Courage Corner

Another early start today, 8 am. I might actually be getting used to training this early again if this stuff keeps up.

Even though I swung a bit yesterday today was scheduled for some volume swinging today. Still want to build the base up so that snatches are that much easier. I used to calculate that if I wanted to be able to do 200 snatches in a workout, whether it was in one set or ten, I should do double that volume of swings on another day, with the same size bell.

Or three quarters of it with a bell one size up.

Swings are much easier on the body than snatches( much less downward forces to reduce), travel a much shorter difference,and the form is almost infinitely controllable given body issues that day( shorter longer, faster slower, etc). So I thought I might catch a break after the two hands yesterday and it seems I did.

I used to be very happy being able to recover from a kb workout three days later so I could train again, so being able to recover in 24 hours is a big deal. It means the plan is working; my body is healing, my asymmetries are reducing and my strength is returning. The balance is being restored.The pain is leaving the body and I can move better, more, more often and more strongly.

How nice.

And about damn time :)) I mean it's only been ten years since my herniation.

Again, no music no partner, just me and a bell.Haven't trained like this in ages. Almost eerie, my little courage corner. No one watching, no one to impress, no one to count, no one to encourage, no one to care. I mean you don't have to do it. You don't have to challenge yourself. You can take it easy, why not?

No one's looking.

But someone is.

Me.

And it's a slippery slope indeed. Weakness.

So

One arm swings

16kg x10/10 x 2 sets

x 5/5/5

24 kg x 10/10 x 10 sets

200 reps

Supersetted with:

Stick shrugs

Overhead stick stretches

This went great. I was very happy I could easily skip the 20 kg bell for warmup and go right to the 24 kg with no problems .Bigger jumps are always a good sign you are getting stronger.Especially early in the morning. That's a great sign.

I started out using the comp 24 kg bell and hated it. The thinner handle actually made it harder on my grip as the handle sat in a very unusual place in my grip and I didn't like it, so back to the DD bell for the rest of my sets. And I put the comp bell away, it's not for me..

Snatch holds

16 kg x30 sec

20 kg x30 sec

24 kg x30 sec x 2 sets

these went very well and I'm surprised how good my right arm overhead position is progressing. Almost comfortable. Well, not really but getting there,lol

15 minutes stretching

datsit