Riley O'Neill
Level 3 Valued Member
I made my jump from 32kg to 40kg and had my first session today. I have made the 10 minute standard for the get ups several times (I have timed myself in the mid 7 minute range when I go 90% effort) with 32kg. My best swing time was also in the 7 minute range so I haven't met the standard for that yet. But since I just blew $150 on a new 40kg I want to see how it feels for everything. I made sure to really pace myself, giving myself excessive active rest time where I will pace around the room shaking my arms around (I figure I did 2-3 miles of pacing) and various stretches and what I think of yoga poses. I focused on being mindful with each rep and enjoying myself. If something felt funky I am committed to quitting on the spot and I was only going to do the swings if I felt confident with them.
Everything felt fine, but I should not and will not be doing this weight daily. The two arm swings felt invincible and the one arm swings felt decent. The grip issues I had months ago with the 32kg did not come up at all. I had to be super mindful over every single rep and really feel the extra resistance, which is such a neat feeling.
The Get Ups felt great. There are little feelings I have to get used to now and I took at least a 3 minute break between reps. Likewise I really had to be mindful and focus on tension and mechanics and really getting everything right. 18 pounds is the biggest jump I have ever done with a get up. My progression was 25 pounds for a month, 45 pounds for a month, 60 pounds for close to a year, 70 pounds for 7 months and now 88 pounds. It actually felt much more solid and safer than the jump from 45 to 60. I had to do everything right and not fudge any form or just sort of muscle through it. I am looking forward to getting used to 40kg. I will see how I feel tomorrow (this is a little bit of a test to see how everything feels) and will probably do 32kg for the swings and 40 for the getups.
I was honestly anticipating that I would probably be able to do 1 get up and it would look awful and would cause so much strain that I could not do any more. That was not the case at all. But I will need a long rest time for a while.
Everything felt fine, but I should not and will not be doing this weight daily. The two arm swings felt invincible and the one arm swings felt decent. The grip issues I had months ago with the 32kg did not come up at all. I had to be super mindful over every single rep and really feel the extra resistance, which is such a neat feeling.
The Get Ups felt great. There are little feelings I have to get used to now and I took at least a 3 minute break between reps. Likewise I really had to be mindful and focus on tension and mechanics and really getting everything right. 18 pounds is the biggest jump I have ever done with a get up. My progression was 25 pounds for a month, 45 pounds for a month, 60 pounds for close to a year, 70 pounds for 7 months and now 88 pounds. It actually felt much more solid and safer than the jump from 45 to 60. I had to do everything right and not fudge any form or just sort of muscle through it. I am looking forward to getting used to 40kg. I will see how I feel tomorrow (this is a little bit of a test to see how everything feels) and will probably do 32kg for the swings and 40 for the getups.
I was honestly anticipating that I would probably be able to do 1 get up and it would look awful and would cause so much strain that I could not do any more. That was not the case at all. But I will need a long rest time for a while.