Nacho
Level 6 Valued Member
8 months ago I was using 24kg bell, trying to own the time standards and I felt I was completely stuck. But then new edition of S&S was released and I started to use the talk test and the progression shown in the new book. I reached timeless simple 3 months ago and since then I have done 3-4 timeless sessions with it, until few sessions back I added first sets with 36kg bell with both exercises. Thought now is the right time to try a test session with 24kg.
Since I had only done timeless sessions during past 8 months, my expectations were quite low. I thought I would probably get out of breath quite early, my legs would start shaking etc. I decided that if that happens, I will take it easy and just reduce the rest periods a bit and sort of ease into glycolytic training again. But I did set the timer.
During first swing sets, I realized how much I had improved. That 24kg felt ridiculously light! Of course I knew it would feel light but it felt way lighter than I expected. Still, I expected the test session to get hard with 1:1 work rest ratio.
It didn’t. I cant believe how easy it was to do the session within time standars. When I was done with get ups, I jumped back up and I felt like I could do it all again straight away.
So, this stuff works! Get strong first!!!
But now Im facing a positive problem. ?
If its that easy for me hitting time standards with -8kg bell after 8 months of just timeless sessions, I doubt if I need to do it every week... ? After all, it would often replace a timeless session. If I would have been out of breath and finished swings in 7 minutes and get ups in 13 minutes, I would of course see the point... But is there value in hitting the time standards easily once a week?
Since I had only done timeless sessions during past 8 months, my expectations were quite low. I thought I would probably get out of breath quite early, my legs would start shaking etc. I decided that if that happens, I will take it easy and just reduce the rest periods a bit and sort of ease into glycolytic training again. But I did set the timer.
During first swing sets, I realized how much I had improved. That 24kg felt ridiculously light! Of course I knew it would feel light but it felt way lighter than I expected. Still, I expected the test session to get hard with 1:1 work rest ratio.
It didn’t. I cant believe how easy it was to do the session within time standars. When I was done with get ups, I jumped back up and I felt like I could do it all again straight away.
So, this stuff works! Get strong first!!!
But now Im facing a positive problem. ?
If its that easy for me hitting time standards with -8kg bell after 8 months of just timeless sessions, I doubt if I need to do it every week... ? After all, it would often replace a timeless session. If I would have been out of breath and finished swings in 7 minutes and get ups in 13 minutes, I would of course see the point... But is there value in hitting the time standards easily once a week?