Seated Press In The Smith Machine Like Zydrunas Savickas :
I’ve only pressed in the smith machine like Zydrunas Savickas a few times.
A couple times heavy months back, and the other day with the thought of either starting 10×10 or working a set of 50 reps on it as a regular thing did 5×10 with fairly quick rest periods and only a 25lb plate each side.
Now I like the movement, pressing away with the smith machine’s angle like in the picture, and like how brute force the movement feels.
I’ll be sticking to volume, and maybe sticking to fairly long rest periods, I have 3:00 in mind.
Burpees :
100 burpees, :12 intervals, I jog up the last 4:00 of the twenty, doing high knees the last :12.
I get one comment that I’ll feel this for the next two weeks – hahaha.
I answer him “it’s an easy pace, see I can talk”.
Truly.
This could be done multiple times daily, it’s just mental toughness.
Burpees being an exercise entirely dictated by one’s mental self talk.
I could’ve quit, I thought that I might puke while jogging it up at the end, something I’ve done twice from exercising in my life. Think that down. I’m not stopping!
1. Wrestling Practice – junior year, sprint repeats – I saw trail mix in the snow.
2. High Rep Power Cleans – 2018, seeing something like chicken quesadillas and pepsi combined in a strange mix in the trash can.
No third time today!
Calf is cramping, keep the shuffle going! Only a little left!
I have a long way to go with burpees, and I’m only better for it.
You get out of breath, and doused.
It’s like wrestling practice, heavy breathing, and a bunch of sweat.
Do some strength training, and hit cardio…with burpees.
Cardio Calisthenics™
•strength stimuli
•full body pump
•cardio effect
Interestingly I don’t count burpees as my daily pushups. I’ll be doing mantra pushups soon.
What You Have, Where You Are :
Wanting to use a barbell, and wishing I had the logistics is the wrong mentality.
I can go to planet fitness, and will myself strong!
That’s the right mentality.
Go all the time, and be…
Jacked. Strong. Built.
There’s much progress to be had simply going to any gym and putting in effort regularly.
So I’m using the smith machine more.
Smith Machine Hip Thrusts :
Hip thrusts in it being the heaviest leg stimulus at pf.
I have more experience with this than emulating Zydrunas Savickas pressing in the smith machine.
I loved the explosive reps in it the other day warming up, and loved the top set with explosive reps, followed by feel the muscle type reps.
More than one type of stimulus within the same set.
Note that I face the same direction as how Savickas presses in the smith.
Some Links :
Ken Leistner anecdotes on unconventional strength building – deadlifting cars, truly high reps, etc.
Rock Lewis on heavy benching, belching feet in the air, and volume benching for max strength.
Mythical Strength on pressing.
A prior “more than one in one post” of mine.
Finnegan’s Wake :
Persistence & Tenacity