My way towards (next) OCR

[aramis]

Nov. 14th

 

"Simple" S&S routine

 

10x10 one arm swings 32kg - 5 min

1 min rest

10x1 get-ups 32 kg - 10 min

[aramis]

Nov. 16th

 

"Simple" S&S routine

 

10x10 one arm swings 32kg - 5 min

1 min rest

10x1 get-ups 32 kg - 10 min

 

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Nov. 18th

 

"Simple" S&S routine

 

10x10 one arm swings 32kg - 5 min

1 min rest

10x1 get-ups 32 kg - 10 min

[aramis]

Nov. 21st

 

"Simple" S&S routine

 

10x10 one arm swings 32kg - 5 min

1 min rest

10x1 get-ups 32 kg - 10 min

 

Apart of lack of endurance for swings, 32 kg gets... not so hard (I won't say "easy", because it's miles away from it). Maybe I  should start looking for 40kg kettlebell? 

[Mortimer]

Wow that is really fast progress from struggling with the form of the reps, and now you're saying oh it's "not so hard".  Was looking at your training logs, unlike weights where usually I move 5kg at a time, you do 8. Go for 40kg!=D

[aramis]

Recap of last week:

 

Nov. 23rd

 

"Simple" S&S routine

 

10x10 one arm swings 32kg - 5 min

1 min rest

10x1 get-ups 32 kg - 10 min

 

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Nov. 25th

 

"Simple" S&S routine

 

10x10 one arm swings 32kg - 5 min

1 min rest

10x1 get-ups 32 kg - 10 min

 

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I ordered 40kg 'bell and it came on Wednesday, yet I didn't try it out till today.

 

Nov, 28th

 

"Simple" S&S routine - untimed

 

2x10 one arm swings 40kg  

8x10 one arm swings 32kg

some rest

2x1 get-ups 32 kg

2x1 get-ups 40 kg - right done, left failed, redone with 32 kg 

6x1 get-ups 32kg

 

Forty is fuckin' HEAVY! But I love it  

 

All would be pretty okay, even failed rep, but...

 

... let's say I had more luck than brains.

 

Spoiler

I was lying on my back, 'bell over my head in left hand, about to transition to sitting. Then I lost balance and my stupid instincts kicked in - I tried to catch it from hitting the floor. 

 

Of course it ended bad. 

Spoiler

It's not nice to look at it.

Spoiler

You've been warned.

 

 

 

Why I say I was lucky? Because the kettlebell "only" partially pinched off some skin and soft tissues and I was able to wrap it back in place. It could end way worse - I could get my fingerbone broken or knuckle crushed. As I said - I got incredibly lucky. 

 

After wrapping my finger with some band-aids I decided to do the rest of the routine. It was funny to hold the 'bell without using index finger, but  on the get-ups it was pretty much doable. 

[Mortimer]

Owwww - that looks painful. You may need to reduce weight on arm swings if you can't use your index finger til it heals up =(

[aramis]

5 hours ago, Mortimer said:

You may need to reduce weight on arm swings

Yeah, thought the same thing. I'll see tomorrow. I even consider passing on swings until my finger heals up. Or just switch to two-handed swings - this way I could still work on my endurance, not overloading the fingers too much. 

[aramis]

So... yeah.

At some moment on Sunday I decided pain is getting annoyingly intense and went to ER. Besides spending there like 6 hours, I learned one bone was cracked slightly, got anti-tetanus shot, splint on my hand... This means no exercises for a week or so. I tried doing some squats and other leg-only ones, but even those made my finger hurt.  

So... rest week for me. 

 

 

[Mortimer]

Holy sh*t that's bad. Yikes but that is a learning point for me as well - to be careful with weights - because you can get some nasty screw ups. Hope your finger starts feeling better soon...

[aramis]

Yeah, learning point it is. I try not to freak out about this forced rest. I was quite ahead of my long term goal, so I think nothing horrible will happen even with additional week of not training... but I 'd love to be able to get to throwing the 'bell around ASAP  

[Mortimer]

I mean once I was trying to go one more round on monkey bars and ripped a callus =( That was also a few days of crappy training. Also the parkour over safety vault and scrapped palm incident. Pah climbing was crap for a few days too ><

[aramis]

Went to doctors for checking. The outside wound is healing nicely, but  because of internal damage I got another two weeks in a splint  before next check on 18th. I'm really doubtful if I can stand this thing so long... 

 

Never mind. I will keep myself away from kettlebells for a week, then I'll check if I can do at least getups with smaller weight. They don't require grip strength as much as swings, so maybe I'll be good with it. I really can't stand NOT exercising. 

[Mortimer]

Try squatting first and see if your finger is giving your problems before doing getups. Since getups still involve hands. 

[aramis]

Can't stand idleness.

I started doing squats. Back-squatting with sand pillow (23kg) feels easy. Goblet squats with 40kg is too much for palms (especially injured one). Need to make some contraption out of my kettlebells to be able to back-squat somewhere around 40kg. 

[Mortimer]

Aramis, when I meant squat, I meant of the body weight variety. Or the "kid, I'm giving you a piggy back" type of squats. Not involving your hands! 

 

I suggest you give your kid a piggy back while doing back squats. 7-8 year old kids should be more then 23kg, right? 

 

I've hopped on my husbands chest to provide a makeshift weight before, but he isn't training grip strength as I'm the one clinging into him.

[aramis]

Too late  

 

Besides - I didn't squat a long time and now I need some training before Squatmas. I'm aiming (just like last year) for 60/60 - 60 reps with 60% body weight, so...

I strapped 24 and 16kg kettlebells together with zip-ties, wrapped this peanut with ankle weights (around 5kg), made a blanket burrito out of it and tossed the whole thing into a hiking backpack. Now I have 49 kg roll to use for back squats  That's more like 65% BW, but I'm fine with that. 

This isn't tasking for my hands - it's not a barbell. All I do is preventing the weight on my shoulders to slide off. 

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Last days' exercises:

 

Dec. 9th

3x10 back squat 23kg

 

Dec. 10th

 

1x10 goblet squat 40kg (not a good idea - injured hand started to hurt)

2x20 back squat 23kg

 

Dec. 12th

 

3x10 back squat 49kg

[Mortimer]

Just make sure the bundle is tied securely so nothing falls off or lands on your toes etc. 

[aramis]

Yeah, it is in hiking backpack made of heavy canvas. 

 

And as an afterthought, I realized I used "light" kettlebells to create this roll - so I don't have a weight to start doing getups again. I won't use 32kg with injured hand - or at least not yet. So, as good the roll turned out, I will need to strip it down and find a way of putting there single 40kg 'bell. The issue I see is weight distribution - it will be harder to put it evenly on both shoulders.

Or... maybe injured hand can stand 24kg 'bell   If so, I could just swap it in the roll for my 23kg sand pillow... That could work  

[aramis]

Dec. 14th

 

4x10 49kg back squat

 

Yesterday I pulled out 24kg kettlebell and replaced it with 23kg sandbag. Test drive with injured hand showed 24kg GetUp is absolutely doable. This makes me happy

[aramis]

Dec. 16th

 

4x10 48kg back squat

3x2 turkish getup 24kg (both injured and okay side)

 

Doing getups right after heavy squatting isn't good idea. 24kg isn't a challenge for me, yet I had problems on the lunge stage - legs were all jelly like   

[aramis]

Dec. 18th

 

5x10 48kg back squat

[aramis]

Dec. 20th

 

5x10 48kg back squat

[Mortimer]

Merry Christmas Aramis! ?

[aramis]

Thank you. Not so merry this year though... on Christmas Eve night I had to put down my dog. 

 

 

Dec. 22nd

6x10 48kg back squat

 

Dec. 25th

6x10 48kg back squat (Squatmas Day 1)

 

random KB exercises to distract myself:

1x10 Romanian DL 48kg 

2x10 clean&press 16kg 

2x5 snatch 16kg

[Mortimer]

Sorry to hear about your dog. He/she will be missed. But at least your dog led a long and fulfilling life and had lots of fun with you.