Brookes
Level 5 Valued Member
It is always a thin line to feed my curiosity but still staying close to S&S
This exactly!
For this reason I still follow S+S exactly by the book, but add a little skills session before or after my S+S. At the end of the week I do one workout where I squeeze in all the varieties I want to try and can also exhaust me in total by trying new variations. I know myself. If I would allow me to alter S+S only a little, there will be nothing left of it by the end of the month.
For me the one hand swing is the prefered variant, where I feel the most benefits for GPP. 2H used rarely and only in combination/switch with the 1H to grease the groove of the 1H swing after introducing a new bell size.
Working with doubles is so much fun, since you can put serious load (and stress) to your body and CNS. And as Sauli wrote, never underestimate the "manly" effect! My first double 24 complex was a serious shock to the system.
I would rarely use doubles for a pure swing session, but in complexes with high C&P or squat ratio they are my weapon of choice to save time and enable a higher load for the body in total compared to doing one side after another.
Maybe we can do a session together in summer, since we are not so far apart to each other.