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How you train should be a direct result of what you are training for.

Except for in the case of Punxatauney Phil seeing his shadow. Now I am forced int six more weeks of FVT. And what if this prognosticating rodent saw no shadow? Well, it would have been the same outcome!

Strategic planning must sometimes suffer from silly unexpected micro happenings in life - but don't losesight of your long term goal. Build yourself a "flexible" budget/program to accomodate for such happenings (btw- "six more weeks of winter" is NOT a  legitimate reason to put off doing something by any account) and stay committed. Find your way back onto the path when life attempts to steer you off. Consistency breeds success.

Oh, and there's some big news on the horizon for all you metcon fans...

Stay Tuned.

Stay Strong.

Til then, I prescribe two to three rounds of the below complex. Enjoy...



 


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Pat
02/09/2012 01:21

Oh, and my apologies for the poor lighting. I will just insist that Christine performs it again in better lighting. She'll thank me later...

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Christine
02/09/2012 03:15

i certainly will not!




crap. no, that's a lie...thank you, pat, for helping to carve me into an anatomical marvel with your awesomely terrible workouts. you know i love this stuff!

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Dan Kerrigan
02/09/2012 05:59

Who wouldn't love to do this complex? It's a lot of fun...really...btw, I thought it was 15 reps...lol...seems I've been overachieving. In Som's three day workout (Day one heavy swings, day two test weight snatches, day three light snatches), how does doing 10/L 10/R snatches every minute on the minute for 10 minutes (or more) compare to some of these conditioning complexes?

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Pat
02/09/2012 11:31

Dan - the original Great Destroyer is 10 reps. The MahFahKah bumped it up to fifteen!

As for a comparison, it depends on what you are prepping for? Metcon work is geared toward the GPP (general physical preparedness) side of conditioning through increasing the efficiency of human energy systems (phosphagenic,glycolitic,and oxidative) and is incredibly effective for fat loss.

What complexes allow for is the ability to keep the system under prolonged stress by cycling through muscle groups - that way not smoking one group too much at one time and being forced to rest the entire system simply because one muscle group is smoked. It sort of circumvents the traditional limits set by just conditioning in the realm of a particular movement - If you are only performing a hip dominant movement for conditioning then you will not get the same amount of systemic fatigue - as the muscle groups smoke out you will have no choice but to rest the entire system as well - unless you start building complexes on top of your swings/snatches!

But again, this is all context sensitive and may or may not be the most intelligent approach to take...

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Dan Kerrigan
02/10/2012 02:21

Curse you MahFahKah!! Good explanation, as usual. As far as prep, I'd say I look at the complexes and other time based routines as a method to improve conditioning (endurance/stamina). It still sounds like the complexes offer the most bang for the buck, especially if you do more than one round in a given workout.

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