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Post by Bruce Tackett on Oct 23, 2017 15:32:28 GMT
I like Jackrow's idea:
For the last two weeks I'd been using the second hand on a clock to time my holds. But that had been getting increasingly annoying, so this morning I tried Jacko's method. Much better! A one minute hold, the last ten seconds being balls-to-the-wall 100%, worked out to 18 breaths and 4 breaths (not right to the second, of course. But close enough).
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Post by Mr Average on Oct 23, 2017 15:50:54 GMT
I used to count 1,000, 2,000 etc... at normal talk pace I found it close enough to a second each time.
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Post by TexasRanger on Oct 23, 2017 15:53:42 GMT
What does Living Strength recommend this week?
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Oct 23, 2017 15:56:29 GMT
I used to count 1,000, 2,000 etc... at normal talk pace I found it close enough to a second each time. But, then, you're focusing on actual counting. Somehow counting breaths makes you feel more at one with the iso. It seems less of a divorced thing. Something like that.
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Post by Mr Average on Oct 23, 2017 16:03:16 GMT
What does Living Strength recommend this week? Forget cardio and using the expensive piece of webbing on the site for isometrics instead. (rofl)
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Oct 23, 2017 16:14:22 GMT
What does Living Strength recommend this week? Being open minded.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 18:23:20 GMT
Isometric workouts sound like misery to me. The thought of counting to 1000 will doing an ISO hold is awful.
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Post by Mr Average on Oct 23, 2017 19:06:48 GMT
Isometric workouts sound like misery to me. The thought of counting to 1000 will doing an ISO hold is awful. It is not counting to 1,000, when I first started using a bullworker x5 it was stated that each exercise was held for 7 seconds. So I would go 1,000, 2,000, 3000, up to 7,000 and would workout to be about 7 seconds, I did not want to clock watch for 7 seconds on each exercise for 42 exercises. So I clicked on my stopwatch first and did various counts to get the nearest to the 7 second mark. If I had gone 1,2,3, up to 7 it would have fallen short of the time needed.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Oct 23, 2017 19:13:39 GMT
Speaking of becoming one with the iso, I've thought of a way to make my workout more Zen like - come up with names for each of the exercises.
"Greeting the morning sun"
"Paying homage to the Muses"
"Flogging the dolphin"
"Banging the beaver"
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Post by gruntbrain on Oct 23, 2017 19:56:25 GMT
Try simulating a maximum lift with isometrics: lifting your 1 rep max is initiated with deep breathing and gradual pulling or pushing effort . A successful max lift can easily take 30 seconds especially if you hold the weight to failure .
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 21:18:11 GMT
Isometric workouts sound like misery to me. The thought of counting to 1000 will doing an ISO hold is awful. It is not counting to 1,000, when I first started using a bullworker x5 it was stated that each exercise was held for 7 seconds. So I would go 1,000, 2,000, 3000, up to 7,000 and would workout to be about 7 seconds, I did not want to clock watch for 7 seconds on each exercise for 42 exercises. So I clicked on my stopwatch first and did various counts to get the nearest to the 7 second mark. If I had gone 1,2,3, up to 7 it would have fallen short of the time needed. ! Right -- that makes far more sense! That'll teach me to skim read. Ok that doesn't sound so bad.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Oct 23, 2017 21:48:35 GMT
Isometric workouts sound like misery to me. The thought of counting to 1000 will doing an ISO hold is awful. It is not counting to 1,000, when I first started using a bullworker x5 it was stated that each exercise was held for 7 seconds. So I would go 1,000, 2,000, 3000, up to 7,000 and would workout to be about 7 seconds, I did not want to clock watch for 7 seconds on each exercise for 42 exercises. So I clicked on my stopwatch first and did various counts to get the nearest to the 7 second mark. If I had gone 1,2,3, up to 7 it would have fallen short of the time needed. Could you simplify that explanation? For Bruv?
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Post by Mr Average on Oct 23, 2017 22:04:32 GMT
It is not counting to 1,000, when I first started using a bullworker x5 it was stated that each exercise was held for 7 seconds. So I would go 1,000, 2,000, 3000, up to 7,000 and would workout to be about 7 seconds, I did not want to clock watch for 7 seconds on each exercise for 42 exercises. So I clicked on my stopwatch first and did various counts to get the nearest to the 7 second mark. If I had gone 1,2,3, up to 7 it would have fallen short of the time needed. Could you simplify that explanation? For Bruv?
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Post by BigBruvOfEnglandUK on Oct 24, 2017 7:19:17 GMT
Isometric workouts sound like misery to me. The thought of counting to 1000 will doing an ISO hold is awful. The hardest part of isometrics is thinking of new ways to make it sound complicated, m8
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Post by Michael on Oct 24, 2017 15:45:11 GMT
I like Jackrow's idea: For the last two weeks I'd been using the second hand on a clock to time my holds. But that had been getting increasingly annoying, so this morning I tried Jacko's method. Much better! A one minute hold, the last ten seconds being balls-to-the-wall 100%, worked out to 18 breaths and 4 breaths (not right to the second, of course. But close enough). Glad you liked the idea Bruce. I think it makes it much simpler than listening to everyone else about time. Just do what feels right to you.
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