I like a 1-leg DL and touching my fingertips to the ground - less weight, slightly increased range of motion.If I don't have access to weights:
- normal warm up but with no weights.
- Swing replacement: maybe 1 leg hip bridges or 1 leg hip thrusts? Or single leg deadlifts BW?
Increasing ROM increases difficulty. If you also reduce speed (you do the move very slowly), you would increase difficulty even more. Plus you will have a better move control IMO.I like a 1-leg DL and touching my fingertips to the ground - less weight, slightly increased range of motion
+1 to this. It's remarkable how challenging some seemingly 'easy' things can be when you do them slowly and concentrate on perfect form.The 1-leg DL, except with a truly challenging weight, ought to be done slowly and under complete control - that's where the benefit in doing it is.
Ah,Hello,
@Kozushi
In terms of conditioning, how did you manage it : relatively short rest to make it A+A ? How was you first S&S while you got back ?
Kind regards,
Pet'
When I got back my swings were horribly weak, but by Turkish Getups were very good.
Actually, my swings were so bad that I hurt my back and had to scale back my training for about a month because of it.
Ah, actually my grip was okay due to the pullups I was doing, but my lower back was horribly weak. Actually the Naked Warrior book says that the programme doesn't do anything for the lower back, and this fact was borne out clearly in my case. Before the summer in Korea I was doing the S&S programme single handedly all the way with the 32kg. When I came back I hurt my back on the first set of swings and it stayed hurt for about a month. The book says to definitely do a "big pull" exercise at least twice a week - preferably something like deadlifts, and also to do pullups if at all possible, the book suggesting even using the top of a door if you have to(!)@Kozushi that is mainly what I want to avoid, regressing on either the swing or the get up while travelling. This is why I rather replace the swing by a pull-like excercise, such as the DL, 1-leg DL or dumbbell swings, even jumps as they have a similar mechanics as the swing, instead of replacing it by a squat variation. When you returned to your swings, what part did you feel it suffered most? Was it the swing power, or maybe the grip?
Kind regards,
The choice of pistol version can make a difference, e.g., you can do assisted pistols - full range but holding on the a door knob with two hands - in an A + A fashion and it's a fine exercise session, IMHO.NW isn't a full out workout the way S&S is as it lacks what one might style the "cardio" aspect.
@Kozushi that is mainly what I want to avoid, regressing on either the swing or the get up while travelling. This is why I rather replace the swing by a pull-like excercise, such as the DL, 1-leg DL or dumbbell swings, even jumps as they have a similar mechanics as the swing, instead of replacing it by a squat variation. When you returned to your swings, what part did you feel it suffered most? Was it the swing power, or maybe the grip?
Kind regards,
Steve, thanks for pointing that out. I've already started to fret about how to stay strong while going on some upcoming business and leisure trips.The choice of pistol version can make a difference, e.g., you can do assisted pistols - full range but holding on the a door knob with two hands - in an A + A fashion and it's a fine exercise session, IMHO.
-S-