03swing21
Level 1 Valued Member
Greetings friends, apologies in advance for the longer post.
So after about two months of 4-6x week S&S training, I managed to conquer the Simple goal today. I did not "own" it by any means and I was quite gassed at the end of the session but it felt great to conquer something I set out to accomplish. One armed swings have always been my weak spot and practicing them with power many times a week has been a great experience. My weight is up about 5 pounds (my diet lacks any real discipline honestly), however my waist is the same size and all my shirts are tighter in the chest and upper back. Physically, my shoulders feel crazy good, with a range of motion I haven't seen before. It's also great mentally for me as I have been prone to "program jumping" before at whatever seems new and novel. Getting back to the basics is great and I highly recommend this program to any level of fitness/kettlebell enthusiast.
Now of course the question...what next? I have read Al Ciampa's article on serious endurance as well as Pavel's path to Sinister, however I just wanted to put the feelers out there and see what everyone thought. For the next 7 weeks, my training parameters are slightly narrow as I am training for a physical event at work (USMC) that is basically a 5 mile pack run over some rough terrain. I am pack running thrice weekly now so I'm thinking dial back down the strength training to 3x week also. Until this event is up, I will probably focus on owning the 32kg and then moving up to the 40kg, which came in the mail just last week. But after that, what is recommended? My goals are continued increased strength and conditioning that carry over to my ability to run, swim, and ruck, while still maintaining some type of readiness for things like PFTs. I have also read Dan John's "Things are Going so Well..." article as well and it is great food for thought and a viable option. Once my pack run is done with, I will be free usually 6 nights a week for an hour to train as I see fit. For what it is worth, my initial thoughts were trying out Pavel's 2+2 formula with some easy endurance training thrown in on the off days, which I read he said was acceptable.
Thanks all for reading and for your great insight. I look forward to everyone's input. Please stay the course with S&S, you will not be disappointed. I promise.
So after about two months of 4-6x week S&S training, I managed to conquer the Simple goal today. I did not "own" it by any means and I was quite gassed at the end of the session but it felt great to conquer something I set out to accomplish. One armed swings have always been my weak spot and practicing them with power many times a week has been a great experience. My weight is up about 5 pounds (my diet lacks any real discipline honestly), however my waist is the same size and all my shirts are tighter in the chest and upper back. Physically, my shoulders feel crazy good, with a range of motion I haven't seen before. It's also great mentally for me as I have been prone to "program jumping" before at whatever seems new and novel. Getting back to the basics is great and I highly recommend this program to any level of fitness/kettlebell enthusiast.
Now of course the question...what next? I have read Al Ciampa's article on serious endurance as well as Pavel's path to Sinister, however I just wanted to put the feelers out there and see what everyone thought. For the next 7 weeks, my training parameters are slightly narrow as I am training for a physical event at work (USMC) that is basically a 5 mile pack run over some rough terrain. I am pack running thrice weekly now so I'm thinking dial back down the strength training to 3x week also. Until this event is up, I will probably focus on owning the 32kg and then moving up to the 40kg, which came in the mail just last week. But after that, what is recommended? My goals are continued increased strength and conditioning that carry over to my ability to run, swim, and ruck, while still maintaining some type of readiness for things like PFTs. I have also read Dan John's "Things are Going so Well..." article as well and it is great food for thought and a viable option. Once my pack run is done with, I will be free usually 6 nights a week for an hour to train as I see fit. For what it is worth, my initial thoughts were trying out Pavel's 2+2 formula with some easy endurance training thrown in on the off days, which I read he said was acceptable.
Thanks all for reading and for your great insight. I look forward to everyone's input. Please stay the course with S&S, you will not be disappointed. I promise.