Strength / Weight Training

Short term: fix my shoulder so I can get weight overhead properly. Improve overall work capacity

Longer term : build back to a 5 plate deadlift, 4 plate squat , 120kg bench and bodyweight OHP (currently 93kg)

I’ve tried this before and it does help. I’ve even tried to stretch my calves more often but it doesn’t seem to make much difference

I'm doing Crossfit. Fuck I'm so into it!

😂

Man doth complain 😜

"do you even lift, snotface"

I started with converse, which are good, but then I didn't do much for ages, came back and ankle mobility was more of an issue so got shoes.

I’ve got converse, blazers and af1. So will give them all a try

My eldest is nearly as tall as me. I know that’s not hard but still.

On the shoes thing, I tend to just kick off my trainers and do squats / DLs etc in my socks...

Has the added bonus of helping keep people from lingering too near me or the squat rack.

The issue I’ve got is my feet tend to “collaspe” if that makes any sense to anyone. So my thinking is a shoe would create the right form of my feet

Or maybe it’s the placement of my feet

I think you should not overthink this and just start squatting.

Put the bar on your back. Do some squats. Does it feel right? Put up the weight.
Do some squats. Does it feel right? Slow down and do some more squats. Does it still feel right?
Bump up the weight.

Something like that.

There's a great video by that Sean fella of him squatting in 10 different types of shoe. No difference is visible.

Alexander Bromley has some decent content on squatting technique, notably on how to figure out what works for your body proportions & how to ID weaknesses you might have (not that I'm saying you do!). Like Rippetoe he's a bit of a divisive figure and has some odd opinions, but Ive found some of his videos helpful for improving technique

stuff like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMHiv2Z7U7w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lClxajUInz4

TDLR is much the same as what @Chalfie says, make small tweaks that make things feel a bit better

So a maths question for those more cleverer than me

If someone is doing a landmine exercise, if the bar is 20kgs and has one 20kg plate being picked up from the end, how much is being lifted?

Is it 40kgs? Or 30kg cause only half the bar is counted? Or only really 25kgs really? Is being attached to the ground negating some of the weight?

I'm not sure trying to equate it to simply lifting a weight works - doesn't it depend on the angle as the higher it goes, the more weight the bar is taking?

Imagine you got it to 90 degrees - the bar would bear the whole weight and the hand would just be stabilising it

Part of the question then!

Let's make that part 2...

Part 1,whats the weight of the bar when it leaves the ground.

So then I assume close to 40 at the bottom, 30 at 45?

This is where I am out of my depth - can't remember how to work this out!

So we bought four kettle bells 8 12 16 and 20 kg

Today I did two YouTube routines as a complete novice with the 12kg bell

https://youtu.be/LnnkW8-fOJY?si=wemzRd9zxKyOunvb

https://youtu.be/YsC5EnZq-LU?si=-fRSUVGlIEjRyAph

Just because they came up under beginner kettle bell on YouTube. Can someone point me in the direction of decent beginner routines.

I don’t want to end up massively muscled, just hoping to do some more dynamic strength work to compliment yoga mountain biking and swimming.

Yeah you need to watch out for getting massively muscled. Too easy to slip into that.

end up massively muscled

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Yeah you need to watch out for getting massively muscled. Too easy to slip into that.

Yup... Gotta watch out for that... Sneaky bastards

Happened to me once. Never again.

Such a surprise when it happens!

It’s about the force required to get it to a height. That’s what the measure should be.

Bit repetetive but the basic long cycle is a good place to start (swing/clean/press/repeat) - can do alternating with one or two bells simultaneously. Most importantly watch your form & keep a strong core position - it's really easy to overextend your spine at the top of the swing, your body position should be like a vertical plank with your arms at shoulder height & back completely straight (i'd been doing this for years until an instructor pointed it out).

Turkish getups are great for strength & mobility - low impact too if you like that sort of thing

https://youtu.be/0bWRPC49-KI?si=AFQdRGQzPE5XHQ_P