Monday, July 28, 2008

2008/07/28 - Up a notch

Today I decided to drop 30 seconds off my rest periods. My sessions are now based on 3x3 minute sets with 1 minute rest between sets. This is how it went:


Intuflow beginner level

3 minutes of each with the 16kg:

OAJ: 21/21
Snatch: 21/21
OALC: 12/12

Swing (32kg): 15/15

Prasara yoga as a cool down.


I was surprised to find that I didn't feel the shorter rest periods as much as I thought I would. I did however work at a slower rpm than I normally do. Maybe I'll drop another 30 seconds in about a week or so and see what happens. I also found today that I'm finally starting to get the technique for the GS style swings. I've been struggling for a while to figure out the groove so I'm glad that they are starting to feel right. Tomorrow I'm flying out really early for a day long business trip and I'm likely to be back at about 8pm so there might be no time to train. We'll see.

2 comments:

Howie B said...

Nice work. I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts that you'll notice the difference when you drop to 30 second rests. 30 seconds never seemed so short when I got down there using the 12kg.

hunashaman said...

Thanks Howie. I totally believe you on that one. 30 seconds is not a long time and I can still remember (not so fondly) what Tabata swing sets felt like. I'm sure the AKC protocol with just 30 second rest periods feel somewhat similar.