Powerlifters??????

[Gladiola]

I have some experience as a BBer trying to navigate the whole WSB PL thing.... I exchanged TONS of e-mail with Arioch on the subject. I never did actually DO the program though, but just b/c I moved into OL instead.

Some general Tips - have a sled MADE for you instead of spending, I think, $130. A piece of sheet metal, hook for chain, and little lip so dirt doesnt build up on it. Arioch suggested I go to a junk yard & look cute to get some men to do it for me as a favor.

Besides changing the days on which I do exercises, the biggest change for me would have been doing sets of 5-6 reps at the MOST, some sets of triples, instead of 8-10 reps. This & sled dragging you can start right away - so you can begin to transition your workout style as you're still trying to make sense of it all (It took a lot of time & I still never really felt like I grasped it all!)

Arioch also suggested NOT training with chains & bands immediately. (& I mean bands on weights - I don't mean AR with bands)

 

[Temple]

because we will be butt deep in snow here shortly I will have to do my sled dragging in the shop which is large enough but I will have to put something on the bottom of it so that it won't scratch the cement. A scratch in my husband's shop floor would result in my painful and swift death.

 

[Temple]

You do realize that my parents will think I have lost my fricking mind when I show up out at the farm with a sled and start dragging it around the barn....

 

[Hannibal]

because we will be butt deep in snow here shortly I will have to do my sled dragging in the shop which is large enough but I will have to put something on the bottom of it so that it won't scratch the cement. A scratch in my husband's shop floor would result in my painful and swift death.

You can use carpet....

As a substitute for sled dragging you can load up a wheel barrow with a couple hundred pounds of plates and push it around.

 

[Temple]

I can already tell which trainer I am going to like best

 

[MS]

"As a substitute for sled dragging you can load up a wheel barrow with a couple hundred pounds of plates and push it
around."!!!

Now THAT'S more my style, though I prefer to use wet cement or bricks, and push it UP and DOWN an incline. You get a 'reverse sled' effect fighting a wheel barrow full of bricks trying to roll down hill. It's a real buzz. You can also drag bags of sand up flights of stairs

 

[makedah]

Oh my.

So I take it that you ladies don't get out to Jazzercise class much.

 

[Temple]

"As a substitute for sled dragging you can load up a wheel barrow with a couple hundred pounds of plates and push it
around."!!!

Now THAT'S more my style, though I prefer to use wet cement or bricks, and push it UP and DOWN an incline. You get a 'reverse sled' effect fighting a wheel barrow full of bricks trying to roll down hill. It's a real buzz. You can also drag bags of sand up flights of stairs

 

[Gladiola]

Sounds fun. Wonder if I could get my coach to buy into it.

He says, "We clean, we snatch, we do moves to support that, & that's it." This means cleaning, snatching, variations thereof, squatting & variations thereof, pressing (push press, push jerk & military press) & pulls (RDL & Clean pulls). That's IT!

I could still go for some pushing & dragging!

 

[SteelWeaver]

DAMN!! My mom's just FINISHED doing all the alterations to her house. I wonder if construction pays as much as personal training ....???

I am DEFINITELY gonna be heading the PL training way next year - you guys do MUCH more fun stuff than simply pumping iron

I cannot WAIT

(spatts, prepare for some threads in the new year - yeah yeah, I'll do the search too, but I like things personal )