Circuit - 2x10 each:
Standing DB military - 60s
Pullups
Glute-ham raise
DB shrugs - 100s
Hammer curls - 30s
Hanging leg raises
“Only the mediocre are at their best every day”
Randall Carlson’s appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast got me
thinking about this. In it, he’s talking about the drastic shifts throughout
history in regards to climate and what likely brought those changes on.
Generally, it was likely meteor impacts which caused massive shifts in the
climate, which brought on rather dramatic changes in populations of life on
earth, as well as changes in human technology and societies. Essentially,
global cooling periods greatly depressed populations, while warming periods
were times of massive growth.
This, as usual, has many parallels to training.
Charlie Francis (via Bud Winter) – High/low
Deload periods – every 3-4 weeks
Block periodization – accumulation (lower intensity,
increasing gradually), intensification (very high intensity), transmutation
(intensity is high, but frequency is low, to allow for growth and improvement)
Dan John – Park bench & bus bench workouts; 80% days,
-10% days, +10% days
Basically, there will be periods in which great growth and
progress will be made, and other times where progress will be slow to
non-existent. It’s important to keep moving forward through the slow times,
though, because when you come out the other side may be when your most
productive training occurs.
Carlson talks about this - that during those times when
things were bleak, the idea of preserving technology is put on the backburner,
and survival becomes the modus operandi. Once a period of warming comes along,
then re-population and improvement in technology can proceed. Sometimes that’s
all you can hope to do during those down times – weather the storm and tread water.
Other times, however, you can use that time to really build a solid foundation
of lower intensity work upon which you can really blast off of after.
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