbs DBs for my session. I did 2 more sets to compensate for the lower weight.
DB C&P is not a lift I practice. However.... It is curious (AND a little frustrating) to me that I have a difference in what I can lift between KB C&Ps and DB C&Ps.
Movers come next week!!
I am grateful to Geoff Neupert for designing an efficient (and effective) program. Strong is still fitting into my life as I handle the stress of moving and travel. This week was the 2nd time I have taken Strong on the road with me as I travel and used DBs. Strong with DBs feels awkward to me. But that is because I train the program with KBs. I am sure that if I only had DBs to lift, I would still love the program.
I also appreciate that the program is time efficient. When I have unlimited time, my whole lifting session lasts around an hour. (Warm-up, Strong Program lifts, patterning unfamiliar lifts, cool-down etc.) Strong is scalable to the time I have on a given day. For this last week's sessions, I only did my warm-up, Strong Program lifts, and a cool-down. The sessions lasted around 35 minutes. (A very invigorating 35 minutes!)
Bring on Week 4!! I like to move it, move it. I like to....
I closed on my new house on Monday. I was at an out of town work conference for the rest of the week. I moved most of my KBs to my new house. (The song by Reel to Real is stuck in my head "I like to move it, move it, I like to...")
My first lift of the week was early in the morning because we had to get to the closing.
My second lift of the week was at the hotel. They had KBs but.... they were singles up to 35lbs. (Boo!) So I did the lifts with dumb bells. My warm-up was 2x35lbs: 5 DMP. 5 C&P and 2x45lbs: 5 DMP. 5 C&P. I thought I would be able to use the 50 lbs DBs because I'm using 24k bells for Strong. So I tried the 2x50lbs. I was only able to get 3 C&Ps with good form. There was a bunch of other people lifting so I decided not to push it. (I usually don't work with an audience!) So.... I decided to drop down to the 45lbs DBs for my session. I did 2 more sets to compensate for the lower weight.
DB C&P is not a lift I practice. However.... It is curious (AND a little frustrating) to me that I have a difference in what I can lift between KB C&Ps and DB C&Ps.
Movers come next week!!
I am grateful to Geoff Neupert for designing an efficient (and effective) program. Strong is still fitting into my life as I handle the stress of moving and travel. This week was the 2nd time I have taken Strong on the road with me as I travel and used DBs. Strong with DBs feels awkward to me. But that is because I train the program with KBs. I am sure that if I only had DBs to lift, I would still love the program.
I also appreciate that the program is time efficient. When I have unlimited time, my whole lifting session lasts around an hour. (Warm-up, Strong Program lifts, patterning unfamiliar lifts, cool-down etc.) Strong is scalable to the time I have on a given day. For this last week's sessions, I only did my warm-up, Strong Program lifts, and a cool-down. The sessions lasted around 35 minutes. (A very invigorating 35 minutes!)
Bring on Week 4!! I like to move it, move it. I like to....