I started the PM about seven months ago, but I've had a few interruptions.
I had a heart attack and was out for about three weeks.
I went on the ROP for about a month - found it was too much volume for me. It took too much time, and it started to bother my bad shoulder.
I broke my ankle and was out for about three months.
I haven't worked out in the last three weeks for home/personal reasons.
So, I've really spent about 2-3 months on it, and not in a row.
I started doing it by the book, and started with the 16kg for TGUs and the 24kg for swings. The TGUs were difficult, and I was struggling to get 130 swings.
After a few weeks, the TGUs got easier, and five minutes didn't seem like enough, so I started trying to work up to the goal of 15 minutes. I also started doing the first 1-2 reps of the TGU with the 24kg. Swings got a little better - I think up to 180 reps in the 12 minutes.
Recently, I've stopped timing the drills, and I'm using the 24kg for more reps in the TGU. My plan is to work up to 5-8 reps per side with the 24kg, then start doing the first 1-2 reps with the 32kg (which I don't have yet). Basically, the same way I started slowly working the 24kg into the TGUs.
For the swing, I'm still using the 24kg, but I'm no longer timing myself. I'm taking a bit from Dan John's 10,000 swing article (swinging almost every day), and am trying to get in 200-250 reps on my "swing" days.
Actually - I'm really doing both the TGU and swing in each workout. But, I have two "TGU" days and two "swing" days. On TGU days, I do my full TGU workout, and finish with at least 100 swings. On swing days, I do 2-3 TGUs, then do at least 200 swings. Again, I'm no longer timing either of these workouts, but they take 20-30 minutes each.
My goal is to work up to 5-8 reps per side with the 32kg in the TGU. I'm not sure about a swing goal, but maybe 200 swings in 10 minutes with the 24kg. I know most people want to work up to the Beast for the TGU. I'm not sure about that for myself. I'm 42 with a bum shoulder, and I've never been able to military press more than 105 pounds. So for me, I'd be ecstatic to do TGUs with a 32kg.
In the short time I was on the ROP, I used the 16kg for presses and snatches, and the 24kg for swings. I think I worked the presses up to 4x(1,2,3,4,5) ladders, and it began to bother my bad shoulder (childhood injury - AC separation I'm pretty sure).