Went to the gym last night to do a run through of some of the new exercises in stage 2 and get a sense of starting weights.
FSPP is interesting, to say the least. Warmed up with 30# 5' bar. It felt pretty good, so I went into the squat rack to try out the oly bar. Hmm. much more challenging. I racked and reracked quite a bit to get the hang of the forearms and wrist thing. From what I'm understanding it's a learning curve to get the hang of the bar and hand transition. The Jerry Hill cf thruster video seems like the best tutorial...
So I think I'll start with the 45. I don't think it will take much to add more weight once the coordination is there. I feel like I'll be capable of 50-60#.
Dumbbell 1-pt row. geez, just getting the balance took quite a while of standing there, by then my leg was already getting tired.
I like the variety of lunges. Step ups - yuck.
Wood chop - cool exercise! I'll start at 50#
Underhand Lat pull-down - How nice to feel strong after the wide grip ones! Start at 85#
Cuban snatch - yikes! very difficult - 8#db - since it's a snatch, is it supposed to be explosive? hmm...
Lastly - what is the difference between the Bulgarian Split Squat and the Static lunge, rear foot elevated - I see that there's supposed to be 6 in or so diff in height of back foot, but what makes one a lunge and the other a squat??
Maybe start tomorrow... otherwise I'll wait until Tuesday.
My weight has dropped a few pounds during rest week, interesting. We'll see what it does when things start up strong again.
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