“The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.” – John Jay Chapman So when it was finally over, there was a 28 x 9 x 8 ABF trailer (2016 cu.ft) crammed to the brim with an estimated 13,300 lbs worth of accumulated, “cog in the Capitalist Machine” consumer items harbored… [More…]
1/14/10, Strength-Endurance Emphasis
Today’s was another workout that might better be described more in terms of power-endurance. Now these small distinctions – although they make for some great armchair discussion (and I’m all for that, too) – amount to nil in the real world. Going in, I made an educated guess (according to how I felt, how the… [More…]
1/12/10, Strength – Endurance
A little different flavor of pull today, as I opted for a low pull in lieu of the more traditional deadlift that I performed in the workout on 12/29/09. Much more bar speed in this movement than in the more traditional version; a little less weight on the bar, but the total time to completion… [More…]
1/7/10, Strength-Endurance
Here’s a slightly different variation on the 21-rep, rest-pause, extended set theme today with the floor presses. I combined a wide-grip floor press, followed immediately with a narrow-grip floor press, while still maintaining the 21-rep theme. In other words, the individual reps looked something like this: unrack with a wide grip, perform 1 wide-grip floor… [More…]
1/5/10, Strength-Endurance
Went purposely heavier on the push-presses today (i.e., more of a strength bias, a little less endurance) while extending the total time to completion of the 21 reps. I actually went a bit heavier than I’d initially shot for, as I’d intended to clock-in at an approximate 12-minute time to completion. Reps 20 and 21… [More…]
12/31/09, An Early Morning Goodbye to ’09 With Some Strength-Endurance Work
In response to an email question I received, here’s some further clarification on this extended rest-pause (DC training-type variant) strength-endurance method: What is your real objective here? Strength? Endurance? Hypertrophy? And the answer is…Yes. One must realize, however, that there is a big difference between strength and strength-endurance. The former is more closely analogous to… [More…]