Practice

Spotting Logan's one arm handstand at the workshop
Still feeling the effects of the all day event on sunday so I stretched instead of trained yesterday and went for some loading today. I've been thinking of adding in some tgu's and windmills for some time but know that I can't do them symmetrically.that is working each side.

Shouldn't

And I was worried about just doing them on my left side but Ive been thinking lately it might be just the asymmetrical loading I need. When I hurt my back in 2000 one of the key things I did to rehab myself was training asymmetrically, mainly using swiss balls and bodyweight exercises.

My fascination and love of the one arm kb swing was born here as I couldn't do two hand swings without my back locking up, but one arms worked great.

I've been trying to stay away from high tension exercises though now for years, feeling that I already have too much muscle tension and the ballistic movements would give me enough tension to keep my strength up.

But I've been feeling different of late and the ability to press again has only strengthened my interest in, well, strength.

Rediscovering my power good morning swing groove, really studying Tracy's swing technique ( yeah, tough job, I know,lol) and all this fervor about the getup ( tracy included) got me thinking.

So today to start my workout I started playing around with some getups ( full movement on left side, getup to arm support on right side) windmills, kb deadlifts as well as my swings. I even through in some handstands with some students of mine I am training in the handstand.

If I'm tweaked tomorrow though, I'll have no way of knowing which of the multitude of new moves I did today was responsible,lol. Oh well, it felt good at the time.

But the focus was practicing these moves and I used light weights ( 8 and 12 kg) for them as I didnt want to be completely crazy. everything felt good and my mind set was on practicing the forms and seeing what I needed on each move, and where I felt restriction.

kb windmill/ left side tgu/ right side getup to arm support:

I was very suprised to see my right shoulder overhead position was much better than I expected it to be.there might be gold in these hills. and the left side getup really works the left to right rolling pattern I need, strength in my left leg and glute and activation of the left obliques and psoas.

I really don't need any more left shoulder work but I guess it's going to come along for the ride.

the left side only windmills felt good for the left glute and medius.

4 rounds

one arm swings

16 kg x10/10x3 sets

16 kg x10/10 /10 two hand swingsx2

16 kg x10/10/10 2 hand/10 transfers

16 kg roundabout 4 rounds x 3 sets

20 kg x10/10

24kgx10/10 x 3 sets

this was very interesting and I was playing with the combinations as if I were doing tracy's class. it was nice to even play with two hand swings again and I really emphasized my back arch and good morning position.

I am finally learning that when I change exercise techniques I just can't go balls to the wall with weight or volume

two hand kb deadlifts

24 kg x10

28kgx8

32 kg x8

36 kgx6

40kgx6

48 kgx6

wow these worked my legs harder than expected. perfect. so nice to have anything that resembles real weight in my hand again. getting back to my power squat/goodmorning groove seems to be working all right.

tomorrow, presses and snatches!

datsit.