Back on the grind. I've been training handstand 5-6 hour days for the past two months and the body is finally recovering pretty decently in between sessions right now. It was pretty bad for a while there but that goes with the territory. Press strength is at an all time high, but motivation is definitely at an all time low. I'm find most trainings I'm just fighting through, hitting the numbers, counting the minutes. The beastmode is pretty much gone. I'm not complaining as I'm getting stronger, but behind-the-scenes I kinda definitely know it's time to slightly deload for a week and then start ramping back up. We're now dropping to 4 hour days, and then each week adding back a 5 hour day over the coming weeks until we're back at 7 days a week at 5 hours a day. At this point, the 5 hour days won't really mess with recovery at all assuming sleep is there and there isn't a consistent substantial caloric deficit. Small deloads like this are good every once and a while, especially if the athlete has really kept himself in the dark matter for a while. He'll end up coming back stronger, a lot more motivated, and it's also good that he gets out occasionally to experience the rest of the world; call his mom, take his woman for a nice walk, go see a game...things that most people call living(that's a joke there).
Right now the day's trainings look something like this, this is seven days a week:
Twice a day
0:00-0:30 Prehab, warmups, stretching, max holds, dynamic work.
0:30-1:00 AMRAP press work for sets from standing and from the sit, handstand pushups.
1:00-1:30 OAHS variations and transitioning
Once a day
0:00-1:00 General conditioning and other elements: Mexican, crocodile, planche work, pirouettes, handstand walking, and a shit-ton of core work(hollowbody rocking, decline leg raises, hyperextensions).
We'll call this day one of a new beginning. You have milestones as you progress and grow in your practice. The past month has been a big one for me. A little older, a little wiser, but still a lot to prove. I'm hoping to make this training blog fairly consistent at once a week, but well...we'll see how that goes. Much love out to you and yours. Keep doin' your work, whatever it is. It's your life...fall into it. All else is the void.
Right now the day's trainings look something like this, this is seven days a week:
Twice a day
0:00-0:30 Prehab, warmups, stretching, max holds, dynamic work.
0:30-1:00 AMRAP press work for sets from standing and from the sit, handstand pushups.
1:00-1:30 OAHS variations and transitioning
Once a day
0:00-1:00 General conditioning and other elements: Mexican, crocodile, planche work, pirouettes, handstand walking, and a shit-ton of core work(hollowbody rocking, decline leg raises, hyperextensions).
We'll call this day one of a new beginning. You have milestones as you progress and grow in your practice. The past month has been a big one for me. A little older, a little wiser, but still a lot to prove. I'm hoping to make this training blog fairly consistent at once a week, but well...we'll see how that goes. Much love out to you and yours. Keep doin' your work, whatever it is. It's your life...fall into it. All else is the void.
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