Manuel Fortin
Level 6 Valued Member
I concentrated on strength this year. I am happy with the results as I can now do sets of 10 db kb squats with double 24, press the 32 and easily tgu 36. I am sure that if I had a 40 I could tgu it. This is in addition to good barbell results.
However, my conditioning is now bad and I gained about 5 pounds. It's time to concentrate on losing a bit of fat and upping conditioning. In want to use swings for now, and maybe snatches later. For many reasons, I prefer swinging 3 times a week, so S&S is probably not the best program. I started a month ago the swing program in A Science-Based Plan to Prepare You for the SFG Level I and SFG Level II with one hand swings.
I can strongly swing the 32, but my conditioning is not good enough for sets of 10 EMOM. I have been doing sets of 7 EMOM and can do 20 minutes of then breathing exclusively through the nose.
Finally, the question. Would I be better to do sets of 10 for the same duration, for example next week 22 min on the long day, with more rest, or keep doing what I am doing and when I think I gained enough conditioning, reset the program with 8 reps, then 9,...
I would prefer to stay with the 32 as it also has a strength component. Currently, the 32 gets up enough so that on all reps, my arm is horizontal at the top. However, if the consensus is that swinging the 24 for sets of 10 is better, I am open to switching weight.
The goal is to be able to do the simple standard but training swings 3 times a week. These days, the only other lower body training I do is 3 sets of 5 gb squat with the 32 before my swings and easy strength deadlifts earlier in day.
However, my conditioning is now bad and I gained about 5 pounds. It's time to concentrate on losing a bit of fat and upping conditioning. In want to use swings for now, and maybe snatches later. For many reasons, I prefer swinging 3 times a week, so S&S is probably not the best program. I started a month ago the swing program in A Science-Based Plan to Prepare You for the SFG Level I and SFG Level II with one hand swings.
I can strongly swing the 32, but my conditioning is not good enough for sets of 10 EMOM. I have been doing sets of 7 EMOM and can do 20 minutes of then breathing exclusively through the nose.
Finally, the question. Would I be better to do sets of 10 for the same duration, for example next week 22 min on the long day, with more rest, or keep doing what I am doing and when I think I gained enough conditioning, reset the program with 8 reps, then 9,...
I would prefer to stay with the 32 as it also has a strength component. Currently, the 32 gets up enough so that on all reps, my arm is horizontal at the top. However, if the consensus is that swinging the 24 for sets of 10 is better, I am open to switching weight.
The goal is to be able to do the simple standard but training swings 3 times a week. These days, the only other lower body training I do is 3 sets of 5 gb squat with the 32 before my swings and easy strength deadlifts earlier in day.