Brilliant idea! My birthday is in March so it’s a perfect way to get over the Xmas indulgence, especially now I’m over 40I turned 36 a few weeks back and did a “36kg themed workout”
36 presses
36 swings
36 cleans
36 chin ups
36 push-ups
All with the 36 kilo. And I finished with a 36 minute walk. Lol my wife thought it was stupid but I enjoyed the challenge.
Steal. Different dynamics are good.Today's purchase:
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I got it because it was silly cheap, and although the clearance is way higher than I've had before and the handle is way thinner than I've had before I'm actually quite liking it. Swing and clean dynamics are completely different (I don't know if this is a good or bad thing), so my forearms feel like they did the very first day I ever cleaned a kettlebell!
I swear presses are harder with it than the 'normal' Rogue 28kg I've got. Feels like my back suddenly has do a ton more work!Steal. Different dynamics are good.
That’s what mine are like. When I press 2x32kg it’s from my heels all the way to my hands that’s straining all across the back of my body.I swear presses are harder with it than the 'normal' Rogue 28kg I've got. Feels like my back suddenly has do a ton more work!
Maybe if grip is the limiter. It isn't for me.I’m not an oly lifter but I read a lot. I think it was “Powerlifting Texas Style” and Paul Kelso said Oly lifters would file lines into their thumbnails and this was worth an extra 10lbs on the bar. What’s the oly lifter take on this? Ann, Watchnerd and Geoff.
Oly lifters would file lines into their thumbnails and this was worth an extra 10lbs on the bar. What’s the oly lifter take on this? Ann, Watchnerd and Geoff.
I’m pretty sure it was vertical lines so the index finger could grip it in a hook grip. I think he referenced it as “old school”. Pretty sure it was that book. It might have been his shrug book.File lines into thumbnails?
I've never heard this before.
If he's referencing pounds (nobody talks about lbs in modern Olympic weightlifting), maybe it's a super old school thing to do?
I know a lot of weightlifters who keep their thumbnails super short and file them down even more because they can get cracked or broken during hook grip.
But I've never heard of filing lines.
Justa’s shovel lift?Just ordered a 60” spinlock barbell to use for getting back into offset weighted training (Hobo Strong).
I’m pretty sure it was vertical lines so the index finger could grip it in a hook grip. I think he referenced it as “old school”. Pretty sure it was that book. It might have been his shrug book.
Just ordered a 60” spinlock barbell to use for getting back into offset weighted training (Hobo Strong).
I’m out of work tomorrow. I reckon in about 10-15 minutes I could find it in either book and give you full context of why he was saying it. I think he may have been addressing the reverse grip, telling folk to avoid straps and to learn to do hook grips if your thumb can take it. I’m almost certain it’s from Powerlifting Texas style which isn’t a thick book so I’ll find it in no time.I'm going to have to defer to @Geoff Neupert on this to see if he's ever heard of it.
But if it's super old, I might have to go all the way to my first weightlifting coach, Jim Schmitz.
Pretty sure I take it a good deal further. Is built around 2 hand in-line movements:Justa’s shovel lift?
@Skip and @Kev this makes me feel so much better. I was traveling this week and found a gym to hit one day but they only had competition bells like this. I’m in the middle of a program with 2X28s and it kicked my a#@ way worse than I expected. There was a couple sets where I almost couldn’t get lockout on the 3rd rep and I was like wtf!? Definitely a different groove on the press.That’s what mine are like. When I press 2x32kg it’s from my heels all the way to my hands that’s straining all across the back of my body.
Different bells have entirely different feels to them especially with pressing but also cleans. I was stopped in my tracks by a single 32kg purely because of how it lay on my forearm. I can press my 32kgs no problem. A lot of bells are fine when snatched but as soon as you clean them they feel terrible.@Skip and @Kev this makes me feel so much better. I was traveling this week and found a gym to hit one day but they only had competition bells like this. I’m in the middle of a program with 2X28s and it kicked my a#@ way worse than I expected. There was a couple sets where I almost couldn’t get lockout on the 3rd rep and I was like wtf!? Definitely a different groove on the press.
In my (limited admittedly) experience of trying to do hardstyle with comp bells, it feels like I'm gripping the bell handle less powerfully, and that leads to less activation of the muscles I'm trying to use, which makes it harder. I'm assuming that's part of the reason for the GS style of swinging, all loose and using momentum for as many reps as possible. Just a different approach from the outset.@Skip and @Kev this makes me feel so much better. I was traveling this week and found a gym to hit one day but they only had competition bells like this. I’m in the middle of a program with 2X28s and it kicked my a#@ way worse than I expected. There was a couple sets where I almost couldn’t get lockout on the 3rd rep and I was like wtf!? Definitely a different groove on the press.