Well not quite a 'weak'night but it could have been. The first step toward a far off goal came to fruition...100 reps of long cycle clean and jerk with 2 16kg kettlebells. Yes it's not the most manly weights to use but the goal was to get a total workload equal to MS status for my weight with the 32kilos and that is done and done. Next up will be working with the 20's or 24's, most likely the 24's but it's not a certainly...24's mean single arm with the 48kg while 20's mean single arm with the 40kg...decisions, decisions...
Previous best with the 16's was 62 reps (+/- 1, not sure, i have to check), once i got to 63, I told myself I'd do at least 70, once to 70 I told myself I can do 80, every rep done past that was done solely to avoid having to ever do this many reps again...the thought of getting that close and not finishing had more dire consequences than having to subject myself to this special kind of hell...i mean fun, yeah that's right, fun...was not a possibility. I chose long cycle because it's easy on the skin but not on the mind, you either do the reps or quit, it's that simple. So much of me wanted to quit but today it wasn't in the cards and I feel better for it. I will take this tenacity and apply it to climbing. When I want to quit, I won't. I've proven again to myself that the desire to quit does not mean that you have to, it means you want to take the easy way out. The easy path is well trodden but there's so much fun to forging your own way and each step is a victory in it unto itself. The highest I need to go next time is 67 reps with the 24's or 80 reps with the 20's, since that keeps the total load constant. But whatever it is, it is less than 100 reps and that's all that matters to me since volume has always been the bane of my existence. I'd rather make things harder than do more.
Well I'm off to do a little happy dance/pass out and recover.
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