Anon999
Level 6 Valued Member
A day of feeling strong and feeling weak.
On the strong side, it felt good to do a 132 pound farmer’s carry to/from the park. It felt good to do my one handed swings in the park, 4 sets of 32 kg and 6 sets of 28kg.
On the weak side, I did 5 full get ups in my left hand for the first time in a long time since I’ve been letting my skinned knee heal. While I had been doing partial 24kg get ups in my left hand for quite some time, I dropped back down to a 35 lb bell today to get used to full get ups again. My first attempt was bad and needed a do-over. After that, things were passable. On my right side today, instead of doing my standard five full get ups at 24kg, I did 5 floor presses at 28kg and it was not a day where I got up to my palm or even my elbow on my supporting arm.
I know I have to be careful not to turn this all into a numbers game. I like being able to swing and squat and farmer’s carry with the 32kg bell, but I need to avoid getting cocky and sloppy and injure myself. And while my progress at get ups may be slow, a slow progression of strength is better than a rapid decline in strength, like is the fate of many sedentary middle-aged people.
On the strong side, it felt good to do a 132 pound farmer’s carry to/from the park. It felt good to do my one handed swings in the park, 4 sets of 32 kg and 6 sets of 28kg.
On the weak side, I did 5 full get ups in my left hand for the first time in a long time since I’ve been letting my skinned knee heal. While I had been doing partial 24kg get ups in my left hand for quite some time, I dropped back down to a 35 lb bell today to get used to full get ups again. My first attempt was bad and needed a do-over. After that, things were passable. On my right side today, instead of doing my standard five full get ups at 24kg, I did 5 floor presses at 28kg and it was not a day where I got up to my palm or even my elbow on my supporting arm.
I know I have to be careful not to turn this all into a numbers game. I like being able to swing and squat and farmer’s carry with the 32kg bell, but I need to avoid getting cocky and sloppy and injure myself. And while my progress at get ups may be slow, a slow progression of strength is better than a rapid decline in strength, like is the fate of many sedentary middle-aged people.