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Bodies remember
Today I did my brutally boring -- I mean meditative! -- bent-arm strength workout. It's one I got from Toledo in 2011, which means that I know where I'd like to be with it. Very simple: do two chin-ups, then do two dips. That's one. Do as many as you can in 30 minutes. (Fine, fine, one more thing -- wait to stop shaking, then do some external rotator prehab just to balance out.)
Just two weeks and four of these workouts ago I felt like a rock and was doing around 15 sets before failing, never mind the 30 minute thing... but today my body remembered the deal. I zoned out and, though toward the end I was stopping for 30-second rests between sets in order to avoid muscle failure, put up 32 sets in 30 minutes. Respectable, even by my old standards! I hope this doesn't stiffen up my shoulders for handstands tomorrow, but even if it does, I'm happy. It's always wonderful when things come back, and stunning how quickly they do. Bodies remember things, including adaptations that took weeks and weeks to gain the first time around.
I'll find out tomorrow if mine remembers how to cartwheel into h2h with the Ant. Hope so.
Just two weeks and four of these workouts ago I felt like a rock and was doing around 15 sets before failing, never mind the 30 minute thing... but today my body remembered the deal. I zoned out and, though toward the end I was stopping for 30-second rests between sets in order to avoid muscle failure, put up 32 sets in 30 minutes. Respectable, even by my old standards! I hope this doesn't stiffen up my shoulders for handstands tomorrow, but even if it does, I'm happy. It's always wonderful when things come back, and stunning how quickly they do. Bodies remember things, including adaptations that took weeks and weeks to gain the first time around.
I'll find out tomorrow if mine remembers how to cartwheel into h2h with the Ant. Hope so.