Part one of my 2009 MVO2 goal has been met!
I hadn't been training MVO2 very much at all lately, but I decided I wanted to get it done, no matter how difficult it was. And it WAS difficult. :)
Thankfully, I had the good sense to recruit a friend to endure the 80 sets with me. (She did 5 12kg swings every set.) I CANNOT overemphasize the difference it makes to have someone there with you to get through a grueling endurance set. I'll be writing a blog post about 'training buddies' in more detail in the coming days - it's completely worthy.
How it went:
The weather was perfect. Zero hand protection, and left with just one moderate un-broken blister, which really started to threaten around set 70. By that time, of course, I didn't care if I lost half my palm - I was going to get to 80!
(Unfortunately, I did rip it open while demonstrating a clean the following evening during class. D'oh!)
Dizziness set in around set 20, and did not abate. I had to not let the palm trees make me dizzier, and I tried to not walk in circles during the all-too-fast 15 seconds rest. Focused on long, deep breaths.
Form felt great all the way through. Lungs/dizziness were by far the biggest challenge.
The end: 5 minutes of jogging/walking, followed by maybe 3 minutes of cobra, followed by about 10 minutes of supine immobility, followed by 2 celebratory pints of stout. (I couldn't help myself.) :)
Once the blister is healed, I'll move on to the 7 rep MVO2 training. Until then... deadlifts, get-ups, swings, pistols and presses.
195 x 1 x 8, 225 x miss x 2, 205 x 1, 20 kg swings 5 x 8/8, floor pushups
45, 40
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This went great and I damn near made 225 on a second attempt at the end.
This is going to work
Wasted a few warmup sets with false grip till I realized ...
15 hours ago
5 comments:
"Supine immobility" :)))
Congrats, Nikki, great job!
Thanks, Gabi! I just hope I can get 20 sets of the 7s. :) You're really inspiring me.
Great work! Wish I had a buddy to tough it out with too. Right now I'm stuck at about 70 sets. I start to break down mentally. You're inspiring me to push past and get to the 80!
Way to go! I love MVO2. The Viking Warrior Training Book is about to come out!
Righteous Comrade Nik! Enjoy the Pain!
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