@learnandbloom I did a bench press program in the late 90ies that was pyramid based, sadly I think that my all-time bench PR came from that one. But in that program, the weight changed together with the reps in each set.
@jwilson757 The video above is from a seminar by Vesteinn Hafsteinsson. He's a throwing coach who have coached two different athletes to becoming Olympic champions. The athlete demonstrating is current world and olympic discus champion Daniel Ståhl. Vesteinn seems to have no issue with...
@barronkanetaylor He's specialty is track&field, specifically throwers (discus, hammer, etc). As well as have been competitive in discus himself.
I also get the impression that he's recommendations for his athletes may differ from the ones he gives to the general population.
@maranatha111 Improved swing technique, grip strength and conditioning. My resting heart rate dropped during the challenge (I only ran once per week during the challenge). I did because I couldn't do the things I wanted to do (non kb related injury). It's only four weeks of your life.
@danbranson Rows and pullups are never a bad idea. The erg is not strength training (similar to runners and soccer players thinking that they dont need to train their legs).
@lbeebe48 I think Dan John recommends 2 day on, 1 day off. So if you start week 1, you will be swinging Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Next week Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday etc.
@drschools "I'm trying to figure out if I have commitment issues OR if I have actually found a way of training that I enjoy and keeps me more consistent. ....
"I realise that program hopping will never yield the best results......but I have trained every second day for January 2024 which is...