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I’ve been trying to do heavier lifting lately. I had been doing a lot of really high-rep work (I guess you could call it ‘conditioning’ if you want) like in the 20-200 rep range for squats and in the hundreds for kettlebell snatches (though far from speedy on anything, it would put my HR into the 70%+ range for 30-60minutes at a time).
I think you need both as you age. Neglecting higher intensity work was a mistake strength-wise and trying to build it back up (when I should have tried at least a little to maintain it) sucks.
I don’t feel like I have a lot of discipline, but I try to make habits. I’ve made doing something training/workout-wise a daily habit. Today, for example, I did 100 push-ups (in 4 sets) – not much, but it’s something. Unless I get really sick and can’t train for the next month (knock on wood), I will have done something 90%+ of all days in 2021. Decent habits (sleep, hygiene, work, ‘training’, etc) are often about the only think keeping me from totally losing it, and sometimes I even find myself in good grooves of progress.
Reading books (not e-books) and listening to talk radio are my pre-sleep routine. Nonfiction is usually effective for making my eyes tired.
A deeply ingrained habit of getting up early helps a lot. I tend to awake at 5 or 6 no matter what – I can go back to sleep if I don’t need to get up, but getting up at 5 and staying up makes it tough to stay up much past 10pm for me.
Early morning practices when young and learning how not to get into the ruminating mind-suck were probably the two biggest keys to learning how to sleep well for me. Generally these days the biggest enemy of my quality sleep is caffeine addiction.
It’s kinda bizarre reasoning on his part. Sure, w. ballistics and a lot of really high rep work, there could be a problem w. repetitive strain injuries and those could become chronic if you’re not careful, but yeah, I’m not seeing where he’s calling out all these people about their injuries. Weird.
I’ve tried to post to this thread repeatedly. Hopefully this will go through. Maybe it’s the inclusion of active links, I don’t know.
It’s not a bad term https://jisho.org/search/禊 but I don’t think it will have broader appeal than to wannabe hard MFers (like me). I’m guessing most athletes can relate to the idea of giving penance, redemption, etc on the field or in the squat racks.
The gyms around here that have survived now seem to be doing a booming business – I base this solely on how crowded the local Lifetime is, and what I see driving by local gyms and their parking lot traffic. I suspect most are still struggling and the numbers are not what they were pre-pandemic, but right now they are doing pretty well.
I’d go w. what was already suggested: bodyweight exercises thrown into the mix as a warm-up or between bouts of cardio. I don’t know what they have access to equipment-wise, but adding things that are quick and easy will be key. Once they get a little consistency and competency built up, the habit will mostly in place and then maybe add some more serious resistance work if they’re open to it.
“The younger generations seem to think they don’t need to work to get along in the gym and have little idea about gym etiquette.”
It really does remind me of toddlers who really don’t know how to play together, they just kind of co-play – they’re using the same space, but don’t know how to actually share the space.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sent young people scurrying away by asking “Mind if I work in?”. Either that, or they get pissed off.
It’s still a little too much “go hard or go home” for my tastes, but it has mellowed out and some of the general take-aways are probably keepers.
I didn’t know the term “misogi” out of the context of dudes sitting under waterfalls, so I’m glad I picked it up. I’m enjoying it but after you’ve read a lot of books in the genre of self-improvement/mastery/etc, it gets I don’t know a little tedious at times.
