My work capacity with 20kg kettlebell cleans and presses is improving. I was able to complete the minimum 3 ladders for both clean/press oriented sessions.
I decided to switch from the 20kg back to the 16kg for Turkish Get Ups and all variations of partial Turkish Get Ups. I can do these movements with a 20kg KB but the 20kg drains my CNS more. One sign of CNS fatigue is my body suddenly forgetting how to support the KB in the middle of the movement - luckily when that's happened I was able to catch the KB on the way down without hurting myself. CNS fatigue is different from muscular fatigue - instead of feeling muscles straining, it's more like when I'm practicing piano and I suddenly forget chord shapes in the key of F# natural minor even though I'd already done 100s of reps of those shapes. Anyway, after the switch, I had a slightly easier time doing 2 reps in a row, per side, of the full TGU. I still felt my grip tiring out but I didn't feel as much danger of losing control of the KB. I also tried partial TGU - to the half-kneeling windmill position instead of all the way up - for 3 reps per side and that was fine.
Since this is a reprise of Week 4, I decided to do the goblet squat, staggered stance row, and reverse lunge in the rep ranges prescribed in Phase 2 instead of Phase 2. Naturally, all these exercises became harder to execute because of the increased reps. This gave me confidence I can handle Phase 2.
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