I just read about Tracy Riefkind's superhuman feat (1000 swings w/24kg in 50 min) and Iron Tamer David Whitley's mucho macho efforts (1000 swings w/32kg in 50 min) 1000 reps each. Jeebus Freakin' Crisco! There are androids among us. Looking at my workout tonight, I feel very, very ordinary and quite human after all:
VO2 Max snatches, 15:15 style with the 24kg:
10 sets of 6 L, R
5 min rest
10 sets of 6 L, R
5 min rest
6 sets of 6, L, R
26 total sets, 156 reps = 8,268 lbs.
Just a warm-up for an android
6 comments:
if you're well enough, let´s do it. If we set our Gymboss to 30 second intervals and did ten swings per interval, we'd be done in an hour. So when and if you're up to it, let's coordinate and knock out a 1000 swings at the same time. I'll swing to the northwest and send you some energy.
Ron, nice idea but not right now. I am going to stay focused on my current plan of snatching, then move on to something else.
Tracy has years of steady work behind this accomplishment. If I tried something like this soon I may or may not complete it but it would wipe me for days - not worth it at the moment.
Tracy's setting the standards ain't she.
We have chance to meet sometime around RKC II this year?
Taikei, I am not enrolled in the 'II this year but may show up to watch, if that is permissable. It will be nice to meet you.
Good luck with the next level! I hear it's more head work and pain of rehab instead of lots of grueling workouts.
jim,
I still dont understand why you are using the 24 kg. I would think you should use the 16 kg til you can do 50 or 60 sets of 8 or 9 reps and get you HR to 95+% and then go up. JMO.
Mark, thanks for the input. I did 50 sets of 7 reps with the 16kg In February and I didn't feel I could maintain good enough form to do 8 or 9 reps/set.
At 7 reps/set I am barely locking out the bell before I have to yank it down again so the movement doesn't feel complete or 'right' to me.
Maybe I need to change my view of what a full rep is and/or my technique?
Another thing was at that speed, my hand was getting trashed, even with gloves on - more technique finesse, I know.
Post a Comment