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Strength in Interesting Places
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Curse you, Google Image Search!
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Forgot to mention, had a horrible, abortive workout yesterday.
Started a 5000m row, stopped after 2000m (about 10 mins) as my lower back was feeling uncomfortable. Then I was thinking I would do a bunch of light power cleans. Started off with some deadlift/shrug/calf raises (a drill from Jim Schmitz's Oly lifting programme) and my right knee felt slightly ouchy. So I just called it quits. Some days it's not meant to happen.
Now I have to decide if I want to do anything today. Normally I'd row and then some dips and some other stuff, but rowing didn't inspire me yesterday, and today my right tricep is aching (probably a result of really grinding/failing on bench and tricep extensions on Wednesday).
Maybe instead of exercising, I'll spend money on exercising. I was thinking of buying some more plates for my gym here in Kabul, and also a piece of PVC pipe for 'foam' rolling.
Started a 5000m row, stopped after 2000m (about 10 mins) as my lower back was feeling uncomfortable. Then I was thinking I would do a bunch of light power cleans. Started off with some deadlift/shrug/calf raises (a drill from Jim Schmitz's Oly lifting programme) and my right knee felt slightly ouchy. So I just called it quits. Some days it's not meant to happen.
Now I have to decide if I want to do anything today. Normally I'd row and then some dips and some other stuff, but rowing didn't inspire me yesterday, and today my right tricep is aching (probably a result of really grinding/failing on bench and tricep extensions on Wednesday).
Maybe instead of exercising, I'll spend money on exercising. I was thinking of buying some more plates for my gym here in Kabul, and also a piece of PVC pipe for 'foam' rolling.
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The direction of my log has inspired me to post the best documentary ever:
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When We Were Kings, continued:
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They closed the kettlebell thread just as I'd put ten minutes into writing a reply to that guy! Bad luck. Since this log is dedicated to the edification of it's readers, I'll put my post here as well - it contains good information on strength training.
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See, the point was to explain that in order to train strength you need to have objects with mass. Mass is a property that, among other things, allows gravity to act upon an object which has said property. As gravity acts upon the object, strength may be trained by repeatedly counteracting the force of gravity, if that force is great enough. A kettlebell has this property, and it seems that kettlebells can be procured that have just about enough mass to be efficient for strength training.
A kettlebell of about 5 kg - a good amount of mass for strength training.
Oil tankers, for instance, are useless for strength training, as their mass is too great to be able to perform strength training with if you are not a blue whale or some such creature, in which case I believe you are not surfing the internet. The sun is another example of an object that has mass too great to use for strength training - its mass is so large that fusion processes take place in it's center, heating it to (for gym purposes) unmanageable levels.
The sun is very hot and has no handles - useless for strength training.
On the other hand, an object can have too little mass to be useful for strength training (again, if you are a human) - ants, paper clips and matchsticks all have far too little mass to be useful, as the counteraction of the force of gravity acting upon these objects requires so little force as not to provoke adaptation of the muscle mass of the trainee. Neutrinos have so little mass (if any), and no charge, that they are impossible to grip.
Smurfette is far too small to use for strength training, and the ease with which she is supporting that caterpillar suggests that she, in her place, should not be strength training with it as its mass is far too small to put strain on her muscles!
And then, last but not least, we have the photon - a massless object. The above text should help you understand why a massless object is completely useless for strength training. Now, it can be noted that gravity does act upon photons even if they have no mass, but the manner in which gravity pulls on a photon cannot be counteracted by a force other than opposing gravity - this means that you cannot push on a photon to counteract the gravity acting upon it, which makes it useless for strength training.
Strength training within the context of an RPG or computer game is generally much easier, as all you have to do is kill skeletons, ghosts or other monsters withing the context of the game - weird, as ghosts have no mass, and it seems gravity doesn't act upon them at all!
http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii462/:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:k/oblivion_large_ghost-1.jpg
A ghost as pictured in Bethesda's Oblivion. Whilst it seems to be able to float unsupported, suggesting that lifting it would be very easy, it is worth experience points that the player may use to increase their strength (in the game)!
I hope this post cleared up all misunderstandings you may have been having, and I apologize for coming off as textbookish before - this explanation is more in-depth and should be more on your level.
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See, the point was to explain that in order to train strength you need to have objects with mass. Mass is a property that, among other things, allows gravity to act upon an object which has said property. As gravity acts upon the object, strength may be trained by repeatedly counteracting the force of gravity, if that force is great enough. A kettlebell has this property, and it seems that kettlebells can be procured that have just about enough mass to be efficient for strength training.
A kettlebell of about 5 kg - a good amount of mass for strength training.
Oil tankers, for instance, are useless for strength training, as their mass is too great to be able to perform strength training with if you are not a blue whale or some such creature, in which case I believe you are not surfing the internet. The sun is another example of an object that has mass too great to use for strength training - its mass is so large that fusion processes take place in it's center, heating it to (for gym purposes) unmanageable levels.
The sun is very hot and has no handles - useless for strength training.
On the other hand, an object can have too little mass to be useful for strength training (again, if you are a human) - ants, paper clips and matchsticks all have far too little mass to be useful, as the counteraction of the force of gravity acting upon these objects requires so little force as not to provoke adaptation of the muscle mass of the trainee. Neutrinos have so little mass (if any), and no charge, that they are impossible to grip.
Smurfette is far too small to use for strength training, and the ease with which she is supporting that caterpillar suggests that she, in her place, should not be strength training with it as its mass is far too small to put strain on her muscles!
And then, last but not least, we have the photon - a massless object. The above text should help you understand why a massless object is completely useless for strength training. Now, it can be noted that gravity does act upon photons even if they have no mass, but the manner in which gravity pulls on a photon cannot be counteracted by a force other than opposing gravity - this means that you cannot push on a photon to counteract the gravity acting upon it, which makes it useless for strength training.
Strength training within the context of an RPG or computer game is generally much easier, as all you have to do is kill skeletons, ghosts or other monsters withing the context of the game - weird, as ghosts have no mass, and it seems gravity doesn't act upon them at all!
http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii462/:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:k/oblivion_large_ghost-1.jpg
A ghost as pictured in Bethesda's Oblivion. Whilst it seems to be able to float unsupported, suggesting that lifting it would be very easy, it is worth experience points that the player may use to increase their strength (in the game)!
I hope this post cleared up all misunderstandings you may have been having, and I apologize for coming off as textbookish before - this explanation is more in-depth and should be more on your level.
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Awesome! Now my log is the definitive resource for people who are not sure if an object should be used for strength training. On top of the historical information I have provided about Kettlebells, it is probably the definitive resource on KB training on the internet, too.
However, constructive criticism: I think it would have been useful if you'd covered the fictional/non-fictional aspect as well. Another reason why Smurfette is not useful for strength training, in addition to being too light, is that she doesn't exist. And the property of not existing seems to 'dominate' mass, in the sense that a suitably heavy object that doesn't exist (e.g. Mjolnir) is not suitable for strength training, despite being of suitable mass.
However, constructive criticism: I think it would have been useful if you'd covered the fictional/non-fictional aspect as well. Another reason why Smurfette is not useful for strength training, in addition to being too light, is that she doesn't exist. And the property of not existing seems to 'dominate' mass, in the sense that a suitably heavy object that doesn't exist (e.g. Mjolnir) is not suitable for strength training, despite being of suitable mass.
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I see your point - however, I think that might have been a bit too many concepts for the person this post was aimed at to handle. I'll consider it for the revised edition!
EDIT: I also put the post in my log - spread the information to make it accessible, you know.
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It's true. Adding metaphysics to physics might have caused him to shart himself to death.
Still, I think this resource can grow beyond its origins in one new posters' fuckwittery.
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Depending on how much I have to do tomorrow night I might scrounge together a "Strength Training physics/metaphysics FAQ". How's that sound?
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Excellent. Will you cover all those questions we get about how to train at relativistic velocities, or how to approach strength training if are shrunk down to sub-atomic size and are subjected to significant quantum indeterminacy? I am sure that quantum strength training could be very useful- e.g. you could squat low bar and high bar at the same time, as long as no one tried to observe which one you were actually doing.
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These are excellent ideas - though the project sees to grow in scope. Do you think the mods would let me have a thread with such babble?
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Feel it's unlikely. Bah!
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Kabul: Week Two, Workout One
Warmup
2 mins on the rower, asian squats, dynamic stretching
Squats (10s Day)
20kg x5, x5
40kg x3, x3
60kg x2, x2
88kg x10
86kg x10
84kg x10
82kg x10
76kg x10
Total offering to Sq
Warmup
2 mins on the rower, asian squats, dynamic stretching
Squats (10s Day)
20kg x5, x5
40kg x3, x3
60kg x2, x2
88kg x10
86kg x10
84kg x10
82kg x10
76kg x10
Total offering to Sq
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Good grind on the squats and presses mate
Thanks! It was pretty ugly, but a good exercise in mental toughness I think.
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Kabul: Week Two, Workout Two
Warmup
C2 rower 2 minutes, some very quick dynamic stretching
5/3/1 Deadlift (Deload week)
49kg x5
55kg x5
63kg x5
T3 Bench (5s day)
20kg x5, x5
40kg x3, x3
60kg x2, x2
70kg x1, x1
83kg x5
81kg x5
80kg x5
79kg x5
79kg x5
Total Tonnage = 2.01 tonnes
Any Rows That I Feel Like, Any Way I Want 'Em- Coz That's How I Row-ll
T-Bar Rows:
5x20kg
5x25kg
5x30kg
3x35kg
2x40kg
Extras
Assisted GHRs & 17.5kg tricep extensions: x8
Assisted GHRs & 17.5kg tricep extensions: x8
Assisted GHRs & 17.5kg tricep extensions: x8
Lying tricep extensions: 10x30kg, 5x35kg, 5x40kg
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Notes
- Bench was a bit harder than I'd like it to be on the first set. I think I just didn't mentally prepare myself and so I was a bit sloppy.
- First time trying T-bar rows. Fun.
- Slow and stead progress in GHRs and tricep extensions.
- Deloading deadlift left my with loads of energy, so I thought I'd try some lying tricep extensions (thanks, DrB). Also fun. I could probably start a Linear Progression at 45kg or so.
Warmup
C2 rower 2 minutes, some very quick dynamic stretching
5/3/1 Deadlift (Deload week)
49kg x5
55kg x5
63kg x5
T3 Bench (5s day)
20kg x5, x5
40kg x3, x3
60kg x2, x2
70kg x1, x1
83kg x5
81kg x5
80kg x5
79kg x5
79kg x5
Total Tonnage = 2.01 tonnes
Any Rows That I Feel Like, Any Way I Want 'Em- Coz That's How I Row-ll
T-Bar Rows:
5x20kg
5x25kg
5x30kg
3x35kg
2x40kg
Extras
Assisted GHRs & 17.5kg tricep extensions: x8
Assisted GHRs & 17.5kg tricep extensions: x8
Assisted GHRs & 17.5kg tricep extensions: x8
Lying tricep extensions: 10x30kg, 5x35kg, 5x40kg
* * * *
Notes
- Bench was a bit harder than I'd like it to be on the first set. I think I just didn't mentally prepare myself and so I was a bit sloppy.
- First time trying T-bar rows. Fun.
- Slow and stead progress in GHRs and tricep extensions.
- Deloading deadlift left my with loads of energy, so I thought I'd try some lying tricep extensions (thanks, DrB). Also fun. I could probably start a Linear Progression at 45kg or so.
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Hah. This made me smile.
And damn, seems no matter which log I go, everyone's doing so much volume! Soon I'll get to join the club (for 3-4 weeks) when I try out smolov for my squat, and smolov jr for my press! I'm scared already.
You're certainly making consistent and solid progress. Keep up the good work Jaunty.
