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I' wondering what everyone's thoughts are on alternating these two. Ie s&s mwf and armour building tt. I've been bit by the double bell bug after total tension and thought it's not a bad doubles workout.
I wish the interwebz people would ask ME about programming my workouts. They, of course, would be bothered by my response:
Do it. Then ask.
Use it first (the 2-1-3) as part of a workout...a few rounds. Then, try tossing it twice a week for a bit. When you get past the early issues with technical stuff...foot position seems to be a common questions (move them!)...you can easily add them:
I would suggest three times a week one week, then twice the next. Rotate that a few times, then move along. Occasionally, make this the whole training session: go for a while. I can't imagine more than 15-20 minutes, but online I have seen people do it longer.
I originally combined this with tumbling work, so people were gassed after training. I never did 2-1-3 WITH tumbling back to back, but I can only imagine it being exhausting and the quality would drop.
The key, I have always thought, is driving that press up. So, using double 36s and making the ONE press and THEN having those damn FSs seems to be more like what I was thinking originally.
Of course, same person, the next workout you use 16s and go for a long time...there is a logic (to me) there, too.
Don't make it crazy: stick with 2-1-3 (Proven to Work!)
Have some long, light sessions. Have some I go/you go sessions. Do some sessions "On the Minute," my all-time large group training method, maybe even slide the weeks into the fractal:
Week One: Two sessions
Week Two: One session
Week Three: Three sessions
It is a "one stop shop" for KB work, not unlike the O lifts, but oddly harder for some (the damn bells are harder to control).
Eric, that 2-1-3 with swings was not an original for them either, btw. My knock on that, as always, is the issue of "more."
"More" is the enemy of "enough."
Are you doing this strictly for packing on some muscle? If so there are better ways for a 2 days/week schedule imho..My plan was to do the armour building plan two days a week and set a timer for twenty minutes.