Sunday, October 12, 2008

Kettlebell Press with some static holds

Oct 13th.

this was a lift praticed in the day, as a static hold.
""Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead."
-Anon.

WO du jour:
Bands, jump rope and joint mobility.

Morning:
Deadlfting from 95lbs to 385lbs. double lifts with hold at top for at least 20 sets.

After noon:
Bench press; 5sets of 5 reps (have not done BP is a long time)
Standing 20kg Kettelbell push jerk GS style. for 20 min. 1min;15sec work/1 min rest
over 200 reps total.
static holds with 32kg kettlebell overhead.

I have never used a training technique of static holding. Having power lifted prior and used isometrics for contractual strength, but never used weight to imprint technique. The technique as I understand this is take the primary sequences of a lift and hold a weight in that part of the lift for a short static holding pattern. This is very similar to several authors of exercise have experimented with in the past using isometric contraction variations. There really no agreement as to volume or duration but it is understood that strength and some hyperthopy is achieved. (Designing Resistance Training Programs;Steven J. Fleck/Wm. Kranemer Pg.14-21)

What I am looking for when performing static holding or isometric contractions, is to perfect the lifting technique and above all, secure the shoulder joint at the end of the lift on all overhead lifts.

Have a great day suffering and remember the mission is sacred

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