NAME BODY WT/LOAD kyle 195/115 butch 280/75 kibbee 165/135 cav 163/145 alex 200/135 d.lux 155/145 jv 125/rxd josh c 192/15x165.15x185 andy d 175/135 christian 150/rxd155 chris j 155/145 dr j 180/rxd185 whit 205/rxd zach 205/rxd solista 200/rxd ryan 155/rxd lesko 160/rxd165 matt n 185/rxd josh g 181/185 joe l 160/145 jeff 155/rxd jon 150/rxd pat 190/185 beegees 214/155 barrett 140/rxd145 steve d 160/155 tom 185/rxd russ 155/rxd160 meg 140/105
The title is worth repeating. If you can do it once then you can do it 30 times. Of course this simple assumption is based on the premise that you have solid form. I decided to use time as one of the parameters to test my hypothesis. The other variable was weight. In a workout like Grace (135# clean and jerk x 30 for time) the stimulus is standardized, i.e. the weight. The output, however, depends on your strength which should be comensurate with your body weight. 135# should not require the same effort for a strong 200#er as it would from a 150#er. Although the stimulus is the same the 150#er is doing more work (assuming time is the same for both athletes). Since we standardized the time and used bodyweight (assuming both athletes did the workout as rx'd) the 200#er did more work by virtue of weight. This illustrates the need for a constantly varied approach to using rounds, weight, reps, and time to ensure an effective stimulus that targets a broad range of strengths, weaknesses, body types, and sizes. Either way you slice it everyone did a different workout (unless they weighed the same and lifted the same weight); hence, the concept and validity of weight classes commonly used in athletic competitions. If you didn't do this workout as rx'd it should've been due to form flaws or simply being new to CF. If you scaled it by ten pounds then you probably should've done it as rx'd. If you lacked confidence and could've done more then you should repent. Don't save yourself. The whole point of this workout was to boost your confidence and prove that if you could lift a respectable weight once then you could do it 30 times with in reasonable time parameters. If you can do your body weight 30 times in 30 minutes how fast could you do it for time? If you can do this then is there any reason to ever do Grace again? I am convinced that doing my bodyweight (200#) is going to make me fitter than doing 135#. Why go light and fast when you can go heavy and fast? Just like everything else in life standards (and certain workouts) expire. If we trained the same way we did in fifty years ago we would be posting what are now considered mediocre times. What we can and cannot do is generally a matter of what we think we can or cannot do. Our limits are ours to define or redefine.
NAME BODY WT/LOAD
ReplyDeletekyle 195/115
butch 280/75
kibbee 165/135
cav 163/145
alex 200/135
d.lux 155/145
jv 125/rxd
josh c 192/15x165.15x185
andy d 175/135
christian 150/rxd155
chris j 155/145
dr j 180/rxd185
whit 205/rxd
zach 205/rxd
solista 200/rxd
ryan 155/rxd
lesko 160/rxd165
matt n 185/rxd
josh g 181/185
joe l 160/145
jeff 155/rxd
jon 150/rxd
pat 190/185
beegees 214/155
barrett 140/rxd145
steve d 160/155
tom 185/rxd
russ 155/rxd160
meg 140/105
The title is worth repeating. If you can do it once then you can do it 30 times. Of course this simple assumption is based on the premise that you have solid form. I decided to use time as one of the parameters to test my hypothesis. The other variable was weight. In a workout like Grace (135# clean and jerk x 30 for time) the stimulus is standardized, i.e. the weight. The output, however, depends on your strength which should be comensurate with your body weight. 135# should not require the same effort for a strong 200#er as it would from a 150#er. Although the stimulus is the same the 150#er is doing more work (assuming time is the same for both athletes). Since we standardized the time and used bodyweight (assuming both athletes did the workout as rx'd) the 200#er did more work by virtue of weight. This illustrates the need for a constantly varied approach to using rounds, weight, reps, and time to ensure an effective stimulus that targets a broad range of strengths, weaknesses, body types, and sizes.
ReplyDeleteEither way you slice it everyone did a different workout (unless they weighed the same and lifted the same weight); hence, the concept and validity of weight classes commonly used in athletic competitions.
If you didn't do this workout as rx'd it should've been due to form flaws or simply being new to CF. If you scaled it by ten pounds then you probably should've done it as rx'd. If you lacked confidence and could've done more then you should repent. Don't save yourself. The whole point of this workout was to boost your confidence and prove that if you could lift a respectable weight once then you could do it 30 times with in reasonable time parameters.
If you can do your body weight 30 times in 30 minutes how fast could you do it for time? If you can do this then is there any reason to ever do Grace again? I am convinced that doing my bodyweight (200#) is going to make me fitter than doing 135#. Why go light and fast when you can go heavy and fast? Just like everything else in life standards (and certain workouts) expire. If we trained the same way we did in fifty years ago we would be posting what are now considered mediocre times. What we can and cannot do is generally a matter of what we think we can or cannot do. Our limits are ours to define or redefine.
lol i realize i actually did 155# instead of 145, ooops
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