Eating Rocks
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 3:03 pm
This morning I completed my first day of BB. Originally I bought TB1 and started right away with a basic Operator cluster and some light running every other day. My goal was to ease myself back into weight training after abandoning it for about 8 years. I then sat down and actually read TB1 and then TB2 and realized that I should start with BB and follow everything precisely. I also realized that I really need to work on my cardio since I've always sucked at it. I do think the few weeks of Operator that I did complete helped me a lot today. For example, I was able to knock out my 3 sets of 20 pushups with hardly any effort (a month ago I struggled with a set of 25).
Anyway, here is my SE cluster:
KB swings (20#)
BB Squat (Olympic bar only)
Push-ups (body weight only)
BB Row (Olympic bar only)
Crunches
Based on what I've read here and on the tactical barbell section of Reddit (where I have posted a few times with a somewhat related user name), I decided to use 5 exercises in my cluster (vs the max of 8) and go really lightweight with everything. I look pretty fit but I'm pretty weak compared to my old self and don't want to get injured trying to convince myself that I'm still as strong as I used to be.
A few other things:
-I didn't really struggle on anything today. I'm tempted to add a few 5# plates on the Olympic bar....but knowing that pretty soon I'll be doing sets of 50 maybe I should keep using Olympic bar only (after all, KB did say weight doesn't matter for SE...right?)
-I was able to stick with 30-45 seconds of rest in between each exercise. I could have done the minimum of 30 seconds, but sometimes I'd lose track of time.
-All together it took me around 21 minutes to complete everything.
-I bought a heart rate monitor and have already done 2 LSS runs just to get a feeling for the pace I'll be running at. I was too anxious to start and didn't yet read the section that says you can overdo LSS endurance. Oh well. In my job LSS type work happens on a daily basis. I was able to maintain an average of 129 BPM while running very slow which still puts me near 70% of my Max heart rate.
Not sure how often I will update this but I will try to periodically post something to keep myself accountable.
Anyway, here is my SE cluster:
KB swings (20#)
BB Squat (Olympic bar only)
Push-ups (body weight only)
BB Row (Olympic bar only)
Crunches
Based on what I've read here and on the tactical barbell section of Reddit (where I have posted a few times with a somewhat related user name), I decided to use 5 exercises in my cluster (vs the max of 8) and go really lightweight with everything. I look pretty fit but I'm pretty weak compared to my old self and don't want to get injured trying to convince myself that I'm still as strong as I used to be.
A few other things:
-I didn't really struggle on anything today. I'm tempted to add a few 5# plates on the Olympic bar....but knowing that pretty soon I'll be doing sets of 50 maybe I should keep using Olympic bar only (after all, KB did say weight doesn't matter for SE...right?)
-I was able to stick with 30-45 seconds of rest in between each exercise. I could have done the minimum of 30 seconds, but sometimes I'd lose track of time.
-All together it took me around 21 minutes to complete everything.
-I bought a heart rate monitor and have already done 2 LSS runs just to get a feeling for the pace I'll be running at. I was too anxious to start and didn't yet read the section that says you can overdo LSS endurance. Oh well. In my job LSS type work happens on a daily basis. I was able to maintain an average of 129 BPM while running very slow which still puts me near 70% of my Max heart rate.
Not sure how often I will update this but I will try to periodically post something to keep myself accountable.