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It is sadly not always practical in our busy and exhausting modern lives to program in a strict exercise regimen, so ad hoc lifts are important for most of us.

I totally agree about carries. You can carry the kettlebell as a suitcase, in the rack position or over head, and walk around with it. I've found strong carry over effects of this kind of training to judo. I had to do these for a while while my shoulder was healing.
 
I got a pair of loadable 20" long Oly dumbbells and have been doing a TGU and carries workout for 17 days as of yesterday. I scaled it so I could do it daily and have done. Today I just felt like I wanted a variety day so used the dumbbells but loaded them up a lot more and did fewer TGU's, deadlifts, and squats and that's all. DL's and SQ's I did 2X5. I don't know my RM1 and never have bothered to find out but I was clearly stronger than I have been and particularly my grip has dramatically improved. I have also been doing dead hangs for 1 minute each, 5-7 times/day; whenever I think of it I do one. So definitely a "grip centric" training program for now. My tentative plan is to do this for couple months then go to an Easy Strength, more standard program
 
HUNTER1313 said:
Farmer carry on upper body day or lower body day?
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Right now all I am doing is TGU's and carries so nearly every day for me. When I get to next phase in another 4-6 weeks I will be doing a straight Easy Strength so pretty much daily as well. All parts, upper and lower, every session.
 
Finally got around to getting a barbell; only had the loadable dumbbells. Couple days ago I started doing a straight Easy Strength protocol so much less carrying. I finish w/ 2 Farmer's X 100 yards. It seems to me that carries are more neurologically taxing than the basic lifts, probably due to the long time under tension without a break. Regular lifting, there's a brief let up after every rep which seems to make a big difference to me.
 
GeoffreyLevens said:
Finally got around to getting a barbell; only had the loadable dumbbells. Couple days ago I started doing a straight Easy Strength protocol so much less carrying. I finish w/ 2 Farmer's X 100 yards. It seems to me that carries are more neurologically taxing than the basic lifts, probably due to the long time under tension without a break. Regular lifting, there's a brief let up after every rep which seems to make a big difference to me.
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Yup.

It doesn’t seem like much is going on, but in reality, there is. I like Dan John’s Q and A about loaded carries:

Q: What muscles does this work?
A: All of them.
 
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