So I’m scheming a way to maintain “waviness of load” while using different movements and different weights. I plan to do this by estimating the work for a given event, roughly determined by the equation:
Snatch: 100reps x 28kg x 1 (scale) = 2800 units work
Swing: 125reps x 32kg x 0.7 (scale) = 2800 units work
I estimated that scale because I think a swing is roughly 70% (0.7) of a snatch. That estimate is based on a comparison of S&S and the Snatch Test. To me, a snatch test at 28kg and a S&S swing session at 40kg have about the same RPE, same time, same reps. 28/40 = 0.7. You may disagree and I’d love to hear about it.
Using the snatch as our base unit of load, what does a clean look like? Is it half the work of a snatch? 60%? 40%? What about a press? A double clean and press? A squat? A TGU???
I’d also be curious if anyone has a way to empirically determine that scale. The PUSH band comes to mind but I have no idea what all that thing can do.
Feel free to let your geek flag fly. If I can’t follow the math or logic I’ll ask for some clarification.
reps x mass = work
Yes; I recognize this isn’t the ACTUAL equation for work. No, it doesn’t really matter. Since not all movements are created equal I have to scale my number of reps for each different movement to compare workload between events. So to scale my estimate my equation becomes:
reps x mass x scale = work
Example: If I wanted to do equivalent work for snatches and swings at different weights.
Snatch: 100reps x 28kg x 1 (scale) = 2800 units work
Swing: 125reps x 32kg x 0.7 (scale) = 2800 units work
I estimated that scale because I think a swing is roughly 70% (0.7) of a snatch. That estimate is based on a comparison of S&S and the Snatch Test. To me, a snatch test at 28kg and a S&S swing session at 40kg have about the same RPE, same time, same reps. 28/40 = 0.7. You may disagree and I’d love to hear about it.
Using the snatch as our base unit of load, what does a clean look like? Is it half the work of a snatch? 60%? 40%? What about a press? A double clean and press? A squat? A TGU???
I’d also be curious if anyone has a way to empirically determine that scale. The PUSH band comes to mind but I have no idea what all that thing can do.
Feel free to let your geek flag fly. If I can’t follow the math or logic I’ll ask for some clarification.